[Az-Geocaching] OT - Cell providers

[Lisa G.]

EMa wrote:

> Sorry to ask an off topic question but have a couple of them I need 
> some advise on.............
>  
> 1.  My contract is up and I cant decide if I should stick with Verizon 
> or switch to Cingular!  Any suggestions??
>  
> 2.  Either way I want to upgrade my phone...Are the phone/PDA's any 
> good for geocaching purposes?  Do they get a good signal?

I'll offer my experience.  I've used Verizon for several years, and have 
been very happy with them.  Very few dropped calls, and the ones I have 
had drop have always been while on calls with a cell phone with a 
different service provider, so I can't say whether I can blame Verizon 
for those or not.  My father has Cingular (migrated from AT&T).  You 
know their commercials, "we're raising the bar for you"? He constantly 
jokes, "yeah, they raise that bar right up so that it trips you and you 
fall on your face".  He lives in Texas, though.  I have another friend 
in Chandler who has Cingular (also migrated from AT&T before they 
merged) and he is constantly dropping on me, or his voice comes through 
garbled.

That said, I have another local friend who is on Cingular and has no 
complaints.  I know several people who have Verizon (both local and out 
of state) and I've never heard complaints from any of them about their 
service. <standard disclaimer> I have no affiliation with either 
company. </standard disclaimer>

Regarding phones...are you talking about the GPS capabilities that are 
available on phones now?  I don't think they have the antenna strength 
that a regular GPSr unit would.  I'd guess for urban caching they'd be 
fine; probably not for rural areas.  That said, I've never really looked 
at one.


Lisa "PoledraDog"