Originally Posted by rustyshakelford

i used to like cingular, but now they are at&t...dont know how much i love that...5 more months in my contract and i have about a 5 year history with them so i dont know what to do! verizon seems pretty good too!

brett

Originally Posted by jj3500

This is truly strange for me to respond to. I moved out to L.A. to work for Tmobile. The service out there, by far, was the worst thing I've experienced. I moved back to N.Y.,home town, performance is very poor. Mind you, I do a great deal of driving from N.Y.C. out in all directions about 2 hours. I've used most of the "other" carriers out there. TMO, as they refer to it as, was exceedingly the worst. I call a great deal to Dallas, Texas. I get the same performance problems. The person I call is also on TMO and they constantly drop calls or the sound quality is so poor that I wind up getting aggravated and angry towards the caller. visa versa. The ONLY reason I got their service is because it was mandatory for me to use as a TMO employee. They suck! I call the customer service. If you enjoy talking to machines, then this is for you. If you enjoy repeating yourself three or four times, this is for you. Needless to say, an aggravating process. Be careful...you lock yourself in for two long years. Verizon is the way to go. CLEARLY.

Originally Posted by TreeFarm

Had them. Hate their technology. Verizon, along with Sprint uses CDMA, instead of GSM, the other common technology.

CDMA is horrid in the boonies, unless you are close to a cell tower. If you aren't, you will experience drops as system traffic load increases, something that doesn't happen nearly as often with GSM.

Originally Posted by tbarbee1

I'm currently having the same crappy issues with Verizon. I've had US cellular for 12 years remember the big bag phones yep I had one. I travel nation wide and work in the boonies 90% of the time repairing pipelines. US Cellular is amazing everyone else would have to leave and try to drive somewhere to get signal mine would work great. The only place I had poor reception was in South Central Louisiana and Fairfax OK. I switched companies they wanted to provide me with a phone I agreed but got this crappy verizon service "company provider". Ive dropped more calls in the last month than I ever did with US cellular over the last 12 years IN THE EXACT SAME AREAS.
DO NOT get verizon they wont work off of the towers like stated above andf you will find that you cannot talk where you have always been able to before. Sorry for the ranting but verizon SUCKS!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Spooler

That technology is actually called UMA( Unlicensed Mobile Access).

Originally Posted by tbarbee1

remember the big bag phones

Originally Posted by tbarbee1

remember the big bag phones yep I had one.

Originally Posted by graphitecumnz

Heck yeah... I had one of those too...

Originally Posted by 12valve@heart

You can still get them - for a price!!

Motorola
m800



Basic Features

* Multiple Ringtones
* Caller ID
* 500 Contact phone book
* Voice Notes
* Voice Activation
* Conference Call

Technical Specifications

* E911 Ready
* CDMA 1xRTT technology
* Talk Time(Handsfree mode): up to 1 hour & 45 minutes *
* Talk Time(Handset mode): up to 4 hours
* Standby Time: up to 10 hours*
* Size: 170 mm x 340 mm x 100 mm
* Weight: 10 lbs

Includes

* Second "Private Mode" Handset
* Headset
* Panic Button
* Standard PHF connection
* User Manual

Originally Posted by tbarbee1

I saw the pic but no price Id like to have one again but the company will never go for it If it weighs ten pounds it could stay in the truck where it belongs instead of the pocket of my chaps ringing and ringing when Im trying to ride colts.