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I recently moved to San Antonio with my T-Mobile service. I drive between downtown San Antonio and Kerrville daily. With T-Mobile I've never had a dropped call and call quality is excellent.
Our T-Mobile reception is terrible. Calling into or out of the Stone Oak / Hardy Oak area is a very frustrating experience. I average two to three dropped calls per 15 minute conversation with my wife from downtown or Hwy. 281 into the Stone Oak / Hardy Oak area. This problem has occured consistently over the last 12 months. My dropped call rate to other areas of San Antonio is not as bad but still not acceptable for living in the 8th largest city in the USA where cell phone service should not be a problem. Shame on you T-Mobile!
I live near the intersection of Apple Green and Broadmeadow, in the Apple Creek subdivision off of Huebner Road, ZIP is 78240. Incredibly lousy reception in my home. Frequently no bars at all. I have to stand in my front yard to get a decent connection (sufficient for a 5 minute conversation).
I have used a 1900 frequence phone since June,2005 without any problems, but now it drop calls or no reception at all inside the buildings. It happened on June 2006. I though my phone had a problems, so I used difference 1900 frequence phones to test it. No luck at all. So I used 850 frequence phone, it has full reception. I can conclude that Cingular will only support 850 frequence mostly. The 1900 frequence will only work outside area such as Hwy. area. If you have 1900 frequence phone, don't use Cingular service otherwise you will be regret. Trust me!
My office is near Sea World and I live in the Dominon. Cingular coverage on 1604 is an absolute joke with three definite black holes (one is I-10 and 1604). I don't know if it is Cingular or the Motorola Razr. I haven't had much luck in San Antonio with either Cingular or Verizon. Both are poor, both have poor quality customer service.
I switched both my wife and my phone from Sprint. I can't stand Cingular. Their customer service is vastly superior to Sprint's overseas call center (most of the people you talk to couldn't afford a cell phone on an entire year's wages). I dropped Sprint because of their poor customer service, now I'm regretting it. I had no clue what a dropped call was until I got Cingular. Now my wife and I just wait until we get home to talk - it's too maddening to try and converse. I work at Lackland and she works at UTSA. It should be no problem, but it is. My coworker has Verizon and he gets excellent reception, including inside our office, where I get no bars at all.
Biggest mistake I have made was switching from Cingular to T-Mobile. No coverage at home unless I stand out front by the street. Live near O.P.Schnabel Park where there is a cell tower. Bonus minutes are great but what about the service I am paying for. Come on T-Mobile get with the program!
I've been a Sprint customer for several years now (personal and work). Over that time I've used an old basic Nokia candy bar, the original Motorola clam, a Samsung A460, and currently a Samsung A620. I live in New Braunfels, work at Lackland AFB, and travel across the US for business, and regardless of where I am or which phone I've used, SPRINT SUCKS! With up to 3 lines on contract at any given time, I expected more. The contract ends shortly and so will our relationship! I'd rather return to smoke signals than to endure the endless dropped calls, spotty service, or horrible roaming coverage any more.
I bought a Cricket phone for my son 2 days ago. Since he has had this phone, he has NOT been able to talk on it. Everywhere we go either you can't make a call or the call drops. I highly recommend everyone not to buy a Cricket phone.