SOCIAL: the big question

Fri Jul 31 14:42:53 PDT 2009

I pretty much get reception everywhere in the Mission with the exception of
this one stretch  on Valencia, between 23rd and 21st. Weird. -s

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Kristina Pappas <kristina.pappas at gmail.com
> wrote:

> I've only ever had T Mobile so I can't compare to other providers, but I've
> been happy with it. When I originally got my phone, I traveled
> internationally and wanted my phone to be able to go with me. I haven't
> needed that access in the past few years but haven't been inspired / driven
> to change.
>
> I used to experience a couple of dead zones in the Mission, but either the
> network improved or I got a better phone, as I haven't had problems.
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Greg Zhovreboff <greg at urbanesque.org>wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> Now I've a question about service! I think someone may have already
>> mentioned this but what has folks' experience with T-Mobile been in the
>> mission. I absolutely love my friend's Android and am starting to totally
>> lose it with AT&T and my crackberry.
>>
>> greg
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 28, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Geoff Davis wrote:
>>
>>  Plus with the iPhone you have to deal with this sort of nonsense:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/27/apple-is-growing-rotten-to-the-core-and-its-likely-atts-fault/
>>>
>>> A big raspberry to you, 'Deep, and your dark master from the Googley
>>> hordes.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Erin Milnes <erin.milnes at comcast.net>
>>> wrote:
>>> 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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