<article>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#article10_01_17_2034242</id>
	<title>Truth Or Dare  &mdash; What Is the Best US Cell Company?</title>
	<author>timothy</author>
	<datestamp>1263717420000</datestamp>
	<htmltext>Epsilon Eridani writes <i>"I am returning to the US after an extended time overseas and upon my return I need to jump head first into the data enabled phone bandwagon.  I have to admit ... I am lost as to what is the best company to choose.  Before I left the US I used a Sprint HTC phone running Windows with the 'simply everything' plan to communicate and stay organized and a Sprint Wireless Card to connect my laptop to the world.  Coming back several generations of technology later, what is the best set up technology-wise to link phone and laptop or two to the Internet? (Open source solutions accepted too!)   Can the Slashdot community verify some of the claims on quality of service before I give my first born up when I sign a service contract?"</i></htmltext>
<tokenext>Epsilon Eridani writes " I am returning to the US after an extended time overseas and upon my return I need to jump head first into the data enabled phone bandwagon .
I have to admit ... I am lost as to what is the best company to choose .
Before I left the US I used a Sprint HTC phone running Windows with the 'simply everything ' plan to communicate and stay organized and a Sprint Wireless Card to connect my laptop to the world .
Coming back several generations of technology later , what is the best set up technology-wise to link phone and laptop or two to the Internet ?
( Open source solutions accepted too !
) Can the Slashdot community verify some of the claims on quality of service before I give my first born up when I sign a service contract ?
"</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Epsilon Eridani writes "I am returning to the US after an extended time overseas and upon my return I need to jump head first into the data enabled phone bandwagon.
I have to admit ... I am lost as to what is the best company to choose.
Before I left the US I used a Sprint HTC phone running Windows with the 'simply everything' plan to communicate and stay organized and a Sprint Wireless Card to connect my laptop to the world.
Coming back several generations of technology later, what is the best set up technology-wise to link phone and laptop or two to the Internet?
(Open source solutions accepted too!
)   Can the Slashdot community verify some of the claims on quality of service before I give my first born up when I sign a service contract?
"</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801666</id>
	<title>Different Story for AT&amp;T in western Ohio</title>
	<author>al3k</author>
	<datestamp>1263726060000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>It really depends on where you will located the most, like 30 people before me have said.  I know everyone likes to bash AT&amp;T but in my situation its the only major carrier in the Dayton-Columbus-Cincinnati area that will get coverage around where I live.  I went out four wheeling with a friend into the middle of nowhere and had 3G coverage west of Dayton close to the Indiana border on my iPhone. I also travel back and forth between Dayton and Columbus all the time and have mostly seamless coverage.  Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint don't get coverage at all and I had horrible customer service issues and phone hardware problems several times with both Verizon and T-Mobile.  I have a few friends who had Sprint who had to get boosters from the Sprint store in order to even use their phones at their house.  Its all about location, just do your research and ask peoples opinions around where you will be located the most.</htmltext>
<tokenext>It really depends on where you will located the most , like 30 people before me have said .
I know everyone likes to bash AT&amp;T but in my situation its the only major carrier in the Dayton-Columbus-Cincinnati area that will get coverage around where I live .
I went out four wheeling with a friend into the middle of nowhere and had 3G coverage west of Dayton close to the Indiana border on my iPhone .
I also travel back and forth between Dayton and Columbus all the time and have mostly seamless coverage .
Verizon , T-Mobile and Sprint do n't get coverage at all and I had horrible customer service issues and phone hardware problems several times with both Verizon and T-Mobile .
I have a few friends who had Sprint who had to get boosters from the Sprint store in order to even use their phones at their house .
Its all about location , just do your research and ask peoples opinions around where you will be located the most .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It really depends on where you will located the most, like 30 people before me have said.
I know everyone likes to bash AT&amp;T but in my situation its the only major carrier in the Dayton-Columbus-Cincinnati area that will get coverage around where I live.
I went out four wheeling with a friend into the middle of nowhere and had 3G coverage west of Dayton close to the Indiana border on my iPhone.
I also travel back and forth between Dayton and Columbus all the time and have mostly seamless coverage.
Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint don't get coverage at all and I had horrible customer service issues and phone hardware problems several times with both Verizon and T-Mobile.
I have a few friends who had Sprint who had to get boosters from the Sprint store in order to even use their phones at their house.
Its all about location, just do your research and ask peoples opinions around where you will be located the most.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800904</id>
	<title>Frist tsop</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263721080000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Offtopic</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Frist tsop wtf</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Frist tsop wtf</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Frist tsop wtf</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802828</id>
	<title>Re:T-Mobile, UMA, and $0.10 per minute</title>
	<author>noidentity</author>
	<datestamp>1263734280000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I'm a bit confused by your post. Are you saying that this T-Mobile plan can be as low as $0.10 per minute, regardless of how the phone is connecting (cell tower or WiFi)? Why would it cost the same even if connecting over WiFi, and why would even being able to use WiFi be an advantage? (I've never had a cellphone so this is interesting)</htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'm a bit confused by your post .
Are you saying that this T-Mobile plan can be as low as $ 0.10 per minute , regardless of how the phone is connecting ( cell tower or WiFi ) ?
Why would it cost the same even if connecting over WiFi , and why would even being able to use WiFi be an advantage ?
( I 've never had a cellphone so this is interesting )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I'm a bit confused by your post.
Are you saying that this T-Mobile plan can be as low as $0.10 per minute, regardless of how the phone is connecting (cell tower or WiFi)?
Why would it cost the same even if connecting over WiFi, and why would even being able to use WiFi be an advantage?
(I've never had a cellphone so this is interesting)</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801032</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801168</id>
	<title>Re:Verizon has best coverage... but it's verizon.</title>
	<author>AnswerIs42</author>
	<datestamp>1263722700000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Define coverage though... I have AT&amp;T and a friend has Verizon.. I get a lot more coverage in areas than he does, but he gets more 3G coverage.. but since I use my phone for... *gasp* calls.. 3G is a moot point.</p><p>It all depends on what you want to do... I still keep AT&amp;T mainly because of the rollover minutes.  I have some months where I may only use half my minutes.. then there are months I use well over my minutes.</p><p>comparing costs... they are all pretty much the same... over priced.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Define coverage though... I have AT&amp;T and a friend has Verizon.. I get a lot more coverage in areas than he does , but he gets more 3G coverage.. but since I use my phone for... * gasp * calls.. 3G is a moot point.It all depends on what you want to do... I still keep AT&amp;T mainly because of the rollover minutes .
I have some months where I may only use half my minutes.. then there are months I use well over my minutes.comparing costs... they are all pretty much the same... over priced .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Define coverage though... I have AT&amp;T and a friend has Verizon.. I get a lot more coverage in areas than he does, but he gets more 3G coverage.. but since I use my phone for... *gasp* calls.. 3G is a moot point.It all depends on what you want to do... I still keep AT&amp;T mainly because of the rollover minutes.
I have some months where I may only use half my minutes.. then there are months I use well over my minutes.comparing costs... they are all pretty much the same... over priced.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800972</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800928</id>
	<title>Choices man. Choices.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263721200000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Does which phones you are allowed to choose from matter?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Does which phones you are allowed to choose from matter ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Does which phones you are allowed to choose from matter?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801766</id>
	<title>Next up: spin the bottle!</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263726540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>What is this, a Jr. High Blog?</htmltext>
<tokenext>What is this , a Jr. High Blog ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>What is this, a Jr. High Blog?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30809076</id>
	<title>Re:Verizon has best coverage... but it's verizon.</title>
	<author>gravis777</author>
	<datestamp>1263836280000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Deffinately agree about AT&amp;Ts voice coverage area. Living in Texas, there are many areas where the other providers just don't have coverage at all. If you get outside of Austin, Houston, San Antonio, or DFW, (which happens to be like 90\% of the state), you better hope you have AT&amp;T. T-Mobile seems to have second-best coverage area area. Verizon is not bad, but I can certainly take you to places (miles at a time) where you will get no service with Verizon. Sprint, at least in DFW, has spotty coverage at best in the cities, and NO coverage when you get outside of it. And with Boost and Metro, better hope you never go outside your coverage area.</p><p>Verizon has the best 3G coverage. That being said, their network is 3G only. When Verizon phones have no service, I am still surfing at Edge speeds on my iPhone (albiet slow). I am still posting pics to Facebook in areas where Sprint users can't even make a phone call (oh, but Sprint has 4G! Oh joy, the nations fastest network, IF you are lucky enough to be in a place that you can actaully get coverage).</p><p>Traveling throughout the US, AT&amp;T seems to have consistant signals, which is great when you like to drive backroads like I do. I can even get spotty reception in the mountains. I e-mailed photos from Mount Lemon in Tucson while on Mount Lemmon - where Verizon, Qwest, Cricket, and Sprint had no service. TMobile did. I have made phone calls from Pike's Peak. In fact, the only place I completely lost signal was for about 2 miles driving through a pass to Hoover Dam.</p><p>So, question is, do you want great coverage areas, or fast networks in limited areas?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Deffinately agree about AT&amp;Ts voice coverage area .
Living in Texas , there are many areas where the other providers just do n't have coverage at all .
If you get outside of Austin , Houston , San Antonio , or DFW , ( which happens to be like 90 \ % of the state ) , you better hope you have AT&amp;T .
T-Mobile seems to have second-best coverage area area .
Verizon is not bad , but I can certainly take you to places ( miles at a time ) where you will get no service with Verizon .
Sprint , at least in DFW , has spotty coverage at best in the cities , and NO coverage when you get outside of it .
And with Boost and Metro , better hope you never go outside your coverage area.Verizon has the best 3G coverage .
That being said , their network is 3G only .
When Verizon phones have no service , I am still surfing at Edge speeds on my iPhone ( albiet slow ) .
I am still posting pics to Facebook in areas where Sprint users ca n't even make a phone call ( oh , but Sprint has 4G !
Oh joy , the nations fastest network , IF you are lucky enough to be in a place that you can actaully get coverage ) .Traveling throughout the US , AT&amp;T seems to have consistant signals , which is great when you like to drive backroads like I do .
I can even get spotty reception in the mountains .
I e-mailed photos from Mount Lemon in Tucson while on Mount Lemmon - where Verizon , Qwest , Cricket , and Sprint had no service .
TMobile did .
I have made phone calls from Pike 's Peak .
In fact , the only place I completely lost signal was for about 2 miles driving through a pass to Hoover Dam.So , question is , do you want great coverage areas , or fast networks in limited areas ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Deffinately agree about AT&amp;Ts voice coverage area.
Living in Texas, there are many areas where the other providers just don't have coverage at all.
If you get outside of Austin, Houston, San Antonio, or DFW, (which happens to be like 90\% of the state), you better hope you have AT&amp;T.
T-Mobile seems to have second-best coverage area area.
Verizon is not bad, but I can certainly take you to places (miles at a time) where you will get no service with Verizon.
Sprint, at least in DFW, has spotty coverage at best in the cities, and NO coverage when you get outside of it.
And with Boost and Metro, better hope you never go outside your coverage area.Verizon has the best 3G coverage.
That being said, their network is 3G only.
When Verizon phones have no service, I am still surfing at Edge speeds on my iPhone (albiet slow).
I am still posting pics to Facebook in areas where Sprint users can't even make a phone call (oh, but Sprint has 4G!
Oh joy, the nations fastest network, IF you are lucky enough to be in a place that you can actaully get coverage).Traveling throughout the US, AT&amp;T seems to have consistant signals, which is great when you like to drive backroads like I do.
I can even get spotty reception in the mountains.
I e-mailed photos from Mount Lemon in Tucson while on Mount Lemmon - where Verizon, Qwest, Cricket, and Sprint had no service.
TMobile did.
I have made phone calls from Pike's Peak.
In fact, the only place I completely lost signal was for about 2 miles driving through a pass to Hoover Dam.So, question is, do you want great coverage areas, or fast networks in limited areas?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801076</id>
	<title>It depends</title>
	<author>MrOctogon</author>
	<datestamp>1263722100000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>Coverage varies waaay too much to flat out say one is better than all the others. In any given location, any carrier could give the best coverage depending on your needs.<br>One thing none of the big boys want you to know is that almost all of them have a 30 day escape clause in their contracts. If you are not satisfied, you can cancel (you'd have to give back the shiny phone or whatever they subsidize) and you won't even have to give up your firstborn to do it.<br>Just read the contract and ask the salesman to get the details, but they all should have something like that, so try them all out and see what is best for YOU.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Coverage varies waaay too much to flat out say one is better than all the others .
In any given location , any carrier could give the best coverage depending on your needs.One thing none of the big boys want you to know is that almost all of them have a 30 day escape clause in their contracts .
If you are not satisfied , you can cancel ( you 'd have to give back the shiny phone or whatever they subsidize ) and you wo n't even have to give up your firstborn to do it.Just read the contract and ask the salesman to get the details , but they all should have something like that , so try them all out and see what is best for YOU .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Coverage varies waaay too much to flat out say one is better than all the others.
In any given location, any carrier could give the best coverage depending on your needs.One thing none of the big boys want you to know is that almost all of them have a 30 day escape clause in their contracts.
If you are not satisfied, you can cancel (you'd have to give back the shiny phone or whatever they subsidize) and you won't even have to give up your firstborn to do it.Just read the contract and ask the salesman to get the details, but they all should have something like that, so try them all out and see what is best for YOU.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802008</id>
	<title>Re:Verizon has best coverage... but it's verizon.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263728340000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I would say wait for Nexus One on Verizon. Simply the best combo !!</htmltext>
<tokenext>I would say wait for Nexus One on Verizon .
Simply the best combo !
!</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I would say wait for Nexus One on Verizon.
Simply the best combo !
!</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800972</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30809592</id>
	<title>Re:slashdot poll?</title>
	<author>Deosyne</author>
	<datestamp>1263838440000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>If my Droid wasn't a Verizon exclusive, I probably would have gone with Sprint for the awesome pricing and good coverage. Hell, after years of AT&amp;T's abysmal service quality, almost anything would have been an improvement in that area, but Verizon's pricing REALLY leaves something to be desired, so Sprint definitely dominates in that area.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>If my Droid was n't a Verizon exclusive , I probably would have gone with Sprint for the awesome pricing and good coverage .
Hell , after years of AT&amp;T 's abysmal service quality , almost anything would have been an improvement in that area , but Verizon 's pricing REALLY leaves something to be desired , so Sprint definitely dominates in that area .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If my Droid wasn't a Verizon exclusive, I probably would have gone with Sprint for the awesome pricing and good coverage.
Hell, after years of AT&amp;T's abysmal service quality, almost anything would have been an improvement in that area, but Verizon's pricing REALLY leaves something to be desired, so Sprint definitely dominates in that area.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801016</id>
	<title>Re:slashdot poll?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263721740000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Sprint. Their customer service has greatly improved over the years.  They offer fantastic pricing on plans (atleast when compared to other carriers), great 3G and in some limited cases 4G coverage. When worse comes to worse and there is no Sprint coverage, you get free roaming on Verizon's network.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Sprint .
Their customer service has greatly improved over the years .
They offer fantastic pricing on plans ( atleast when compared to other carriers ) , great 3G and in some limited cases 4G coverage .
When worse comes to worse and there is no Sprint coverage , you get free roaming on Verizon 's network .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sprint.
Their customer service has greatly improved over the years.
They offer fantastic pricing on plans (atleast when compared to other carriers), great 3G and in some limited cases 4G coverage.
When worse comes to worse and there is no Sprint coverage, you get free roaming on Verizon's network.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803632</id>
	<title>Re:N900 or Moto Droid or Nexus One</title>
	<author>Attila Dimedici</author>
	<datestamp>1263741420000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>3. Some companies (e.g. Verizon) are an amalgamation of other companies, and their services vary greatly.  (Verizon *in this area* formerly Cellular One formerly Bell Atlantic)</p></div><p>In the Bell Atlantic regions, Cellular One became Cingular which became AT&amp;T (That last change is amusing because Cingular bought AT&amp;T Wireless about two years before SBC--one of Cingular's parent companies--bought AT&amp;T and and Bell South--the other of Cingular's parent companies-- and then changed the name of the whole company to AT&amp;T) .  Also, Verizon is not an "amalgamation of other companies", it is a single company.  Verizon is the name that Bell Atlantic adopted as part of its merger with GTE.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>3 .
Some companies ( e.g .
Verizon ) are an amalgamation of other companies , and their services vary greatly .
( Verizon * in this area * formerly Cellular One formerly Bell Atlantic ) In the Bell Atlantic regions , Cellular One became Cingular which became AT&amp;T ( That last change is amusing because Cingular bought AT&amp;T Wireless about two years before SBC--one of Cingular 's parent companies--bought AT&amp;T and and Bell South--the other of Cingular 's parent companies-- and then changed the name of the whole company to AT&amp;T ) .
Also , Verizon is not an " amalgamation of other companies " , it is a single company .
Verizon is the name that Bell Atlantic adopted as part of its merger with GTE .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>3.
