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Nextel in Connecticut

Police21786

Oct 14, 2004, 1:04 PM
I just wanted to say that I've had Nextel for a year and I have not been impressed in the northern CT area. However I did recently take my phone and two other phones (Cingular and Verizon) around and check service in different spots. If you live in southern MASS or anywhere in CT I would strongly recommend that you pick Cingular, it has the best overall coverage beating Nextel and Verizon. Plus with Cingular buying out AT&T their service will become even stronger.
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MarkF

Oct 14, 2004, 6:43 PM
Police21786 said:
I just wanted to say that I've had Nextel for a year and I have not been impressed in the northern CT area. However I did recently take my phone and two other phones (Cingular and Verizon) around and check service in different spots. If you live in southern MASS or anywhere in CT I would strongly recommend that you pick Cingular, it has the best overall coverage beating Nextel and Verizon. Plus with Cingular buying out AT&T their service will become even stronger.


That just goes to show that no carrier is perfect. Down here in South/Central Florida this is the typical coverge/performance ranking:

1. Cingular
2. NEXTEL & AT&T TDMA
3. AT&T GSM
4. Verizon & T-Mobile
5. Sprint
6. Met...
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BEEPERDEPOT7

Oct 17, 2004, 10:57 AM
New York Market Long Island:

1-VERIZON
2-SPRINT
3-NEXTEL
3-T-MOBILE
4-ATT WIRELESS
5-CINGULAR
SERVICE ISSUE'S ARE GETTING A TAD BETTER DUE TOO CINGULAR TAKING OVER ATT GSN NETWORK IN EASTERN LONG ISLAND AND PARTS OF NJ. OVERALL IN SUFFOLK COUNTY SERVICE IS TERRIBLE. FOR EVERY 10 PHONES I SELL I HAVE 7-8 RETURNS. GSM SERVICE HERE IN SUFFLOK COUNTY IS SPOTTY AND IT EITHER WORKS FOR THE CUSTOMER OR DOESNT. HIT OR MISS. TIME WILL TELL
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