[ale] droid bricks if mod'ed

[Pete Hardie]

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 16:37, drifter <drifter at oppositelock.org> wrote:
> I can report that T-mobile doesn't work at all along the Gulf coast
> south of Mobile. Ala.

As I recall, that's about 120 yards of sand, then the Gulf.....:)

>
> Sean
> -----------------------------------
>
> On Thursday 15 July 2010 15:54:23 Michael B. Trausch wrote:
>> On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 14:28 -0400, Greg Clifton wrote:
>> > I am considering going GSM, however, the big V has me by the short
>> > hairs, or at least the wallet on 2 of 5 phones on the family plan till
>> > June '11 and till Aug '10 for another, so I can't afford to leave now.
>> > Furthermore, ATT coverage isn't all that great and Tmobile is worse (I
>> > live ~ 30mi S. of Atl). Maybe LTE which V & ATT are going to will
>> > solve that by 2013? I am leery of Sprint's Wimax service so I don't
>> > think that is a viable option for the next year or two at least.
>>
>> I haven't been south of Atlanta much, but I can say that my T-Mobile
>> service has been pretty reliable everywhere that I have been from
>> Atlanta metro to Detroit, MI, both on and off the beaten path, so to
>> speak.  There is one place in Ohio where T-Mobile doesn't cover that I
>> have been---but then again, there is *no* cell phone coverage there
>> whatsoever.  I can about 10% of the time in that one particular location
>> get a local GSM carrier.  Fortunately for me, roaming is free on our
>> plan.*
>>
>>       --- Mike
>>
>> * Well, at least with the plan that I had at the time, it was.  We've
>> since switched to the "Even More Plus" contract-less and subsidy-free
>> plan.  I haven't actually checked the details on roaming on that plan,
>> since I roam almost never.
>>
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