Some companies (e.g.
Verizon) are an amalgamation of other companies, and their services vary greatly.
(Verizon *in this area* formerly Cellular One formerly Bell Atlantic)In the Bell Atlantic regions, Cellular One became Cingular which became AT&amp;T (That last change is amusing because Cingular bought AT&amp;T Wireless about two years before SBC--one of Cingular's parent companies--bought AT&amp;T and and Bell South--the other of Cingular's parent companies-- and then changed the name of the whole company to AT&amp;T) .
Also, Verizon is not an "amalgamation of other companies", it is a single company.
Verizon is the name that Bell Atlantic adopted as part of its merger with GTE.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801522</id>
	<title>Re:Related question</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263725100000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Virgin Mobile, they can be picked up at a supermarket or department store, have decent coverage and seem to have fair terms of service.  If you plan on staying for longer than a few weeks you might try BoostMobile.  They offer no contract phones and an everything plan for $50.  They use Sprint's network so I set my old blackberry up with them for a month.  They are the only pre-paid network that does BB.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Virgin Mobile , they can be picked up at a supermarket or department store , have decent coverage and seem to have fair terms of service .
If you plan on staying for longer than a few weeks you might try BoostMobile .
They offer no contract phones and an everything plan for $ 50 .
They use Sprint 's network so I set my old blackberry up with them for a month .
They are the only pre-paid network that does BB .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Virgin Mobile, they can be picked up at a supermarket or department store, have decent coverage and seem to have fair terms of service.
If you plan on staying for longer than a few weeks you might try BoostMobile.
They offer no contract phones and an everything plan for $50.
They use Sprint's network so I set my old blackberry up with them for a month.
They are the only pre-paid network that does BB.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803886</id>
	<title>Re:Verizon has best coverage... but it's verizon.</title>
	<author>R3d M3rcury</author>
	<datestamp>1263743760000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Mod the parent up--this is the important part.</p><p>Remember that you're returning to America, which is a pretty big place.  While all providers claim "nationwide coverage", their definitions of "nationwide" can vary.</p><p>Personal example:  I live in Southern California and have my iPhone and AT&amp;T.  It works great.  I have no complaints at all with coverage or 3G speed.  It works flawlessly.</p><p>I recently went back to see my Mom in Vermont and the coverage was horrible.  Literally, I could stand someplace and get the "No Network" message and take a step to the right and I would get a bar.  Sometimes I'd get three bars but couldn't place a call or use the Internet.  The A-GPS had me pegged somewhere in a 10 <i>mile</i> radius.</p><p>(By the way, Verizon wasn't much better, at least for voice)</p><p>So it can really depend on where you live.  You'll hear plenty of people here say how they love one network or another where they live--and you should keep that in mind.  Just because everybody here says T-Mobile or AT&amp;T or Verizon or Sprint doesn't mean it will work where you are.  Your best choice is to check out how well it works where <i>you</i> live.</p><p>I know that, when I bought my iPhone, AT&amp;T gave you a thirty-day trial.  I hear Verizon does as well and it may be <i>de rigeur</i> for other providers.  Go with whoever gives you the best deal and try it out for 30 days.  If it doesn't work, take it back and try the next one up the line.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Mod the parent up--this is the important part.Remember that you 're returning to America , which is a pretty big place .
While all providers claim " nationwide coverage " , their definitions of " nationwide " can vary.Personal example : I live in Southern California and have my iPhone and AT&amp;T .
It works great .
I have no complaints at all with coverage or 3G speed .
It works flawlessly.I recently went back to see my Mom in Vermont and the coverage was horrible .
Literally , I could stand someplace and get the " No Network " message and take a step to the right and I would get a bar .
Sometimes I 'd get three bars but could n't place a call or use the Internet .
The A-GPS had me pegged somewhere in a 10 mile radius .
( By the way , Verizon was n't much better , at least for voice ) So it can really depend on where you live .
You 'll hear plenty of people here say how they love one network or another where they live--and you should keep that in mind .
Just because everybody here says T-Mobile or AT&amp;T or Verizon or Sprint does n't mean it will work where you are .
Your best choice is to check out how well it works where you live.I know that , when I bought my iPhone , AT&amp;T gave you a thirty-day trial .
I hear Verizon does as well and it may be de rigeur for other providers .
Go with whoever gives you the best deal and try it out for 30 days .
If it does n't work , take it back and try the next one up the line .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Mod the parent up--this is the important part.Remember that you're returning to America, which is a pretty big place.
While all providers claim "nationwide coverage", their definitions of "nationwide" can vary.Personal example:  I live in Southern California and have my iPhone and AT&amp;T.
It works great.
I have no complaints at all with coverage or 3G speed.
It works flawlessly.I recently went back to see my Mom in Vermont and the coverage was horrible.
Literally, I could stand someplace and get the "No Network" message and take a step to the right and I would get a bar.
Sometimes I'd get three bars but couldn't place a call or use the Internet.
The A-GPS had me pegged somewhere in a 10 mile radius.
(By the way, Verizon wasn't much better, at least for voice)So it can really depend on where you live.
You'll hear plenty of people here say how they love one network or another where they live--and you should keep that in mind.
Just because everybody here says T-Mobile or AT&amp;T or Verizon or Sprint doesn't mean it will work where you are.
Your best choice is to check out how well it works where you live.I know that, when I bought my iPhone, AT&amp;T gave you a thirty-day trial.
I hear Verizon does as well and it may be de rigeur for other providers.
Go with whoever gives you the best deal and try it out for 30 days.
If it doesn't work, take it back and try the next one up the line.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30837720</id>
	<title>*The best setup from a guy who has it*</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263982680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Do yourself a favor and don't listen to anyone on here. Scope Craigslist or www.ppcgeeks.com "Bargain Trader" forum for anyone selling a SERO Sprint account. More pop up all the time.</p><p>What you get is:<br>500 minutes a month<br>Unlimited Data<br>Unlimited SMS, Picture Message, Video Messaging</p><p>for $35/mo (after tax).<nobr> <wbr></nobr>...and I don't care what anyone says. Sprint has the best coverage, pure and simple. GSM coverage in the US is a joke. AT&amp;T is overloaded with iPhone fanboys. As mentioned earlier, Sprint roams on Verizon so you get the best of both worlds. There is no comparison.</p><p>Nab yourself a WinMo or Android based HTC phone with WiFi. Again, head back to ppcgeeks.com and get yourself a internet sharing fix cab as well as HTC's own WiFi router app for WiMo. Secure and pretty darn quick, turns your cell phone into a mobile wireless router. Your speeds should be comparable to high-end residential DSL accounts. ~1/1.3Mbps downstream.</p><p>On your laptop, use light weight browsers on your computers that have a mobile user agent and multimedia disabled. Essentially, avoid using a ton of bandwidth and basic web surfing will never get you flagged for data abuse.. If that isn't for you, add on their tethering package or consider one of their 3G router packages. This will make you future ready because Sprint is one of the only early adopters of 4G networks (new routers are usually 3G/4G combo), and if rumors are correct, will be putting a 4G tower in every Walmart within 2 years which means you'll be sitting pretty with your little device.</p><p>Then, combine Google Voice, AntiSip, and IPKall and get yourself a totally free phone number that you can use to make and receive calls totally free from your cell and both your laptops for 100\% free, then use Miro and ditch your TV provider. There, I made your life awesome by telling you how to ditch every single entertainment and telecom provider except for Sprint for $35/mo. It works for me! Cheers!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Do yourself a favor and do n't listen to anyone on here .
Scope Craigslist or www.ppcgeeks.com " Bargain Trader " forum for anyone selling a SERO Sprint account .
More pop up all the time.What you get is : 500 minutes a monthUnlimited DataUnlimited SMS , Picture Message , Video Messagingfor $ 35/mo ( after tax ) .
...and I do n't care what anyone says .
Sprint has the best coverage , pure and simple .
GSM coverage in the US is a joke .
AT&amp;T is overloaded with iPhone fanboys .
As mentioned earlier , Sprint roams on Verizon so you get the best of both worlds .
There is no comparison.Nab yourself a WinMo or Android based HTC phone with WiFi .
Again , head back to ppcgeeks.com and get yourself a internet sharing fix cab as well as HTC 's own WiFi router app for WiMo .
Secure and pretty darn quick , turns your cell phone into a mobile wireless router .
Your speeds should be comparable to high-end residential DSL accounts .
~ 1/1.3Mbps downstream.On your laptop , use light weight browsers on your computers that have a mobile user agent and multimedia disabled .
Essentially , avoid using a ton of bandwidth and basic web surfing will never get you flagged for data abuse.. If that is n't for you , add on their tethering package or consider one of their 3G router packages .
This will make you future ready because Sprint is one of the only early adopters of 4G networks ( new routers are usually 3G/4G combo ) , and if rumors are correct , will be putting a 4G tower in every Walmart within 2 years which means you 'll be sitting pretty with your little device.Then , combine Google Voice , AntiSip , and IPKall and get yourself a totally free phone number that you can use to make and receive calls totally free from your cell and both your laptops for 100 \ % free , then use Miro and ditch your TV provider .
There , I made your life awesome by telling you how to ditch every single entertainment and telecom provider except for Sprint for $ 35/mo .
It works for me !
Cheers !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Do yourself a favor and don't listen to anyone on here.
Scope Craigslist or www.ppcgeeks.com "Bargain Trader" forum for anyone selling a SERO Sprint account.
More pop up all the time.What you get is:500 minutes a monthUnlimited DataUnlimited SMS, Picture Message, Video Messagingfor $35/mo (after tax).
...and I don't care what anyone says.
Sprint has the best coverage, pure and simple.
GSM coverage in the US is a joke.
AT&amp;T is overloaded with iPhone fanboys.
As mentioned earlier, Sprint roams on Verizon so you get the best of both worlds.
There is no comparison.Nab yourself a WinMo or Android based HTC phone with WiFi.
Again, head back to ppcgeeks.com and get yourself a internet sharing fix cab as well as HTC's own WiFi router app for WiMo.
Secure and pretty darn quick, turns your cell phone into a mobile wireless router.
Your speeds should be comparable to high-end residential DSL accounts.
~1/1.3Mbps downstream.On your laptop, use light weight browsers on your computers that have a mobile user agent and multimedia disabled.
Essentially, avoid using a ton of bandwidth and basic web surfing will never get you flagged for data abuse.. If that isn't for you, add on their tethering package or consider one of their 3G router packages.
This will make you future ready because Sprint is one of the only early adopters of 4G networks (new routers are usually 3G/4G combo), and if rumors are correct, will be putting a 4G tower in every Walmart within 2 years which means you'll be sitting pretty with your little device.Then, combine Google Voice, AntiSip, and IPKall and get yourself a totally free phone number that you can use to make and receive calls totally free from your cell and both your laptops for 100\% free, then use Miro and ditch your TV provider.
There, I made your life awesome by telling you how to ditch every single entertainment and telecom provider except for Sprint for $35/mo.
It works for me!
Cheers!</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803128</id>
	<title>Re:Sprint</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263736920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Troll</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Sprint does not roam on verizons network. Quit making shit up.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Sprint does not roam on verizons network .
Quit making shit up .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sprint does not roam on verizons network.
Quit making shit up.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801600</id>
	<title>a lot like asking ...</title>
	<author>Surt</author>
	<datestamp>1263725700000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>What's the best kind of attack to have, heart attack, or stroke?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>What 's the best kind of attack to have , heart attack , or stroke ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>What's the best kind of attack to have, heart attack, or stroke?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803896</id>
	<title>I don't mind US Cellular</title>
	<author>ajlisows</author>
	<datestamp>1263743820000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext> <p>I've had US Cellular for something like 9 years now.  At the time I picked them because they wanted the smallest deposit on a new phone contract.  In my experience, I often will still get a signal in a lot of places where Sprint and AT&amp;T phone users do not.  I don't travel all that much but I've been all over the state of Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, Vegas, Phoenix, Miami, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame area, New Orleans, Southern Mississippi, Mexico, Memphis, Atlanta, Baltimore, St. Louis, and Washington DC in the last few years and have never had any problems getting a signal.</p><p>I consider their prices to be pretty reasonable.  My phone bill is somewhere around $90 a month with two lines, around 1000 minutes (we never really go over that), 750 texts per month, and one phone with Internet service (my wife doesn't really want or need a smart phone).  If you don't intend to frequently travel, they offer "Wide Area Plans" instead of "National Plans" which are significantly less expensive.</p><p>The downside is that they are a CDMA carrier and have a very limited selection of phones at any given time. Currently they are offering the Blackberry Curve, Pearl, and Tour and on the Windows Mobile they have the HTC Touch Pro 2 and HTC Snap. I personally have an HTC Touch Pro and find it be a pretty nice phone in general, although I am hoping that some droid model makes it to US Cellular.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I 've had US Cellular for something like 9 years now .
At the time I picked them because they wanted the smallest deposit on a new phone contract .
In my experience , I often will still get a signal in a lot of places where Sprint and AT&amp;T phone users do not .
I do n't travel all that much but I 've been all over the state of Wisconsin , Northern Illinois , Vegas , Phoenix , Miami , Pittsburgh , Notre Dame area , New Orleans , Southern Mississippi , Mexico , Memphis , Atlanta , Baltimore , St. Louis , and Washington DC in the last few years and have never had any problems getting a signal.I consider their prices to be pretty reasonable .
My phone bill is somewhere around $ 90 a month with two lines , around 1000 minutes ( we never really go over that ) , 750 texts per month , and one phone with Internet service ( my wife does n't really want or need a smart phone ) .
If you do n't intend to frequently travel , they offer " Wide Area Plans " instead of " National Plans " which are significantly less expensive.The downside is that they are a CDMA carrier and have a very limited selection of phones at any given time .
Currently they are offering the Blackberry Curve , Pearl , and Tour and on the Windows Mobile they have the HTC Touch Pro 2 and HTC Snap .
I personally have an HTC Touch Pro and find it be a pretty nice phone in general , although I am hoping that some droid model makes it to US Cellular .</tokentext>
<sentencetext> I've had US Cellular for something like 9 years now.
At the time I picked them because they wanted the smallest deposit on a new phone contract.
In my experience, I often will still get a signal in a lot of places where Sprint and AT&amp;T phone users do not.
I don't travel all that much but I've been all over the state of Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, Vegas, Phoenix, Miami, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame area, New Orleans, Southern Mississippi, Mexico, Memphis, Atlanta, Baltimore, St. Louis, and Washington DC in the last few years and have never had any problems getting a signal.I consider their prices to be pretty reasonable.
My phone bill is somewhere around $90 a month with two lines, around 1000 minutes (we never really go over that), 750 texts per month, and one phone with Internet service (my wife doesn't really want or need a smart phone).
If you don't intend to frequently travel, they offer "Wide Area Plans" instead of "National Plans" which are significantly less expensive.The downside is that they are a CDMA carrier and have a very limited selection of phones at any given time.
Currently they are offering the Blackberry Curve, Pearl, and Tour and on the Windows Mobile they have the HTC Touch Pro 2 and HTC Snap.
I personally have an HTC Touch Pro and find it be a pretty nice phone in general, although I am hoping that some droid model makes it to US Cellular.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803196</id>
	<title>Verizon for map coverage</title>
	<author>DougReed</author>
	<datestamp>1263737520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Consumer reports has looked into this, and says Verizon has the most coverage.  I am a Verizon guy, not because I like their technology, and certainly not because I like their phones.  But I almost never ever don't have coverage.  Others borrow my phone because I always have coverage with they don't.  The 'there's a map for that' adds are true, I have had AT&amp;T before, and their coverage is not dreadful, but certainly not trouble free.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Consumer reports has looked into this , and says Verizon has the most coverage .
I am a Verizon guy , not because I like their technology , and certainly not because I like their phones .
But I almost never ever do n't have coverage .
Others borrow my phone because I always have coverage with they do n't .
The 'there 's a map for that ' adds are true , I have had AT&amp;T before , and their coverage is not dreadful , but certainly not trouble free .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Consumer reports has looked into this, and says Verizon has the most coverage.
I am a Verizon guy, not because I like their technology, and certainly not because I like their phones.
But I almost never ever don't have coverage.
Others borrow my phone because I always have coverage with they don't.
The 'there's a map for that' adds are true, I have had AT&amp;T before, and their coverage is not dreadful, but certainly not trouble free.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30805814</id>
	<title>Mutt It</title>
	<author>Mana Mana</author>
	<datestamp>1263810540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>It's been said before: "All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less." -me, circa 1995</p><p>All cellular carriers suck. Find the one that sucks less.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>It 's been said before : " All mail clients suck .
This one just sucks less .
" -me , circa 1995All cellular carriers suck .
Find the one that sucks less .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It's been said before: "All mail clients suck.
This one just sucks less.
" -me, circa 1995All cellular carriers suck.
Find the one that sucks less.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803756</id>
	<title>several points</title>
	<author>mosel-saar-ruwer</author>
	<datestamp>1263742500000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I'm making several points.
