i found this interesting.

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AuroraGlow

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Each company has there plus and minuses. But I forgot how long ago it was but in consumer reports I saw different areas where each company works the best in. I wish all the carriers were a little more honest. AT&T should just count themselves as one company instead of surveying themselves as AT&T and Cingular. I wish all the carriers would say we have thhe fewest droprd calls in this region instead of fewest droprd calls. Anyone agree with that. But going back to my original point. In the test that were taken in the top 100 cities. TMobile and Verizon had the most #1 and #2s. AT&T had there share and sprint had their share and alltel had theirs as well and even some of the smaller regional carriers had there share. But Verizon and T-mobile had the most top spots. ~via BB (wap.rabroad.com)~
 
It is all about your location.... There were a number of times when I was with Cingular where I wanted to throw my Motorola out the window because it would show full signal, and then show no signal and failed call the moment I hit send... I could understand this problem in Waco, TX, but when it continued in Dallas, I decided I was through.

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Anyone can complain about any networks service in some area or another, so that is not a valid argument for saying the company as a whole is worthless... What matters to me is whether they are making measurable efforts to improve as a whole (not just high profit areas), whether the company behaves ethically, whether the pricing is fair for the service I receive.
 
The thread is about article that states Tmo has, generally speaking, fewer dropped calls... Which contradicts the annoying Cingular/at&t ad campaign (annoying in areas where att service stinks)...

Admitidly, most opinions are probably biased though, since this thread is in the Tmo forum... But if you are an old att/Cingular/att customer, you must surely be able to laugh at the constant changing of the colors.
 
I can add to this. Anytime my mom and I go to the Medical Center (Houston, TX) for one of my doctor's appointments, neither one of us can get a signal in Memorial Hermann Hospital's cafeteria. I have T-Mobile and she has AT&T (Cingular). We have to wait to leave the building completely before either one of us can make a call. We have no problems whatsoever in any other hospital (and the rest of that particular hospital and its professional building) in the area.

I temporarily forgot about this today and tried to make a call (and send an email) from my phone. "No service" was at the top of my 7100t screen and her phone wouldn't do anything. A little later, I tried to make another call once we got away from Memorial Hermann and I STILL had to reboot my signal (turn wireless off and back on) before my phone would work again. My Pearl would have regained signal as soon as I left the building but it's not working right now.
 
i find tmo generally very reliable. BUT...when i drive through beverly hills (la dee dah!!), i can't make or receive any calls. zip, zilch, nada. some ordinance about no towers in the 90210. it's weird, cuz i always have 4 or 5 bars. it just won't work, is all.
 
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