Best carrier in Cincinnati and Central Kentucky

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Sam Carleton - 28 Oct 2004 19:55 GMT

I live in the northern Cincinnati area and am tired of Sprint only
working up to about a mile north of my house. I am looking to
find the best possible carrier for my needs. I travel to Chicago
often and also to Central Kentucky. I had heard good things about
Verizon, but they have zero coverage in Kentucky without roaming.

Can anyone advise me or point me to some good sites that discuss
this stuff?

Sam

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Jack Hamilton - 29 Oct 2004 06:00 GMT

>I live in the northern Cincinnati area and am tired of Sprint only
>working up to about a mile north of my house. I am looking to
>find the best possible carrier for my needs. I travel to Chicago
>often and also to Central Kentucky. I had heard good things about
>Verizon, but they have zero coverage in Kentucky without roaming.

I was in central Kentucky (Lexington and Georgetown) last week, and had
VZW coverage (not roaming) everywhere.

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Mike - 29 Oct 2004 19:33 GMT

>I was in central Kentucky (Lexington and Georgetown) last week, and had
>VZW coverage (not roaming) everywhere.

VZW has decent native coverage in some parts of Kentucky, primarily in
or near the Cincinnati, Lexington and Louisville areas (I-71/75
corridors).

If you take out those sections, VZW is roaming on a patchwork of local
and regional carriers in Kentuck, though it appears much of this
roaming is now digital, and I believe even included in America's
Choice.

As far as native VZW coverage, Kentucky's not one of their better
states, tho. roamer1 could probably explain why...

Mike

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Steve Sobol - 30 Oct 2004 18:11 GMT

>>I was in central Kentucky (Lexington and Georgetown) last week, and had
>>VZW coverage (not roaming) everywhere.
>
> VZW has decent native coverage in some parts of Kentucky, primarily in
> or near the Cincinnati, Lexington and Louisville areas (I-71/75
> corridors).

As is Sprint. Kentucky hasn't traditionally been friendly to CDMA carriers like
VZW and Sprint. Try Cingular, I guess... Or maybe AT&T...

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plane - 29 Oct 2004 21:34 GMT

> >I live in the northern Cincinnati area and am tired of Sprint only
> >working up to about a mile north of my house. I am looking to
> >find the best possible carrier for my needs. I travel to Chicago
> >often and also to Central Kentucky. I had heard good things about
> >Verizon, but they have zero coverage in Kentucky without roaming.> Edward Gibbon

Since about first of May 04 most of ky is extended coverage for ky. no
roam charges, check the vzw webpage.

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Hoptown - 30 Oct 2004 22:44 GMT

Verizon is terrible outside of major cities in KY. Much of the roaming in
Central KY ouside of Verizon coverage is analog. Cingular is a much better
choice for KY.

>> >I live in the northern Cincinnati area and am tired of Sprint only
>> >working up to about a mile north of my house. I am looking to
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> Since about first of May 04 most of ky is extended coverage for ky. no
> roam charges, check the vzw webpage.

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Mike - 30 Oct 2004 23:06 GMT

>Verizon is terrible outside of major cities in KY. Much of the roaming in
>Central KY ouside of Verizon coverage is analog. Cingular is a much better
>choice for KY.

From what I've been hearing, a lot of the VZW roaming in KY is now
CDMA digital, thanks to some carriers making the conversion. It's not
entirely digital, but it's somewhat more than it used to be.

It's still not native, though.

Mike

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