Any experience with tmobile & verizon in the Cleveland area?

Couldn't you get the Local Freedom 700 with Alltel ($39.99), add on a second line for like $15 a month.....You would have 700 anytime, unlimited night and weekend, and add on like a package $3.99 and get all of your features.

I recommend you do the trials. Get Verizon and try it for a while. Get T-Mobile and try it. Get Alltel or whatever other you want and try them. I believe they all have a 15 day trial period before you are locked into your contract.

I can tell you Alltel will be better indoors because they use 800 mhz rather than the 1900 mhz used by T-Mobile....I'm not sure what Verizon uses in this area.


Brad

 

Didn't T-Mobile just bring back their $2.99 Night minutes add-on? Or did they take it away already or only make it available in certain areas?

 

I will 2nd Brads recommendation for Alltel. I have used there service for a few years In the Cleveland Area and always have good service. As far as phones I would consider the V60i, T720, and the Toshiba 9500.

If you could be more specific as to where you will be using the phones I might be able to helpo you further.

Thanks

Jack

 

Matt

The $2.99 Is on there single line plans and not on their family plan

Jack

 

avoid the t720...get teh lg vx400 even though it costs more you'll be happier in the long run...

 

The T720 for Verizon dose have its share of problems, but the GSM T-Mobile version is much better.

 

Look at the alltel website and look at the plans. You can put in your zip code and see the service area.

 

Norie,

With Verizon the America Choice and Alltel's National Freedom (really the same plan) cover most of the 50 states. if you Do not travel out of Ohio then I would consider going with a Alltel Local Freedom Plan. This plan will cover ALL of ohio and a little bit into west virginina. Go to WWW. Alltel.com and look for local freedom.

Local Freedom Promotion.

700 anytime
Unlimited Night and Weekend Minutes
$39.99

(This plan includes toll free calling anywhere in the local area)

The 2nd phone is $20
If you need Long Distance to ALL 50 states it is an extra $5
IF you need voicemail it is $4

Your other choice with t-mobile would be to get 2 seperate plans $39.99 and get 600 anytime minutes and unlimited night and weekend minutes. This would be $79.98 but would give you more anytime minutes and give you unlimited night minutes. THe only advantage to the family plan is that if you plan on talking to eachother ALOT because of the unlimited mobile to mobile. THis is also a feature that you can add to the single lines for an extra $10 a month. IT is called buddy time and gives you unlimited mobile to mobile and sms.

IN cleveland Alltel has better coverage in cleveland then verizon.

Anymore questions just ask!

Jack

 

I actually got my Verizon phone because I worked out on the west side, where Sprint's coverage was awful. I can tell you that from Chagrin Falls all the way west to Avon, I never once had a problem. The entire Cleveland area seems to be totally blanketed. Even the southern suburbs down near the Summit county line enjoy flawless coverage. If you're in Cleveland, GET VERIZON! On the other hand, my buddy who works for T-Mo did some informal testing up in Cleveland this weekend, and was very disappointed with coverage, particularly the building penetration.

 

Just an FYI, T-Mobile has replaced the 720i with the 722i. Not sure it's very different though. amazon has great deals on phones now - s105 for $50 after rebate!!! ($250 in TMobile stores)

 

norie,

From the users on this board the lg 4400 is one of the top phones that verizon sells.

Jack

 

The 2235 was one of Verizon's low end phones. The 4400 surely isn't, and a lot of people are really impressed by it's capabilities. You should be in even better shape than your friend. Their Cleveland market really is great - I've never dropped a call. I just wish I could say the same for their Columbus network!!

 

Yeah, you think their coverage would be great on the campus of the 2nd largest university in the country, where 9/10 people you see walking down the street has a cell phone glued to their ear. Unfortunately, no. We're also about 10 minutes from their Dublin call center/office, and we still get the shaft. Now I know why about half of the cell phones I see around here are Sprint's, they actually offer good campus coverage.

...and I do believe Cleveland is bigger. Columbus's population is spread out across a larger area, but even considering that I believe Cleveland is larger, and Cuyahoga county has much higher population than Franklin. But still, I just want my damn phone to work at my house!

 

I'm not over near OSU very often...don't they have antennas all over the press box at the 'Shoe? I know on the UF campus in Gainesville just about every cell provider has an antenna array somewhere on the press box at the football stadium. The UF student union has them too...you think maybe the Ohio Union could put some on their building right on High St...that might help things a bit.

 

Matt, we actually do have some antennas on campus. Cingular has a site on top of Jones Tower, a big dorm on north campus. It would basically be line of sight to my bedroom at my house, but that would involve signing up with Cingular. There isn't a whole lot going on down at the stadium. The antennas on top of the Towers down there run the unversity wide radio system. Which works wonderfully, I might add. PTT at its finest. Anyways, I just got an e-mail back from the level 2 rep I was talking to last week. He mentioned that while he hasn't heard anything about my trouble ticket yet, he is aware of Verizon's plans to expand in Columbus using the newly acquired PCS licenses from Northcoast. So, I guess we'll see. I only paid $10 for last months service, and I went over minutes big time, so as long as this keeps up I'm a happy camper.

 

Cool, glad to hear it. I am waiting to hear back from Verizon's Executive Services, I sent a letter today detailing my cancellation experience. I am curious what they have to say about the whole thing.

 

Did you pick a service yet?

Jack

 

Good

Let us know if you have any more questions

Jack

 

Verizon has by far the best coverage anywhere in Ohio. If you never leave the Cleveland Metro area, you are fine with T-Mobile, its cheaper, more choice in phones and I love GSM. But outside of the city, Verizon is the onyl thing that will work. They have the best coverage in Ohio, and if you dont have Verizon, you will roam on their network. But not even with T-Mobile, youll just be S.O.L.

I had T-Mobile in Minnesota where the coverage is pretty good and was happy with it. They just cant compare to Verizon in terms of how wide their coverage area is. Verizon has the best coverage in OH, hands down.