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san diego: verizon? cingular?

Discussion in 'Western US Wireless Forum' started by october, Oct 17, 2006.

  1. october

    october New Member

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    I am using Tmobile on a Treo 650.
    I am considering dumping land line and ADDING either Veri or Cing to my cellular arsenal!

    Challenge

    I am not sure if it is the Treo or Tmobile, but I seem to recall better reception AND audio call quality in the past. I have used Veri about 3 years ago.
    I also used Cing about 5 or 6 years ago, "swearing" I would never go back to them.

    Audio call quality, both in my earpiece and my callers earpiece ( when we talk ) , is one goal.
    Better reception, less dropped calls etc, is the other goal.
    Giving up land line is a little risky, or so it seems.

    People with experience- your opinions would be helpful.
    The providers act as if all their phones are audio wise the same- BS, not so.
    For example
    I found the Razor on Tmob too dark sound, muddy sounding.
    I prefer Nokia in general.
    The BB 8700 was poor audio quality though I loved it otherwise!
    The MDA on Tmob sounded by far the claerest.

    Where can I go, besides ( there IS a site ) Canada, for reviews of the AUDIO QUALITY of cellphones?

    If both phones are rated great for audio, how much is the provider a factor in the audio?
    Thanks
     
    #1 october, Oct 17, 2006
  2. Andy

    Andy Diamond Senior Member
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    In the past, I have always had superior service and quality with T-Mobile in San Diego. I have a family memeber that lives there so I visit frequently. I do not use T-Mobile anymore but I doubt they would let their audio/network quality degrade...maybe it is your phone.

    I have also always had superior quality with Verizon in San Diego and surrounding areas. They built a great network down there overall.

    Personally from recalling personal experiences when I had T-Mobile, Verizon and Cingular and visited and from family that lives there I would chose T-Mobile and Verizon before Cingular.
     
    #2 Andy, Oct 18, 2006
  3. Brettoj59

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    I would second what Andy says, when I visit my friends in San Diego I have had great service with Verizon my friend on Cingular gets choppy calls to the point I can't understand him alot of the time in San Diego.
     
    #3 Brettoj59, Oct 23, 2006
  4. CellGeek

    CellGeek Sprint is the BOMB!
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    Verizon or Sprint for Southern California. Forget the others.
     
    #4 CellGeek, Oct 27, 2006
  5. CellGeek

    CellGeek Sprint is the BOMB!
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    Sprint has upgraded the Sprint Power Vision NetworkSM with the faster EV-DO Revision A technology in the San Diego market – making it the first market in the country to have the technology commercially available. With the upgraded mobile broadband network, customers in San Diego will ultimately be able to utilize richer applications and services such as high-speed video telephony, music on demand, video messaging and large file uploads.

    San Diego is the first of 21 markets where Sprint will roll out EV-DO Revision A this year with coverage expected to reach more than 40 million people. Sprint Power Vision users in these markets should experience significantly faster average upload speeds of 300-400 kbps (compared with 50-70 kbps of current EV-DO networks). Average download speeds should also increase to 450–800 kbps from 400-700 kbps. By 3Q 2007, Sprint’s Power Vision network is expected to be completely upgraded to the faster EV-DO Revision A.
     
    #5 CellGeek, Oct 27, 2006
  6. agentHibby

    agentHibby Iowa Cellular Guru
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    San Diego home of Qualcomm and CDMA 2000
    So it would only make sence to launch things there first.

    I would not be surprised if it was the first market to have both the Cellular providers to use CDMA.

    Cellular system A GTE Wireless now Cingular and no CDMA 2000 just WCDMA
    Cellular system B Airtouch now VZW
     
    #6 agentHibby, Oct 27, 2006
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