Columbus - Cincinnati

You may want to check out Revol, they have service in both Columbus, and Cincinatti (via a roaming agreement with Cricket) They charge $50 a month for unlimited everything, the down side is that you will have to pay for the phone up front.


Check out their site REVOL

 

How many minutes do you use per month? T-Mobile is very good in Columbus (better than Cingular IMO), so you could choose pre-paid with them if you don't use your phone much. I'm guessing you will use it a lot since the unlimited plans from Cincy Bell appeal to you.

Most carriers have "suspend" options where you can get out of paying your bill (or for a small monthly fee) by placing your account into vacation mode. This could also be an option for you if you will be traveling to China frequently and for long periods of time.

 

VZW I think still does it, but you have to been gone for 15 days or more to do Account Suspended.

 

Also with Verizon, you can use your phone in China for 69 cents a minute, that is far less than what any other provider charges for roaming there.

 

Last Time i went East of Cincinnati,
Hillsboro Vicinity the North towards Columbus,
and south Bound
T-Mobile Did'nt have Coverage
while Cingular Does.

 

If you travel along I-71 from Cincy to Columbus and you need coverage in China, you should look at T-mobile. They have really good coverage around OSU, but they have more dead spots in Cincy then CBW. Cingular is my second choice, they have good coverage at OSU, but along parts of high street near OSU in-building service can be a problem, but every wireless carrier has places that service is poor. Since you already have a CBW phone you are roaming in Cingular’s network when you are in Columbus. This can help you find the dead spots before you look at switching to Cingular.

Hope this helps?

 

T-Mobile has Dead Zone on Routes 62 & 72
South of Columbus, toward Hillsboro
but Cingular Has Coverage on this Road.

 

OK, Cingular stinks (or did last year) near Morse and 270...T-Mobile is good there. We can pick out specific dead spots all day.

 

It's Not Just a Dead Spot
it's the Whole Length of Route 62 and 72 South
of Columbus and Roads East Bound of Cincinnati.
T-Mobile is Good on Metro Areas
but the Rural Areas are their Last Priority.

Highland County where
We went swimming on the Lake and
Greenfield has No T-Mobile Coverage while Cingular Does.
Not Just Dead Spots But Rural Towns.

 

Rural towns which a lot of people may never travel to. Rural towns which people who have T-Mobile don't travel to...the key is RURAL...T-Mobile is a 1900 carrier and does a good job covering most populated parts of the U.S. on their PCS frequency all while keeping prices down.

 

Rural towns? Like those places you always knock CDMA providers for offering coverage "where no one needs it"?

You argue against Verizon for this reason, yet you trump up Cingular for the very same thing. You can't have it both ways!

 

I Did Not Say that
We Don't Need Coverage in Rural Towns.
What i said is that T-Mobile has Less Priority in
Rural Coverage than Metro Areas.
I go to this area/route that's why i know.

 

Your better idea is to use CinBell or Cingular IMO.Also,since you go to China,you need to get a phone(Nokia or Motorola) that can easily be "unlocked".After it is unlocked,then you can use it with any carrier.Even your Chinese GSM SIM.Whatever you do,do not do T-mobile To Go.They don't allow 850Mhz Roaming on itso that may leave you out in some places.Also, CinBell has a roaming agreement with Cingular dating from the old AT&T days when AT&T had a Non-Compete agreement with them.As far as CDMA goes (Verizon/Alltel/Cricket/US Cellular),I don't tend to mess with them or Sprint/Nextel.Can't change carriers at will like you can with GSM(By changing SIM cards).Also,Most places Overseas,use only 3G or GSM.

Kaci
Dayton/Springfield Ohio area coverage.....
Cingular is great all around the Tri-State.....T-Mobile to Go getting better as T-mobile building more towers,like in the New Carlisle area where one is being built much to some residents' chagrin.

 

But how much does Cingular charge for roaming in China? I think it's a little more than Verizon's 69 cents per minute.

 

It may be more.What I am talking about is this....You buy a phone and "Unlock" it or buy one that already is.When you get to China,you go to a Cell store and get a GSM Pre-Pay kit.You'll have a local Chinese Number and will pay their rates for calls in the country.If you desire to call back home,then using the Cingular SIM may save money on that International Call back to the US.But for local calls in China,best to go with a Local Prepay kit.If I went to Australia per se,I'd take my Unlocked Stock Moto Razr I set up with T-mobile's WAP settings(and a T-Mo 2 Go acct.),and I'd buy a YES Optus or Vodaphone Prepay kit there.I'd save money calling my friends there,and they'd save money calling me as it uses a local number..Only Con is telling people here not to call your cell number you have here as it will prolly go to Voice Mail.You'd have to say,I'll call you when I get the chance. To learn more about this go to www dot telestial dot com. they have all the info.

 

Think again you might want a phone provider that offers customer service that answers the phone call 1-800 revolhq and wait! $50 is great if it works all the time without interruptions....and if the company offers customer service----Revol backwars is lover--lover of taking that money

 

Better yet call their custer care dept at 1-800 -revolus and wait and wait and wait

 

I agree with WW(WW is so hot!) but, I digress. I think WW's choice is the best. Enjoy the benefits of Cin Bell when you are home and the benefits of Cingular via your Cin Bell when away. The only downfall is that in college you will probably run into a ton of people on Vzw and Cingy and not enjoy free M2M with them. Take your Cin Bell phone to school for a few months and then after you are there a while you will be able to scope out other peoples service and make a decision. I am not personally a GSM fan, but to each their own.