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In the middle of town, Lake Otis and Dowling, I have horrible reception. The phone signal is weak and calls drop constantly. I believe it is either the lack of towers or presence of an abandonded radio station across the street. Either way, I don't enjoy having my call dropped 6 times when trying to call my family in one evening. But, what are we going to do?
Got to alaska in mid- Aug. My reception was better than ACS, Cell 1, and Ak Digital in Anchorage and the Valley for about 2 months, then I had numerous troubles ( missed calls, dropped, wierd listed #,poor receiption, 2-5 sec delays). recieving which led to out-going problems.5-9 Attempts to fix made (weekly?). Tekkies stated it was a problem with the borrowed towers (roaming) from Dobson? and DLS?( Wireless monopoly?). Custmer service very helpful. Released from Contract. Now looks like I'm forced to pay double for 1 / 2 the service and reported poor reception with one of the local companies. Wish Cingular was here for more than vacation time.
To all you Cingular customers, hope you all enjoyed the fun while it lasted. I switched my service from Sprint to Cingular since I could not use the data service on the phone. I haven't had any problems with Cingular until my phone stated showing crazy numbers on the caller ID. when I finally spoke to customer service at Cingular I was informed of the bad news. although, now the phone states off network, I am still able to perform all the service on the phone. However I am switching to Verizon and going paper less and listing my address in the lower 48.
My calls drop all the time. Now my phone says "Off Network." I talked to Cingular and they said they are going to cancel my service because it isn't allowed now. They were great, but now that I live here, I will have to switch.
Was told Cingular had very little coverage but I would be able to place calls now Im stuck with a phone that I never get a signal. I need a new cell company.
