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More info?)
Well, when I referred to anything east of the Mississippi River I didn't
mean north east. It had already been confirmed that Mississippi was in the
south, therefore, I was only disputing whether or not it was considered to
be east...
"Jerome Zelinske" <jeromez1@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:EdBlc.5962$Hs1.3674@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> Well, I live in a state east of the Mississippi River and have
> never considered Wisconsin to be in the South East. LOL
> However, if the 48 contiguous states are divided into four roughly
> equal quarters by a line of longitude and a line of latitude MS would be
> in the South East.
>
>
> Scott wrote:
> > "Bob Smith" <usirsclt_No_Spam_@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> > news:WMulc.4338$Hs1.103@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> >
> >>"Scott" <scottaf@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >>news:c75ri7$1uvb$1@news.wplus.net...
> >>
> >>>I currently have service through Cingular and was considering switching
> >>>companies. Can anyone provide comments on Sprint's service in the
> >>
> >>Southeast
> >>
> >>>and especially Mississippi. I would go with Verizon, but their
wonderful
> >>>coverage doesn't include even the capital of Mississippi. How can you
> >
> > have
> >
> >>a
> >>
> >>>national network and not even cover all the state capitals?
> >>>
> >>>Anyway, I posted a similar message in the AT&T group because I am
trying
> >>
> >>to
> >>
> >>>determine the best service in my area. The services I have considered
> >>>include
> >>>
> >>>SprintPCS
> >>>AT&T Wireless
> >>>T-Mobile
> >>>Nextel
> >>>
> >>>How does Sprint stack up to the others? Should I just stay with
> >
> > Cingular?
> >
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>
> >>>Scott
> >>
> >>First off Scott, we need to send you back to Geography 101.
Mississippi
> >>is not in the Southeast. NC, SC, GA, & FL are Southeast ... Mississippi
is
> >>just in the South ...
> >
> >
> > That's funny because the USGS seems to disagree with you...
> >
> >
http://geology.er.usgs.gov/states/southeast.html
> >
> > I've never really been too particular about it and just considered most
> > states east of the Mississippi River to be Southeast...
> >
> >
> >>As to your question though, it depends on where you will be be in MS,
and
> >>you can check out SPCS's coverage maps for that. Depending on where you
> >
> > are
> >
> >>based out of, i.e.: where your billing address is, if you are in a SPCS
> >>corporate coverage area, you can add on the F&CA (Free & Clear America)
> >>option - $5/mo., which allows 50% of the calls made during a billing
cycle
> >>for roaming, and includes LD as well.
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the info...
> >
> >
> >>Bob
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>