Verizon locks their phones?

Not true no more! Sprint has significantly improved service in the Chicago
area. They are now better than Verizon, but I don't expect anyone on this
newsgroup to admit it because it is full-of Verizon Shills that have been
brainwashed with the "It's the Network BS" of the Verizon Marketing Machine.


"james g. keegan jr." <jgkeegan@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:jgkeegan-69C9CB.10223516082007@individual.net...
> In article <osRwi.47514$xx1.25333@newsfe09.phx>,
> "Jim Dubya" <jimdubya@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>> Sprint always works great for me in the Chicago area. He must have had a
>> bad
>> phone or maybe he is just a putz.
>> One of the Chicago TV stations did independent testing last year and
>> found
>> sprint to be the best in the Chicago area.
>
> i was one of sprints first customers in the 518 area code. i dropped
> sprint some years ago and switched to verizon when i lived in chicago
> and none of the 8 or 9 sprint phones they gave me for free would work
> in my chicago apartment. presidential towers, 47th floor. i could see
> the sprint sign from my window, but not make or receive a call.
> verizon was significantly better in all areas of chicago, including
> airports.
>
> --
> get real. like jesus would ever own a gun or vote republican.

Jim Dubya wrote:
> Not true no more! Sprint has significantly improved service in the Chicago
> area. They are now better than Verizon, but I don't expect anyone on this
> newsgroup to admit it because it is full-of Verizon Shills that have been
> brainwashed with the "It's the Network BS" of the Verizon Marketing Machine.

Unfortunately, their reputation isn't good, I don't know any Sprint
customers, and it would cost me at least a one-year hitch to find out
whether they have indeed improved.

As for being a Verizon shill, you obviously haven't seen my recent a.c.v
articles.

--
If you really believe carbon dioxide causes global warming,
you should stop exhaling.

* usenet-illiterate top post reformatted as a convenience to readers

In article <ed1xi.121348$zz2.18491@newsfe12.phx>,
"Jim Dubya" <jimdubya@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> "james g. keegan jr." <jgkeegan@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:jgkeegan-69C9CB.10223516082007@individual.net...
> > In article <osRwi.47514$xx1.25333@newsfe09.phx>,
> > "Jim Dubya" <jimdubya@nospam.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Sprint always works great for me in the Chicago area. He must have had a
> >> bad
> >> phone or maybe he is just a putz.
> >> One of the Chicago TV stations did independent testing last year and
> >> found
> >> sprint to be the best in the Chicago area.
> >
> > i was one of sprints first customers in the 518 area code. i dropped
> > sprint some years ago and switched to verizon when i lived in chicago
> > and none of the 8 or 9 sprint phones they gave me for free would work
> > in my chicago apartment. presidential towers, 47th floor. i could see
> > the sprint sign from my window, but not make or receive a call.
> > verizon was significantly better in all areas of chicago, including
> > airports.

> Not true no more! Sprint has significantly improved service in the Chicago
> area. They are now better than Verizon, but I don't expect anyone on this
> newsgroup to admit it because it is full-of Verizon Shills that have been
> brainwashed with the "It's the Network BS" of the Verizon Marketing Machine.


do you think your wailing that has more substance then the personal
experiences of people who have had a chance to see what the facts are?

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get real. like jesus would ever own a gun or vote republican.

"james g. keegan jr." <jgkeegan@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:jgkeegan-2390BE.16044516082007@individual.net...
>* usenet-illiterate top post reformatted as a convenience to readers
>
> In article <ed1xi.121348$zz2.18491@newsfe12.phx>,
> "Jim Dubya" <jimdubya@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>> "james g. keegan jr." <jgkeegan@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:jgkeegan-69C9CB.10223516082007@individual.net...
>> > In article <osRwi.47514$xx1.25333@newsfe09.phx>,
>> > "Jim Dubya" <jimdubya@nospam.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Sprint always works great for me in the Chicago area. He must have had
>> >> a
>> >> bad
>> >> phone or maybe he is just a putz.
>> >> One of the Chicago TV stations did independent testing last year and
>> >> found
>> >> sprint to be the best in the Chicago area.
>> >
>> > i was one of sprints first customers in the 518 area code. i dropped
>> > sprint some years ago and switched to verizon when i lived in chicago
>> > and none of the 8 or 9 sprint phones they gave me for free would work
>> > in my chicago apartment. presidential towers, 47th floor. i could see
>> > the sprint sign from my window, but not make or receive a call.
>> > verizon was significantly better in all areas of chicago, including
>> > airports.
>
>> Not true no more! Sprint has significantly improved service in the
>> Chicago
>> area. They are now better than Verizon, but I don't expect anyone on this
>> newsgroup to admit it because it is full-of Verizon Shills that have been
>> brainwashed with the "It's the Network BS" of the Verizon Marketing
>> Machine.
>
>
> do you think your wailing that has more substance then the personal
> experiences of people who have had a chance to see what the facts are?

Yes I do. There are many putzes here that are brain-washed by the Verizon
Marketing Machine that are almost in a hypnotic trance regarding the
"Verizon, It's the Network" crap. They are drinking the koolaid by the
gallons. If they were to do some reserach. they would find that Sprint can
be forced into roaming mode and therefore can roam on Verizon, in the very
unlikely circumstance that you have a Verizon signal but not a sprint
signal. If the folks on the Verizon newsgroup would stop drinking the
kool-aid that Verizon is serving them, they would see the truth!

