Manhattan service deteriorating rapidly?

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In article <MPG.1b08adafe94d3a1d9896ad@news.newsguy.com>, none@nospam.com
says...
>I've had my VX4400 checked out twice now. It's about one year old. Once
>they upgraded the firmware. Next the "fixed" a problem they said they
>found around inappropriate swtiching from digital to analog.
>All of this supposedly "fixed" my recent experiences in Manhattan,
>mostly the upper west side, of dropped calls and broken up voice
>receptions. One day I dropped 4 calls in a row in the west eighties.
>Either it's my phone....or....it's Verizon cells getting overloaded and
>dropping calls etc.

Nothing really bad. I would add that you don't want to consider switching
to Sprint. In Manhattan Sprint is much worse.
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Alex

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On Mon, 10 May 2004 14:18:06 -0400, Alex Rodriguez <adr5@columbia.edu>
wrote:

>In article <MPG.1b08adafe94d3a1d9896ad@news.newsguy.com>, none@nospam.com
>says...
>>I've had my VX4400 checked out twice now. It's about one year old. Once
>>they upgraded the firmware. Next the "fixed" a problem they said they
>>found around inappropriate swtiching from digital to analog.
>>All of this supposedly "fixed" my recent experiences in Manhattan,
>>mostly the upper west side, of dropped calls and broken up voice
>>receptions. One day I dropped 4 calls in a row in the west eighties.
>>Either it's my phone....or....it's Verizon cells getting overloaded and
>>dropping calls etc.
>
>Nothing really bad. I would add that you don't want to consider switching
>to Sprint. In Manhattan Sprint is much worse.

Worse is all relative. Yes, Verizon is better but I've found Sprint to
be completely acceptable. I get more dropped calls and lack of signal
strength with Sprint but far, far from unacceptable. You remember the
few instances.

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"Alex Rodriguez" <adr5@columbia.edu> wrote in message
news:c7oh0u$css$6@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu...
> In article <MPG.1b08adafe94d3a1d9896ad@news.newsguy.com>, none@nospam.com
> says...

>
> Nothing really bad. I would add that you don't want to consider switching
> to Sprint. In Manhattan Sprint is much worse.
> -----------------
> Alex
>


I very highly disagree with this statement. I've had Sprint for 4+ years now
and just moved to NYC in August '03. I get more than excellent service all
around manhattan and the rest of the city.

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In article <70iv90h40u0f8t8ed91agp21ha1tp8a11r@4ax.com>,
lawSPAMyer@newsS_PA_Mguy.com says...

>>Nothing really bad. I would add that you don't want to consider switching
>>to Sprint. In Manhattan Sprint is much worse.
>
>Worse is all relative. Yes, Verizon is better but I've found Sprint to
>be completely acceptable. I get more dropped calls and lack of signal
>strength with Sprint but far, far from unacceptable. You remember the
>few instances.

I found Sprint to be unacceptable, in Manhattan at least. Outside of
Manhattan, Sprint was fine.
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Alex