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Cell phone service in hemingway

Been living in The Village of Hemingway for a few months now--and realize that my Sprint service isn't going to "cut it" here. Most calls are dropped. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions--Best Buy suggested Net10.

Thanks,
Lynn

We are in Bonita - just a short jaunt from H'way... We have Verizon and no issues...

We have AT&T and the only way we can use it is to have the cell phone plugged into the charger....don't know why it works better but it does. It doesn't matter how many bars is showing :shrug: we have to plug it in to the charger. Give it a try...who knows... it works for us...we are in Duval.

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We have AT&T and have had no problems. And we don't have to have it plugged into the charger. Hope this helps.

Oh...forgot to add that we have a pay as you go phone. As long as you add a minimum of $25 every 3 months, your unused money is rolled over. We have a house in Hemingway.

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Originally Posted by ditzyfitzy (Post 211886)

Could it maybe be something wrong with your phone? I have had Sprint for as long as I have had a cell phone and I have no problems with it anywhere in TV. The only time I've had a problem is my fault for not charging after a lengthy conversation and then not having enough charge left until I do, but no dropped calls.

I'm in Hadley and my ATT phone has no issues our Sprint phone is a bit spotty but works.

Sprinit has terrible coverage especially south of 466. I use NEXTELL which is owned by sprint but uses different towers and is also used by most construction workers here in TV....I now have excellent coverage with no dropped calls.

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Cell phone service in hemingway...

Thanks for your responses. Nothing wrong with my phone--it is just SPRINT....confirmed all of that.

Coverage area with the new sponsor is too limited for me....I am going to go with NET10 (Best Buy said that it has been most popular for those by Colony Cottage)...It is pay as you go--comes with 300 free minutes--phone is inexpensive ($35) and you only have to add $15 of minutes a month....all unused minutes roll over month to month. I don't want to sign a contract again--so, hopefully this will work.

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I live in Hemingway and had Sprint last winter and experienced a lot of dropped and missed calls while in the house - as is usually the case, outdoor reception was generally fine. We have changed to Verizon and have had pretty good luck since then.

I have learned that there is no one "best" solution around the country and that even small changes in locale can have a difference due to tower locations. When we were up in NJ, we lived in an area where Sprint was fabulous but Verizon was horrible.

I have to agree that Sprint isn't good here in Hemingway, as we could only get a signal out of doors. We let the contract run out and got Verizon, which is a little better at our house but still not great...and it's hard to wait until 9 p.m. to use free minutes.

I have found that because most of the houses built in the south end of The Villages are framed with metal that it causes interference when inside the house. There are cell phone repeaters or boosters you can buy that will increase the signal inside the house for all but Nextel.

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