Coverage Issue in Dallas
I have a question that I was hoping someone might be able to answer. My son will be attending SMU (Southern Methodist University) this fall and in the hopes of avoiding long distance charges I would like to be able to get him a cell phone that can get reception in the dorms/everywhere on campus. My thought was that since SBC is a Texas company and they have an agreement with SMU, reception on campus might be the best. Is anyone able to confirm this (possibly someone who works with Cingular who might be able to tell me where the nearest cell tower is). I am currently a Sprint subscriber, but want to make sure that he is able to make calls anywhere on campus, and switching to Cingular in Chicago is not a problem and it gives me a good excu...
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There about 8 cell towers within a half a block radious around SMU. Now as fars as how thick the walls are within the bulding, I cant tell you how the reception will be in the doorms or class rooms, but definately good reception in general.
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I work for Cingular in the Dallas market, at a store off 75 and Park Lane, which is about 2 miles from the SMU campus. Since we are the closest store to the campus we see all of its students. The students rave how well Cingular works on campus. Dorms are not a problem, neither are the rest of the buildings.
There are 4.5 million cellphone users in the DFW area. Almost 3 million of them are Cingular/AT&T customers. Now I can not guaranty coverage all the time. You have to remember that there are 15,000 students on campus with 3/4 of them having a phone, so occasionally he might have a dropped call or too. All in all he should have no problem, again he does have a 30 day trail period.
As for towers there are 4 within a 5 mile...
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I work for Cingular in the Dallas market, at a store off 75 and Park Lane, which is about 2 miles from the SMU campus. Since we are the closest store to the campus we see all of its students. The students rave how well Cingular works on campus. Dorms are not a problem, neither are the rest of the buildings.
There are 4.5 million cellphone users in the DFW area. Almost 3 million of them are Cingular/AT&T customers. Now I can not guaranty coverage all the time. You have to remember that there are 15,000 students on campus with 3/4 of them having a phone, so occasionally he might have a dropped call or too. All in all he should have no problem, again he does have a 30 day trail period.
As for towers there are 4 within a 5 mile...
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