<br><br>
1) UMA gives you the flexiblity of using EITHER a cell phone tower OR a WiFi access point - whichever is giving you the stronger signal.
<br><br>
2) T-Mobile has outstanding prepaid plans for as low as $0.10 per minute.
<br><br>
With 1), you have VASTLY more options for connectivity to insure usability - if you are way out in the middle of nowhere, but the Forest Ranger's Station has WiFi, then you can make the call; if you are deep in the bowels of a large building, with no cell tower penetration, but plenty of WiFi hotspots, then you can make the call.
<br><br>
And with 2), you don't have to invest in some obscene monthly phone plan [e.g. (12 X $100/mo = $1200 per year) X 2 years = $2400 commitment]. Instead, you just get a TMobile SIM card, purchase some minutes, and start using the phone when and only when you want to use it.
<br><br>
And your GSM [cell phone tower] minutes are charged at exactly the same rate as your UMA [802.11g WiFi] minutes.
<br><br>
You can get older UMA phones on eBay for as little as $25, a TMobile SIM card activation kit costs $6.99, and you can get 400 minutes for $50 [$0.125 per minute]. So for much less than $100 [including S&amp;H], you are up and running with the most modern &amp; redundant phone technology in the world, and you haven't made any commitment to some ridiculously onerous monthly plan.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'm making several points .
1 ) UMA gives you the flexiblity of using EITHER a cell phone tower OR a WiFi access point - whichever is giving you the stronger signal .
2 ) T-Mobile has outstanding prepaid plans for as low as $ 0.10 per minute .
With 1 ) , you have VASTLY more options for connectivity to insure usability - if you are way out in the middle of nowhere , but the Forest Ranger 's Station has WiFi , then you can make the call ; if you are deep in the bowels of a large building , with no cell tower penetration , but plenty of WiFi hotspots , then you can make the call .
And with 2 ) , you do n't have to invest in some obscene monthly phone plan [ e.g .
( 12 X $ 100/mo = $ 1200 per year ) X 2 years = $ 2400 commitment ] .
Instead , you just get a TMobile SIM card , purchase some minutes , and start using the phone when and only when you want to use it .
And your GSM [ cell phone tower ] minutes are charged at exactly the same rate as your UMA [ 802.11g WiFi ] minutes .
You can get older UMA phones on eBay for as little as $ 25 , a TMobile SIM card activation kit costs $ 6.99 , and you can get 400 minutes for $ 50 [ $ 0.125 per minute ] .
So for much less than $ 100 [ including S&amp;H ] , you are up and running with the most modern &amp; redundant phone technology in the world , and you have n't made any commitment to some ridiculously onerous monthly plan .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I'm making several points.
1) UMA gives you the flexiblity of using EITHER a cell phone tower OR a WiFi access point - whichever is giving you the stronger signal.
2) T-Mobile has outstanding prepaid plans for as low as $0.10 per minute.
With 1), you have VASTLY more options for connectivity to insure usability - if you are way out in the middle of nowhere, but the Forest Ranger's Station has WiFi, then you can make the call; if you are deep in the bowels of a large building, with no cell tower penetration, but plenty of WiFi hotspots, then you can make the call.
And with 2), you don't have to invest in some obscene monthly phone plan [e.g.
(12 X $100/mo = $1200 per year) X 2 years = $2400 commitment].
Instead, you just get a TMobile SIM card, purchase some minutes, and start using the phone when and only when you want to use it.
And your GSM [cell phone tower] minutes are charged at exactly the same rate as your UMA [802.11g WiFi] minutes.
You can get older UMA phones on eBay for as little as $25, a TMobile SIM card activation kit costs $6.99, and you can get 400 minutes for $50 [$0.125 per minute].
So for much less than $100 [including S&amp;H], you are up and running with the most modern &amp; redundant phone technology in the world, and you haven't made any commitment to some ridiculously onerous monthly plan.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801196</id>
	<title>Negociate the contract</title>
	<author>Reivec</author>
	<datestamp>1263722880000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>If you are willing to put a bit of time into talking to their sales people, you can bargain your contract terms and prices a bit more than they would have you believe. I have personally done this a lot with sprint. For instance I have never signed a 2 year contract, and refuse to. I can usually talk down the price a bit and get a 1 year contract rather than 2. It just takes a little persistence. (not the annoying bitch at them til you get your way kind either). People are more willing to work with you when you are friendly.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>If you are willing to put a bit of time into talking to their sales people , you can bargain your contract terms and prices a bit more than they would have you believe .
I have personally done this a lot with sprint .
For instance I have never signed a 2 year contract , and refuse to .
I can usually talk down the price a bit and get a 1 year contract rather than 2 .
It just takes a little persistence .
( not the annoying bitch at them til you get your way kind either ) .
People are more willing to work with you when you are friendly .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If you are willing to put a bit of time into talking to their sales people, you can bargain your contract terms and prices a bit more than they would have you believe.
I have personally done this a lot with sprint.
For instance I have never signed a 2 year contract, and refuse to.
I can usually talk down the price a bit and get a 1 year contract rather than 2.
It just takes a little persistence.
(not the annoying bitch at them til you get your way kind either).
People are more willing to work with you when you are friendly.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800932</id>
	<title>slashdot poll?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263721200000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>wouldn't this be best done as a slashdot poll?<br>
&nbsp; <br>.<br>
&nbsp; <br>.<br>
&nbsp; <br>(the correct answer, by the way, is Cowboy Neal Mobile)</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>would n't this be best done as a slashdot poll ?
  .
  .
  ( the correct answer , by the way , is Cowboy Neal Mobile )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>wouldn't this be best done as a slashdot poll?
  .
  .
  (the correct answer, by the way, is Cowboy Neal Mobile)</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802118</id>
	<title>Answer some questions first...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263729180000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Before you pick a carrier, you need to answer some important questions - mostly about what you want and expect from your carrier and what you think they'll be expecting from you (typical sales-y questions - sorry):<br>1) what type of service do you need (re: data, is Edge OK or 3G or 4G or<nobr> <wbr></nobr>...? re: voice what level of coverage / reliability / quality are you willing to settle for?) 2) how much are you willing to pay 3) how long do you want pay that company? (expect 2 yrs unless you bring your own hardware), 4) what hardware do you want to use? (Carriers all are trying to get you to buy phones that ONLY work on THEIR network to lock you into their services.) Once you answer these simple *grin* questions, you can then ask if there is a carrier in your area who offers a fair compromise between these items. What I've typically heard is: Verizon makes you pay for everything but has the best voice coverage (I don't believe their 3g coverage argument - maps or not). AT&amp;T and T-Mobile have spotty 3g coverage (I can attest to this in upstate NY and I *believe* this about coverage in NYC). Sprint has spotty coverage and crappy customer service (that was my experience when I jumped ship from them and their coverage w/Virgin Mobile phones sux IMHO also.) Unfortunately, there isn't (to the best of my knowledge) any unbiased evaluation of cellular service. I will also tell you that depending on whether you are purchasing a SINGLE user plan or a FAMILY plan, you'll need to balance those issues as well. Hope this helps. A. C. (Anonymous Coward *grin*)</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Before you pick a carrier , you need to answer some important questions - mostly about what you want and expect from your carrier and what you think they 'll be expecting from you ( typical sales-y questions - sorry ) : 1 ) what type of service do you need ( re : data , is Edge OK or 3G or 4G or ... ?
re : voice what level of coverage / reliability / quality are you willing to settle for ?
) 2 ) how much are you willing to pay 3 ) how long do you want pay that company ?
( expect 2 yrs unless you bring your own hardware ) , 4 ) what hardware do you want to use ?
( Carriers all are trying to get you to buy phones that ONLY work on THEIR network to lock you into their services .
) Once you answer these simple * grin * questions , you can then ask if there is a carrier in your area who offers a fair compromise between these items .
What I 've typically heard is : Verizon makes you pay for everything but has the best voice coverage ( I do n't believe their 3g coverage argument - maps or not ) .
AT&amp;T and T-Mobile have spotty 3g coverage ( I can attest to this in upstate NY and I * believe * this about coverage in NYC ) .
Sprint has spotty coverage and crappy customer service ( that was my experience when I jumped ship from them and their coverage w/Virgin Mobile phones sux IMHO also .
) Unfortunately , there is n't ( to the best of my knowledge ) any unbiased evaluation of cellular service .
I will also tell you that depending on whether you are purchasing a SINGLE user plan or a FAMILY plan , you 'll need to balance those issues as well .
Hope this helps .
A. C. ( Anonymous Coward * grin * )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Before you pick a carrier, you need to answer some important questions - mostly about what you want and expect from your carrier and what you think they'll be expecting from you (typical sales-y questions - sorry):1) what type of service do you need (re: data, is Edge OK or 3G or 4G or ...?
re: voice what level of coverage / reliability / quality are you willing to settle for?
) 2) how much are you willing to pay 3) how long do you want pay that company?
(expect 2 yrs unless you bring your own hardware), 4) what hardware do you want to use?
(Carriers all are trying to get you to buy phones that ONLY work on THEIR network to lock you into their services.
) Once you answer these simple *grin* questions, you can then ask if there is a carrier in your area who offers a fair compromise between these items.
What I've typically heard is: Verizon makes you pay for everything but has the best voice coverage (I don't believe their 3g coverage argument - maps or not).
AT&amp;T and T-Mobile have spotty 3g coverage (I can attest to this in upstate NY and I *believe* this about coverage in NYC).
Sprint has spotty coverage and crappy customer service (that was my experience when I jumped ship from them and their coverage w/Virgin Mobile phones sux IMHO also.
) Unfortunately, there isn't (to the best of my knowledge) any unbiased evaluation of cellular service.
I will also tell you that depending on whether you are purchasing a SINGLE user plan or a FAMILY plan, you'll need to balance those issues as well.
Hope this helps.
A. C. (Anonymous Coward *grin*)</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801182</id>
	<title>Whose fart smells the best?</title>
	<author>OutSourcingIsTreason</author>
	<datestamp>1263722760000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>They all stink.</htmltext>
<tokenext>They all stink .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>They all stink.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801450</id>
	<title>Avoid CDMA</title>
	<author>Weezul</author>
	<datestamp>1263724620000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>If you've been living overseas, then you may need your fancy new phone when you visit friends or coworkers overseas.  If so, Sprint and Verizon are NOT options.  T-mobile and AT&amp;T offer GSM coverage, but you'd need a tri-band phone.</p><p>p.s. AT&amp;T are more evil than T-mobile.  Sprint is probably less evil than Verizon too.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>If you 've been living overseas , then you may need your fancy new phone when you visit friends or coworkers overseas .
If so , Sprint and Verizon are NOT options .
T-mobile and AT&amp;T offer GSM coverage , but you 'd need a tri-band phone.p.s .
AT&amp;T are more evil than T-mobile .
Sprint is probably less evil than Verizon too .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If you've been living overseas, then you may need your fancy new phone when you visit friends or coworkers overseas.
If so, Sprint and Verizon are NOT options.
T-mobile and AT&amp;T offer GSM coverage, but you'd need a tri-band phone.p.s.
AT&amp;T are more evil than T-mobile.
Sprint is probably less evil than Verizon too.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30812368</id>
	<title>George Vaccaro and Verizon</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263808080000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Check out this link for a horror story about Verizon customer support.  The recording of his conversation with customer support make be cringe link finger nails on a chalk board.</p><p>http://xkcd.com/verizon/</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Check out this link for a horror story about Verizon customer support .
The recording of his conversation with customer support make be cringe link finger nails on a chalk board.http : //xkcd.com/verizon/</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Check out this link for a horror story about Verizon customer support.
The recording of his conversation with customer support make be cringe link finger nails on a chalk board.http://xkcd.com/verizon/</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801298</id>
	<title>Re:AT&amp;T</title>
	<author>socsoc</author>
	<datestamp>1263723480000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Have you used AT&amp;T in a major city?  I'm busy wearing out the Mark the Spot app up and down the west coast.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Have you used AT&amp;T in a major city ?
I 'm busy wearing out the Mark the Spot app up and down the west coast .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Have you used AT&amp;T in a major city?
I'm busy wearing out the Mark the Spot app up and down the west coast.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801082</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30805072</id>
	<title>Re:Verizon has best coverage... but it's verizon.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263755880000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>in nyc, att(cingular)  tmobile. I have used them both and nextel. Although ppl have waned me against it, nextel has been great for me in nyc. My friends use verizon, and I envy their coverage.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>in nyc , att ( cingular ) tmobile .
I have used them both and nextel .
Although ppl have waned me against it , nextel has been great for me in nyc .
My friends use verizon , and I envy their coverage .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>in nyc, att(cingular)  tmobile.
I have used them both and nextel.
Although ppl have waned me against it, nextel has been great for me in nyc.
My friends use verizon, and I envy their coverage.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800972</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30804880</id>
	<title>T-Mobile + N900 + No Contract = Bliss</title>
	<author>ZeroNullVoid</author>
	<datestamp>1263753420000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><tt>If you are planning on being in areas under T-Mobiles footprint, they have unlimited plans for very cheap without contract if you own the phone.<br><br>The N900 is the ultimate open source phone for geeks.&nbsp; (notice for geeks, although it is getting better for everyone)<br><br>It has built-in bluetooth tethering.<br><br>The plan is cheap also, no need to give up any family members or body parts and if you leave the US, the phone will probably work in your mother land.<br><br>Purchasing a 500-600 dollar phone and using t-mobiles non-contract plans are far cheaper within a year of service payment than most other options.<br><br>Plus it has everything you need in it and then some.<br><br>ABIWORD was recently ported for it.</tt></htmltext>
<tokenext>If you are planning on being in areas under T-Mobiles footprint , they have unlimited plans for very cheap without contract if you own the phone.The N900 is the ultimate open source phone for geeks.   ( notice for geeks , although it is getting better for everyone ) It has built-in bluetooth tethering.The plan is cheap also , no need to give up any family members or body parts and if you leave the US , the phone will probably work in your mother land.Purchasing a 500-600 dollar phone and using t-mobiles non-contract plans are far cheaper within a year of service payment than most other options.Plus it has everything you need in it and then some.ABIWORD was recently ported for it .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If you are planning on being in areas under T-Mobiles footprint, they have unlimited plans for very cheap without contract if you own the phone.The N900 is the ultimate open source phone for geeks.  (notice for geeks, although it is getting better for everyone)It has built-in bluetooth tethering.The plan is cheap also, no need to give up any family members or body parts and if you leave the US, the phone will probably work in your mother land.Purchasing a 500-600 dollar phone and using t-mobiles non-contract plans are far cheaper within a year of service payment than most other options.Plus it has everything you need in it and then some.ABIWORD was recently ported for it.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801216</id>
	<title>Sprint SERO, hands down</title>
	<author>manekineko2</author>
	<datestamp>1263723120000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Can't address your data card question as I have no experience, but I can address your phone.</p><p>Go online, and buy a Sprint SERO plan transferred from one of the fools selling theirs online.  Nothing beats it.</p><p>Use your old HTC phone, or get a new HTC WinMo phone (unfortunately Palms and Android phones are blocked from SERO since it's too good a deal).</p><p>Enjoy your unlimited data, texts, nights and weekends from 7, and 500 voice minutes for 30 a month.  All on what is widely perceived to be the fastest 3G network, all while roaming freely onto Verizon's network, which is widely perceived to be the best voice network.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Ca n't address your data card question as I have no experience , but I can address your phone.Go online , and buy a Sprint SERO plan transferred from one of the fools selling theirs online .
Nothing beats it.Use your old HTC phone , or get a new HTC WinMo phone ( unfortunately Palms and Android phones are blocked from SERO since it 's too good a deal ) .Enjoy your unlimited data , texts , nights and weekends from 7 , and 500 voice minutes for 30 a month .
All on what is widely perceived to be the fastest 3G network , all while roaming freely onto Verizon 's network , which is widely perceived to be the best voice network .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Can't address your data card question as I have no experience, but I can address your phone.Go online, and buy a Sprint SERO plan transferred from one of the fools selling theirs online.
Nothing beats it.Use your old HTC phone, or get a new HTC WinMo phone (unfortunately Palms and Android phones are blocked from SERO since it's too good a deal).Enjoy your unlimited data, texts, nights and weekends from 7, and 500 voice minutes for 30 a month.
All on what is widely perceived to be the fastest 3G network, all while roaming freely onto Verizon's network, which is widely perceived to be the best voice network.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801758</id>
	<title>Re:Related question</title>
	<author>Tynin</author>
	<datestamp>1263726540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I'll 2nd this. I'm also using T-Mobile pre-paid and also go for the $100 for 1000 minutes for a year deal (only does voice and sms, no data). You can even get a free phone out of them at certain times of the year.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'll 2nd this .
I 'm also using T-Mobile pre-paid and also go for the $ 100 for 1000 minutes for a year deal ( only does voice and sms , no data ) .
You can even get a free phone out of them at certain times of the year .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I'll 2nd this.
I'm also using T-Mobile pre-paid and also go for the $100 for 1000 minutes for a year deal (only does voice and sms, no data).
