| Fat Ass Fred 2007-02-04, 10:33 am |
| On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 13:33:38 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf"
<scharf.steven@linkearth.net> wrote:
May not find what your looking for, but try:
http://www.dslreports.com/ They've got reviews for all the cellular
services, cable providers, and DSL providers.... Reviews posted from
actual customers.... No telling if any customers from Louisiana posted
a review or not, but....
><mcha694@webtv.net> wrote in message
>news:188-3F01D775-537@storefull-2318.public.lawson.webtv.net...
>
>There's no impartial site for Louisiana that I've found, but since you're
>looking at other states as well, you can check out these non-profit,
>impartial web sites:
>
>Atlanta: http://www.roamer1.org/wireless/atlanta.html (recommends Verizon)
>New England: http://markson.net/cell_phones.htm (recommends Verizon)
>Northern California: http://sfbacell.com/ (my site) (reommends Verizon
>followed by AT&T TDMA)
>Oregon & Pacific Northwest: http://cell.uoregon.edu/ (recommends AT&T
>followed by Verizon)
>Reno: http://renowireless.home.att.net/ (recommends Verizon)
>South Dakota: http://meetmyattorney.com/cellular/ (recommendations vary by
>city and by
>intended use, Verizon recommended if you travel, and for 8.5/13 of the
>cities)
>
>British Columbia: http://www.geckobeach.com/cellular/ (no reccomendations)
>Southern Ontario Canada: http://www.arcx.com/sites/index.htm (no
>reccomendations)
>
>In short, if you want the best coverage, and the best in-building
>penetration, you
>should go with Verizon CDMA. Verizon isn't the most recommended carrier
>by accident. They have more of the valuable 800Mhz spectrum being used
>for digital service than the other carriers. Eventually Cingular and AT&T
>will
>turn off TDMA and AMPS and re-deploy their 800 Mhz spectrum for GSM
>(in the areas that they own it), which will greatly improve GSM quality.
>CDMA
>is much more efficient than GSM or TDMA, which leads to less "system busy"
>problems.
>
>It's also no surprise that Verizon realizes their advantage and does not
>compete
>on price as much as the other carriers. Verizon will usually be at least $10
>more
>per month for the same number of peak minutes as the lower quality carriers.
>But
>the America's Choice plan is very good; I've rarely been anywhere that I had
>to
>pay for roaming. Even up in Alaska (where you can't roam at all on T-Mobile,
>AT&T GSM or Cingular GSM because there is no GSM) I didn't have to pay
>to roam onto Alaska's carriers unless I was out in the middle of nowhere and
>on
>the old analog (AMPS) system (in which case at least I still had coverage,
>albeit
>at 69 cents per minute).
>
>You should talk to other people in your area before choosing. Even Verizon
>has
>some areas where they are not very good, i.e. South Florida. Also, Verizon
>has
>gotten really bad about taking standard features of calling plans and
>turning them
>into extra-cost options (they do this to keep their base plans from
>appearing too
>expensive). I.e., in California they now charge extra for voice-mail that
>can have
>more than 3 messages! But they know that especially in California, they can
>do
>just about whatever they want since the other carriers are so poor.
>
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