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Second best carrier in New York City NYC?

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  1. 05-31-2004, 6:05 PM #1
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    Default Second best carrier in New York City NYC?

    After Verizon Wirelessicon...

    Who is the next best carrier in New York City in terms of call quality, reliability, low drop-outs, etc..

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    Default Re: Second best carrier in New York City NYC?

    First off, let's not put Verizonicon so far above everyone else...

    In NYC, on the 850 band ATTicon is also strong. There are quite a few people with Sprint in NYC who are happy as well.
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    Default Re: Second best carrier in New York City NYC?

    Quote Originally Posted by GoodmanR
    First off, let's not put Verizonicon so far above everyone else...

    In NYC, on the 850 band ATTicon is also strong. There are quite a few people with Sprint in NYC who are happy as well.

    Agreed.....
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    I am rather biased to Verizonicon, but in nyc friends who have Sprinticon swear by their service- and of course Sprinticon has the best phones IMHO
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    Default Re: Second best carrier in New York City NYC?

    IMO, having the best phones is just a sales offer, not part of service quality. You can have the best phones in the world, but have a terrible network.

    The second best in NYC is a GSM carrier. I'll leave it up to you if you want to take that as being T-Mobileicon/Cingular or AWS because they are both so close that it is hard to tell. So I'll declare them a tie. Sprint is very good and will come a close third just because they are dropping many calls lately when you are driving, so you have to be standing still if you don't want to drop calls. That defeats the purpose of a Mobile phone IMO. Also, many calls to Sprinticon users go straight to voicemail even if they have their phone on with full signal. Once again, Sprinticon seems to be showing some signs of overcongestion in NYC. Just a week ago, my significant other was constantly roaming on Verizonicon out in the middle of Greenwich Village where I know Sprint has full service.
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    Default Re: Second best carrier in New York City NYC?

    For NYC, every carrier has a strong presence. Next question should be will I use the phone anywhere else or what do most of my friends' have (Sprinticon, Verizonicon, etc.)?
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    Default Re: Second best carrier in New York City NYC?

    Quote Originally Posted by twopiece
    For NYC, every carrier has a strong presence. Next question should be will I use the phone anywhere else or what do most of my friends' have (Sprint, Verizonicon, etc.)?
    I really don't buy that people should choose a service based on how strong their carrier will be in places they don't go every week or two. To be honest with you, every major carrier is fine just about everywhere you will ever go. Some are better in some place, others in different places. But in major urban centers, carriers have really done a great job improving coverage and the gap that once put carriers like ATT (back in the day) and Verizonicon (more recently) ahead of the game has been closed in most places and is closing fast in others.
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    i havnt seen a problem with any service in NYC.. i have nextel and Verizonicon, friends have sprint and aws.... no1 i know has Tmobileicon ne more but ive heard they are fine.

    what i have seen is certain people getting reception in the subway... now that wud be the BEST SERVICE IN NYC! I know its not Verizonicon or Nextel cuz i never get it. I have a feeling it is sprint.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shocka
    i havnt seen a problem with any service in NYC.. i have nextel and Verizonicon, friends have sprint and aws.... no1 i know has Tmobileicon ne more but ive heard they are fine.

    what i have seen is certain people getting reception in the subway... now that wud be the BEST SERVICE IN NYC! I know its not Verizonicon or Nextel cuz i never get it. I have a feeling it is sprint.
    No carrier in NYC has a network in the subway. Some carriers have strong cell sites near entrances to major stations and the phones will work while in the station.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shocka
    i havnt seen a problem with any service in NYC.. i have nextel and Verizonicon, friends have sprint and aws.... no1 i know has Tmobileicon ne more but ive heard they are fine.

    what i have seen is certain people getting reception in the subway... now that wud be the BEST SERVICE IN NYC! I know its not Verizonicon or Nextel cuz i never get it. I have a feeling it is sprint.
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