SOCIAL: the big question

[Erin Milnes]

I had Nextel/Sprint and the coverage was poor in the East Bay, including my
house. I couldn't make/take a call reliably at home. Also trouble spots on
580 near the Grand Lake Theater and at Park & MacArthur. And as far as out
in the world goes, when I was at Lake Mead a few years ago my husband's
Verizon phone had great reception, and I had zip. I now have Verizon too and
am much happier. No idea on what smartphone uses their network, tho. I'll be
sticking with a 'regular' phone for a while. 

I briefly tried an iPhone last year and didn't dig the audio quality when
using it as a phone (which is the point, isn't it?). Some apps were very
useful. But also had very poor coverage in my house--couldn't get onto my
wireless network and 3G was spotty. Maybe they are better now. 


-----Original Message-----
From: social-bounces at lists.deeptrouble.com
[mailto:social-bounces at lists.deeptrouble.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Cotter
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 9:26 PM
To: Geoff Davis
Cc: Social Social
Subject: Re: SOCIAL: the big question

Sprint sucked in our mission apartment. Haven't entirely seen if at&t  
is any better yet

Adrian

On Jul 27, 2009, at 8:58 PM, Geoff Davis <geoff at geoffdavis.net> wrote:

> Agreed, AT&T is not so great in the Haight, either.  I had to get a  
> land line so I can make calls from my apartment.
>
> On Jul 27, 2009, at 8:54 PM, Greg Zhovreboff wrote:
>
>> Yikes. What a thread!
>>
>> It's funny though because basically it sounds like AT&T v. Sprint.  
>> As for coverage - especially if you live in the Mission - AT&T  
>> f**king sucks. Like, a lot. I live at 14th & Guerrero and there is  
>> (literally) a 4' x 4' square patch in my living room from which I  
>> can make calls. And even there it's sketchy. I had an iPhone (3 of  
>> them) and miss them dearly but they're not insureable under AT&T's  
>> coverage so after breaking my 3rd one, I opted for the Crackberry  
>> Bold. DON'T GET A BOLD!!! It's quite possibly the shittiest  
>> smartphone ever. And that's coming from someone who owned a first  
>> generation Samsung Blackjack.
>>
>> My understanding was that - at least back in the day - T-Mobile  
>> simply leased AT&T's network. So it should be the same coverage.  
>> Has that changed? I believe CREDO is an mvno off the Spring  
>> network. That said, I've no idea about Sprint.
>>
>> Good luck (and don't get a Bold)!
>>
>> greg/viva
>>
>>
>> On Jul 27, 2009, at 4:22 PM, palak joshi wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> yes i like iphone.
>>> BUT
>>> they should give us video and flash. i know they give it in 3gs  
>>> but why not in my old iphone which i paid money for? hmph!
>>> i dont like to text or reply to emails on iphone - my fingers  
>>> hurt! its strange its a virtual keyboard and it should not hurt at  
>>> all..becuase u are not supposed to press too hard! its a wierd  
>>> kind of stress that you feel when u try to type!
>>> i drop my iphone all the time - now they have nice covers for  
>>> people like me. a rep once dropped a phone to show me how sturdy  
>>> his cover is !!!
>>> if it was slightly bigger it would not fit in my hand but its just  
>>> the right size
>>> attt did not drop my calls earlier so i would think its the iphone  
>>> that does it. i am used to it now and so are other people :)
>>> it has very good picture resolution
>>> it has an inbuilt nice ipod
>>> the map is very useful
>>> i love the voice recorder and record all my music lessons and  
>>> anyone who sings or says funny and nice things!
>>> its a nice screen size
>>> it lets you facebook easily if u are into it
>>>
>>> Its also a good looking piece of machine.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Alexandra Longsworth
<alongsworth at gmail.com 
>>> > wrote:
>>> Hi Sunny,
>>>
>>> I have to weigh in for the iphone - I've never had coverage  
>>> issues, and I'm really happy with the interface; I check email all  
>>> the time, and it's seamless.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Alexandra Longsworth
>>>
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