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Bird · 03-05-2002, 5:07 PM

Someone started a thread in the Central US forum saying that Toledo, OH has one of the most competitive wireless markets in that part of the US.

I thought it was a good idea and wondered what people thought was the most competitive wireless market in the Southern part of the country. By competitive I mean the greatest number of wireless companies fighting it out for consumer $$$$.

I'll step right up and nominate ATLANTA.
I think it might be the most competitive in the entire country.
They have ALL of the big six(AT&T, Cingular, Verizon, VoiceStream, Nextel, Sprint PCS) plus a new unlimited plan carrier MetroPCS AND one of the only other companies using iDEN like Nextel, Southern LINC!!

Are there any other markets with this kind of wireless competition?!!!

Jack · 03-05-2002, 8:08 PM

Actually Cleveland ohio is probally the most competative

1. Alltel
2. Verizon
3. At&t
4. Cingular
5. Nextel
6. Northcoast PCS (a local unlimited service for cleveland)
7. Voicestream (SOON TO BE ADDED, I heard march- mid-summer)

Jack

P.S. Any area more competative

larry · 03-05-2002, 8:26 PM

Jack,

You left off Sprint for Cleveland, Ohio.

ComicalMoodyDan · 03-05-2002, 8:26 PM

I know of a website that lists carriers that provide coverage for cities in the southeast US. According to this chart some areas of the south have as many as 9 wireless provider's to choose from!

Southeast US Cellular and PCS Carriers

larry · 03-06-2002, 1:21 PM

We still only have 5 here in Los Angeles.

AT&T (cellular A)
Verizon (Cellular B)
Sprint PCS
Cingular (GSM)
Nextel

Jack · 03-07-2002, 6:42 AM

My mistake larry your right add sprint to my list above and that makes a total of 8 for cleveland ohio area.

Jack

Rae · 03-20-2002, 3:21 PM

Here in Memphis, we're right up there with the big cities concerning wireless competition:

1-Sprint
2-Verizon
3-Voice Stream
4-Nextel
5-Cingular
6-SunCom (AT&T)
7-Cellular South
8-Cricket

That's a whole lot of carriers for a city nowhere near as large as Atlanta or Los Angeles.

aiwapro · 03-26-2002, 6:48 PM

Not to be rude or anything, but Cleveland is not in the "South." I'm up here near Toledo, and yes the cell phone service is intense. I know at least one person for each provider. Alltel sucks here; Verizon somewhat sucks here, Nextel has some static problems, Cricket (our unlimited wireless provider) has "all circuits are busy problems, alot; I know people with and without problems with Sprint PCS; AT&T is full of static, like it were analog or something (analog sounds better actually); I have no problems with my Voicestream.

aiwapro · 03-26-2002, 7:03 PM

Does "PCS#1" mean that that company listed is the #1 company for that area?

Jack · 03-26-2002, 7:17 PM

AiwaPro

Last time I was in toledo. My Alltel Service worked fine.

Jack

ComicalMoodyDan · 03-27-2002, 8:57 AM

Six of them here in my smaller area of Kingsport, TN

1. Verizon
2. ALLTEL
3. Cingular (GSM)
4. Sprint PCS
5. SunCom (Triton PCS)
6. Nextel

Dukedog · 03-28-2002, 6:22 PM

I have to agree with Bird, that Atlanta is the most competitive market and right behind Atlanta, I would have to say Dallas would be second.

Jack · 03-28-2002, 7:53 PM

anyone actually have the new metro pcs. the new unlimited service

Jack

lazarus · 03-28-2002, 10:35 PM

everybody seems to be getting into this so i will nominate my area.

Charlotte, NC

1. Cingular
2. Verizon
3. Alltel
4. Sprint PCS
5. At&t
6. Nextel
7. Cricket (although they shouldn't really count as competition b/c they don't really market for the same type of user)

aiwapro · 03-29-2002, 9:36 PM

For you Atlanta people, Voicestream got the J.D. Power award for Atlanta.

Redallnite · 04-20-2002, 7:43 PM

Maybe in Atlanta but let Voice stream stray off I20, and it's not worth a flip!

roamer1 · 04-20-2002, 11:11 PM

I agree -- VS has excellent coverage in most parts of metro Atlanta, but has some issues with the east
and west burbs; AT&T is slightly worse than VS. (Then again, Verizon had analog-only cells
in much of south Fulton for the longest time; I can remember always hitting the same tower and falling
to analog around Union City...)

Then there's Metro PCS, who doesn't cover Douglas/Rockdale/Fayette/etc. counties at all yet... [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

-SC

Redallnite · 04-21-2002, 7:26 PM

Those analog cells in the west burbs, are no more, yeah!!!! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img]

CDANMA · 04-22-2002, 10:44 AM

Roanoke,VA is getting a good amount of carriers.....

1. (A band) US Cellular
2. (B band) Verizon
3. Suncom
4. Ntelos
5. Nextel
6. Sprint (uses Ntelos towers) here
7. Devon (Adelphia cable)

04-26-2002, 10:45 AM

Little bitty old Tyler Texas has
1. Alltel
2. AT&T
3. Cingular
4. Verizon
5. Nextel
6. Voicestream
7. Cell-1
8. Centurytel
9. People's Cellular (7, 8, and 9 depend on what rural area around tyler you are in)
10. Sprint POS
Then there are the resellers
11. Teletouch....

