Avoid Nextel.

They are expensive.

They have the WORST customer service I've ever seen. They are polite,
but absolutly incompetant.

They do not offer ANY free warrantee period on their phones,
regardless of how badly put together it is.

and here in socal, the reception blows big fat donkey d*ck.

I used verizon for quite awhile, and while their service is definitely the
best, their prices are also pretty obscene. I pay the same amount now for 2000
minutes with sprint that I did for 900 on Verizon.

Check out sprint. Their coverage has come a LONG way, their prices are very
reasonable, and they have a great selection of phones available. The only
other thing I would recommend is waiting a couple months as sprint is
supposedly going to be coming out with a nextel style walkie talkie type deal.


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"Mofaz" <sixstringbliss@spaminator.getnet.net> wrote in message
news:3f8a23c3$0$85025$4c5eba9e@news.newshosting.co m...
> I'm interested in purchasing a cell phone as my primary home phone and for
> use when I travel, as I always to due to the nature of my job. I need
some
> advice on services, what to look for, etc. I don't want roaming fees, an
> expensive phone and plan, and I must have the ability to call anywhere
from
> anywhere in America at anytime without being disconnected. I've been
> looking at Verizon Wireless' National
>
SingleRate(http://www.verizonwireless.com/ics/p...l.intro?p_name
> =NAT) plan along with the $19.99 Motorola phone
>
(http://www.verizonwireless.com/ics/p...tion=EQUIPMENT
> ) and have been impressed so far, but I'm still a bit confused with all of
> the different plans these wireless companies are offering. So, help me
out
> here.
>
> --


I have been very satisfied with Verizon. Also, they're in the midst of
unveiling their own push-to-talk Nextel-like service. They're also pretty
good about phones, too. They'll warranty them for a year, and they'll give
you $100 credit towards a new phone every two years. I've also never had a
problem with their coverage, even when I travel on business. L.A., Chicago,
Milwaukee, Atlanta, all treated as local areas.

Hope that helps.

"ayar15" <autococker@insightbbNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Mofaz" <sixstringbliss@spaminator.getnet.net> wrote in message
> news:3f8a23c3$0$85025$4c5eba9e@news.newshosting.co m...
> > I'm interested in purchasing a cell phone as my primary home phone and
for
> > use when I travel, as I always to due to the nature of my job. I need
> some
> > advice on services, what to look for, etc. I don't want roaming fees,
an
> > expensive phone and plan, and I must have the ability to call anywhere
> from
> > anywhere in America at anytime without being disconnected. I've been
> > looking at Verizon Wireless' National
> >
>
SingleRate(http://www.verizonwireless.com/ics/p...l.intro?p_name
> > =NAT) plan along with the $19.99 Motorola phone
> >
>
(http://www.verizonwireless.com/ics/p...tion=EQUIPMENT
> > ) and have been impressed so far, but I'm still a bit confused with all
of
> > the different plans these wireless companies are offering. So, help me
> out
> > here.
> >
> > --
>
>
> I have been very satisfied with Verizon. Also, they're in the midst of
> unveiling their own push-to-talk Nextel-like service. They're also
pretty
> good about phones, too. They'll warranty them for a year, and they'll
give
> you $100 credit towards a new phone every two years. I've also never had
a
> problem with their coverage, even when I travel on business. L.A.,
Chicago,
> Milwaukee, Atlanta, all treated as local areas.


Verizon's push-to-talk feature sucks ass compared to Nextel.

"Mofaz" <sixstringbliss@spaminator.getnet.net> wrote in message
news:3f8a23c3$0$85025$4c5eba9e@news.newshosting.co m...
> I'm interested in purchasing a cell phone as my primary home phone and for
> use when I travel, as I always to due to the nature of my job. I need
some
> advice on services, what to look for, etc. I don't want roaming fees, an
> expensive phone and plan, and I must have the ability to call anywhere
from
> anywhere in America at anytime without being disconnected. I've been
> looking at Verizon Wireless' National
>
SingleRate(http://www.verizonwireless.com/ics/p...l.intro?p_name
> =NAT) plan along with the $19.99 Motorola phone
>
(http://www.verizonwireless.com/ics/p...tion=EQUIPMENT
> ) and have been impressed so far, but I'm still a bit confused with all of
> the different plans these wireless companies are offering. So, help me
out
> here.
>
> --
>
> Mofaz
> "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
> - Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

I've had Sprint PCS service for years and have been very impressed recently
with their service. It works flawlessly in and around every actual city and
along all major highways (except in the vast emptiness of the Dakotas).

