CINGULAR 6340i
This might be to early to give this company a glowing report but I will keep it updated. To set the stage, I live in a sparsely populated area, called Bridgton, ME, 40 miles NW of Portland, ME. I am in sales and have to travel to other parts of Maine, NH and Massachusetts frequently on business, and occassionaly thoughout the eastern states. I also use my cell phone to virtually make all my office long distance business calls across the nation.
I had been an ATT Wireless customer for the last three or more years and Previously Sprint - PCS.
Sprint was good along the major highways but sucked otherwise and went into analog (big extra roaming money & LD) about two or three miles off the main road.
That's when I tried several other optional sources and found ATT originally the best up here, but still lacking. They "jerked me badly" when I recently went on Vacation to Florida, paid them an extra $10.00 plus per month and was told I could revert back to the old plan the following month,and opted temporarily for a Nationwide plan for the month. Guess what? When I went to revert back they said my old plan wasn't available. To add insult to injury my new "Nationwide plan" at $49.99 per was not giving me the same "Local" coverage the $39.99 plan did. I started getting whacked all kinds of roaming and LD charges in areas I never was charged before.
Hence I am now a Cingular "GAIT" customer and finding out the phone works in a large number of areas that ATT, Sprint, Verizon and Nextel have no service. Go figure! I'm a happy camper so far.
Keep tuned in.
Gene