You can even get a free phone out of them at certain times of the year.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801286</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801498</id>
	<title>T-Mobile in Urban Areas</title>
	<author>vampire\_baozi</author>
	<datestamp>1263724920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>T-mobile is the only option for urban areas.  If you're not in an urban area, Verizon has the best coverage, but it's CDMA format, so if you plan to go back overseas or travel frequently, you'll need to keep your old phone for swapping SIM cards.</p><p>Also, if you switch to a CDMA carrier, you'll need to buy a new phone.  I would recommend T-mobile for the reason you can just swap out the SIM card, but if you're not in an urban area, ATT is the only other GSM carrier, and they are only slightly better than two cans on a string.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>T-mobile is the only option for urban areas .
If you 're not in an urban area , Verizon has the best coverage , but it 's CDMA format , so if you plan to go back overseas or travel frequently , you 'll need to keep your old phone for swapping SIM cards.Also , if you switch to a CDMA carrier , you 'll need to buy a new phone .
I would recommend T-mobile for the reason you can just swap out the SIM card , but if you 're not in an urban area , ATT is the only other GSM carrier , and they are only slightly better than two cans on a string .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>T-mobile is the only option for urban areas.
If you're not in an urban area, Verizon has the best coverage, but it's CDMA format, so if you plan to go back overseas or travel frequently, you'll need to keep your old phone for swapping SIM cards.Also, if you switch to a CDMA carrier, you'll need to buy a new phone.
I would recommend T-mobile for the reason you can just swap out the SIM card, but if you're not in an urban area, ATT is the only other GSM carrier, and they are only slightly better than two cans on a string.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801068</id>
	<title>Re:Verizon has best coverage... but it's verizon.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263721980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>US Cellular doesn't suck.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>US Cellular does n't suck .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>US Cellular doesn't suck.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800972</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30844636</id>
	<title>Re:Sprint</title>
	<author>meatbyproducts</author>
	<datestamp>1264081260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I have had all carriers.
T-Mo if your traveling to Europe
AT&amp;T if you want the iPhone only
Verizon if you like the droid and being over billed and messed with

I have sprint now and really dig the network.  I have the 1500 minute shared plan with unlimited everythingg else.  I do not get charged for roaming and between Sprint and the Verizon network I get great coverage and amazing data.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I have had all carriers .
T-Mo if your traveling to Europe AT&amp;T if you want the iPhone only Verizon if you like the droid and being over billed and messed with I have sprint now and really dig the network .
I have the 1500 minute shared plan with unlimited everythingg else .
I do not get charged for roaming and between Sprint and the Verizon network I get great coverage and amazing data .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I have had all carriers.
T-Mo if your traveling to Europe
AT&amp;T if you want the iPhone only
Verizon if you like the droid and being over billed and messed with

I have sprint now and really dig the network.
I have the 1500 minute shared plan with unlimited everythingg else.
I do not get charged for roaming and between Sprint and the Verizon network I get great coverage and amazing data.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801728</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30810388</id>
	<title>Re:a lot like asking ...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263842100000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>It depends on your definition of best.  If you mean most likely to survive, statistically speaking less people die from having a heart attacks then having a stroke.  Also, you can get heart replacements, heart valve replacements and completely artificial hearts.  To the best of my knowledge, there is no such thing of a brain replacement (Although I know many who need it).</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>It depends on your definition of best .
If you mean most likely to survive , statistically speaking less people die from having a heart attacks then having a stroke .
Also , you can get heart replacements , heart valve replacements and completely artificial hearts .
To the best of my knowledge , there is no such thing of a brain replacement ( Although I know many who need it ) .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It depends on your definition of best.
If you mean most likely to survive, statistically speaking less people die from having a heart attacks then having a stroke.
Also, you can get heart replacements, heart valve replacements and completely artificial hearts.
To the best of my knowledge, there is no such thing of a brain replacement (Although I know many who need it).</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801600</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30807250</id>
	<title>Metro PCS anyone?</title>
	<author>Natales</author>
	<datestamp>1263825960000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I'm pretty amazed nobody seems to have mentioned <a href="http://www.metropcs.com/" title="metropcs.com">Metro PCS</a> [metropcs.com] as a real option. If you happen to live and move in areas that they support, it's by far the cheapest alternative out there.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'm pretty amazed nobody seems to have mentioned Metro PCS [ metropcs.com ] as a real option .
If you happen to live and move in areas that they support , it 's by far the cheapest alternative out there .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I'm pretty amazed nobody seems to have mentioned Metro PCS [metropcs.com] as a real option.
If you happen to live and move in areas that they support, it's by far the cheapest alternative out there.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801054</id>
	<title>Re:Verizon has best coverage... but it's verizon.</title>
	<author>GIL\_Dude</author>
	<datestamp>1263721920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I'd agree with Droid on Verizon (it's what I am using now after several years of AT&amp;T - during which I had no problems; I switched because I was cancelling my work provided plan on AT&amp;T and wanted to go with the Droid), but the submitter mentioned connecting notebooks too. From what I've seen, Verizon wants an extra data plan to tether your phone to your computer. I realize there is an app store app or two that enables tethering, but since Verizon seems to want to use tethering as another income stream I don't know if it will end up being disabled by some technical measure. Anyway, something to consider strongly is the cost of tethering on the plan you go with.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'd agree with Droid on Verizon ( it 's what I am using now after several years of AT&amp;T - during which I had no problems ; I switched because I was cancelling my work provided plan on AT&amp;T and wanted to go with the Droid ) , but the submitter mentioned connecting notebooks too .
From what I 've seen , Verizon wants an extra data plan to tether your phone to your computer .
I realize there is an app store app or two that enables tethering , but since Verizon seems to want to use tethering as another income stream I do n't know if it will end up being disabled by some technical measure .
Anyway , something to consider strongly is the cost of tethering on the plan you go with .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I'd agree with Droid on Verizon (it's what I am using now after several years of AT&amp;T - during which I had no problems; I switched because I was cancelling my work provided plan on AT&amp;T and wanted to go with the Droid), but the submitter mentioned connecting notebooks too.
From what I've seen, Verizon wants an extra data plan to tether your phone to your computer.
I realize there is an app store app or two that enables tethering, but since Verizon seems to want to use tethering as another income stream I don't know if it will end up being disabled by some technical measure.
Anyway, something to consider strongly is the cost of tethering on the plan you go with.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800972</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30820618</id>
	<title>Re:T-Mobile</title>
	<author>maggard</author>
	<datestamp>1263922980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Um, no.

<p>T-Mo TOS don't appear to allow tethering to 3G. They do allow tethering on Edge at no additional charge (so back down your device.) Their happy helpful customer support (really, I think they pump drugs into their air) will happily walk you through tethering on a BlackBerry, no additional cost. Tho &gt;10GB in a billing cycle you get throttled.

</p><p>That said T-Mo plans are cheapest, win JD Powers for service, are great about supporting random phones, coverage has improved considerably in the past few years, and T-Mo does lead on Android.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Um , no .
T-Mo TOS do n't appear to allow tethering to 3G .
They do allow tethering on Edge at no additional charge ( so back down your device .
) Their happy helpful customer support ( really , I think they pump drugs into their air ) will happily walk you through tethering on a BlackBerry , no additional cost .
Tho &gt; 10GB in a billing cycle you get throttled .
That said T-Mo plans are cheapest , win JD Powers for service , are great about supporting random phones , coverage has improved considerably in the past few years , and T-Mo does lead on Android .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Um, no.
T-Mo TOS don't appear to allow tethering to 3G.
They do allow tethering on Edge at no additional charge (so back down your device.
) Their happy helpful customer support (really, I think they pump drugs into their air) will happily walk you through tethering on a BlackBerry, no additional cost.
Tho &gt;10GB in a billing cycle you get throttled.
That said T-Mo plans are cheapest, win JD Powers for service, are great about supporting random phones, coverage has improved considerably in the past few years, and T-Mo does lead on Android.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800984</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30807962</id>
	<title>Re:Verizon has best coverage... but it's verizon.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263830280000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>It looks (at least superficially) like verizarape.com is about Verizon, as opposed to Verizon Wireless. I've had completely different experiences with each. I dropped Verizon as my land line provider and had negative experiences with their customer service. My experience with Verizon Wireless, on the other hand, has always been pretty good.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>It looks ( at least superficially ) like verizarape.com is about Verizon , as opposed to Verizon Wireless .
I 've had completely different experiences with each .
I dropped Verizon as my land line provider and had negative experiences with their customer service .
My experience with Verizon Wireless , on the other hand , has always been pretty good .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It looks (at least superficially) like verizarape.com is about Verizon, as opposed to Verizon Wireless.
I've had completely different experiences with each.
I dropped Verizon as my land line provider and had negative experiences with their customer service.
My experience with Verizon Wireless, on the other hand, has always been pretty good.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801388</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30805024</id>
	<title>Re:the maps lie</title>
	<author>odoketa</author>
	<datestamp>1263755280000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Gavron makes an excellent point - I recently got a Nexus One with T-Mobile, and on the map I had solid service at home and at work. When the phone arrived I found a very different reality - roaming everywhere. Don't trust the maps - ask users - when I mentioned T-Mobile to my colleagues at work (too late!) they all knew it didn't work in our area. I could have saved myself a lot of time just by asking a local.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Gavron makes an excellent point - I recently got a Nexus One with T-Mobile , and on the map I had solid service at home and at work .
When the phone arrived I found a very different reality - roaming everywhere .
Do n't trust the maps - ask users - when I mentioned T-Mobile to my colleagues at work ( too late !
) they all knew it did n't work in our area .
I could have saved myself a lot of time just by asking a local .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Gavron makes an excellent point - I recently got a Nexus One with T-Mobile, and on the map I had solid service at home and at work.
When the phone arrived I found a very different reality - roaming everywhere.
Don't trust the maps - ask users - when I mentioned T-Mobile to my colleagues at work (too late!
) they all knew it didn't work in our area.
I could have saved myself a lot of time just by asking a local.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801750</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802700</id>
	<title>What about travelling?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263733260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>You said that you are coming back to the states but maybe you will still be travelling abroad once in a while. If you want to use your phone abroad you should choose a GSM-provider. Either AT&amp;T or T-mobile and combine them with a quadband phone. That way you will be able to use your phone during your travelling for speech, SMS, and EDGE-data service.<br>The 3G bands used in the U.S. for higher speed data service differ from the ones used in rest of the world. So someday we are going to need phones with five or six bands...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>You said that you are coming back to the states but maybe you will still be travelling abroad once in a while .
If you want to use your phone abroad you should choose a GSM-provider .
Either AT&amp;T or T-mobile and combine them with a quadband phone .
That way you will be able to use your phone during your travelling for speech , SMS , and EDGE-data service.The 3G bands used in the U.S. for higher speed data service differ from the ones used in rest of the world .
So someday we are going to need phones with five or six bands.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>You said that you are coming back to the states but maybe you will still be travelling abroad once in a while.
If you want to use your phone abroad you should choose a GSM-provider.
Either AT&amp;T or T-mobile and combine them with a quadband phone.
That way you will be able to use your phone during your travelling for speech, SMS, and EDGE-data service.The 3G bands used in the U.S. for higher speed data service differ from the ones used in rest of the world.
So someday we are going to need phones with five or six bands...</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803714</id>
	<title>Theft by mobile</title>
	<author>FatherDale</author>
	<datestamp>1263742140000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>I too will be coming back to the States in June. Currently, I have Vodafone India service, and the difference between it and US service is astonishing -- Friday after Thanksgiving, I was in the middle of the Thar desert on the back of a camel. It occurred to me to see if I could call my Mom in the States and wish her a happy Thanksgiving. Yup, four bars. No electric lights in sight, but when the sun came up I could see a cell tower on a distant mountain. That 15 minute call cost me about $2.
We have service *everywhere*, it costs six rupees per minute (1.5 cents), and data is cheap and fast. Note that this isn't a government-subsidized plan, it's Vodafone -- they're making money at this. I currently have about $20 worth of minutes on my Corby, and will probably not be able to use it all before we leave.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I too will be coming back to the States in June .
Currently , I have Vodafone India service , and the difference between it and US service is astonishing -- Friday after Thanksgiving , I was in the middle of the Thar desert on the back of a camel .
It occurred to me to see if I could call my Mom in the States and wish her a happy Thanksgiving .
Yup , four bars .
No electric lights in sight , but when the sun came up I could see a cell tower on a distant mountain .
That 15 minute call cost me about $ 2 .
We have service * everywhere * , it costs six rupees per minute ( 1.5 cents ) , and data is cheap and fast .
Note that this is n't a government-subsidized plan , it 's Vodafone -- they 're making money at this .
I currently have about $ 20 worth of minutes on my Corby , and will probably not be able to use it all before we leave .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I too will be coming back to the States in June.
Currently, I have Vodafone India service, and the difference between it and US service is astonishing -- Friday after Thanksgiving, I was in the middle of the Thar desert on the back of a camel.
It occurred to me to see if I could call my Mom in the States and wish her a happy Thanksgiving.
Yup, four bars.
No electric lights in sight, but when the sun came up I could see a cell tower on a distant mountain.
That 15 minute call cost me about $2.
We have service *everywhere*, it costs six rupees per minute (1.5 cents), and data is cheap and fast.
Note that this isn't a government-subsidized plan, it's Vodafone -- they're making money at this.
I currently have about $20 worth of minutes on my Corby, and will probably not be able to use it all before we leave.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30807260</id>
	<title>Verizon!</title>
	<author>djdbass</author>
	<datestamp>1263826020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>I've been with Verizon for just a little over a year - which means my LG Dare's warranty just expired. Well it died. Speaking with Verizon, they ran me through some encantations, and gave me the bad news. Then they asked me if I wanted to upgrade - No. Then they asked if I would pay $50 for a refurbished (same unit) - No. Then they just sent me a refurb for free. I don't pay for their insurance, BTW<br>Another story is the time I was about to go over my minutes. They called me and offered to move me up to the next plan for $20, instead of sending me a bill with $100 of overage charges. I'm sticking with Verizon.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I 've been with Verizon for just a little over a year - which means my LG Dare 's warranty just expired .
Well it died .
Speaking with Verizon , they ran me through some encantations , and gave me the bad news .
Then they asked me if I wanted to upgrade - No .
Then they asked if I would pay $ 50 for a refurbished ( same unit ) - No .
Then they just sent me a refurb for free .
I do n't pay for their insurance , BTWAnother story is the time I was about to go over my minutes .
They called me and offered to move me up to the next plan for $ 20 , instead of sending me a bill with $ 100 of overage charges .
I 'm sticking with Verizon .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I've been with Verizon for just a little over a year - which means my LG Dare's warranty just expired.
Well it died.
Speaking with Verizon, they ran me through some encantations, and gave me the bad news.
Then they asked me if I wanted to upgrade - No.
Then they asked if I would pay $50 for a refurbished (same unit) - No.
Then they just sent me a refurb for free.
I don't pay for their insurance, BTWAnother story is the time I was about to go over my minutes.
They called me and offered to move me up to the next plan for $20, instead of sending me a bill with $100 of overage charges.
I'm sticking with Verizon.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30810928</id>
	<title>Isn't this question like asking...</title>
	<author>NitroWolf</author>
	<datestamp>1263844740000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Isn't this question a bit like asking "Which turd is the best in the punch bowl?"</p><p>I mean... sure there might be one that outclasses the others, but they are still turds and they are still in your punchbowl.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Is n't this question a bit like asking " Which turd is the best in the punch bowl ?
" I mean... sure there might be one that outclasses the others , but they are still turds and they are still in your punchbowl .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Isn't this question a bit like asking "Which turd is the best in the punch bowl?
"I mean... sure there might be one that outclasses the others, but they are still turds and they are still in your punchbowl.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800984</id>
	<title>T-Mobile</title>
	<author>mactard</author>
	<datestamp>1263721620000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext>If you're in a major metro area, T-Mobile is by far the best and cheapest. They also let you tether with all their smartphones without an additional tethering charge. If you're in the boonies, it seems Verizon is the only way to go.</htmltext>
<tokenext>If you 're in a major metro area , T-Mobile is by far the best and cheapest .
They also let you tether with all their smartphones without an additional tethering charge .
If you 're in the boonies , it seems Verizon is the only way to go .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If you're in a major metro area, T-Mobile is by far the best and cheapest.
They also let you tether with all their smartphones without an additional tethering charge.
