Who has the best cell phone service in Houston?

[Lee S.]

Hi all-

I am about to change cell phone services, and I thought a
little input from others may help me find the best compnay for service
in central Houston. I have a Nextel phone which overall has pretty
good service except for some gaping holes in coverage in areas that I
travel a lot (San Felipe between RO boulevard and the railroad tracks,
59 just inside the loop to name two). Repeated calls to the company
have not led to repair of htese holes.

A friend of mine has Sprint, but he doesn't seem to have good
coverage in the Rice Village area, another area I frequent. I know
Cingular is about to go belly-up, so that leaves verizon and ATT.

Any input??

thanks

Lee

who hates having a cell phone to begin with.

[Zen Cohen]

"Lee S." <no...@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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I agree about the probs with Sprint. It's terrible around Allen Pkwy/Waugh,
too. Sprint was so bad on inner Loop coverage that I dumped it and got on
Verizon. Not perfect but far better than Sprint.

[Zachary Brackin]

Voice Stream is horrible it has big holes on the eastside...

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[Allen]

>I agree about the probs with Sprint. It's terrible around Allen Pkwy/Waugh,
>too. Sprint was so bad on inner Loop coverage that I dumped it and got on
>Verizon. Not perfect but far better than Sprint.

I dumped voicestream, and now I'm VERY happy with Verizon!!

[Keith]

Why do you think Cingular is going belly-up? They are one of the few
profitable cell companies. If I changed carriers I would probably switch to
Cingular based on feedback from all the people I know who use it.
--
Keith
www.texaslasik.net

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[Keith]

I used to grumble about Sprint every single day when I had a Samsung phone.
On average I'd only get about 50% of my incoming calls, the rest always
rolled directly over to voice mail. My girlfriend still has a Samsung and
her coverage area sucks and her phone doesn't always ring either.

I was ready to dump Sprint, pay the contract termination fee and switch when
I was talked into trying another phone... I've since tried two and my cell
experience with Sprint is 100% different. I currently use the Sanyo 6200
(its wafer thin) and I get ALL of my calls, I have yet to miss an incoming
call. Prior to getting the Sanyo, I had a Qualcomm 2255 for about a week
and it had great coverage reception also, just not the features I wanted.

I guess what I'm saying is that the phone can make as much difference as the
carrier when it comes to coverage and other issues.

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Keith
VC Cubed - Medical Web Site Specialists
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[Scott Moseman]

On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Keith wrote:

: Why do you think Cingular is going belly-up? They

: are one of the few profitable cell companies. If

: I changed carriers I would probably switch to Cing-
: ular based on feedback from all the people I know

They are cutting 7.5% (3000) of their workforce,
but it makes no mention about them doing this as
a way to stay out of bankruptcy (just saving $).

I have never used them, so I cannot comment.
PrimeCo/AT&T has kept me happy for 4+ years.

Scott Moseman
sco...@highflow.net

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr]

On 20 Aug 2002 03:03:18 -0500, all...@starbase.neosoft.com (Allen)
wrote:

I have digital with Verizon too. In fact I had analog with GTE
Wireless (formally GTE Mobilenet) before Verizon bought them.

I'm extreamly happy with the service & will never switch!

[WT Stull]

Folk,

Verizon has the most towers in the Houston Area and Cingular has 2nd most.

That said, if you are using an analog phone some of the towers won't be
available for your system no matter who you have.

I have a tri-mode Nokia phone that works well on the Verizon network nearly
anywhere I go. Been using them for the last 2 years with OK service unless I
had to go into the store where the lines are looooong but the worker bees
are friendly and mostly knowledgeable.

Before that I had Primeco and they were Krap with a capital Turd.

Regards,

WT Stull bst...@ev1.net

Everyone is someone else's wierdo.

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[Adam Weiss]

Keith wrote:

I use Sprint and I've been happy with it. I have the cheapo Kyocera
phone that they gave me for free when I signed on almost a year ago, and
it's perfectly fine.

I've never gone out of range in the Houston area - except of course when
I'm on level B2 of the garage at work. When I visited New York City I
was in range. When I was in Connecticut I was in range. Boston was in
range. Western Massachusetts and Upstate New York were in range. `I
went to visit my parents in Maine and didn't start to roam until about
20 miles north of Portland.

I've also noticed that the free long distance on the Sprint phone means
that I pay roughly the same for my landline and my cell combined as I
used to for just the landline when I used it for long distance calls.

Of course I should say that I didn't get the cell phone until only last
year; Sprint is the only cellular provider I've ever been with.

--

Adam Weiss

--

"What a trip. Is this really happening?"

"No my friend. It's a crazy cocktail of Franz Kafka and Mark Twain"

[Zachary Brackin]

Yeah didn't Verizon buy Houston Celluar
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[Lee S.]

On Tue, 20 Aug 2002 20:20:10 GMT, "Keith" <long...@NOSPAMyahoo.com>
wrote:

>Why do you think Cingular is going belly-up? They are one of the few
>profitable cell companies. If I changed carriers I would probably switch to
>Cingular based on feedback from all the people I know who use it.

Just a big hunch. According to my sources at Weingarten Realty, every
strip center in Houston which they control (and that is a lot) with a
Cingular store in it has asked to be let out of their lease.

