Who has the best cell phone service in Houston?

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Q. I am about to change cell phone services, and I thought a little input from others may help me find the best compnay for service in central Houston. I have a Nextel phone which overall has pretty good service except for some gaping holes in coverage in areas that I travel a lot (San Felipe between RO boulevard and the railroad tracks, 59 just inside the loop to name two). Repeated calls to the company have not led to repair of htese holes. A friend of mine has Sprint, but he doesn't seem to have good coverage in the Rice Village area, another area I frequent. I know Cingular is about to go belly-up, so that leaves verizon and ATT.

A. I used to grumble about Sprint every single day when I had a Samsung phone. On average I'd only get about 50% of my incoming calls, the rest always rolled directly over to voice mail. My girlfriend still has a Samsung and her coverage area sucks and her phone doesn't always ring either. I was ready to dump Sprint, pay the contract termination fee and switch when I was talked into trying another phone... I've since tried two and my cell experience with Sprint is 100% different. I currently use the Sanyo 6200 (its wafer thin) and I get ALL of my calls, I have yet to miss an incoming call. Prior to getting the Sanyo, I had a Qualcomm 2255 for about a week and it had great coverage reception also, just not the features I wanted. I guess what I'm saying is that the phone can make as much difference as the carrier when it comes to coverage and other issues. They are cutting 7.5% (3000) of their workforce, but it makes no mention about them doing this as a way to stay out of bankruptcy (just saving $). I have never used them, so I cannot comment. PrimeCo/AT&T has kept me happy for 4+ years. That said, if you are using an analog phone some of the towers won't be available for your system no matter who you have. I have a tri-mode Nokia phone that works well on the Verizon network nearly anywhere I go. Been using them for the last 2 years with OK service unless I had to go into the store where the lines are looooong but the worker bees are friendly and mostly knowledgeable. Before that I had Primeco and they were Krap with a capital Turd. I use Sprint and I've been happy with it. I have the cheapo Kyocera phone that they gave me for free when I signed on almost a year ago, and it's perfectly fine. I've never gone out of range in the Houston area - except of course when I'm on level B2 of the garage at work. When I visited New York City I was in range. When I was in Connecticut I was in range. Boston was in range. Western Massachusetts and Upstate New York were in range. `I went to visit my parents in Maine and didn't start to roam until about 20 miles north of Portland. I've also noticed that the free long distance on the Sprint phone means that I pay roughly the same for my landline and my cell combined as I used to for just the landline when I used it for long distance calls. Of course I should say that I didn't get the cell phone until only last year; Sprint is the only cellular provider I've ever been with.

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