If you're in the boonies, it seems Verizon is the only way to go.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802290</id>
	<title>as much as I hate to recommend AT&amp;T...</title>
	<author>drougie</author>
	<datestamp>1263730320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>If you're an HTC WinMo man and you want to be able to tether uninterrupted with multiple laptops (uninterrupted by a call that is, incoming or out), to be able to do that together, just like Luke Wilson keeps whining about (Jesus I hate that guy), gotta have GSM 3G/WCDMA/HSDPA/UMTS/etc not CDMA. Your two options are TMo and AT&amp;T for that.</p><p>Now if you want to be able to use data on your phone when you're in a department store or midtown Manhattan during business hours or Frisco, major metropolitan areas, and you want to minimize the risk of not having zero data as much as possible, Verizon. Go with Verizon and either tether or get a card thingy for your laptops. But I wouldn't have even mentioned AT&amp;T if you didn't allude to tethering. It's worth adding that even without a tethering plan, I've tethered my ass off without ever having had a problem with AT&amp;T stinging my ass with surcharges. Verizon's more anal, I believe.</p><p>If you're going in rural areas then, though you may still get EDGE with AT&amp;T, firstly it's slow as balls data wise by design but with EDGE you won't get simultaneous voice and data. And data over EDGE, especially if you're tethering, man it's slow. So you might as well have Verizon then as its coverage, in case you haven't seen any of those ads, of "3G" speed over the States is much much better. So you're more likely to get reliable coverage with Verizon, but with AT&amp;T, in the event of being within range of a 3G tower that just happens not to be congested and saturated, then you get to pop in your earpiece, go crazy tethering, the works. Again however, such events with AT&amp;T are often intolerably rare.</p><p>Check your coverage maps obviously. Whichever way you swing it, for your tethering needs I strongly recommend <a href="http://global.wmwifirouter.com/features/" title="wmwifirouter.com" rel="nofollow">wmwifirouter</a> [wmwifirouter.com], no question.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>If you 're an HTC WinMo man and you want to be able to tether uninterrupted with multiple laptops ( uninterrupted by a call that is , incoming or out ) , to be able to do that together , just like Luke Wilson keeps whining about ( Jesus I hate that guy ) , got ta have GSM 3G/WCDMA/HSDPA/UMTS/etc not CDMA .
Your two options are TMo and AT&amp;T for that.Now if you want to be able to use data on your phone when you 're in a department store or midtown Manhattan during business hours or Frisco , major metropolitan areas , and you want to minimize the risk of not having zero data as much as possible , Verizon .
Go with Verizon and either tether or get a card thingy for your laptops .
But I would n't have even mentioned AT&amp;T if you did n't allude to tethering .
It 's worth adding that even without a tethering plan , I 've tethered my ass off without ever having had a problem with AT&amp;T stinging my ass with surcharges .
Verizon 's more anal , I believe.If you 're going in rural areas then , though you may still get EDGE with AT&amp;T , firstly it 's slow as balls data wise by design but with EDGE you wo n't get simultaneous voice and data .
And data over EDGE , especially if you 're tethering , man it 's slow .
So you might as well have Verizon then as its coverage , in case you have n't seen any of those ads , of " 3G " speed over the States is much much better .
So you 're more likely to get reliable coverage with Verizon , but with AT&amp;T , in the event of being within range of a 3G tower that just happens not to be congested and saturated , then you get to pop in your earpiece , go crazy tethering , the works .
Again however , such events with AT&amp;T are often intolerably rare.Check your coverage maps obviously .
Whichever way you swing it , for your tethering needs I strongly recommend wmwifirouter [ wmwifirouter.com ] , no question .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If you're an HTC WinMo man and you want to be able to tether uninterrupted with multiple laptops (uninterrupted by a call that is, incoming or out), to be able to do that together, just like Luke Wilson keeps whining about (Jesus I hate that guy), gotta have GSM 3G/WCDMA/HSDPA/UMTS/etc not CDMA.
Your two options are TMo and AT&amp;T for that.Now if you want to be able to use data on your phone when you're in a department store or midtown Manhattan during business hours or Frisco, major metropolitan areas, and you want to minimize the risk of not having zero data as much as possible, Verizon.
Go with Verizon and either tether or get a card thingy for your laptops.
But I wouldn't have even mentioned AT&amp;T if you didn't allude to tethering.
It's worth adding that even without a tethering plan, I've tethered my ass off without ever having had a problem with AT&amp;T stinging my ass with surcharges.
Verizon's more anal, I believe.If you're going in rural areas then, though you may still get EDGE with AT&amp;T, firstly it's slow as balls data wise by design but with EDGE you won't get simultaneous voice and data.
And data over EDGE, especially if you're tethering, man it's slow.
So you might as well have Verizon then as its coverage, in case you haven't seen any of those ads, of "3G" speed over the States is much much better.
So you're more likely to get reliable coverage with Verizon, but with AT&amp;T, in the event of being within range of a 3G tower that just happens not to be congested and saturated, then you get to pop in your earpiece, go crazy tethering, the works.
Again however, such events with AT&amp;T are often intolerably rare.Check your coverage maps obviously.
Whichever way you swing it, for your tethering needs I strongly recommend wmwifirouter [wmwifirouter.com], no question.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801256</id>
	<title>Re:AT&amp;T</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263723360000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>&gt; However, with ATT and the iPhone it's hard to go wrong (except on price, and except if you frequent relatively unpopulated rural areas...).</p><p>Like CHICAGO??</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>&gt; However , with ATT and the iPhone it 's hard to go wrong ( except on price , and except if you frequent relatively unpopulated rural areas... ) .Like CHICAGO ?
?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>&gt; However, with ATT and the iPhone it's hard to go wrong (except on price, and except if you frequent relatively unpopulated rural areas...).Like CHICAGO?
?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802646</id>
	<title>USPS</title>
	<author>qmaqdk</author>
	<datestamp>1263732960000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>USPS.</p><p>They are more reliable. And you'll probably get your message through faster.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>USPS.They are more reliable .
And you 'll probably get your message through faster .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>USPS.They are more reliable.
And you'll probably get your message through faster.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801242</id>
	<title>Location and resource dependent.</title>
	<author>DaveV1.0</author>
	<datestamp>1263723240000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Really. I am not joking. It really depends on where you live, work and play and what your budget and credit is like.</p><p>Sprint service is non-existent where my family lives, but several other providers have good service there. I use T-mobile because I don't have a contract, so any phone I buy I can get unlocked and I am not paying extra money for not having a contract. And, they have decent service where my family is.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Really .
I am not joking .
It really depends on where you live , work and play and what your budget and credit is like.Sprint service is non-existent where my family lives , but several other providers have good service there .
I use T-mobile because I do n't have a contract , so any phone I buy I can get unlocked and I am not paying extra money for not having a contract .
And , they have decent service where my family is .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Really.
I am not joking.
It really depends on where you live, work and play and what your budget and credit is like.Sprint service is non-existent where my family lives, but several other providers have good service there.
I use T-mobile because I don't have a contract, so any phone I buy I can get unlocked and I am not paying extra money for not having a contract.
And, they have decent service where my family is.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30808110</id>
	<title>Re:Sprint</title>
	<author>LWATCDR</author>
	<datestamp>1263831120000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I have to second this. I am on Sprint and they have been good. BTW the Palm Pre now that they have fixed the SDK is actually looking like a very good phone.<br>The UI is better than Android "I have an Android phone my wife has the Pre" and I would say that it is as good and some ways better than the iPhone.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I have to second this .
I am on Sprint and they have been good .
BTW the Palm Pre now that they have fixed the SDK is actually looking like a very good phone.The UI is better than Android " I have an Android phone my wife has the Pre " and I would say that it is as good and some ways better than the iPhone .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I have to second this.
I am on Sprint and they have been good.
BTW the Palm Pre now that they have fixed the SDK is actually looking like a very good phone.The UI is better than Android "I have an Android phone my wife has the Pre" and I would say that it is as good and some ways better than the iPhone.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30830196</id>
	<title>sony Ericsson</title>
	<author>sexusdk</author>
	<datestamp>1263989640000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Many mobile company to make good and nice design mobile but sony  Ericsson is the best company
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<tokenext>Many mobile company to make good and nice design mobile but sony Ericsson is the best company netdating [ sexus.dk ]</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Many mobile company to make good and nice design mobile but sony  Ericsson is the best company
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30804096</id>
	<title>Re:a complex question with no single correct answe</title>
	<author>JakFrost</author>
	<datestamp>1263745800000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I second everything that Tubmleweed mentioned since it's dead-on accurate.  The real debate is between Verizon (great coverage) versus Sprint (great 3G speed), with AT&amp;T and T-Mobile being runners up.</p><p>Be aware that if you plan to "tether" (connect your phone to your computer to let your computer have wireless Internet access over your phone) then Sprint will allow you to do that for free as long as you have an existing unlimited data plan ($15 for base plans or included in new plans), but Verizon will try to charge you per-megabyte costing you hundreds of dollars a month once they find out.  Also be aware that Sprint also includes "Any Mobile-to-Mobile" add-on in many of their plans calling any of your friends on any mobile network completely free.</p><p>The iPhone is no longer a booster to AT&amp;T's service since there are other alternative phones out or about to come out this year to rival the iPhone.  T-Mobile is a company that has changed names three times already always hiding from a bad rep but trying to make money on we-cut-our-own-throat prices.</p><p>Some HTC phones that are are out already for Sprint and Verizon networks (both CDMA based) and are also GSM six-band phones so you have international usage, or additionally if they are <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722" title="xda-developers.com" rel="nofollow">Hard-SPL</a> [xda-developers.com] flashed, <a href="http://www.htc-unlocks.com/" title="htc-unlocks.com" rel="nofollow">Secure Unlocked</a> [htc-unlocks.com], and flashed with a custom <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=578659" title="xda-developers.com" rel="nofollow">WU World Unlocked Radio</a> [xda-developers.com] they can use US mobile carrier SIM cards letting you use AT&amp;T, T-Mobile, or other carriers with regular or pre-paid SIM cards.  You simply let the phone choose the network automatically by availability or manually by switching between CDMA and GSM only modes on the phone.</p><p>This CDMA &amp; GSM access makes these phones almost universal in usage since they are carrier independent.  On top of this you can flash them with tons of custom ROMs giving you access to all versions of Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 and 6.5 already including tons of custom applications written for these operating systems.  You can even build your own custom ROMs from "kitchens" customizing the settings, drivers, and software available on these phones.  They sell for $325-350 on eBay and can be activated with either carrier without a contract.  Be sure to only by the Sprint or Verizon (CDMA &amp; GSM enabled) HTC Touch Pro 2 phones and not the AT&amp;T or T-Mobile (GSM only) since you won't have access to both wireless network types and the GSM only phones have a slower processor.</p><p><a href="http://www.htc.com/us/products/touch-pro2-us-cellular" title="htc.com" rel="nofollow">HTC Touch Pro 2 (aka RhodiumW)</a> [htc.com] - 2 x CDMA, 6 x GSM, 480x800, 528MHz, 288/512 MB<br><a href="http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&amp;id=1792&amp;c=sprint\_touch\_pro2\_htc\_rhodium\_w" title="pdadb.net" rel="nofollow">Sprint - HTC Touch Pro 2</a> [pdadb.net]<br><a href="http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&amp;id=2016&amp;c=verizon\_touch\_pro2\_xv6875\_htc\_rhodium\_w" title="pdadb.net" rel="nofollow">Verizon - HTC Touch Pro 2</a> [pdadb.net]</p><p>Websites that you must visit.</p><p><a href="http://www.xda-developers.com/" title="xda-developers.com" rel="nofollow">XDA-Developers.com</a> [xda-developers.com]<br><a href="http://www.ppcgeeks.com/" title="ppcgeeks.com" rel="nofollow">PPCGeeks</a> [ppcgeeks.com]</p><p>If you can wait a bit longer and wish to spend $750 or more then you can consider this phone.</p><p><a href="http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=search&amp;quick=1&amp;exp=htc\%20hd2" title="pdadb.net" rel="nofollow">HTC HD2</a> [pdadb.net] or wait for the predicted but not confirmed HTC HD2 Pro (with keyboard and CDMA later this year).</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I second everything that Tubmleweed mentioned since it 's dead-on accurate .
The real debate is between Verizon ( great coverage ) versus Sprint ( great 3G speed ) , with AT&amp;T and T-Mobile being runners up.Be aware that if you plan to " tether " ( connect your phone to your computer to let your computer have wireless Internet access over your phone ) then Sprint will allow you to do that for free as long as you have an existing unlimited data plan ( $ 15 for base plans or included in new plans ) , but Verizon will try to charge you per-megabyte costing you hundreds of dollars a month once they find out .
Also be aware that Sprint also includes " Any Mobile-to-Mobile " add-on in many of their plans calling any of your friends on any mobile network completely free.The iPhone is no longer a booster to AT&amp;T 's service since there are other alternative phones out or about to come out this year to rival the iPhone .
T-Mobile is a company that has changed names three times already always hiding from a bad rep but trying to make money on we-cut-our-own-throat prices.Some HTC phones that are are out already for Sprint and Verizon networks ( both CDMA based ) and are also GSM six-band phones so you have international usage , or additionally if they are Hard-SPL [ xda-developers.com ] flashed , Secure Unlocked [ htc-unlocks.com ] , and flashed with a custom WU World Unlocked Radio [ xda-developers.com ] they can use US mobile carrier SIM cards letting you use AT&amp;T , T-Mobile , or other carriers with regular or pre-paid SIM cards .
You simply let the phone choose the network automatically by availability or manually by switching between CDMA and GSM only modes on the phone.This CDMA &amp; GSM access makes these phones almost universal in usage since they are carrier independent .
On top of this you can flash them with tons of custom ROMs giving you access to all versions of Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 and 6.5 already including tons of custom applications written for these operating systems .
You can even build your own custom ROMs from " kitchens " customizing the settings , drivers , and software available on these phones .
They sell for $ 325-350 on eBay and can be activated with either carrier without a contract .
Be sure to only by the Sprint or Verizon ( CDMA &amp; GSM enabled ) HTC Touch Pro 2 phones and not the AT&amp;T or T-Mobile ( GSM only ) since you wo n't have access to both wireless network types and the GSM only phones have a slower processor.HTC Touch Pro 2 ( aka RhodiumW ) [ htc.com ] - 2 x CDMA , 6 x GSM , 480x800 , 528MHz , 288/512 MBSprint - HTC Touch Pro 2 [ pdadb.net ] Verizon - HTC Touch Pro 2 [ pdadb.net ] Websites that you must visit.XDA-Developers.com [ xda-developers.com ] PPCGeeks [ ppcgeeks.com ] If you can wait a bit longer and wish to spend $ 750 or more then you can consider this phone.HTC HD2 [ pdadb.net ] or wait for the predicted but not confirmed HTC HD2 Pro ( with keyboard and CDMA later this year ) .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I second everything that Tubmleweed mentioned since it's dead-on accurate.
The real debate is between Verizon (great coverage) versus Sprint (great 3G speed), with AT&amp;T and T-Mobile being runners up.Be aware that if you plan to "tether" (connect your phone to your computer to let your computer have wireless Internet access over your phone) then Sprint will allow you to do that for free as long as you have an existing unlimited data plan ($15 for base plans or included in new plans), but Verizon will try to charge you per-megabyte costing you hundreds of dollars a month once they find out.
Also be aware that Sprint also includes "Any Mobile-to-Mobile" add-on in many of their plans calling any of your friends on any mobile network completely free.The iPhone is no longer a booster to AT&amp;T's service since there are other alternative phones out or about to come out this year to rival the iPhone.
T-Mobile is a company that has changed names three times already always hiding from a bad rep but trying to make money on we-cut-our-own-throat prices.Some HTC phones that are are out already for Sprint and Verizon networks (both CDMA based) and are also GSM six-band phones so you have international usage, or additionally if they are Hard-SPL [xda-developers.com] flashed, Secure Unlocked [htc-unlocks.com], and flashed with a custom WU World Unlocked Radio [xda-developers.com] they can use US mobile carrier SIM cards letting you use AT&amp;T, T-Mobile, or other carriers with regular or pre-paid SIM cards.
You simply let the phone choose the network automatically by availability or manually by switching between CDMA and GSM only modes on the phone.This CDMA &amp; GSM access makes these phones almost universal in usage since they are carrier independent.
On top of this you can flash them with tons of custom ROMs giving you access to all versions of Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 and 6.5 already including tons of custom applications written for these operating systems.
You can even build your own custom ROMs from "kitchens" customizing the settings, drivers, and software available on these phones.
They sell for $325-350 on eBay and can be activated with either carrier without a contract.
Be sure to only by the Sprint or Verizon (CDMA &amp; GSM enabled) HTC Touch Pro 2 phones and not the AT&amp;T or T-Mobile (GSM only) since you won't have access to both wireless network types and the GSM only phones have a slower processor.HTC Touch Pro 2 (aka RhodiumW) [htc.com] - 2 x CDMA, 6 x GSM, 480x800, 528MHz, 288/512 MBSprint - HTC Touch Pro 2 [pdadb.net]Verizon - HTC Touch Pro 2 [pdadb.net]Websites that you must visit.XDA-Developers.com [xda-developers.com]PPCGeeks [ppcgeeks.com]If you can wait a bit longer and wish to spend $750 or more then you can consider this phone.HTC HD2 [pdadb.net] or wait for the predicted but not confirmed HTC HD2 Pro (with keyboard and CDMA later this year).</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802858</id>
	<title>Re:T-Mobile, UMA, and $0.10 per minute</title>
	<author>evilviper</author>
	<datestamp>1263734520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><p>UMA is basically "GSM over IP over 802.11g", and it allows you to make GSM cellphone calls [billed at a standard $0.10 per minute] from any publically accessible WiFi hotspot.</p></div></blockquote><p>Why would I pay $0.10/min for VoIP?  VoIP is normally more like $0.01/min, and REAL cellphone service can be had for $0.10/min with Boost Mobile and the like ($50/mo unlimited voice &amp; data).</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>UMA is basically " GSM over IP over 802.11g " , and it allows you to make GSM cellphone calls [ billed at a standard $ 0.10 per minute ] from any publically accessible WiFi hotspot.Why would I pay $ 0.10/min for VoIP ?
