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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Cingular / September 2005how is signal coverage in Hershey PA?
Hello, I recently moved to Hershey, PA. I am thinking of switching from Sprint to Cingular, or Verizon. I don't get any signal on my Sprint phone in my office, but my colleage can talk on his Verizon phone. Could those people in Hershey please tell me how do you like Cingular in this area? How does Cingluar compares with Sprint or Verizon? I have been with Sprint for several years. My currently plan is 750 minutes, two phones, evening starts at 8:00 pm, for $60 a month. Can I get similar deal with Cingular or Verizon? What kind of phone would I get if I decided to switch? Thanks! ST > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > ST I can verify that VZW has great coverage in that area. > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > ST We just spent a week in Hershey, visiting friends. We have two Nokia 3220, which normally get excellent reception. Everywhere we went in Hershey, we had a strong signal. HOWEVER, we had a number of phone calls (on both handsets) that just dropped in the Hershey area for no apparent reason at all (signal strength good, BTW). We don't live in PA. At home, we have no problem with dropped calls with the same phones that were dropping calls in Hershey area. I think overall you'd be satisfied with Cingular service in Hershey. It appears that Cingular has a bad tower or two in the area, though. On a side note, we dumped Verizon due to outrageous billing errors that Verizon acknowleged, but refused to correct. Comparing Cingular to Verizon . . . Cingular is a MUCH better service than Verizon, in ALL ways. The coverage (GSM nation) is better, you get more minutes for the same price, you get rollover minutes, and NO BILLING ERRORS. I wouldn't go back to Verizon if Verizon paid me to use it. I was a Verizon customer for several years until their billing department had a multi-month stupid attack. Verizon coverage was GOOD, but Cingular's is even better. Considering Cingular is less expensive and (so far at least) has accurate billing, it's a no-brainer. If you must switch from Sprint, try Cingular. Just watch out for the bad towers in the Hershey area. -Dave > We just spent a week in Hershey, visiting friends. We have two Nokia 3220, > which normally get excellent reception. Everywhere we went in Hershey, we [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > a no-brainer. If you must switch from Sprint, try Cingular. Just watch out > for the bad towers in the Hershey area. -Dave The OP asked for a recommendation in a specific area. VZW has solid coverage there while Cingular seems to have some "bad towers". How can you claim Cingular has the best ever super good network when you report it doesn't work in a populated area (Hershey) that is only 10 miles away from the state capitol (Harrisburg)? And judging from the people I know that have Cingular they seem to have "bad towers" in other locations too. > The OP asked for a recommendation in a specific area. VZW has solid > coverage there while Cingular seems to have some "bad towers". [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > know that have Cingular they seem to have "bad towers" in other locations > too. Good questions which I will gladly answer. For many years, I've been paid to travel all over the U.S. Mostly East Coast areas, but have hit all but one or two states recently. With both Verizon and Cingular, I have had almost NO problems at all, as far as coverage goes. Yes, there are areas where there is NO coverage from either Verizon or Cingular. Overall, Cingular's coverage seems to be better than Verizon, however (fewer 'no signal at all' areas with Cingular, in my experience). The exception seems to be the Hershey area of PA though. This is the only place I've had a problem worth commenting on, when I've used Cingular handsets on the GSM nation plan. That's significant considering that I've used Cingular GSM handsets all over the U.S. There may be a few local areas where Cingular has shitty coverage. In my experience though, Cingular is great if you do a lot of travelling. I don't think my experience (with Cingular) would have been so positive if the average area had shitty coverage from Cingular. Therefore it's logical to conclude that Cingular has pretty good coverage in most areas. Hershey PA may be an exception though. I'd have to hear from other Cingular users in the area to see if their experience matched my recent experience re. -Dave >> The OP asked for a recommendation in a specific area. VZW has solid >> coverage there while Cingular seems to have some "bad towers". [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > in my experience). The exception seems to be the Hershey area of PA > though. So the whole country is better served by GSM than CDMA/AMPS except for Hershey, PA. What a coincidence. You did say you had a GSM-only phone, right? If so I'd love to see you get a signal in some of the AMPS-only boonies that exist in the U.S. to this day (you're not the only one who travels). FWIW, your opinion seems a little too tainted--due to a CS issue with Verizon--to be taken seriously. There are people who have had negative CS experiences with Cingular. And Sprint, and T-Mobile...  