[Pturner]

Originally Posted by swimdawg

I had 4 bars in St James. Yay! A friend asked me to check out Seabreeze. I had 4 bars outside of Seabreeze and 3 bars inside. I told him I couldn't find one bar between St. James and Seabreeze...but it was morning.

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo

From Virgin Mobile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia :

"Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sprint Nextel. Founded in 2001 as joint venture between the Virgin Group and Sprint Corporation, Virgin Mobile USA began offering service as a mobile virtual network operator in 2002 via the Sprint CDMA 1900 MHz PCS digital network.[9] On 28 July 2009, Sprint agreed to pay US$483 million to the Virgin Group for the portion of Virgin Mobile USA, LLC that Sprint did not already own. [10]

There is no roaming to other networks in the United States.

In June 2009 Virgin Mobile announced and started a pay-as-you go mobile data program called Broadband2Go in the United States, using Novatel Wireless hardware, and available exclusively through the Best Buy chain of stores originally, but now available at other retailers including RadioShack in the United States. It uses a small USB modem for internet connectivity.[11][12][13]".

Bill

I'm surprised Virgin Mobile has any bars. Could make it hard for them to live up to their name.

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Originally Posted by Pturner

I'm surprised Virgin Mobile has any bars. Could make it hard for them to live up to their name. ....

Subtle.......very subtle, P.........

Bill

[jrandall]

Originally Posted by justjim

I was giving them until the end of September before I switched. Anybody live south of 466A who can tell me how the service is there? Thanks.

I would like to know this too. I sure hope so. I don't want to change providers unless absolutely necessary.

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Originally Posted by jrandall

I would like to know this too. I sure hope so. I don't want to change providers unless absolutely necessary.

See post #28 in this thread - it has someone's feedback regarding their reception at Bonifay.

Bill

[looneycat]

Originally Posted by ducati1974

Does Virgin Mobile have its own cell towers? How is there reception? I'd like to consider an option other than Verizon when I get there. Anyone else have comments about Virgin?

they are on sprint/t-mobile cellular towers and, as most do, usually lease space or facilities on other providers towers. my reception was as good as att but probably not so now (do people near hadley still need microcells to get the promised excellent reception). You couldn't get any reception, before the new towers, where they put the AT&T store without a microcell.

[Biker Dog]

If you research it, Virgin mobile is now owned by Sprint. T-Mobile uses Sprint towers.

[Redrok]

Update on my installation of a Microcell. AT&T salesperson went back to get one out of the back and muttered something about $199. My wife asked me if I was going to pay that much and I said no. When he came back he asked for my Villager ID and said the cost would be $49. The one in Louisville was free, but I went ahead and purchased this one.

Plugged it in. Went to the website to set it up. Made a mistake (due to having 2 microcells, one in Louisville and here in Charlotte. Called the service number and they fixed my problem. Well not quite. They did fix my mistake on setup, but now the microcell says it is in a location that is not listed as my address. They had to open a trouble report and said they will have to contact the US Post Office. It should be ready in a couple of business days. So maybe I'll have better service this week... maybe... hate it when wife complains about her phone cutting out...