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Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 2:45
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Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] OT - Cell
providers
EMa wrote:
> Sorry to ask an off topic question but
have a couple of them I need
> some advise
on.............
>
> 1. My contract is up and I cant
decide if I should stick with Verizon
> or switch to Cingular!
Any suggestions??
>
> 2. Either way I want to upgrade
my phone...Are the phone/PDA's any
> good for geocaching
purposes? Do they get a good signal?
I'll offer my
experience. I've used Verizon for several years, and have
been very
happy with them. Very few dropped calls, and the ones I have
had
drop have always been while on calls with a cell phone with a
different
service provider, so I can't say whether I can blame Verizon
for those or
not. My father has Cingular (migrated from AT&T). You
know
their commercials, "we're raising the bar for you"? He constantly
jokes,
"yeah, they raise that bar right up so that it trips you and you
fall on
your face". He lives in Texas, though. I have another friend
in Chandler who has Cingular (also migrated from AT&T before they
merged) and he is constantly dropping on me, or his voice comes through
garbled.
That said, I have another local friend who is on Cingular
and has no
complaints. I know several people who have Verizon (both
local and out
of state) and I've never heard complaints from any of them
about their
service. <standard disclaimer> I have no affiliation
with either
company. </standard disclaimer>
Regarding
phones...are you talking about the GPS capabilities that are
available on
phones now? I don't think they have the antenna strength
that a
regular GPSr unit would. I'd guess for urban caching they'd be
fine;
probably not for rural areas. That said, I've never really looked
at
one.
Lisa
"PoledraDog"
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