I believe there are more but I cannot think of them now..
We are just in a really wierd area kind of stuck in the 'golden triangle' between DFW, Houston, Austin, and Shreveport.. It seems all of the carriers from the bigger cities have some stake in this in-between area...

Matthew
http://www.epinions.com/user-mnehr

Cellout · 04-29-2002, 6:34 AM

cant beat 11. But I do have to nominate Miami for most overpopulated sites with any carrier.

roamer1 · 04-29-2002, 11:10 PM

Tyler doesn't really have 11 carriers in the same area (county, etc)...

As far as I can tell, the I-10 corridor between Bay St. Louis, MS and Pensacola has the most carriers of anywhere in the US. At the other extreme, I know of two counties in east TN (Polk and Meigs) that are served only by Verizon, and a third (Johnson) appears to have one normal carrier (ALLTEL) and an outfit that doesn't really sell local service, but exists mainly to "gouge" roamers.

(BTW, the web site TNDan21 mentions is mine.)

-SC

03-05-2002, 8:08 PM	#2
Jack Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,475 Phone(s): Motorola T720 Provider(s): Alltel Devices: Sirius Satellite radio, ipod, laptop, pda Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Actually Cleveland ohio is probally the most competative 1. Alltel 2. Verizon 3. At&t 4. Cingular 5. Nextel 6. Northcoast PCS (a local unlimited service for cleveland) 7. Voicestream (SOON TO BE ADDED, I heard march- mid-summer) Jack P.S. Any area more competative __________________ Current Plan with alltel 3000 anytime minutes w/nationwide LD $74.95 a month---Waiting not so patiently for the Alltel version of the V710

03-07-2002, 6:42 AM	#6
Jack Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,475 Phone(s): Motorola T720 Provider(s): Alltel Devices: Sirius Satellite radio, ipod, laptop, pda Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My mistake larry your right add sprint to my list above and that makes a total of 8 for cleveland ohio area. Jack __________________ Current Plan with alltel 3000 anytime minutes w/nationwide LD $74.95 a month---Waiting not so patiently for the Alltel version of the V710

03-26-2002, 7:17 PM	#10
Jack Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,475 Phone(s): Motorola T720 Provider(s): Alltel Devices: Sirius Satellite radio, ipod, laptop, pda Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	AiwaPro Last time I was in toledo. My Alltel Service worked fine. Jack __________________ Current Plan with alltel 3000 anytime minutes w/nationwide LD $74.95 a month---Waiting not so patiently for the Alltel version of the V710

03-28-2002, 7:53 PM	#13
Jack Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,475 Phone(s): Motorola T720 Provider(s): Alltel Devices: Sirius Satellite radio, ipod, laptop, pda Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	anyone actually have the new metro pcs. the new unlimited service Jack __________________ Current Plan with alltel 3000 anytime minutes w/nationwide LD $74.95 a month---Waiting not so patiently for the Alltel version of the V710

04-20-2002, 11:11 PM	#17
roamer1 In Memoriam Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Sandy Springs, GA Posts: 1,749 Phone(s): Palm Treo 680, Sierra AirCard 860, Moto L2 & L6, Nokia 6015i Provider(s): lots of orange, a little Little Rock blue Devices: way too many :) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Images: 2	I agree -- VS has excellent coverage in most parts of metro Atlanta, but has some issues with the east and west burbs; AT&T is slightly worse than VS. (Then again, Verizon had analog-only cells in much of south Fulton for the longest time; I can remember always hitting the same tower and falling to analog around Union City...) Then there's Metro PCS, who doesn't cover Douglas/Rockdale/Fayette/etc. counties at all yet... [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] -SC __________________ "Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. There might be a law against it by that time." -/usr/games/fortune sticking it out at you...

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03-05-2002, 5:07 PM	#1
Bird Fresh Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The most competitive market in the South ??? Someone started a thread in the Central US forum saying that Toledo, OH has one of the most competitive wireless markets in that part of the US. I thought it was a good idea and wondered what people thought was the most competitive wireless market in the Southern part of the country. By competitive I mean the greatest number of wireless companies fighting it out for consumer $$$$. I'll step right up and nominate ATLANTA. I think it might be the most competitive in the entire country. They have ALL of the big six(AT&T, Cingular, Verizon, VoiceStream, Nextel, Sprint PCS) plus a new unlimited plan carrier MetroPCS AND one of the only other companies using iDEN like Nextel, Southern LINC!! Are there any other markets with this kind of wireless competition?!!!

03-05-2002, 8:26 PM	#3
larry Go Lakers! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 13,469 Phone(s): LG Rumor 2, Sanyo Katana II Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 29 Thanked 26 Times in 25 Posts Images: 156 My Auctions	Jack, You left off Sprint for Cleveland, Ohio.