SignatureMike > So the whole country is better served by GSM than CDMA/AMPS except for > Hershey, PA. What a coincidence. Well, every area I've travelled, anyway. That does cover quite a bit of the country. It's only a "coincidence" that someone ASKED about Hershey shortly after I got back from that area, and noticed that Cingular doesn't seem to work as well there as it does in all other areas I've tried it. > You did say you had a GSM-only phone, right? If so I'd love to see you get > a signal in some of the AMPS-only boonies that exist in the U.S. to this > day (you're not the only one who travels). Like I said, there are areas where neither Verizon NOR Cingular have coverage. You can't expect a single cell service to have coverage everywhere, even if you still have a dinosaur analog phone. If you expect a cell phone to work everywhere you go, then ALL cellular services suck raw eggs. You have to put it in perspective . . . does the service work for you most of the time? If so, then it's pretty good. I travel a lot, and I'm overall pretty happy with Cingular. > FWIW, your opinion seems a little too tainted--due to a CS issue with > Verizon--to be taken seriously. There are people who have had negative CS > experiences with Cingular. And Sprint, and T-Mobile... No doubt. But I'd never claim that Verizon has poor coverage. Their coverage is pretty good, also tested by myself in many areas of the U.S. I'd personally never go back to using Verizon as I don't agree with some of their predatory (IMHO) billing practices. But then, the OP did ask about coverage. I don't remember if I've ever been to Hershey/Harrisburg area while carrying a Verizon handset. If so, I didn't have any coverage problems there, as I would have remembered, if I did. -Dave >You did say you had a GSM-only phone, right? If so I'd love to see you >get a signal in some of the AMPS-only boonies that exist in the U.S. to >this day (you're not the only one who travels). And in another three years that won't matter either as AMPS will be shut down anyway. - - >> You did say you had a GSM-only phone, right? If so I'd love to see >> you get a signal in some of the AMPS-only boonies that exist in the >> U.S. to this day (you're not the only one who travels). > > And in another three years that won't matter either as AMPS will be > shut down anyway. First, three years is a heck of a long time, relatively speaking (i.e., 50% longer than a two-year cellphone contract). Second, AMPS is not going to be "shut down." Certainly not in the boonies where there is no other coverage. (Though I suspect you don't understand the difference between a requirement to "shut" something down and a non-requirement to keep something up.) But I'll be sure to mention your point the next time, when in an AMPS-only coverage area, a GSM/Nextel user asks to borrow my dual-band/tri-mode phone. SignatureMike >But I'll be sure to mention your point the next time, when in an >AMPS-only coverage area, a GSM/Nextel user asks to borrow my >dual-band/tri-mode phone. If you want to put your head in the sand and pretend that AMPS is not going away go for it. The fact remains that AMPS *will* be going away eventually. - - >> But I'll be sure to mention your point the next time, when in an >> AMPS-only coverage area, a GSM/Nextel user asks to borrow my [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > going away go for it. The fact remains that AMPS *will* be going away > eventually. Covering your bases is not putting your "head in the sand." But I'll be sure to use that phrase the next time, when in an AMPS-only coverage area, a GSM/Nextel user asks to borrow my dual-band/tri-mode phone: "No you cannot borrow my phone. It's not my fault you had your head in the sand here in BFE and thought your phone would still work." Yea, I like that. (I think I can pull it off without asterisks, so feel free to use my allotment.) SignatureMike >> But I'll be sure to mention your point the next time, when in an >> AMPS-only coverage area, a GSM/Nextel user asks to borrow my [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > going away go for it. The fact remains that AMPS *will* be going away > eventually. An argument could be made that "you* have your head in the sand. "Eventually" could be a long time off. In the meantime, I'm going to keep buying hansets that have AMPS as one of the fallback roaming modes, to ensure coverage in the boonies. The average life cycle of a handset is only 18-24 months, so it's not like you're making a lifetime investment. SignatureJohn Richards >> If you want to put your head in the sand and pretend that AMPS is not >> going away go for it. The fact remains that AMPS *will* be going away [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >handset is only 18-24 months, so it's not like you're making a lifetime >investment. Same here. Out in the boonies I travel to, there are a couple of small communities that just got AMPS service in the last 2 years, and the carriers are still fighting over AMPS roaming agreements. Digital service in these areas is years away. Joe Huber huber.joseph@comcast.net > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > ST I work in Hershey PA and have no problems at all. T > I work in Hershey PA and have no problems at all. > > T That's good to hear. Now, are you a Verizon, Sprint or Cingular customer? If so, which one? :) -Dave If Sprint does not work well, I would go with Verizon. Verizon uses CDMA technology and EVDO that is superior to the GSM technology that is offered by Cingular. -mij >> I work in Hershey PA and have no problems at all. >> >> T > > That's good to hear. Now, are you a Verizon, Sprint or Cingular customer? > If so, which one? :) -Dave >If Sprint does not work well, I would go with Verizon. Verizon uses CDMA >technology and EVDO that is superior to the GSM technology that is offered >by Cingular. And if you do not use data it's a moot point at best. - - >> I work in Hershey PA and have no problems at all. >> >> T > > That's good to hear. Now, are you a Verizon, Sprint or Cingular customer? > If so, which one? :) -Dave Cingular > I have been with Sprint for several years. My currently plan is 750 > minutes, two phones, evening starts at 8:00 pm, for $60 a month. Can I > get similar deal with Cingular or Verizon? I think you'll be paying more for VZW. The other matters I can't comment about. You might want to check T-Mobile too. > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > ST |
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