Draw your own conclusion

cheers

Lee S.
who remembers CIngular as good old Houston Cellular

[Frank Matthews]

My conclusion is that someone in Cingular management noticed that they
don't need stores every ten blocks.

Frank Matthews

[Scott Moseman]

Very possible. They are doing some reorganizing and
they say the sales operations is the initial target.
Maybe they are just consolidating so they can remove
a number of excess sales positions around town?

Scott Moseman
sco...@highflow.net

On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Frank Matthews wrote:

: My conclusion is that someone in Cingular management

: noticed that they don't need stores every ten blocks.

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: Lee S. wrote:
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: > Just a big hunch. According to my sources at

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[Steve M -move the dotcom to the end-]

On Tue, 20 Aug 2002 22:55:41 -0700, Joseph Singer
<joeofs...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 02:53:00 GMT, "Zachary Brackin"
><zbra...@houston.rr.com> wrote:
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>>Yeah didn't Verizon buy Houston Celluar
>

>AT&T did.

More complicated than that. ATT was an investor in Houston Cellular,
but they seem to have to gone and done their own thing. Houston
Cellular merged with 2-3 other companies, including BellSouth's
cellular division and somebody else, to come up with Cingular.

Steven

[WT Stull]

"Mr. Zachary Brackin" <zbra...@houston.rr.com> wrote:
> Yeah didn't Verizon buy Houston Celluar (?ed)

Stull informs:

Not by half! Houston Cellular was the local shill for AT&T Wireless in this
market. I was with AT&T Wireless when I lived elsewhere in the state and
when I moved back to Houston, they assured me my contract with 2 months to
run could be transferred to Hou Cellular, their "affiliate" in the Houston
Market. HC wanted me to resign a contract at usurious rates and I jumped
ship with a harsh letter to AT&T.

Houston Cellular stores later became Cingular Stores.

I am apalled at the way cellular service is marketed in this town (4th
largest in the country).

Regards,

WT Stull

You are supposed to contemplate your belly button to achieve the meditative
state, not your anal orifice. No wonder your mind is so full of shit and
you are reknown as a contortionist.. - WT Stull

[Steve M -move the dotcom to the end-]

On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 17:20:44 -0700, Joseph Singer
<joeofs...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>>My conclusion is that someone in Cingular management noticed that they
>>don't need stores every ten blocks.
>

>I dunno. It works for Starbucks :)

Reminds me of a comedian I heard a few months ago. He heard about
Starbucks opening a store across the street from itself.

He figures that their main customers for this are people with
Alzheimer's. They walk outside, forget where they've been, see
another store, "Hey, let's go have some coffee."

Steven

[Frank Matthews]

It was more that the traffic wouldn't cut across to the left. The
second store was primarily drive by.

Frank Matthews

[lists....@heorot.org]

>>>>> "Steve" == Steve M <despa...@houston.rr> writes:

Steve> On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 17:20:44 -0700, Joseph Singer
Steve> <joeofs...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>>> My conclusion is that someone in Cingular management noticed
>>> that they don't need stores every ten blocks.
>> I dunno. It works for Starbucks :)

Steve> Reminds me of a comedian I heard a few months ago. He
Steve> heard about Starbucks opening a store across the street
Steve> from itself.

Steve> He figures that their main customers for this are people
Steve> with Alzheimer's. They walk outside, forget where they've
Steve> been, see another store, "Hey, let's go have some coffee."

Shepard and West Gray. Two Starbucks across the street from each
other.

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[Steve Eisenstein]

Different product - different frequency of purchasing. I never go to
Starbucks but people I know who do go there everyday or at least several
times per week. I have bought 4 cell phones in 5 or 6 years! I doubt that
too many people even buy one per year.

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> On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 15:43:44 GMT, Frank Matthews
> <MATT...@MATH.CL.UH.EDU> wrote:
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> >My conclusion is that someone in Cingular management noticed that they
> >don't need stores every ten blocks.
>

> I dunno. It works for Starbucks :)

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[StarPilot]

I had Voicestream until about six months ago and switched to Cingular.
Haven't had any problems like I had with VS. I ahve been very happy with
it.........

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[StarPilot]

Last I heared Cingular was actually looking at buying Voicestream. Don't
know if that is good or bad though.

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[StarPilot]

Actually Cingular bought Houston Cellular. I had Houston Cellular during the
transition.

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[Kevin Harding]

I don't agree with your statement about cingular going belly-up. I have
been using cingular for my treo 180 for 6 months now and have received
excellent service. I would choose cingular over verizon, AT&T and Sprint
any day of the week.

BTW, the treo pda/phone combo is the way to go. If you're like most
people, you'll eventually upgrade to a combo and consolidate, so why not
get service that will compliment you next move?

Kevin

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[Frank Matthews]

Actually, both Verizon & Cingular appear to do pretty well in the
Houston area. My wife did have a little trouble this week but I don't
think the intermission of a Lyle & Bonnie concert is a fair trial. I
suspect that all the services were overloaded there.

Nationwide I have come up with one instance where Cingular out performed
Verizon. But it was in the wilds of Virginia S of Charlottesville.

Otherwise both have done fine.

Frank Matthews