$35 a month gets you 300 anytime minutes, unlimited night and weekend
minutes, and all the normal voicemail features. Sprint never charges you
roaming (unless you go somewhere where there's only analog service.. which
is rare). You don't need to get one of their phones from the store or the
website... if you want a cheap phone go to eBay and get a Samsung SPH-N200
phone (great basic little phone.. sold for $200 about two years ago) for
super cheap. I have one whose speaker doesn't work.. you're welcome to have
it for free with all the accessories if you think you can fix it.

If you're a webhead like me, you'll want a PCS Vision pack and a color PCS
vision phone. I have the Sanyo SCP-8100 (the picture phone) and it kicks
ass. For another $15 a month you get *unlimited* web usage (it doesn't use
your normal minutes!), the ability to take and send pictures, download
games, etc. Very cool, I use it a lot. I also have the cable to connect
the phone to my laptop and use it to get unlimited broadband on my laptop
anywhere I go.

As for service, Sprint kicks ass. Verizon wireless coverage surprisingly
spotty and the service itself never quite works right. I think a lot of
people are just used to their wireless service just not working perfectly
all the time... I've been spoiled with Sprint. It always works, everywhere
I expect it to, with no problems, no static, and no dropped calls. My
friends with Verizon always have a complaint or two.

I don't work for Sprint or anything, I'm just a very happy customer.

"Jon C" <news@jonnythan.com> wrote in message news:<soKib.52984$uA2.44054@twister.nyroc.rr.com>. ..

>
> Verizon's push-to-talk feature sucks ass compared to Nextel.

I have yet to try it, so I can't speak for its validity or not.

What don't you like about it, if I may ask?

"Jon C" <news@jonnythan.com> wrote in message news:<TyKib.53042$uA2.52254@twister.nyroc.rr.com>. ..

>
> I've had Sprint PCS service for years and have been very impressed recently
> with their service. It works flawlessly in and around every actual city and
> along all major highways (except in the vast emptiness of the Dakotas).
>
> $35 a month gets you 300 anytime minutes, unlimited night and weekend
> minutes, and all the normal voicemail features. Sprint never charges you
> roaming (unless you go somewhere where there's only analog service.. which
> is rare). You don't need to get one of their phones from the store or the
> website... if you want a cheap phone go to eBay and get a Samsung SPH-N200
> phone (great basic little phone.. sold for $200 about two years ago) for
> super cheap. I have one whose speaker doesn't work.. you're welcome to have
> it for free with all the accessories if you think you can fix it.
>
> If you're a webhead like me, you'll want a PCS Vision pack and a color PCS
> vision phone. I have the Sanyo SCP-8100 (the picture phone) and it kicks
> ass. For another $15 a month you get *unlimited* web usage (it doesn't use
> your normal minutes!), the ability to take and send pictures, download
> games, etc. Very cool, I use it a lot. I also have the cable to connect
> the phone to my laptop and use it to get unlimited broadband on my laptop
> anywhere I go.
>
> As for service, Sprint kicks ass. Verizon wireless coverage surprisingly
> spotty and the service itself never quite works right. I think a lot of
> people are just used to their wireless service just not working perfectly
> all the time... I've been spoiled with Sprint. It always works, everywhere
> I expect it to, with no problems, no static, and no dropped calls. My
> friends with Verizon always have a complaint or two.
>
> I don't work for Sprint or anything, I'm just a very happy customer.


See, I've had the opposite experience. Whenever my business partner
and I travel together, his Sprint phone has problems while my Verizon
phone does not. However, I will say this: It seems as though Sprint
has done some recent upgrading; over the last month or so, my
partner's signal isn't nearly as intermittent as it once was.

I guess it depends on what part of the country you're in.

:-)

Eric

"Ayar15" <hahnsolo@insightbb.com> wrote in message
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> "Jon C" <news@jonnythan.com> wrote in message
news:<soKib.52984$uA2.44054@twister.nyroc.rr.com>. ..
>
> >
> > Verizon's push-to-talk feature sucks ass compared to Nextel.
>
> I have yet to try it, so I can't speak for its validity or not.
>
> What don't you like about it, if I may ask?

One of my friends got it, then immediately turned his phone in and got his
old one back. It's very very slow and a PITA.