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admin@motocrosstracks.net - 28 Dec 2004 17:57 GMT

I would like customer opinions since service reps more than likely lie
to get your business. I am looking for a reliable wireless service
provider in the Spartanburg area (that covers rural areas like Inman
and Campobello, SC).

I have been to just about every cellular store and of course all claim
they provide coverage to Campobello but I'm finding out the hard way,
it's simply not true. (You know the "this map is for illustration
purposes only" disclaimer that pretty much makes coverage map useless).
So I would like customers who live or travel in these areas to give me
their feedback.

Please include the following information:

1.) The area you are at (intersection, landmark, etc.)
2.) Number of bars received.
3.) Name of service provider and plan.
4.) Technology used (GSM, TDMA, CDMA, etc.)
5.) Cell phone brand and model.
6.) Most important, how happy are you with them!
Thanks in advance!

Erica

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JoshIII - 28 Dec 2004 19:28 GMT

Hi Erica,

What carriers have you tried so far?

I'm in Greenville, SC and for the upstate of South Carolina Verizon/Alltel
are probably the best carriers for rural area coverage.

Just make sure that the cellphone you get includes analog mode. I have
yet to find any analog only areas in south carolina, but there maybe some in
very rural parts.

Stay away from Cingular GSM as an only phone.

Cingular/AT&T TDMA for south carolina is good. Make sure the phone can fall
back to analog mode if it has to.

Stay away from Suncom.

Forget Nextel, unless you really don't want a cellphone to begin with, then
Nextel might work. If you are in big cities all the time, then Nextel
works great. Sprint just bought Nextel, so that should tell ya something.
(namely, both are struggling in rural areas and are scrambling to resolve
this issue) It also tells me that:

Nextel + Sprint = Not much better, if any better rural area coverage

I'd stay away from Sprint also as long as we are still on the subject of
rural area coverage.

I have two cellphones. One uses Verizon/Alltel 800CDMA and the other uses
Cingular GSM. I know the Cingular GSM coverage is non existent in rural
areas, but my Verizon/Alltel phone I keep with me at all time when on the
road. This Cingular GSM is a single rate plan, therefore their roaming
rate is the same as their local rate throughout the USA. That doesn't make
their rural area coverage any better though.

Hope this helps!

JoshIII
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> I would like customer opinions since service reps more than likely lie
> to get your business. I am looking for a reliable wireless service
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> Erica

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MXT Admin - 29 Dec 2004 04:22 GMT

Unfortunetly I'm stuck with Suncom for 20 months. I am angry at Suncom
for not being clear with me and upgrading me to GSM when I renewed my
contract. If I knew I was changing technologies, I would of researched
it first and come to the conclusion to not renew and go with Verizon.

I just figured when I renewed, I would continue having the same service
but with a 15% discount and a better phone. I didn't know I was
changing technology until a month ago when I started getting "Emergency
Only" in areas I used to be on "Partner". I thought it was just the
phone but realized it was Suncom's technology.

When I called to complain, it did me know good although I will keep
trying. So far my only option is to pay the $200 per line cancellation
fee (I have 2 lines) or go back to TDMA which means I have to buy two
TDMA phones. Either way, it will probably cost the same.

My brother however does have the same exact GSM service but has a Nokia
phone, I have a Motorola V600. He says he never gets drop calls and
receives excellent reception almost everywhere including inside a giant
metal warehouse! In the same exact location his Nokia was picking up 5
bars out of 7 and my phone only had 2 bars out of 5. I'm not sure if
buying a Nokia 3120 (GSM) would help or if I should just go back to
TDMA and bid on a Nokia 6560.

I want to go with Verizon but unless Suncom will waive the cancellation
fee, I can't afford to. Verizon's plan that I would need is $10 more
per month and I would only get 800 minutes compared to unlimited.

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