T-Mobile n lower new england?

[johnner1999]

been wanting to switch over to tmo (I have verizon now) for a BB 7100 or a sidekick


but in the past tmobile was not really a useable service here in CT (mostly in the north west corner near torrington area)


I borrowed a tmobile phone for the week-end and it did work which in the past it would have been 1 bar at best and no connection.


just looking to see what others think.



thanks in advance,

John

[Pr0s]

There would not appear to be the greatest coverage in your area. Not sure if you're aware, but you can actually utilize the PCC, Personal Coverage Check, directly from T-Mobile to get a realistic expectation of the coverage, where you will you use your phone the most. I did a quick look for you, and it does not appear that as of now, T-Mobile has much coverage in your area... but you can check yourself at T-Mobile.com...

[bobolito]

Have you considered Cingular? They sell the BB 7100 as well. Granted they are not as cheap as T-Mobile, but I think if you are used to Verizon-like coverage and are concerned about losing coverage, then you won't be dissapointed with Cingular. They are just as good as Verizon.

[johnner1999]

Originally Posted by bobolito

Have you considered Cingular? They sell the BB 7100 as well. Granted they are not as cheap as T-Mobile, but I think if you are used to Verizon-like coverage and are concerned about losing coverage, then you won't be dissapointed with Cingular. They are just as good as Verizon.

That would work well - but in my town we only have AT&T (soon to be Altell?) and actually my office gets a good dicount at att or cingular but they only have the 7100 availble via phone :-( and they said its on heavy backorder...


maybe I'll get a non-BB phone as all I really want is a good calender feature that can sync with my Mac iCal feature... Almost bought a 6620 or N-Gage tonight which I think links well with Mac?

And I do agree that I think Cingular will be best for me -- but on that note what is happening to my area and Altell (sp) ???


side note the tmobile person would go down to 155 for the 7100 and then a 100 mail in rebate still -- so I dunno?



again thanks you all


John

[bobolito]

So, what is your town? As far as I know, there is no area of CT that Cingular doesn't cover. And the only area of CT going to Alltel is Litchfield County, but that's only the AT&T portion. Cingular, however, is retaining its native portion in Litchfield, so Cingular won't disappear from anywhere in CT.