cell service??

[springfield]

What are your opinions about cell service companies in TV? Does Sprint have a strong signal in TV? We have ATT now and thought about switching. Thanks

[784caroline]

WE have NEXTEL..which is now part of Sprint..and when I had to buy a new phone, Nextel sold me this sprint/Nextell Hybird that was Sprint for cell service and Nextell for Direct Connect. We live south of 466 near LSL and I will tell you the cell service through Sprinit was absolutely terrible. WE changed to Nextell and it was and is great.

Go to this link (below) and type in 32162...you will see sprint coverage is mostly fair to good depending upon your location while Nextell is mostly BEST coverage.


http://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp?INTNAV=ATG:FT:Cov

WE returned our sprint phone during the 30 day trial period..Nextell has been great.

[twalker919]

I have Verizon Cell service and have never had any problems with it in TV.

[cashman]

At&t is very bad in most parts of The Villages.

[bargee]

Gee'Thats curious.We've had AT&T cell service for our ten plus years in TV and have never had a problem.

[springfield]

all of this is helpful...by the time we move to TV we hopefully will have it all figured out, thanks to so much help

[Pturner]

Hi Springfield,
We have had good cell service in TV with AT&T.

[mrdills]

I have AT&T for 14 years and never had a problem.

[memason]

I'm beginning to think the type of cellphone you have is a determining factor in reception. I have an iPhone, in Germany and have been in a location where I had no service and my friend, who has a Blackberry, with the same provider had a full signal. Very curious, very curious indeed...

Anyone know how much the actual phone impacts reception?

[nussbaum]

We had Sprint before we moved here and it was terrible. Then we switched to Verizon because our kids had it. It is terrible where we live in Hadley, but works well in other areas. I think it depends on where the towers are. Since Hadley is only a couple years old, I wonder if there aren't any towers nearby.
We have complained to Verizon, but they offer no answers.

[Carla B]

We had Sprint when we moved to Hemingway and we'd have to lean out the lanai to talk. We switched to Verizon and it only talks in the Living Room. My T-Mobile "pay as you go" is a little better...could be we're in kind of a dead zone, along with Hadley.

[Bob45]

I have an iPhone with AT&T.I stayed in Duval for a month. Walking around the house the signal would go from full bars to drop the call. I bought in Hemingway. I hope the reception is better there.

[spk7951]

Have had AT&T for a few years along with some 20 months here in TV and have had no problems with their service or coverage.

[whamrick]

AT&T is fine if you're in metropolitan areas (even TV), but travel the back roads and you'll get frequent "no service". Verizon has much better coverage when you leave the Interstate system and metropolitan areas. Their commercials with the maps are on point.

[cashman]

AT&T is fine if you're in metropolitan areas (even TV), but travel the back roads and you'll get frequent "no service". Verizon has much better coverage when you leave the Interstate system and metropolitan areas. Their commercials with the maps are on point.

And most of Mallory square is like that. I cannot make a call with from my neighborhod using AT&T.

[mike barkley]

I'm beginning to think the type of cellphone you have is a determining factor in reception. I have an iPhone, in Germany and have been in a location where I had no service and my friend, who has a Blackberry, with the same provider had a full signal. Very curious, very curious indeed...

Anyone know how much the actual phone impacts reception?

im presently in tennessee and my wife has a motorola and i have a sony both phones purchased at same time and we use at&t. my phone has terrible signal and my wifes is great all the time. nuff said !

[swrinfla]

I knew there were reasons why I avoided having a cell phone for years and years. Even though I succumbed a couple of years ago, it sits OFF on my counter 99.9% of the time! ;)

It collects a huge amount of traffic and weather alerts, which I dutifully erase now and then!

SWR
:beer3:

[golfnut]

i have t-mobile and have no problems, although i don't get to hadley much....gn

[bestmickey]

I'm visiting in Hadley at the moment. Both my Sprint and my sister's Verizon services work perfectly.

[Tamma49]

When we moved here I had Nextel that worked without any problems except for the $120 monthly bill. My hubby had Sprint that didn't work unless he was on the lanai.

I switched to Boost (only $50 a month for unlimited, walkie talkie, camera, and internet) and is an arm of Sprint/Nextel. Let me tell you...I couldn't be happier. In fact, my hubby switched to Boost when he saw what perfect reception I got.

I recommend Boost. It may not have all the bells and whistles like an iPhone but it serves our purposes. You can buy it at Best Buy, Radio Shack, or online through boostmobile.com

[2BNTV]

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I knew there were reasons why I avoided having a cell phone for years and years. Even though I succumbed a couple of years ago, it sits OFF on my counter 99.9% of the time!

It collects a huge amount of traffic and weather alerts, which I dutifully erase now and then!

SWR

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I noticed your lived in Connecticut. I do not have much use for a cell phone as I also use it very rarely. I am asking that you may want to reconsider carrying a cell phone with you when you are out and about.

It can be useful if you have a car accident and need to call the police or a medical emergency, (GOD forbid).

I got stuck in dead mans land on the Merritt Parkway late at night a couple of times and found it awfully convenient to call AAA. This is not meant as a criticism but instances that happened to me. I came to accept it can be a convenience. Sorry, I digressed from the original thread.

I have Verizon with a very low monthly rate and a lot of free minutes. I hope it works well in TV when I go from a wannabee to a frog.

[swrinfla]

2bntv:

True. It's usually my daughters who agitate that I should have a cell phone. Indeed, it was only to resolve potential logistical problems before a family gathering that prompted me to get a simple phone at all!

I still try very hard to avoid this device! :a040:

SWR
:beer3:

[Pturner]

We ditched our land line in Atlanta and just use cell phones. With excellent cell reception at home and the portability, the land line just seemed superfluous. We haven't miss it at all.

[Forsyth]

What are your opinions about cell service companies in TV? Does Sprint have a strong signal in TV? We have ATT now and thought about switching. Thanks

What a nightmare! We had BRAND NEW Sprint Instinct telephones right before we moved here. After we moved here, now live in near 466A. Sprint finally released us from our contract because the service was so poor. In addition, there was no real Sprint service stores near here.

Verizon is adequate, on a scale of 1 - 10, I'd rate it an 7 or 8.

There's a Verizon store near Target.

Know anybody that wants Sprint Instinct telephones?