I will be getting a Cell phone before the end of this month. Likely I will go with VoiceStream's "3000 anytime, anywhere (regional) minutes for 50 bucks per month" plan -- I've done a fair amount of research, and this looks to be the one for me. But what do you guys suggest? I plan on using this phone as my home phone when I get my own place. Although, does one have to have phone service to get DSL? If so, then I can survive with a lower plan, I suppose.
From my stint at Verizon, yes you do have to get phone service to get DSL. Well, technically, you have to have a phone number as that's how the DSL is provisioned. I don't know if that's changed in the past couple of years, but I don't see any reason as to why it should. Oh, and I heard VoiceStream sucks. I'm thinking about switching from Verizon to a better plan with Sprint. Does anyone out there use VoiceStream? When I was in Houston, I used Aerial and I hear they became VoiceStream. I didn't care for the GSM technology they used because it seemed as if I would lose good reception easily if I ventured too far away from a major freeway.
Sprint sucks man. My friends have Sprint and their reception sucks ass. Also, they have "unavailable service" from time to time. I have Cingular and haven't had a problem EVER. I'd go with Cingular.
Vengeance, If you're going to get cable TV, then why don't you go with Roadrunner cable? That way, you won't need a seperate phone line, unless you need to have a fax machine, in which case never mind (or, you could get a scanner & fax machine software). I believe that Roadrunner is cheaper than DSL , if you get the basic cable TV package & it's at least as fast. I've down loaded a couple of 10-11 meg files & it took less than a minute each time. Also, it makes no difference what time of day it is, the speed is always there. As far as cell phones go, I've been with Primeco for several years, but recently AT&T Wireless bought them out. Primeco was great. The jury is still out on AT&T. They did take away my free long distance calls to anywhere in the USA. I didn't use that benefit anyway, so for now it's no big deal. I have heard reports of dead spots around the city from one other subscriber, but I've not experienced it yet.
Okay I've been on a number of different plans with different companies and here is my input: - Cingular and Voicestream just SUCK! I mean they have no connection anywhere; especially in Clear Lake through Downtown. - Nextel is a joke as well. I swear their phones would not work if we were on top of one of their towers. Phones are ugly as hell too. - Sprint is decent. Decent plans and connection. - Verizon is easily the best. Best connection out of all of those and bas ass phones to go with it.
Like Hottoddie, I have AT&T Wireless now. I chose PrimeCo because of their cheap plans. Verizon Wireless (bought out PrimeCo Houston 2 years ago) allowed me to use the PrimeCo plan. AT&T Wireless (bought out former PrimeCo Houston customers in Oct) has asked me to switch my plan to one of theirs which is more expensive. I was told I have till Oct 2002 which is nice. AT&T Wireless sucks. I had to wait in line for nearly 2 hrs to swap my phone. This was 3 weeks after the swaps began! I actually felt bad for their employees or should I say employee who was overloaded with customers. One of the nice things with AT&T is text, e-mail, and internet service over the phone. I only have text. I might have had this before, but I never learned how to use it till now. My local calling area before AT&T was the whole state of Texas. Now, my local calling area is central (Austin, San Antonio), north (Dallas/FW), and east Texas, central Oklahoma (Norman, OKC), southwest Missouri (why?), and northwest Louisiana (Shreveport). That's cool if you know people in those areas. If you are gonna call West Texas you will be billed the long distance rate.
Depends where you live. Best Reception New York City...Sprint is the best in Manhatten. Overall Tri state Area...Sprint/Verizon tied Best Price Sprint PCS...has the best plans Verizon...comes in second but really close. AT&T is OVERPRICED no matter where you go and they SUCK!
I can get you the hook-up on any deal published. I can get the same thing you find anywhere, if not better, then I'll split you some commission. Email me at kmx03@yahoo.com if you are interested.
LOL. Actually, I had a hook-up in south park, but it was for other things, and he's kinda not available anymore for reasons I cannot state.
-I use Voice Stream and except for what other people have said about them before (I ALWAYS double check over the bill and the minutes used), they are a pretty good company. -I use a Nokia 3390 and it seems to work pretty well as far as reception goes. Its got vibrate and all kinds of crap one could play around with. I highly recommend this phone! -I also use Roadrunner cable and it ROCKS!!!! Wouldn't go any other way. I hear DSL is a b**** to set up. My RR was up in a matter of minutes!
Ya know what's funny, is that I don't think there is a single cell phone company that people generally "like". I mean, no matter which one you mention, EVERYONE will rail on it. So far, Verizon hasn't done badly here, but others I've talked to have said that: Verizon Sucks Voicestream Sucks ATT sucks Sprint Sucks Nextel Sucks Cingular Sucks so, um, which one do you go with then? I think I might just wait until I get my place, and THEN see about it. In my experience with Cable and DSL, I would much rather have DSL. Although, if I go live somewhere that provides high speed internet (Walden Apartments), then it doesn't matter . . .
Vengeance, I'm sure you've figured out already that everyone has complaints about their service. Every company has dead spots, static spots, missed calls, dropped calls etc...its something you accept. The best suggestion is to look at price, plans, and coverage area then go with the company that gives you the best deal. --- I had no choice but to go with RoadRunner. I have no local phone service in Austin. Plus I wanted to subscribe to League Pass. Both have been worth every penny.
From what I understand, AT&T is the most reliable in terms of reception quality but is also the most expensive. My guess is that (in general) as you get cheaper, the quality is going to go down. Otherwise, the cheap/good quality one would be dominating the market by now.
