YAY!

I switched from Verizon to AT&T and have regretted it ever since. Once my 2
year contract is over I will be porting back to VZW. I have a lot more
failed and dropped calls with AT&T and the call quality is not as clear.
Just my opinion.

"F8F-Bearcat" <pegboy_30@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:nhd724tbd55h09b713bs42fu12qa70o8ka@4ax.com...
> Yay, GOOD RIDDANCE VERIZON! I finally got my Blackjack II after sorely
> missing my old Blackjack I. No morew dropped calls all over the place,
> no more getting nickled and dimed to death by Verizon. No more having
> to deal with an inferior phone, the Env. Thank GOD (and I'm athiest!)
> that I'm back with ATT.

Gomer wrote:
> I switched from Verizon to AT&T and have regretted it ever since. Once
> my 2 year contract is over I will be porting back to VZW. I have a lot
> more failed and dropped calls with AT&T and the call quality is not as
> clear. Just my opinion.

Maybe you should have looked at all the independent studies of coverage,
dropped calls, and call quality before you switched and got locked into
a 2 year contract. It's a lot easier these days to get a good idea about
how good or bad a carrier is before getting stuck for two years.

CDMA has always had better voice quality, due to the inherent way that
CDMA works, as well as due to the better CoDecs. As to dropped calls,
this varies by area. I've been in some areas where my phone on AT&T's
network works just as well as my Verizon phone, and in areas where it's
much worse. However the difference in coverage is now much less, ever
since AMPS was turned off in many areas.

SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in news:6dEYj.2337$l97.409
@flpi144.ffdc.sbc.com:

> how good or bad a carrier is before getting stuck for two years.
>
>

He's not "stuck" at all. They'll release him, immediately, after his
attorney sends them the letter about poor coverage and breach of trust.

You DON'T have to take "NO SERVICE" up the ass.

On Tue, 20 May 2008 20:41:23 +0000, Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:

>SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in news:6dEYj.2337$l97.409
>@flpi144.ffdc.sbc.com:
>
>> how good or bad a carrier is before getting stuck for two years.
>>
>>
>
>He's not "stuck" at all. They'll release him, immediately, after his
>attorney sends them the letter about poor coverage and breach of trust.

Is that what your imaginary lawyer did?

At 20 May 2008 10:56:00 -0700 SMS wrote:

> CDMA has always had better voice quality, due to the inherent way
> that CDMA works, as well as due to the better CoDecs.


Really? I've always thought CDMA sounded like absolute crap due to their
overcompression. A good old GSM full-rate codec always sounded better.
These days, however, in the interest of squeezing more calls in, lower-
bitrate codecs are the norm on GSM as well, so that advantage has been lost.

And frankly neither sounded as good as plain old FM analog cellphones, as
long as you had sufficient signal strength to avoid static.

I know all about the coverage. I never said the coverage was a problem. I
have these issues with a strong signal in a good coverage area. I dont feel
stuck in the contract either. I am fine with finishing my contract unlike
many people who complain and complain like babies not getting their way. All
the carriers have trouble spots with coverage, but thats why they give you a
trial period. I let mine pass because I dont think 2 weeks is long enough to
determine the long term quality of a service. I knew what I was signing and
I am fine with it.


"SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
news:6dEYj.2337$l97.409@flpi144.ffdc.sbc.com...
> Gomer wrote:
>> I switched from Verizon to AT&T and have regretted it ever since. Once my
>> 2 year contract is over I will be porting back to VZW. I have a lot more
>> failed and dropped calls with AT&T and the call quality is not as clear.
>> Just my opinion.
>
> Maybe you should have looked at all the independent studies of coverage,
> dropped calls, and call quality before you switched and got locked into a
> 2 year contract. It's a lot easier these days to get a good idea about how
> good or bad a carrier is before getting stuck for two years.
>
> CDMA has always had better voice quality, due to the inherent way that
> CDMA works, as well as due to the better CoDecs. As to dropped calls, this
> varies by area. I've been in some areas where my phone on AT&T's network
> works just as well as my Verizon phone, and in areas where it's much
> worse. However the difference in coverage is now much less, ever since
> AMPS was turned off in many areas.