| Vic Smith 2007-09-24, 10:33 pm |
| On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:39:01 -0700, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote:
>Vic Smith wrote:
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>Not so backwoods actually. All on fairly major roads, often not far from
>mid-size to large cities. One of the routes to Lake Tahoe, past a major
>ski area (CA 88). Much of Crater Lake. Much of Yosemite and the roads
>into it (served by Golden State Cellular, a Verizon affiliate). Much of
>CA 1 between Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz. None of these are out in the
>woods at all.
>
>It's true that if you never leave the urban core that prepaid services
>that use AT&T's network are fine. What you want to avoid, at least out
>in the west, is any Sprint or T-Mobile based prepaid carrier, as both
>the 1900 MHz GSM and 1900 MHz CDMA networks are _much_ less developed
>than AT&T's 800 MHz GSM and Verizon's 800 MHz CDMA networks.
I agree that needed coverage is the most important consideration.
But in your previous post you said:
"When looking at prepaid carriers you want to look at:
a) per minute cost
b) minimum monthly cost
c) coverage"
Try to keep priorities straight.
And nominal per minute cost is meaningless if you lose minutes.
Refill hassle is also a consideration, and sometimes related
to losing minutes.
--Vic
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