VX6000 reception around Atlanta, GA + suburbs?

tino,
contact me about a deal that several of us are working on vx6000.

send me your # private. we will purchase this thurs or friday.

David

 

Well, I found the perfect thread to post my observations. I'm a student at Emory University, and I noticed something about the reception on the VX6000. I was doing laundry in the basement of my dorm, and commented to some of my friends who were griping about their reception with Cingular GSM (it was zero, BTW) that I had four bars....in the basement of my dorm. (Granted, there is a tower not too far away from the campus.) A girl turned around and showed me her VX6000. She had one bar. We walked around the laundry room a bit and each maintained the same level of reception. So I had three more bars of reception than her. You can't really compare reception outside of the dorm because everyone has full reception due to the proximity of the tower. So, bottom line, I had four bars on my v60i, and she had one on her VX6000.

 

future,
take that GSM phone and head deep into the suburbs and enjoy zero service. Or head to N. Ga mountains. Or go to the Lake Allatoona or Lake Jackson. I have been on Cingular, ATT, T-Mob, Sprint, and Verizon. I burn 3000 peak a month all over the S. East. Nothing compares to Verizon right now. That might change in a year or two with Cingular. But I doubt that. If you don't have to leave Atlanta, any carrier is suitable.

I'm more concerned about which phone provides the best reception in Ga. for verizon. I am about to attempt to go analog-less (don't try his at home) with the VX6000.

It would appear that tino is looking for the same comparison.


David

 

Yes, my antenna was extended. The VX6000 has a stub, if I remember correctly. The main point of my last post was just to say that I had four bars on my v60i and she had one. Performance Briarcliff Rd. and N. Decatur is superb. Full signal everywhere I've been. The coverage here at Emory must have really picked up recently. Honestly, Cingular GSM and AT&T GSM enjoy pretty much a full signal (only when outside). It's the craziest thing. I was holding my friend's Nokia 3595 on AT&T, and his signal went from full outside to zero inside. That's when I love to have 800 mHz CDMA. I love Verizon. I think the voice quality is just as good if not better than that of GSM. Also on Emory's campus, Cingular TDMA is even stronger than GSM. All of my experiences are actually ON the campus. I don't have any knowledge of the coverage in the general Emory area such as around the hospitals, etc.

David, please tell me how the VX6000 performs as far as signal strength goes. I'm curious to see how you like it.

 

for the vx6000, one bar is more then sufficent to talk with... just as long as the bar dosent fade in and out.