I do have to admit that Verizon as a marketing department that is actually
quite amazing, but in reality, that is all that they have. Take it from me
because I had been with Verizon for 10 years and had been brain-washed by
them. I went around like you guy do bashing Sprint at every opportunity and
then I moved to an area where there is no Verizon service and was forced to
switch to Sprint. It has been three years and I have never looked-back! I
travel nationally quite frequently and the folks that I travel with are
always borrowing my Sprint phone because they don't have usable signal on
their Verizon phones. Listen up all of you Verizon Shills and put down your
glass of Verizon Kool-aid because I speak the truth and you will learn by
listening to me! If you have any questions, then fire-away and I will give
you the truth from an unbiased point-of-view. Remember that I was with
Verizon for 10 years and was trained to be a "Sprint Basher" just like most
of the shills in this newsgroup.

P.S. Next time you don't get a signal on Verizon and have to borrow a Sprint
phone, don't forget to say to yourself "It's the Network!" :-) Doh!




>
> --
> get real. like jesus would ever own a gun or vote republican.

> Yes I do. There are many putzes here that are brain-washed by the Verizon
> Marketing Machine that are almost in a hypnotic trance regarding the
> "Verizon, It's the Network" crap. They are drinking the koolaid by the
> gallons. If they were to do some reserach. they would find that Sprint can
> be forced into roaming mode and therefore can roam on Verizon, in the very
> unlikely circumstance that you have a Verizon signal but not a sprint
> signal. If the folks on the Verizon newsgroup would stop drinking the
> kool-aid that Verizon is serving them, they would see the truth!

And I say my experience is exactly 180 degrees the opposite of yours.
Sprint wasn't even available where I ma so I got Cingular and couldn't
make/receive a call outside my city limits. Went to Altell, better but
no joy and they kept my bill screwed up. Verizon works every day
everywhere I go and man I'm usually in the sticks let me tell you!

I say YOU are the shill or maybe the real putz here for pushing Sprint
in a Verizon group or maybe even worse, a troll. I don't care what you
think of my story any more than I care about your story, different area
different coverage. See we can all make it personal, how hard is that?!

Point is, no one cell company is always better so give that part of it a
rest ok? I don't care what's written on the d*mn phone or the bill as
long as the phone works at a price I can live with paying. With or
without cameras, MP3 players, web browsers, fancy pictures and
videos...all that is gravy if the d*mn phone works! My Verizon phone
never lets me down and where I'm at it's MY phone they're borrowing.

Drum--

In article <AQ2xi.78601$kK1.30360@newsfe14.phx>,
"Jim Dubya" <jimdubya@nospam.com> wrote:

> "james g. keegan jr." <jgkeegan@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:jgkeegan-2390BE.16044516082007@individual.net...

> > do you think your wailing that has more substance then the personal
> > experiences of people who have had a chance to see what the facts are?
>
> Yes I do.

obstinately ignorant is far, far worse then simply ignorant you know.

[...]

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get real. like jesus would ever own a gun or vote republican.

"Drumstick" <no_thanks@you.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.212ea9c38955d63498978e@newsgroups.bellsou th.net...
>
> And I say my experience is exactly 180 degrees the opposite of yours.
> Sprint wasn't even available where I ma so I got Cingular and couldn't
> make/receive a call outside my city limits. Went to Altell, better but
> no joy and they kept my bill screwed up. Verizon works every day
> everywhere I go and man I'm usually in the sticks let me tell you!
>
>

..
>
> Drum--

I'm not trying to stir this argument but just where do Verizon phones NOT
work? I'm a satisfied Verizon customer for the last 3 years & have yet to
find a location without signal. I suppose I haven't traveled to those areas
yet but from NJ to Florida they seem to have it covered.

"Drumstick" <no_thanks@you.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.212ea9c38955d63498978e@newsgroups.bellsou th.net...
>> If the folks on the Verizon newsgroup would stop drinking the
>> kool-aid that Verizon is serving them, they would see the truth!
>
> And I say my experience is exactly 180 degrees the opposite of yours.
>...Verizon works every day
> everywhere I go and man I'm usually in the sticks let me tell you!
>
>... I don't care what you
> think of my story any more than I care about your story, different area
> different coverage. See we can all make it personal, how hard is that?!
>
> Point is, no one cell company is always better so give that part of it a
> rest ok? I don't care what's written on the d*mn phone or the bill as
> long as the phone works at a price I can live with paying. With or
> without cameras, MP3 players, web browsers, fancy pictures and
> videos...all that is gravy if the d*mn phone works! My Verizon phone
> never lets me down and where I'm at it's MY phone they're borrowing.
>
Amen to this post, the one that's made the most sense so far in the entire
thread!

In article <AQ2xi.78601$kK1.30360@newsfe14.phx>,
"Jim Dubya" <jimdubya@nospam.com> wrote:


> I do have to admit that Verizon as a marketing department that is actually
> quite amazing, but in reality, that is all that they have. Take it from me
> because I had been with Verizon for 10 years and had been brain-washed by
> them....

Since VZW has existed for only seven years, how could you have been with
them for ten years?

What else are you fabricating?



--Mike

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:08:39 -0700, Michael Wise <no@spam.invalid>
wrote:

>Since VZW has existed for only seven years, how could you have been with
>them for ten years?

Guess you are 'technically" correct but some of us have been with
PacBell which then became Airtouch which then became Verizon, etc. as
the swallowing-up of regional carriers evolved. Maybe that is along the
lines he was thinking.