03-05-2002, 8:26 PM	#4
ComicalMoodyDan Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kingsport, TN Posts: 6,084 Phone(s): Blackberry 8520 Provider(s): T-Mobile Devices: T-Mobile @Home Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 15 Posts	I know of a website that lists carriers that provide coverage for cities in the southeast US. According to this chart some areas of the south have as many as 9 wireless provider's to choose from! Southeast US Cellular and PCS Carriers

03-06-2002, 1:21 PM	#5
larry Go Lakers! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 13,469 Phone(s): LG Rumor 2, Sanyo Katana II Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 29 Thanked 26 Times in 25 Posts Images: 156 My Auctions	We still only have 5 here in Los Angeles. AT&T (cellular A) Verizon (Cellular B) Sprint PCS Cingular (GSM) Nextel

03-20-2002, 3:21 PM	#7
Rae Movin' on up! Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Here in Memphis, we're right up there with the big cities concerning wireless competition: 1-Sprint 2-Verizon 3-Voice Stream 4-Nextel 5-Cingular 6-SunCom (AT&T) 7-Cellular South 8-Cricket That's a whole lot of carriers for a city nowhere near as large as Atlanta or Los Angeles.

03-26-2002, 6:48 PM	#8
aiwapro Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,455 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Not to be rude or anything, but Cleveland is not in the "South." I'm up here near Toledo, and yes the cell phone service is intense. I know at least one person for each provider. Alltel sucks here; Verizon somewhat sucks here, Nextel has some static problems, Cricket (our unlimited wireless provider) has "all circuits are busy problems, alot; I know people with and without problems with Sprint PCS; AT&T is full of static, like it were analog or something (analog sounds better actually); I have no problems with my Voicestream.

03-26-2002, 7:03 PM	#9
aiwapro Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,455 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Does "PCS#1" mean that that company listed is the #1 company for that area?

03-27-2002, 8:57 AM	#11
ComicalMoodyDan Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kingsport, TN Posts: 6,084 Phone(s): Blackberry 8520 Provider(s): T-Mobile Devices: T-Mobile @Home Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 15 Posts	Six of them here in my smaller area of Kingsport, TN 1. Verizon 2. ALLTEL 3. Cingular (GSM) 4. Sprint PCS 5. SunCom (Triton PCS) 6. Nextel

03-28-2002, 6:22 PM	#12
Dukedog Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 571 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I have to agree with Bird, that Atlanta is the most competitive market and right behind Atlanta, I would have to say Dallas would be second.

03-28-2002, 10:35 PM	#14
lazarus Shoulda joined long ago! Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	everybody seems to be getting into this so i will nominate my area. Charlotte, NC 1. Cingular 2. Verizon 3. Alltel 4. Sprint PCS 5. At&t 6. Nextel 7. Cricket (although they shouldn't really count as competition b/c they don't really market for the same type of user)

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aiwapro Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,455 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	For you Atlanta people, Voicestream got the J.D. Power award for Atlanta.

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Redallnite Fresh Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Maybe in Atlanta but let Voice stream stray off I20, and it's not worth a flip!

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Redallnite Fresh Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Those analog cells in the west burbs, are no more, yeah!!!! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img]

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CDANMA Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 110 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Roanoke,VA is getting a good amount of carriers..... 1. (A band) US Cellular 2. (B band) Verizon 3. Suncom 4. Ntelos 5. Nextel 6. Sprint (uses Ntelos towers) here 7. Devon (Adelphia cable)

04-26-2002, 10:45 AM	#20
Guest Posts: n/a	Little bitty old Tyler Texas has 1. Alltel 2. AT&T 3. Cingular 4. Verizon 5. Nextel 6. Voicestream 7. Cell-1 8. Centurytel 9. People's Cellular (7, 8, and 9 depend on what rural area around tyler you are in) 10. Sprint POS Then there are the resellers 11. Teletouch.... I believe there are more but I cannot think of them now.. We are just in a really wierd area kind of stuck in the 'golden triangle' between DFW, Houston, Austin, and Shreveport.. It seems all of the carriers from the bigger cities have some stake in this in-between area... Matthew http://www.epinions.com/user-mnehr

04-29-2002, 6:34 AM	#21
Cellout Fresh Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 28 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	cant beat 11. But I do have to nominate Miami for most overpopulated sites with any carrier.

04-29-2002, 11:10 PM	#22
roamer1 In Memoriam Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Sandy Springs, GA Posts: 1,749 Phone(s): Palm Treo 680, Sierra AirCard 860, Moto L2 & L6, Nokia 6015i Provider(s): lots of orange, a little Little Rock blue Devices: way too many :) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Images: 2	Tyler doesn't really have 11 carriers in the same area (county, etc)... As far as I can tell, the I-10 corridor between Bay St. Louis, MS and Pensacola has the most carriers of anywhere in the US. At the other extreme, I know of two counties in east TN (Polk and Meigs) that are served only by Verizon, and a third (Johnson) appears to have one normal carrier (ALLTEL) and an outfit that doesn't really sell local service, but exists mainly to "gouge" roamers. (BTW, the web site TNDan21 mentions is mine.) -SC __________________ "Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. There might be a law against it by that time." -/usr/games/fortune sticking it out at you...