[ale] [OT] Time for a Cell Phone Change

[Damon L. Chesser]

On Sun, 2011-05-01 at 07:34 -0400, Greg Clifton wrote:
> Damon,
> That is the kind of feedback I was looking for. Very glad to hear the
> phone works out of town, now the question is, does the phone work
> between the cities (without roaming charges?)  I live ~ 15 miles south
> of Hartsfield airport, have a kid in college in Milledgeville and a
> kid who hangs out in the Newnan area. Metro also has soe sort of
> family plan that gives you $5 per [extra] line presumably up to 5
> total as the other carriers but you can't get details on line, gotta
> go to the store. If we were 'city dwellers' Metro would be a no
> brainer. And Metro has a number of smart/Android phones both CDMA ones
> and LTE ones.

In the metro area, I would not be concerned (I live half way between
Kennesaw and Acworth on hwy 41).  Now in between the cities, that may be
different.  In Birmingham I have zero coverage (for GPS, phone worked).
East of Birmingham, on I20, after the boarder is crossed, I have
coverage again (I can't tell you where, exactly).  I cut north and west
from Douglasvill up to Acworth and had coverage all the way back home.

Memphis, coverage.  Much of the trip from OKC to Atlanta via the future
route of I35 across Miss. Alabama, no coverage (for GPS, phone not
checked).

You would have to check the coverage area for MetroPCS.
http://www.metropcs.com/coverage/ Per that page, Newnan is covered as is
Hartsfield with "Talk and text available. Web, email and multimedia
available in some areas. " coverage in Miledgeville.  Basicly, if there
is a density of population, MetroPCS has you covered.

Drop the cell contract, that is for the 20th century.  Buy the phone, go
month to month, it is so much cheaper.


> 
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Damon L. Chesser <damon at damtek.com>
> wrote:
>         
>         On Fri, 2011-04-29 at 15:47 -0400, Greg Clifton wrote:
>         > So we've been with Verizon since the silicon cooled off and
>         had a
>         > family plan for the past 10 yrs., but in the spirit of FOSS,
>         I am
>         > thinking very seriously of kicking Verizon to the curb. I
>         want an
>         > Android phone and LTE might also be nice, but not an
>         absolute
>         > requirement esp. as I intend to pull nearly all my data from
>         WiFi.
>         > Ergo, I REFUSE to pay the required $15 or $30 extortion fee
>         for the
>         > required data plans at Verizon. Furthermore, I find their
>         $350/line
>         > cancellation fee unconscionable, not that I have any
>         intention of
>         > cancelling while under contract, but again it goes against
>         the FOSS
>         > grain. When it comes to phone service, I am in agreement
>         with Aaron
>         > regarding the corporapists!
>         >
>         >
>         > Now, with the preamble finished, I am leaning seriously
>         towards going
>         > with Metro PCS, they have LTE (though LTE service ends ~ 5mi
>         from my
>         > home) and CDMA Android phones for what seem reasonable
>         prices. They
>         > also have $40, $50 and $60 all inclusive unltd plans. The
>         one thing I
>         > am concerned about is [lack of] coverage, where Verizon has
>         always
>         > been top notch--their coverage is great, but it ought to be,
>         cause you
>         > sure pay for it!
>         >
>         >
>         > My question is does anybody on the list have any experience
>         with
>         > Metro?
>         
>         
>         With out reading all the responses:  I have metroPCS and I
>         can't be more
>         happy.  I don't notice dropped calls or garbled voices.  I
>         live almost
>         in Acworth and work in Downtown ATL.  The phone just works.
>          FWIW it
>         also just works in OKC when I go there.
>         
>         Review the phone before you buy one.  I think they only have
>         one smart
>         phone, the rest are just sorta smart (if you need a smart
>         phone).
>         
>         I have had service now for 18 months.
>         
>         HTH
>         
>         
>         >
>         >
>         > MG,
>         > GC
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