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Cingular, I-64, and no more roaming partners?!

Discussion in 'AT&T Wireless Forum' started by Kalimotxo, Aug 30, 2006.

  1. Kalimotxo

    Kalimotxo Bronze Senior Member
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    http://onlinecare.cingular.com/coverageviewer/

    Look up the following places with the coverage viewer:

    Lewisburg, WV
    Afton, VA (Nelson County)

    Both of these locations used to have partner coverage. What happened?

    The situation in Afton, VA is totally understandable, I can live without having good service on that mountain.

    But having no coverage in all of Greenbriar County, WV leaves me puzzled. It's home to a very large ski resort and the congressional hideout. Not to mention I-64 carriers a lot of traffic headed west over the appalachians. Why would they drop coverage? Perhaps Cingular is close to launching their own network soon in that area? Anyone have a good guess?
     
    #1 Kalimotxo, Aug 30, 2006
  2. Kalimotxo

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    I just noticed that partner coverage was dropped in all of Bland, VA as well. (The buffer county between Wytheville, VA and Bluefield, WV)
     
    #2 Kalimotxo, Aug 30, 2006
  3. BillRadio

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    Who was the roaming partner before?
     
    Stop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand...
    #3 BillRadio, Aug 30, 2006
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    in that neck of the woods prolly SUNCOM
     
    #4 elmo01, Aug 31, 2006
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    Fire14 Easy,Cheap & Sleazy
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    It could be they couldn't come to a reasonable roaming agreement or Cingular is going to put up towers in that area, Cingular does have a license in VA so that is a possibility, not sure about WV though.
     
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  6. elmo01

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    hmmm... looking a litle deeper at the suncom site..........North Carolina, South Carolina, and portions of Tennessee and Georgia... close but no cigar

    but I hadda look at cellularone... its them...
     
    #6 elmo01, Aug 31, 2006
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    I live in Covington,VA and I have coverage in Lewisburg and White Sulphur. I was just there a couple of days ago. not all of Greenbriar County has service with any carrier because of Green BankObservatory.
     
    #7 gcatlett, Sep 1, 2006
  8. Kalimotxo

    Kalimotxo Bronze Senior Member
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    yea... coverage is sparce with any carrier. if you had service and you were in lewisburg, then the coverage map is completely wrong.

    glad to hear that there is service too, i'll be rolling through there in a few weeks!
     
    #8 Kalimotxo, Sep 2, 2006
  9. wirles

    wirles I'm baaaaaaaaaack
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    I believe AWS had service in those parts.
     
    #9 wirles, Sep 2, 2006
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    Update:
    I was in Lewisburg/White Sulphur yesterday, and the coverage was great.
     
    #10 gcatlett, Sep 2, 2006
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