VoIP is normally more like $ 0.01/min , and REAL cellphone service can be had for $ 0.10/min with Boost Mobile and the like ( $ 50/mo unlimited voice &amp; data ) .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>UMA is basically "GSM over IP over 802.11g", and it allows you to make GSM cellphone calls [billed at a standard $0.10 per minute] from any publically accessible WiFi hotspot.Why would I pay $0.10/min for VoIP?
VoIP is normally more like $0.01/min, and REAL cellphone service can be had for $0.10/min with Boost Mobile and the like ($50/mo unlimited voice &amp; data).
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802484</id>
	<title>Re:Agreed</title>
	<author>rec9140</author>
	<datestamp>1263731580000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Flamebait</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Here's why I like TMobile:</p><p>1) Ads - Catherine Zeta-Jones-Douglass<br>2) Parent Company - DT</p><p>Why I HATE and WILL NEVER USE TMobile</p><p>1) "* Great coverage in US. Every city I've been to has had solid coverage. I've only been to fairly large cities though."</p><p>
&nbsp; May have coverage for the snooty city slickers, but where I live and go I may as well carry a concrete block and string around as it would be more useful</p><p>2) "GSM network so most phones can be used overseas-- "</p><p>
&nbsp; GSM . . . HATE IT HATE HATE IT HATE HATE HATE !</p><p>
&nbsp; And most of TMobile if not all of it is now UMTS which is WCDMA, so thats better, at least its in the CDMA family now, but I hate GSM and its Eurotrash baggage.</p><p>They're total lack of meaningful coverage is the deal breaker.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Here 's why I like TMobile : 1 ) Ads - Catherine Zeta-Jones-Douglass2 ) Parent Company - DTWhy I HATE and WILL NEVER USE TMobile1 ) " * Great coverage in US .
Every city I 've been to has had solid coverage .
I 've only been to fairly large cities though .
"   May have coverage for the snooty city slickers , but where I live and go I may as well carry a concrete block and string around as it would be more useful2 ) " GSM network so most phones can be used overseas-- "   GSM .
. .
HATE IT HATE HATE IT HATE HATE HATE !
  And most of TMobile if not all of it is now UMTS which is WCDMA , so thats better , at least its in the CDMA family now , but I hate GSM and its Eurotrash baggage.They 're total lack of meaningful coverage is the deal breaker .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Here's why I like TMobile:1) Ads - Catherine Zeta-Jones-Douglass2) Parent Company - DTWhy I HATE and WILL NEVER USE TMobile1) "* Great coverage in US.
Every city I've been to has had solid coverage.
I've only been to fairly large cities though.
"
  May have coverage for the snooty city slickers, but where I live and go I may as well carry a concrete block and string around as it would be more useful2) "GSM network so most phones can be used overseas-- "
  GSM .
. .
HATE IT HATE HATE IT HATE HATE HATE !
  And most of TMobile if not all of it is now UMTS which is WCDMA, so thats better, at least its in the CDMA family now, but I hate GSM and its Eurotrash baggage.They're total lack of meaningful coverage is the deal breaker.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801082</id>
	<title>AT&amp;T</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263722100000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>
The world's <a href="http://connectedplanetonline.com/3g4g/news/att-outperforms-verizon-1204/?utm\_source=feedburner&amp;utm\_medium=feed&amp;utm\_campaign=Feed\%253A+TelephonyMostRecent+\%2528Telephony+Online+-+Telecom+News+and+Analysis\%2529" title="connectedp...online.com" rel="nofollow">fastest</a> [connectedp...online.com] 3G network
</p><p>But see <a href="http://www.evdoinfo.com/content/view/2747/64/" title="evdoinfo.com" rel="nofollow">here</a> [evdoinfo.com] for some caveats.</p><p>
AT&amp;T has fairly good 3G coverage in all major US cities.   And the best performance by far, where you can find coverage.
</p><p>
If you're a traveller who frequents many areas (esp. small towns) or live in one of those small cities with spotty ATT coverage for 3G, then you will probably want Sprint or Verizon.
</p><p>
Although their networks are generally slower, and the experience is generally poorer (on average), they have <b>a lot more area</b> covered.
</p><p>
So again: ATT is clearly the superior choice if you live in a well-covered area and don't go too far from home.
</p><p>
Verizon is a superior choice for most other areas.
</p><p>
For a moderate number of areas, Sprint will give you a better service,  and there are a small number of areas where T-Mobile will be the best service.
</p><p>
Now service/coverage might not be the only you are concerned about, you may be interested in price too...  you might pick a T-Mobile service based on price, even though it's not the best service for your area.
</p><p>
You might pick ATT, because they don't lock down features on your blackberry or other smartphone like Verizon does.
</p><p>
Then again, you might not want ATT, because of them restricting tethering on certain phones, Verizon may be the best choice there, depending on your needs.
</p><p>
So without knowing, how particular you are about what phone and what features you really need.
It's a toss-up.
</p><p>
However, with ATT and the iPhone it's hard to go wrong  (except on price, and except if you frequent  relatively unpopulated rural areas...).
</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The world 's fastest [ connectedp...online.com ] 3G network But see here [ evdoinfo.com ] for some caveats .
AT&amp;T has fairly good 3G coverage in all major US cities .
And the best performance by far , where you can find coverage .
If you 're a traveller who frequents many areas ( esp .
small towns ) or live in one of those small cities with spotty ATT coverage for 3G , then you will probably want Sprint or Verizon .
Although their networks are generally slower , and the experience is generally poorer ( on average ) , they have a lot more area covered .
So again : ATT is clearly the superior choice if you live in a well-covered area and do n't go too far from home .
Verizon is a superior choice for most other areas .
For a moderate number of areas , Sprint will give you a better service , and there are a small number of areas where T-Mobile will be the best service .
Now service/coverage might not be the only you are concerned about , you may be interested in price too... you might pick a T-Mobile service based on price , even though it 's not the best service for your area .
You might pick ATT , because they do n't lock down features on your blackberry or other smartphone like Verizon does .
Then again , you might not want ATT , because of them restricting tethering on certain phones , Verizon may be the best choice there , depending on your needs .
So without knowing , how particular you are about what phone and what features you really need .
It 's a toss-up .
However , with ATT and the iPhone it 's hard to go wrong ( except on price , and except if you frequent relatively unpopulated rural areas... ) .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>
The world's fastest [connectedp...online.com] 3G network
But see here [evdoinfo.com] for some caveats.
AT&amp;T has fairly good 3G coverage in all major US cities.
And the best performance by far, where you can find coverage.
If you're a traveller who frequents many areas (esp.
small towns) or live in one of those small cities with spotty ATT coverage for 3G, then you will probably want Sprint or Verizon.
Although their networks are generally slower, and the experience is generally poorer (on average), they have a lot more area covered.
So again: ATT is clearly the superior choice if you live in a well-covered area and don't go too far from home.
Verizon is a superior choice for most other areas.
For a moderate number of areas, Sprint will give you a better service,  and there are a small number of areas where T-Mobile will be the best service.
Now service/coverage might not be the only you are concerned about, you may be interested in price too...  you might pick a T-Mobile service based on price, even though it's not the best service for your area.
You might pick ATT, because they don't lock down features on your blackberry or other smartphone like Verizon does.
Then again, you might not want ATT, because of them restricting tethering on certain phones, Verizon may be the best choice there, depending on your needs.
So without knowing, how particular you are about what phone and what features you really need.
It's a toss-up.
However, with ATT and the iPhone it's hard to go wrong  (except on price, and except if you frequent  relatively unpopulated rural areas...).
</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801012</id>
	<title>It depends on where you are</title>
	<author>kd6ttl</author>
	<datestamp>1263721740000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>"Which cell phone company is best" really depends on your location, and on your definition of "best".  In some places, Sprint will be best, in others it will be Verizon or T-Mobile, and it's even possible that AT&amp;T is best somewhere.

I personally have been happy with Sprint for both voice and data.  If you live in an area where they have implemented high speed data, they might be the best choice.  I have not experienced the constant data drops or poor customer service I saw at Verizon (people seem surprised when I say Sprint customer service has been good, but it has).

T-Mobile supposedly rolled out high speed data across the country this month, but I haven't heard any reports of how well it works.</htmltext>
<tokenext>" Which cell phone company is best " really depends on your location , and on your definition of " best " .
In some places , Sprint will be best , in others it will be Verizon or T-Mobile , and it 's even possible that AT&amp;T is best somewhere .
I personally have been happy with Sprint for both voice and data .
If you live in an area where they have implemented high speed data , they might be the best choice .
I have not experienced the constant data drops or poor customer service I saw at Verizon ( people seem surprised when I say Sprint customer service has been good , but it has ) .
T-Mobile supposedly rolled out high speed data across the country this month , but I have n't heard any reports of how well it works .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>"Which cell phone company is best" really depends on your location, and on your definition of "best".
In some places, Sprint will be best, in others it will be Verizon or T-Mobile, and it's even possible that AT&amp;T is best somewhere.
I personally have been happy with Sprint for both voice and data.
If you live in an area where they have implemented high speed data, they might be the best choice.
I have not experienced the constant data drops or poor customer service I saw at Verizon (people seem surprised when I say Sprint customer service has been good, but it has).
T-Mobile supposedly rolled out high speed data across the country this month, but I haven't heard any reports of how well it works.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802402</id>
	<title>Re:slashdot poll? no.</title>
	<author>fm6</author>
	<datestamp>1263731040000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Uh, dude, have you ever seen a Slashdot poll? That "suggestion" did not rate (or desire) a serious response.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Uh , dude , have you ever seen a Slashdot poll ?
That " suggestion " did not rate ( or desire ) a serious response .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Uh, dude, have you ever seen a Slashdot poll?
That "suggestion" did not rate (or desire) a serious response.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802354</id>
	<title>Re:Agreed</title>
	<author>knewter</author>
	<datestamp>1263730800000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>They also work wonderfully with the nokia n900 fwiw...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>They also work wonderfully with the nokia n900 fwiw.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>They also work wonderfully with the nokia n900 fwiw...</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801376</id>
	<title>They all suck.</title>
	<author>DavidD\_CA</author>
	<datestamp>1263724080000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>They all suck.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>They all suck .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>They all suck.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803202</id>
	<title>Re:Related question</title>
	<author>anagama</author>
	<datestamp>1263737580000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I have Boostmobile and I've been satisfied with my service in the Pacific Northwest.  The unlimited $50/month plan is about the best deal around if you use a cell phone a lot (although Washington State somehow figured how to add $5 to it, so it is actually $55/mo for me).  I've been from the Canadian border down to Seattle on the I5 corridor as well over the Cascades North of I90 and west of the Columbia, which is a pretty challenging area considering all the mountains involved.  I have found two dead zones, although one of them is accessible only by boat.  <br> <br>I have the motorola dumb phone with the keyboard which makes sending emails or SMS messages a snap.  I can tether it to my laptop by bluetooth and then use it as a modem for internet access without going through acrobatics (though the speed is of course is like taking a time machine back to to 1994).  And there's no contract so I can quit whenever I want.<br> <br>The only annoyance is the "Yo Dude" style speaker for the menu when you call their customer service line.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I have Boostmobile and I 've been satisfied with my service in the Pacific Northwest .
The unlimited $ 50/month plan is about the best deal around if you use a cell phone a lot ( although Washington State somehow figured how to add $ 5 to it , so it is actually $ 55/mo for me ) .
I 've been from the Canadian border down to Seattle on the I5 corridor as well over the Cascades North of I90 and west of the Columbia , which is a pretty challenging area considering all the mountains involved .
I have found two dead zones , although one of them is accessible only by boat .
I have the motorola dumb phone with the keyboard which makes sending emails or SMS messages a snap .
I can tether it to my laptop by bluetooth and then use it as a modem for internet access without going through acrobatics ( though the speed is of course is like taking a time machine back to to 1994 ) .
And there 's no contract so I can quit whenever I want .
The only annoyance is the " Yo Dude " style speaker for the menu when you call their customer service line .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I have Boostmobile and I've been satisfied with my service in the Pacific Northwest.
The unlimited $50/month plan is about the best deal around if you use a cell phone a lot (although Washington State somehow figured how to add $5 to it, so it is actually $55/mo for me).
I've been from the Canadian border down to Seattle on the I5 corridor as well over the Cascades North of I90 and west of the Columbia, which is a pretty challenging area considering all the mountains involved.
I have found two dead zones, although one of them is accessible only by boat.
I have the motorola dumb phone with the keyboard which makes sending emails or SMS messages a snap.
I can tether it to my laptop by bluetooth and then use it as a modem for internet access without going through acrobatics (though the speed is of course is like taking a time machine back to to 1994).
And there's no contract so I can quit whenever I want.
The only annoyance is the "Yo Dude" style speaker for the menu when you call their customer service line.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801126</id>
	<title>The other one...</title>
	<author>nick\_davison</author>
	<datestamp>1263722460000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>From listening to everyone complain, the grass is always greener elsewhere.</p><p>Simple truth is, all of them seem to do some things better and some things worse than others. It's more about figuring out which things you actually care about and which ones you don't. Then find the provider that does what you care about and fails at the things you don't care about anyway.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>From listening to everyone complain , the grass is always greener elsewhere.Simple truth is , all of them seem to do some things better and some things worse than others .
It 's more about figuring out which things you actually care about and which ones you do n't .
Then find the provider that does what you care about and fails at the things you do n't care about anyway .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>From listening to everyone complain, the grass is always greener elsewhere.Simple truth is, all of them seem to do some things better and some things worse than others.
It's more about figuring out which things you actually care about and which ones you don't.
Then find the provider that does what you care about and fails at the things you don't care about anyway.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30830234</id>
	<title>netdating</title>
	<author>sexusdk</author>
	<datestamp>1263989940000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Offtopic</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>Visit our site and enjoy on sexdating, online <a href="http://www.sexus.dk/" title="sexus.dk" rel="nofollow">sexdating</a> [sexus.dk], gratis sexdating, sexdate, sexchat etc.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Visit our site and enjoy on sexdating , online sexdating [ sexus.dk ] , gratis sexdating , sexdate , sexchat etc .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Visit our site and enjoy on sexdating, online sexdating [sexus.dk], gratis sexdating, sexdate, sexchat etc.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802364</id>
	<title>Re:slashdot poll?</title>
	<author>Aranykai</author>
	<datestamp>1263730860000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Agree. I have been with them for nearly 15 years and a couple times when I was tempted to try someone else, I promptly returned.</p><p>Service is reliable and consistent, call quality is very good, data service is fast and they treat long term customers very well. I pay nothing for phones, I get new phones after only 10 months and I never pay upgrade/activation fees. I also get to talk to a human when I call support and I NEVER have to get managers or higher-ups to get my issues handled.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Agree .
I have been with them for nearly 15 years and a couple times when I was tempted to try someone else , I promptly returned.Service is reliable and consistent , call quality is very good , data service is fast and they treat long term customers very well .
I pay nothing for phones , I get new phones after only 10 months and I never pay upgrade/activation fees .
I also get to talk to a human when I call support and I NEVER have to get managers or higher-ups to get my issues handled .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Agree.
I have been with them for nearly 15 years and a couple times when I was tempted to try someone else, I promptly returned.Service is reliable and consistent, call quality is very good, data service is fast and they treat long term customers very well.
I pay nothing for phones, I get new phones after only 10 months and I never pay upgrade/activation fees.
I also get to talk to a human when I call support and I NEVER have to get managers or higher-ups to get my issues handled.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803448</id>
	<title>Coverage Most Important</title>
	<author>Lvdata</author>
	<datestamp>1263739800000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>The coverage is the most important item.
IF you get the best phone, and find you have poor coverage it won't matter. I have been with sprint for 10 years, and have good coverage here in Las Vegas, NV. I LOVE my Palm Pre, but in the next few days Verizon is getting a updated version of the Palm pre and Palm Pixi with tethering. This might be the best solution. The Sprint pre does have a unofficial tethering option. I gave up on winmo after having lost too many calls when the phone range, and the telephone app crashed while trying to answer. Winmo is Windows fist, a Phone 2nd. My Pre has been 10x better if you can live with the smaller apps list. Look at www.precentral.net for more info.</htmltext>
<tokenext>The coverage is the most important item .
