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[drifter at oppositelock.org (drifter)]

I can report that T-mobile doesn't work at all along the Gulf coast
south of Mobile. Ala.

Sean
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On Thursday 15 July 2010 15:54:23 Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 14:28 -0400, Greg Clifton wrote:
> > I am considering going GSM, however, the big V has me by the short
> > hairs, or at least the wallet on 2 of 5 phones on the family plan till
> > June '11 and till Aug '10 for another, so I can't afford to leave now.
> > Furthermore, ATT coverage isn't all that great and Tmobile is worse (I
> > live ~ 30mi S. of Atl). Maybe LTE which V & ATT are going to will
> > solve that by 2013? I am leery of Sprint's Wimax service so I don't
> > think that is a viable option for the next year or two at least.
> 
> I haven't been south of Atlanta much, but I can say that my T-Mobile
> service has been pretty reliable everywhere that I have been from
> Atlanta metro to Detroit, MI, both on and off the beaten path, so to
> speak.  There is one place in Ohio where T-Mobile doesn't cover that I
> have been---but then again, there is *no* cell phone coverage there
> whatsoever.  I can about 10% of the time in that one particular location
> get a local GSM carrier.  Fortunately for me, roaming is free on our
> plan.*
> 
> 	--- Mike
> 
> * Well, at least with the plan that I had at the time, it was.  We've
> since switched to the "Even More Plus" contract-less and subsidy-free
> plan.  I haven't actually checked the details on roaming on that plan,
> since I roam almost never.
> 
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