GSM coverage in Austin area?

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PriusGeek24 - 17 Feb 2004 13:33 GMT

Any experience with ATT GSM coverage in North Austin, specifically the
Georgetown area? I have the TDMA 1-rate and want a national plan, but the
1-rate is too pricey for me. Cingular has an equivalent for less, for
example.

I am considering moving to Cingular, but I'm thinking that when the merger
goes through that ATT will essentially be part of Cingular's network and
I'll be able to take advantage of their better coverage without signing on
to another contract.....

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Jim Volstad - 17 Feb 2004 13:58 GMT

Hope the coverage up in Austin is better then SA. It's kind of flakey down
here. Lots of dropped calls and weak cells.

> Any experience with ATT GSM coverage in North Austin, specifically the
> Georgetown area? I have the TDMA 1-rate and want a national plan, but the
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> I'll be able to take advantage of their better coverage without signing on
> to another contract.....

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James Hardin - 18 Feb 2004 04:15 GMT

> Hope the coverage up in Austin is better then SA. It's kind of flakey down
> here. Lots of dropped calls and weak cells.
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> > I'll be able to take advantage of their better coverage without signing on
> > to another contract.....

I'm in San Antonio and frequently go to Austin and have had few if any
problems with AT&T's GSM coverage in North Austin or San Antonio. I
get more dropped calls on my SprintPCS service than I do on AT&T
Wireless.

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JTN - 22 Feb 2004 11:29 GMT

> I'm in San Antonio and frequently go to Austin and have had few if any
> problems with AT&T's GSM coverage in North Austin or San Antonio. I
> get more dropped calls on my SprintPCS service than I do on AT&T
> Wireless.

I don't know about North Austin but I live in EXTREEM South East Travis
County...way out in the country...and have both GSM/GPRS and TDMH with ATT
Wireless. The quality of the GSM/GPRS service is the ONLY reason I stay
with ATT Wireless at all. The TDMA drops calls if I just turn my head the
wrong direction while on a call. I have used the GSM/GPRS from Bastrop
through North Central Austin (51st and Lamar area) with no problems at
all...inside buildings and outside.

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