IF you get the best phone , and find you have poor coverage it wo n't matter .
I have been with sprint for 10 years , and have good coverage here in Las Vegas , NV .
I LOVE my Palm Pre , but in the next few days Verizon is getting a updated version of the Palm pre and Palm Pixi with tethering .
This might be the best solution .
The Sprint pre does have a unofficial tethering option .
I gave up on winmo after having lost too many calls when the phone range , and the telephone app crashed while trying to answer .
Winmo is Windows fist , a Phone 2nd .
My Pre has been 10x better if you can live with the smaller apps list .
Look at www.precentral.net for more info .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The coverage is the most important item.
IF you get the best phone, and find you have poor coverage it won't matter.
I have been with sprint for 10 years, and have good coverage here in Las Vegas, NV.
I LOVE my Palm Pre, but in the next few days Verizon is getting a updated version of the Palm pre and Palm Pixi with tethering.
This might be the best solution.
The Sprint pre does have a unofficial tethering option.
I gave up on winmo after having lost too many calls when the phone range, and the telephone app crashed while trying to answer.
Winmo is Windows fist, a Phone 2nd.
My Pre has been 10x better if you can live with the smaller apps list.
Look at www.precentral.net for more info.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801360</id>
	<title>Re:T-Mobile</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263724020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I agree with this poster. T-Mobile for the urban areas, verizon if you have absolutely no choice. I have an HTC magic(mytouch) (I just moved to canada, used to be on T-Mobile) and love it.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I agree with this poster .
T-Mobile for the urban areas , verizon if you have absolutely no choice .
I have an HTC magic ( mytouch ) ( I just moved to canada , used to be on T-Mobile ) and love it .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I agree with this poster.
T-Mobile for the urban areas, verizon if you have absolutely no choice.
I have an HTC magic(mytouch) (I just moved to canada, used to be on T-Mobile) and love it.</sentencetext>
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</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801658</id>
	<title>In Chicagoland...</title>
	<author>still-a-geek</author>
	<datestamp>1263725940000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>... the best two are Verizon and US Cellular. Verizon gets the edge for variety of cell phones to choose from and nationwide coverage, but US Cellular gets the edge for better service although their regional coverage is just as good if not better than Verizon's.
<br> <br>
Sprint and T-Mobile only care about getting customers to sign a contract. Their service is atrocious and cellular coverage is spotty around the city and really crappy in the rural areas.
<br> <br>
The only thing going for AT&amp;T is the iPhone. If it weren't for that, they'd be down there with Sprint and T-Mobile.</htmltext>
<tokenext>... the best two are Verizon and US Cellular .
Verizon gets the edge for variety of cell phones to choose from and nationwide coverage , but US Cellular gets the edge for better service although their regional coverage is just as good if not better than Verizon 's .
Sprint and T-Mobile only care about getting customers to sign a contract .
Their service is atrocious and cellular coverage is spotty around the city and really crappy in the rural areas .
The only thing going for AT&amp;T is the iPhone .
If it were n't for that , they 'd be down there with Sprint and T-Mobile .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>... the best two are Verizon and US Cellular.
Verizon gets the edge for variety of cell phones to choose from and nationwide coverage, but US Cellular gets the edge for better service although their regional coverage is just as good if not better than Verizon's.
Sprint and T-Mobile only care about getting customers to sign a contract.
Their service is atrocious and cellular coverage is spotty around the city and really crappy in the rural areas.
The only thing going for AT&amp;T is the iPhone.
If it weren't for that, they'd be down there with Sprint and T-Mobile.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800966</id>
	<title>Related question</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263721500000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>What are the best options in the US &amp; Canada for somebody who visits and wants just a prepaid deal? (just voice &amp; sms or also one with data). With an option of getting only starter SIM card (some phones cover also US frequencies)</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>What are the best options in the US &amp; Canada for somebody who visits and wants just a prepaid deal ?
( just voice &amp; sms or also one with data ) .
With an option of getting only starter SIM card ( some phones cover also US frequencies )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>What are the best options in the US &amp; Canada for somebody who visits and wants just a prepaid deal?
(just voice &amp; sms or also one with data).
With an option of getting only starter SIM card (some phones cover also US frequencies)</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801270</id>
	<title>Re:Consumer Reports report regularly on performanc</title>
	<author>socsoc</author>
	<datestamp>1263723360000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Rather slow?  Most of the bay has horrible quality of service.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Rather slow ?
Most of the bay has horrible quality of service .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Rather slow?
Most of the bay has horrible quality of service.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801066</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801860</id>
	<title>T-Mobile, almost like a decent non-US carrier</title>
	<author>at.drinian</author>
	<datestamp>1263727200000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>T-Mobile is basically the only US carrier that seems friendly towards folks with unlocked phones just looking for a SIM card. There's also been some rumblings that they might start offering the first prepaid data service in the US; how likely that is, I don't know. I do know that they used to let iPhone users use their prepaid data plan for Sidekicks, but that is no longer possible. They only blocked port 80, though, so you can still check your mail via IMAP, or SSH to a remote sever somewhere! I've even used Opera before, by passing my traffic through an Opera proxy server.

Also, you can get $100 of prepaid credit for $70 by utilizing Bing.com cash back (YMMV) -- and that credit is good for a year. Not bad if you don't do a lot of talking or need port 80.</htmltext>
<tokenext>T-Mobile is basically the only US carrier that seems friendly towards folks with unlocked phones just looking for a SIM card .
There 's also been some rumblings that they might start offering the first prepaid data service in the US ; how likely that is , I do n't know .
I do know that they used to let iPhone users use their prepaid data plan for Sidekicks , but that is no longer possible .
They only blocked port 80 , though , so you can still check your mail via IMAP , or SSH to a remote sever somewhere !
I 've even used Opera before , by passing my traffic through an Opera proxy server .
Also , you can get $ 100 of prepaid credit for $ 70 by utilizing Bing.com cash back ( YMMV ) -- and that credit is good for a year .
Not bad if you do n't do a lot of talking or need port 80 .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>T-Mobile is basically the only US carrier that seems friendly towards folks with unlocked phones just looking for a SIM card.
There's also been some rumblings that they might start offering the first prepaid data service in the US; how likely that is, I don't know.
I do know that they used to let iPhone users use their prepaid data plan for Sidekicks, but that is no longer possible.
They only blocked port 80, though, so you can still check your mail via IMAP, or SSH to a remote sever somewhere!
I've even used Opera before, by passing my traffic through an Opera proxy server.
Also, you can get $100 of prepaid credit for $70 by utilizing Bing.com cash back (YMMV) -- and that credit is good for a year.
Not bad if you don't do a lot of talking or need port 80.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803538</id>
	<title>Re:Sprint</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263740640000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>&lt;Anecdotal&gt;</p><p>I've had Sprint for years, the best part is the free roaming on Verizon's towers.  Decent internet speeds in the city, and cell coverage up in the woods too.  My HTC touch pro is definately the best phone I've owned yet.</p><p>&lt;/Anectotal&gt;</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I 've had Sprint for years , the best part is the free roaming on Verizon 's towers .
Decent internet speeds in the city , and cell coverage up in the woods too .
My HTC touch pro is definately the best phone I 've owned yet .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I've had Sprint for years, the best part is the free roaming on Verizon's towers.
Decent internet speeds in the city, and cell coverage up in the woods too.
My HTC touch pro is definately the best phone I've owned yet.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801728</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30804294</id>
	<title>Re:Related question</title>
	<author>hazem</author>
	<datestamp>1263747540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><i>If not, go to a Walmart and pick up a prepaid phone for $20</i></p><p>I actually recently switched from Virgin Mobile's prepaid service to the Straight-Talk service offered through Walmart.  I actually got the $90 Samsung R451C phone with a slide-out keyboard and that can surf the internet.  I chose the $45/month service, which allows for unlimited everything (voice, data, texts, internet, etc).  The service has been great - it uses Verizon's network (somehow though Net10).</p><p>My biggest complaints:  I can find no way to manipulate the address book with software like Bitpim.  There are not separate volume settings for speakerphone, external headset, and normal earpiece, so I'm always having to adjust the volume.  And while you can put any mp3 or midi and have it be a ringtone, there appears to be no way to put games or other apps on the phone.  Also, if you do the $30/month plan (1000 minutes, texts), you get an annoying minute warning before each call (this goes away with the $45 unlimited plan).  I also think there's no way to tether the phone.</p><p>Overall, I've been very happy with this phone and service.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>If not , go to a Walmart and pick up a prepaid phone for $ 20I actually recently switched from Virgin Mobile 's prepaid service to the Straight-Talk service offered through Walmart .
I actually got the $ 90 Samsung R451C phone with a slide-out keyboard and that can surf the internet .
I chose the $ 45/month service , which allows for unlimited everything ( voice , data , texts , internet , etc ) .
The service has been great - it uses Verizon 's network ( somehow though Net10 ) .My biggest complaints : I can find no way to manipulate the address book with software like Bitpim .
There are not separate volume settings for speakerphone , external headset , and normal earpiece , so I 'm always having to adjust the volume .
And while you can put any mp3 or midi and have it be a ringtone , there appears to be no way to put games or other apps on the phone .
Also , if you do the $ 30/month plan ( 1000 minutes , texts ) , you get an annoying minute warning before each call ( this goes away with the $ 45 unlimited plan ) .
I also think there 's no way to tether the phone.Overall , I 've been very happy with this phone and service .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If not, go to a Walmart and pick up a prepaid phone for $20I actually recently switched from Virgin Mobile's prepaid service to the Straight-Talk service offered through Walmart.
I actually got the $90 Samsung R451C phone with a slide-out keyboard and that can surf the internet.
I chose the $45/month service, which allows for unlimited everything (voice, data, texts, internet, etc).
The service has been great - it uses Verizon's network (somehow though Net10).My biggest complaints:  I can find no way to manipulate the address book with software like Bitpim.
There are not separate volume settings for speakerphone, external headset, and normal earpiece, so I'm always having to adjust the volume.
And while you can put any mp3 or midi and have it be a ringtone, there appears to be no way to put games or other apps on the phone.
Also, if you do the $30/month plan (1000 minutes, texts), you get an annoying minute warning before each call (this goes away with the $45 unlimited plan).
I also think there's no way to tether the phone.Overall, I've been very happy with this phone and service.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801296</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30805442</id>
	<title>Re:Sprint or Verizon</title>
	<author>mr\_mischief</author>
	<datestamp>1263847140000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I don't know about "local" carriers. There are plenty of regional carriers like US Cellular and carriers that resell access to other networks like Virgin Mobile. A solid regional carrier with nationwide free roaming can be a good thing.</p><p>That said, I want to point out that US Cellular's equipment replacement insurance absolutely bites balls. It's $6 month, $50 deductible, and you have 12 days or so to evaluate the <strong>refurbished</strong> phone and battery their contract partner (the insurance is actually through a partner, but they chose the partner) sends you to RMA it without being charged again.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I do n't know about " local " carriers .
There are plenty of regional carriers like US Cellular and carriers that resell access to other networks like Virgin Mobile .
A solid regional carrier with nationwide free roaming can be a good thing.That said , I want to point out that US Cellular 's equipment replacement insurance absolutely bites balls .
It 's $ 6 month , $ 50 deductible , and you have 12 days or so to evaluate the refurbished phone and battery their contract partner ( the insurance is actually through a partner , but they chose the partner ) sends you to RMA it without being charged again .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I don't know about "local" carriers.
There are plenty of regional carriers like US Cellular and carriers that resell access to other networks like Virgin Mobile.
A solid regional carrier with nationwide free roaming can be a good thing.That said, I want to point out that US Cellular's equipment replacement insurance absolutely bites balls.
It's $6 month, $50 deductible, and you have 12 days or so to evaluate the refurbished phone and battery their contract partner (the insurance is actually through a partner, but they chose the partner) sends you to RMA it without being charged again.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801464</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801428</id>
	<title>Consumer Reports</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263724560000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Get the Consumer Reports on cell phones plans form your local library or buy it online.</p><p>Look for your metro area and compare each of them.</p><p>Heads up. they ALL suck. Your just going for the least sucky.</p><p> The Cell phone industry in the US is a bunch of crooked assholes who rip everyone off. But the really sickening thing is most Americans use them anyway....</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Get the Consumer Reports on cell phones plans form your local library or buy it online.Look for your metro area and compare each of them.Heads up .
they ALL suck .
Your just going for the least sucky .
The Cell phone industry in the US is a bunch of crooked assholes who rip everyone off .
But the really sickening thing is most Americans use them anyway... .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Get the Consumer Reports on cell phones plans form your local library or buy it online.Look for your metro area and compare each of them.Heads up.
they ALL suck.
Your just going for the least sucky.
The Cell phone industry in the US is a bunch of crooked assholes who rip everyone off.
But the really sickening thing is most Americans use them anyway....</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30805466</id>
	<title>Re:Choices man. Choices.</title>
	<author>Z00L00K</author>
	<datestamp>1263847560000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>And the ability to get a subscription without a bundled phone matters too. All I want is a SIM card and then insert it into a phone of my choice.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>And the ability to get a subscription without a bundled phone matters too .
All I want is a SIM card and then insert it into a phone of my choice .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>And the ability to get a subscription without a bundled phone matters too.
All I want is a SIM card and then insert it into a phone of my choice.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800928</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30804078</id>
	<title>Re:The statistics repeatedly say</title>
	<author>daviddennis</author>
	<datestamp>1263745680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I think one problem is that it varies dramatically by geographical area and so it's impossible to say which is best without considering where you live.</p><p>I'm in the Pittsburgh area, and my estimate is the AT&amp;T and Verizon are about the same.  Verizon might be a little bit better, but the iPhone is (in my experience) a much nicer device than the Droid.  I love my iPhone more than I dislike AT&amp;T, especially since many Verizon policies (early disconnect fees, for example) are just plain horrible.</p><p>I wanted to try app development for the Palm Pre, so I got a Pre and a Sprint phone.  Sprint has almost non-existant data service, at least in the parts of Pittsburgh I visited.  On the particularly memorable evening I got my Pre, I was being driven home on Route 51, the main drag sort of equivalent to Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, and I got no data service at all.  Let's just say things did not improve from there, and if the phone wasn't used for development, I would have returned it immediately.  If you do have good Sprint service in your area, though, I noticed that the plans are significantly cheaper than rivals.</p><p>I used T-Mobile many years ago with the Sidekick.  It has the advantage of being GSM, so you can use an AT&amp;T phone with it, or use it with an AT&amp;T phone.  Verizon and Sprint use a different technology that I don't think allows you to exchange phones between carriers at all.  Once you have a Sprint or Verizon phone, that's all it is.  Overall, I don't think T-Mobile service is as good as AT&amp;T or Verizon.  However, since I haven't had a T-Mobile account in years, I can't really comment.</p><p>I know some Cricket users and everyone says that while it is certainly cheap, service is so awful as to be nearly useless.</p><p>Hope that helps.  Maybe we should all do this for our individual city and then this could be a searchable index.  But of course things are changing all the time<nobr> <wbr></nobr>...</p><p>D</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I think one problem is that it varies dramatically by geographical area and so it 's impossible to say which is best without considering where you live.I 'm in the Pittsburgh area , and my estimate is the AT&amp;T and Verizon are about the same .
Verizon might be a little bit better , but the iPhone is ( in my experience ) a much nicer device than the Droid .
I love my iPhone more than I dislike AT&amp;T , especially since many Verizon policies ( early disconnect fees , for example ) are just plain horrible.I wanted to try app development for the Palm Pre , so I got a Pre and a Sprint phone .
Sprint has almost non-existant data service , at least in the parts of Pittsburgh I visited .
On the particularly memorable evening I got my Pre , I was being driven home on Route 51 , the main drag sort of equivalent to Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu , and I got no data service at all .
Let 's just say things did not improve from there , and if the phone was n't used for development , I would have returned it immediately .
If you do have good Sprint service in your area , though , I noticed that the plans are significantly cheaper than rivals.I used T-Mobile many years ago with the Sidekick .
It has the advantage of being GSM , so you can use an AT&amp;T phone with it , or use it with an AT&amp;T phone .
Verizon and Sprint use a different technology that I do n't think allows you to exchange phones between carriers at all .
Once you have a Sprint or Verizon phone , that 's all it is .
Overall , I do n't think T-Mobile service is as good as AT&amp;T or Verizon .
However , since I have n't had a T-Mobile account in years , I ca n't really comment.I know some Cricket users and everyone says that while it is certainly cheap , service is so awful as to be nearly useless.Hope that helps .
Maybe we should all do this for our individual city and then this could be a searchable index .
But of course things are changing all the time ...D</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I think one problem is that it varies dramatically by geographical area and so it's impossible to say which is best without considering where you live.I'm in the Pittsburgh area, and my estimate is the AT&amp;T and Verizon are about the same.
Verizon might be a little bit better, but the iPhone is (in my experience) a much nicer device than the Droid.
I love my iPhone more than I dislike AT&amp;T, especially since many Verizon policies (early disconnect fees, for example) are just plain horrible.I wanted to try app development for the Palm Pre, so I got a Pre and a Sprint phone.
