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PaulBurk · 03-20-2002, 4:03 PM

Does anyone have a sense of what wireless service provider has the best coverage in the Fayetteville and Charlotte, NC areas? This would be for a businessman working in those areas. Thanks!

03-20-2002, 6:26 PM

Both Cumberland and Mecklenburg counties are served by Verizon and Alltel. I've got Verizon, but I frequently roam on Alltel when visiting my folks in rural NC (near Albemarle!). From what I can tell, Alltel OWNS rural NC, so if you're concerned about service in between the two, Alltel might be best.

But since Alltel and Verizon have mutual roaming agreements, you should choose the one who gives you the best deal in terms of phone and rates. If you never leave the State either would doubtless do. I'd choose Verizon from what I know, but I notice from your profile that you have Sprint. You obviously want to get rid of it????

PaulBurk · 03-21-2002, 11:59 AM

Thanks for your helpful feedback.

Yes I have Sprint and it's fine for me -- I'm based in D.C.. I'm shopping on behalf of a company field operative who will be living & working in Charlotte/Fayetteville.

Since I'm not physically in that area and cannot personally experience the coverages, info such as yours is extremely helpful.

PaulBurk

roamer1 · 03-24-2002, 1:28 AM

Verizon and ALLTEL cover both Fayetteville and Charlotte -- but Verizon roams on ALLTEL between Fayetteville (which is a tiny island of Verizon surrounded by US Cellular; Verizon much prefers ALLTEL over "US Hell") and Charlotte. If features (caller ID, etc.) are important to you, choose ALLTEL (pretty much, that's the only difference between ALLTEL and Verizon; even their plans are very slmilar.) Cingular is also good in most of that part of NC, even in rural areas.

-SC

PaulBurk · 03-28-2002, 2:03 PM

[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] Thanks for your help, everyone! We went with ALLTEL. We bought a Kyocera QCP-6035, with the built-in Palm Pilot, for $250. We got a "National" plan (no roaming charges within the 48 states), 600 anytime minutes & 3500 nighttime minutes, for $70 monthly. No activation fee, & the first month's free.

We went with their "National" plan because, outside the contract territory, the user incurrs roaming charges of $.59 per min and long distance charges of $.35 per minute which bring us 'darn close to' $1 per minute. Our user won't be outside the Southern US much, but sometimes he will, and at that rate it doesn't take long to overspend any savings from staying with the "Regional" plan!

Thanks again for your help.

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PaulBurk Posting up a storm! Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	High Quality Service Coverage in Fayetteville and Charlotte, NC? Does anyone have a sense of what wireless service provider has the best coverage in the Fayetteville and Charlotte, NC areas? This would be for a businessman working in those areas. Thanks!

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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	Verizon and ALLTEL cover both Fayetteville and Charlotte -- but Verizon roams on ALLTEL between Fayetteville (which is a tiny island of Verizon surrounded by US Cellular; Verizon much prefers ALLTEL over "US Hell") and Charlotte. If features (caller ID, etc.) are important to you, choose ALLTEL (pretty much, that's the only difference between ALLTEL and Verizon; even their plans are very slmilar.) Cingular is also good in most of that part of NC, even in rural areas. -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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03-20-2002, 6:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	Both Cumberland and Mecklenburg counties are served by Verizon and Alltel. I've got Verizon, but I frequently roam on Alltel when visiting my folks in rural NC (near Albemarle!). From what I can tell, Alltel OWNS rural NC, so if you're concerned about service in between the two, Alltel might be best. But since Alltel and Verizon have mutual roaming agreements, you should choose the one who gives you the best deal in terms of phone and rates. If you never leave the State either would doubtless do. I'd choose Verizon from what I know, but I notice from your profile that you have Sprint. You obviously want to get rid of it????

03-21-2002, 11:59 AM	#3 (permalink)
PaulBurk Posting up a storm! Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for your helpful feedback. Yes I have Sprint and it's fine for me -- I'm based in D.C.. I'm shopping on behalf of a company field operative who will be living & working in Charlotte/Fayetteville. Since I'm not physically in that area and cannot personally experience the coverages, info such as yours is extremely helpful. PaulBurk

03-28-2002, 2:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
PaulBurk Posting up a storm! Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] Thanks for your help, everyone! We went with ALLTEL. We bought a Kyocera QCP-6035, with the built-in Palm Pilot, for $250. We got a "National" plan (no roaming charges within the 48 states), 600 anytime minutes & 3500 nighttime minutes, for $70 monthly. No activation fee, & the first month's free. We went with their "National" plan because, outside the contract territory, the user incurrs roaming charges of $.59 per min and long distance charges of $.35 per minute which bring us 'darn close to' $1 per minute. Our user won't be outside the Southern US much, but sometimes he will, and at that rate it doesn't take long to overspend any savings from staying with the "Regional" plan! Thanks again for your help.

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