Southern California, Cingular or Tmobile
ok as of now i have cingular prepaid, im ok with the service, i was thinking of getting a plan with cingular, but i like tmobile cuz they are cheaper, the only problem is i dont reception at all in my best friends neighborhood which is my second home,. and niether does Tmobile, cuz i guess they share the towers, will that change soon for Cingular possibly even tmobile, which service gets better Reception throughout southern california anyways?
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as far as i know, EXACTLY the same. right now id say t-mo with a one year if its cheaper,cause cing will get att's 850 coverage once the merger is done, and that will prolly be till the end of the year
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Actually most of T-Mobile's west coast coverage is provided by roaming arrangements, since their coverage in that area is extremely spotty. Cingular has a number of these agreements with T-Mo in the california area. My suggestion is go with what gives you the best coverage... remember that once the buyout is complete, Cingular's coverage will increase quite a bit, while T-Mo will either continue with Cingular's coverage or less if Cingular decides the agreements are no longer in their best interest. Best to get what works well now, because the future for T-Mo is very fluid at the moment in your area.
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i was in a t mobile store yesterday and a sales rep explained they are using 1900mhz in bay area ca. and that 850 is is very scarce around the country. he also said that 1900mhz is better than 850khz. i figured he may just be telling me anything to try and sell me their service. i figure that their have to be 850khz in the bay area that would be a plus. maybe cingular not have any 850khz(not sure) but att i'm sure will. do anyone have accurate info for this area. i have cingular right now and would like to know if they have roaming agreements with att in bay area or vise versa.
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cdog2198 said:
i was in a t mobile store yesterday and a sales rep explained they are using 1900mhz in bay area ca. and that 850 is is very scarce around the country. he also said that 1900mhz is better than 850khz.
T-Mobile uses 1900 MHz, and only 1900 MHz. (850 MHz is useless for their purposes, thus 1900 is clearly better.)
Cingular uses a patchwork of 850 and 1900, depending on what licenses they could get. My understanding is that 850 gets better penetration, while 1900 has better range. Whether that makes one or the other "better" would depend on your needs. Either way, we build our network to deal with it.
Cingular's licenses in California are for 1900 MHz, so you would not see much differen...
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Myth said:
T-Mobile uses 1900 MHz, and only 1900 MHz. (850 MHz is useless for their purposes, thus 1900 is clearly better.)
Cingular uses a patchwork of 850 and 1900, depending on what licenses they could get. My understanding is that 850 gets better penetration, while 1900 has better range. Whether that makes one or the other "better" would depend on your needs. Either way, we build our network to deal with it.
Cingular's licenses in California are for 1900 MHz, so you would not see much difference there.
1900 is clearly better? NOPE. One is not "clearly" better than the other. 🙄 Companies like Cingular and ATT have spent millions on the 850(800) spectrum and will logically want to use t...
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If Cingular took over T-mobile, that would become a monopoly and no one likes a monopoly in the US.
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