Who has best coverage in Central, Northern, mid-Michigan

[JabbaTheTutt]

First, thanks to everyone responding. It seems the more I read the more confused I get. Some people switch from Sprint or T-Mobile, because the coverage is so bad. Other people say Sprint and T-Mobile rock. I live in Mt Pleasant and travel over to the tri-cities (Midland, Bay City, Saginaw). I go up the coast to Alpena, then SE to Houghton Lake and down the 27 to Mt Pleasant. I'm wondering about the towns in between like Gladwin, Clare, Farwell and West Branch. Highways we're looking at include US-10, 23 + 27, I-75 and Mich 46, 55 + 58(or is that the 56?).

I've been using NPI Wireless and happy with the quality and coverage. They're doubling their monthly fees and I don't use the phone that much to justify the higher cost. I won't know until Monday whether T-Mobile or Sprint coverages where I live near Winn. If I get home coverage, that'll be a huge plus.

I'm wondering about dead areas, dropped calls and roaming charges. Do some phones work better than others in this area? What about the CDMA vs GSM controversy?

Thanks again for your comments.

[LTWrob]

T-Mobile will have the same coverage you had with NPI. I believe T-Mobile uses their network. I do know that all those cities you mentioned will give you excellent T-Mob coverage since I have been to all those cities and had no problem with coverage.

[Kyoman]

I believe that T-Mobile is pretty spotty up there. Check out their map. There is a Michigan map available in their website also.



http://www.T-Mobile.com/coverage/national_popup.asp