[TriLUG] OT: cellphone companies in Raleigh area

[Chris Bullock]

I would have to say stay away from Alltel, my mother lives in
greenville and on her commute from Greenville to Atlantic beach there
is no coverage between metro areas, meaning no signal from greenville
to new bern and then no signal from newbern to havelock.  I have US
Cellular and the service works great all over eastern NC and also the
RTP area.  I know you will be traveling to New Bern, but I have stayed
on a call from Raleigh to Greenville with no lost signal, i admit it
does get weak in certain places but never loses entirely.  The problem
with some of the "newer" companies is that they will not support
analog signal, I know that US Cellualar and Alltel do offer these. 
The plans aren't as great with USCC but I dont need 50 state no
roaming, I just need a cell phone that works.
--chris

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 13:50:22 -0400, Jim Wright <jwright at netcentrics.com> wrote:
> As you will be traveling to New Bern, I believe that Alltel has some of
> the best coverage in NC.  I also have heard bad things about them, but I
> (and just about every member of my family) has been with them for
> multiple years with little or no problems.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf Of Mike Fieschko
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 12:18 PM
> To: trilug
> Subject: [TriLUG] OT: cellphone companies in Raleigh area
> 
> Good afternoon,
> 
> Apologies if this off-topic post runs afoul of list rules.  (Didn't get
> any rules with the sub confirmation back in June, and didn't see any on
> the lug site.)
> 
> I'm moving from New Jersey to the Raleigh area.  Right now I have AT&T
> wireless telephone service.  What are listmembers' experiences, good and
> bad, with wireless telephone companies in the area?  I need a basic
> package, but no roaming (family in New Bern).
> 
> Off-list replies might annoy others less.
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