How well does Cingular phones (service) work in NY subway?

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Gianie - 28 Jun 2003 00:00 GMT

I am planning to buy a cell phone some time this week-end. I am
considering Verizon, Nextel & cingular. However, Cingular plans
matches better with my requirement(similar plans is about $5 cheeper
in Cingular). I would appreciate if some one could tell me how well do
cingular phones work in NYC Subways and inside buildings in NYC
neighbourhood.

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P Howard - 28 Jun 2003 00:21 GMT

Not so good... Cingular does not own any spectrum in NYC and uses T
Mobile's network entirely. Service is marginal, but for some reason,
apparently not as good as if you were a T Mobile customer using a T
Mobile phone, even though your Cingular phone uses the same towers...
any one else heard of this?

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hignani@yahoo.com (Gianie) wrote in article
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> I am planning to buy a cell phone some time this week-end. I am
> considering Verizon, Nextel & cingular. However, Cingular plans
> matches better with my requirement(similar plans is about $5 cheeper
> in Cingular). I would appreciate if some one could tell me how well do
> cingular phones work in NYC Subways and inside buildings in NYC
> neighbourhood.

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J F - 28 Jun 2003 02:01 GMT

i believe i've seen on this newsgroup that VZW owns all the rights to
the subway systems as far as phone service....i could be wrong...

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thrillme5@aol.com (P Howard) wrote in article
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> Not so good... Cingular does not own any spectrum in NYC and uses T
> Mobile's network entirely. Service is marginal, but for some reason,
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> [posted via phonescoop.com - free web access to the alt.cellular groups]

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Ray&Rita Normandeau - 28 Jun 2003 04:13 GMT

I have been using SPCS since 1998.

Prior to that I used Verizon or whatever they were called at that
time.

I found the SPCS service better and the CS reps more like real human
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me.

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