Sprint has almost non-existant data service, at least in the parts of Pittsburgh I visited.
On the particularly memorable evening I got my Pre, I was being driven home on Route 51, the main drag sort of equivalent to Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, and I got no data service at all.
Let's just say things did not improve from there, and if the phone wasn't used for development, I would have returned it immediately.
If you do have good Sprint service in your area, though, I noticed that the plans are significantly cheaper than rivals.I used T-Mobile many years ago with the Sidekick.
It has the advantage of being GSM, so you can use an AT&amp;T phone with it, or use it with an AT&amp;T phone.
Verizon and Sprint use a different technology that I don't think allows you to exchange phones between carriers at all.
Once you have a Sprint or Verizon phone, that's all it is.
Overall, I don't think T-Mobile service is as good as AT&amp;T or Verizon.
However, since I haven't had a T-Mobile account in years, I can't really comment.I know some Cricket users and everyone says that while it is certainly cheap, service is so awful as to be nearly useless.Hope that helps.
Maybe we should all do this for our individual city and then this could be a searchable index.
But of course things are changing all the time ...D</sentencetext>
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</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801754</id>
	<title>Sprint</title>
	<author>vanyel</author>
	<datestamp>1263726540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I switched from AT&amp;T to Sprint in 2004 because of coverage, and recently switched to Tmobile to get GSM and the Cliq.  Now I'm trying to figure out the cheapest way to get a Sprint backup phone so I can at least have phone service at home (the cellular repeater I got isn't working out too well, though a directional antennae may help).</p><p>I like Tmobile as a company, and Sprint was fine too, but I've heard too many horror stories with Verizon and AT&amp;T to even consider either.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I switched from AT&amp;T to Sprint in 2004 because of coverage , and recently switched to Tmobile to get GSM and the Cliq .
Now I 'm trying to figure out the cheapest way to get a Sprint backup phone so I can at least have phone service at home ( the cellular repeater I got is n't working out too well , though a directional antennae may help ) .I like Tmobile as a company , and Sprint was fine too , but I 've heard too many horror stories with Verizon and AT&amp;T to even consider either .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I switched from AT&amp;T to Sprint in 2004 because of coverage, and recently switched to Tmobile to get GSM and the Cliq.
Now I'm trying to figure out the cheapest way to get a Sprint backup phone so I can at least have phone service at home (the cellular repeater I got isn't working out too well, though a directional antennae may help).I like Tmobile as a company, and Sprint was fine too, but I've heard too many horror stories with Verizon and AT&amp;T to even consider either.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803322</id>
	<title>ATT</title>
	<author>mykos</author>
	<datestamp>1263738540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>If you don't live in BFE and don't visit BFE very often, AT&amp;T is superior in every way.</p><p>Verizon has better coverage.  That is its only advantage.  Everything else goes ATT's way.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>If you do n't live in BFE and do n't visit BFE very often , AT&amp;T is superior in every way.Verizon has better coverage .
That is its only advantage .
Everything else goes ATT 's way .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If you don't live in BFE and don't visit BFE very often, AT&amp;T is superior in every way.Verizon has better coverage.
That is its only advantage.
Everything else goes ATT's way.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30830278</id>
	<title>netdating</title>
	<author>sexusdk</author>
	<datestamp>1263990480000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Wana more intertainment then sexdate, sexchat, sex date, <a href="http://www.sexus.dk/" title="sexus.dk" rel="nofollow">sex dating</a> [sexus.dk], sex chat with naked girl.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Wana more intertainment then sexdate , sexchat , sex date , sex dating [ sexus.dk ] , sex chat with naked girl .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Wana more intertainment then sexdate, sexchat, sex date, sex dating [sexus.dk], sex chat with naked girl.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801778</id>
	<title>Depends</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263726660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Who has the best coverage?</p><p>- Verizon</p><p>Who has the best coverage, and is not run by nazis?</p><p>- AT&amp;T</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Who has the best coverage ? - VerizonWho has the best coverage , and is not run by nazis ? - AT&amp;T</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Who has the best coverage?- VerizonWho has the best coverage, and is not run by nazis?- AT&amp;T</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801008</id>
	<title>And the answer is....</title>
	<author>vasago17</author>
	<datestamp>1263721740000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Dare</htmltext>
<tokenext>Dare</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Dare</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801088</id>
	<title>I haven't tried this out yet, but it could work</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263722160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Troll</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Get a cell phone without a plan that has VOIP capabilities. Someone said they run around 200$, some sort of Nokia.  This will let you make home calls assuming you have broadband and a wireless internet.<br> <br>
Then buy trakphone minutes to use your phone when you're not home.<br> <br>
This will easily save you hundreds of dollars a year... Unless you make a large number of calls on the road.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Get a cell phone without a plan that has VOIP capabilities .
Someone said they run around 200 $ , some sort of Nokia .
This will let you make home calls assuming you have broadband and a wireless internet .
Then buy trakphone minutes to use your phone when you 're not home .
This will easily save you hundreds of dollars a year... Unless you make a large number of calls on the road .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Get a cell phone without a plan that has VOIP capabilities.
Someone said they run around 200$, some sort of Nokia.
This will let you make home calls assuming you have broadband and a wireless internet.
Then buy trakphone minutes to use your phone when you're not home.
This will easily save you hundreds of dollars a year... Unless you make a large number of calls on the road.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803864</id>
	<title>My T-Mobile Experience</title>
	<author>IonOtter</author>
	<datestamp>1263743460000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Went with T-Mobile in 1998 when they came to Hawai'i.</p><p>1.  Excellent customer service.<br>2.  Flawless billing.  Never overcharged once.<br>3.  Outstanding customer service for military personnel.  (They'll put your account in 'military suspend' for the duration of your deployment.)<br>4.  Best.  Prices.  ANYWHERE.<br>5.  World-wide service.  Best of all, their phones are all SIM chip-based, so if you've got a quad-band phone, you can slip your US chip out and put in one from the country you're visiting.  Voila!  No overseas billing charges!<br>6.  Not the fastest data service on EDGE/GPRS, but it works.  No personal experience with their 3G just yet.<br>7.  Always have a signal, no matter what service area I'm in.  I can be out in the middle of East Bumhick, but if there's a tower out there, it doesn't matter whose tower it is, I've got connectivity.</p><p>T-Mobile compensated for their lack of initial coverage by signing service agreements with every single non-major and semi-major provider in the US, meaning you could be calling on Mom&amp;Pop Telco, but NO ROAMING CHARGES!!</p><p>I haven't paid roaming charges since Verizon in Hawai'i got bought up by T-Mobile, and I've been a loyal customer since then.</p><p>I still have the Hawaiian number, and will never give it up.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:)</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Went with T-Mobile in 1998 when they came to Hawai'i.1 .
Excellent customer service.2 .
Flawless billing .
Never overcharged once.3 .
Outstanding customer service for military personnel .
( They 'll put your account in 'military suspend ' for the duration of your deployment. ) 4 .
Best. Prices .
ANYWHERE.5. World-wide service .
Best of all , their phones are all SIM chip-based , so if you 've got a quad-band phone , you can slip your US chip out and put in one from the country you 're visiting .
Voila ! No overseas billing charges ! 6 .
Not the fastest data service on EDGE/GPRS , but it works .
No personal experience with their 3G just yet.7 .
Always have a signal , no matter what service area I 'm in .
I can be out in the middle of East Bumhick , but if there 's a tower out there , it does n't matter whose tower it is , I 've got connectivity.T-Mobile compensated for their lack of initial coverage by signing service agreements with every single non-major and semi-major provider in the US , meaning you could be calling on Mom&amp;Pop Telco , but NO ROAMING CHARGES !
! I have n't paid roaming charges since Verizon in Hawai'i got bought up by T-Mobile , and I 've been a loyal customer since then.I still have the Hawaiian number , and will never give it up .
: )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Went with T-Mobile in 1998 when they came to Hawai'i.1.
Excellent customer service.2.
Flawless billing.
Never overcharged once.3.
Outstanding customer service for military personnel.
(They'll put your account in 'military suspend' for the duration of your deployment.)4.
Best.  Prices.
ANYWHERE.5.  World-wide service.
Best of all, their phones are all SIM chip-based, so if you've got a quad-band phone, you can slip your US chip out and put in one from the country you're visiting.
Voila!  No overseas billing charges!6.
Not the fastest data service on EDGE/GPRS, but it works.
No personal experience with their 3G just yet.7.
Always have a signal, no matter what service area I'm in.
I can be out in the middle of East Bumhick, but if there's a tower out there, it doesn't matter whose tower it is, I've got connectivity.T-Mobile compensated for their lack of initial coverage by signing service agreements with every single non-major and semi-major provider in the US, meaning you could be calling on Mom&amp;Pop Telco, but NO ROAMING CHARGES!
!I haven't paid roaming charges since Verizon in Hawai'i got bought up by T-Mobile, and I've been a loyal customer since then.I still have the Hawaiian number, and will never give it up.
:)</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801322</id>
	<title>Re:slashdot poll?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263723720000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>sprint are bastards. never ever go for sprint. they change the plan under you if the feel youre making too many calls and getting too much free service. they are absolute dicks with roaming charges. they suck balls.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>sprint are bastards .
never ever go for sprint .
they change the plan under you if the feel youre making too many calls and getting too much free service .
they are absolute dicks with roaming charges .
they suck balls .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>sprint are bastards.
never ever go for sprint.
they change the plan under you if the feel youre making too many calls and getting too much free service.
they are absolute dicks with roaming charges.
they suck balls.</sentencetext>
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</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802914</id>
	<title>Re:Sprint</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263735180000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I've been with Sprint for a short while, and I live in a very rural area.  Because of the Verizon roaming, I get good phone service even in the middle of no-where, and I get great 3g service at home and work.  Even when I took a trip to Arizona and went through the least populated areas of New Mexico I didn't have any issues with my phone.  Their customer service wasn't awful (much better than what I had to put up with when I was on AT&amp;T) when I had a problem with my initial phone number.</p><p>I have to give them a thumbs up.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I 've been with Sprint for a short while , and I live in a very rural area .
Because of the Verizon roaming , I get good phone service even in the middle of no-where , and I get great 3g service at home and work .
Even when I took a trip to Arizona and went through the least populated areas of New Mexico I did n't have any issues with my phone .
Their customer service was n't awful ( much better than what I had to put up with when I was on AT&amp;T ) when I had a problem with my initial phone number.I have to give them a thumbs up .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I've been with Sprint for a short while, and I live in a very rural area.
Because of the Verizon roaming, I get good phone service even in the middle of no-where, and I get great 3g service at home and work.
Even when I took a trip to Arizona and went through the least populated areas of New Mexico I didn't have any issues with my phone.
Their customer service wasn't awful (much better than what I had to put up with when I was on AT&amp;T) when I had a problem with my initial phone number.I have to give them a thumbs up.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802900</id>
	<title>Another 'vote' for Sprint</title>
	<author>Ogre840</author>
	<datestamp>1263735000000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I've been with Sprint for over a year now, using their new incarnation of the SERO plan (employee referral) and have no complaints.
<br> <br>
$69 and change a month after taxes and fees, unlimited everything except minutes (500 "anytime" unlimited nights and weekend). I have the HTC Hero, and somehow I'm eligible for a full upgrade every year, not 2. I still have to sign up for another 2 years, but it seems once a year they change the contracts allowing you a free out anyway (if I had a reason to leave)
<br> <br>
Before my Hero I had a Blackberry Curve. The calls on the Hero do sound a little echoy on my end, but that's a phone issue, not a service issue. I'm rarely in a place without signal here in Washington State, and I'm not in the Seattle Metro Area (thank god).
<br> <br>
their customer service has always been good to me, if I need to ask them anything related to my account. Just like anywhere, if you're respectful, they'll help you out, or get you to someone who can. For question about hardware, I never go to them, I look on the phone's related forums instead, so I don't know about their help there.
<br> <br>
For info on how to get on their new employee referral program, just Google "Russ.s.mcguire@sprint.com" and it should take you to his site, where you can find the last 3 of his employee number (383 i think...)
<br> <br>
They also offer an Employee Referral program for the internet cards.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I 've been with Sprint for over a year now , using their new incarnation of the SERO plan ( employee referral ) and have no complaints .
$ 69 and change a month after taxes and fees , unlimited everything except minutes ( 500 " anytime " unlimited nights and weekend ) .
I have the HTC Hero , and somehow I 'm eligible for a full upgrade every year , not 2 .
I still have to sign up for another 2 years , but it seems once a year they change the contracts allowing you a free out anyway ( if I had a reason to leave ) Before my Hero I had a Blackberry Curve .
The calls on the Hero do sound a little echoy on my end , but that 's a phone issue , not a service issue .
I 'm rarely in a place without signal here in Washington State , and I 'm not in the Seattle Metro Area ( thank god ) .
their customer service has always been good to me , if I need to ask them anything related to my account .
Just like anywhere , if you 're respectful , they 'll help you out , or get you to someone who can .
For question about hardware , I never go to them , I look on the phone 's related forums instead , so I do n't know about their help there .
For info on how to get on their new employee referral program , just Google " Russ.s.mcguire @ sprint.com " and it should take you to his site , where you can find the last 3 of his employee number ( 383 i think... ) They also offer an Employee Referral program for the internet cards .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I've been with Sprint for over a year now, using their new incarnation of the SERO plan (employee referral) and have no complaints.
$69 and change a month after taxes and fees, unlimited everything except minutes (500 "anytime" unlimited nights and weekend).
I have the HTC Hero, and somehow I'm eligible for a full upgrade every year, not 2.
I still have to sign up for another 2 years, but it seems once a year they change the contracts allowing you a free out anyway (if I had a reason to leave)
 
Before my Hero I had a Blackberry Curve.
The calls on the Hero do sound a little echoy on my end, but that's a phone issue, not a service issue.
I'm rarely in a place without signal here in Washington State, and I'm not in the Seattle Metro Area (thank god).
their customer service has always been good to me, if I need to ask them anything related to my account.
Just like anywhere, if you're respectful, they'll help you out, or get you to someone who can.
For question about hardware, I never go to them, I look on the phone's related forums instead, so I don't know about their help there.
For info on how to get on their new employee referral program, just Google "Russ.s.mcguire@sprint.com" and it should take you to his site, where you can find the last 3 of his employee number (383 i think...)
 
They also offer an Employee Referral program for the internet cards.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30804242</id>
	<title>Re:Verizon has best coverage... but it's verizon.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263747120000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I have AT&amp;T in the South Florida area. Their coverage is decent.  Meaning, I can't remember having a dropped call, and 3G data is fine  (not the iPhone, I have a USB Connect card for wireless internet access). Phone support was better than tMobile, but that doesn't say a whole bunch. I was upset with AT&amp;T after they sent an automated collection notice once after I'd always carried a credit on my plan (this occurred after I merged several lines and their billing system and reps weren't smart enough to apply $200 credit from the "old" account to the new). When I had 3G problems with my USB Connect it took three calls before the last tech took the time to figure out that some beta software updates would resolve my problem (it did). AT&amp;T prices also seem higher by about 15-20\% than the others for comparable plans.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I have AT&amp;T in the South Florida area .
Their coverage is decent .
Meaning , I ca n't remember having a dropped call , and 3G data is fine ( not the iPhone , I have a USB Connect card for wireless internet access ) .
Phone support was better than tMobile , but that does n't say a whole bunch .
I was upset with AT&amp;T after they sent an automated collection notice once after I 'd always carried a credit on my plan ( this occurred after I merged several lines and their billing system and reps were n't smart enough to apply $ 200 credit from the " old " account to the new ) .
When I had 3G problems with my USB Connect it took three calls before the last tech took the time to figure out that some beta software updates would resolve my problem ( it did ) .
AT&amp;T prices also seem higher by about 15-20 \ % than the others for comparable plans .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I have AT&amp;T in the South Florida area.
Their coverage is decent.
Meaning, I can't remember having a dropped call, and 3G data is fine  (not the iPhone, I have a USB Connect card for wireless internet access).
Phone support was better than tMobile, but that doesn't say a whole bunch.
I was upset with AT&amp;T after they sent an automated collection notice once after I'd always carried a credit on my plan (this occurred after I merged several lines and their billing system and reps weren't smart enough to apply $200 credit from the "old" account to the new).
When I had 3G problems with my USB Connect it took three calls before the last tech took the time to figure out that some beta software updates would resolve my problem (it did).
AT&amp;T prices also seem higher by about 15-20\% than the others for comparable plans.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800994</id>
	<title>go Vzw</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263721680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Verizon just topped Zagat's survey, won nielsen baseline, and a few others.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Verizon just topped Zagat 's survey , won nielsen baseline , and a few others .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Verizon just topped Zagat's survey, won nielsen baseline, and a few others.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801682</id>
	<title>Sprint</title>
	<author>foo fighter</author>
	<datestamp>1263726120000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Sprint, for sure:<br>Almost the coverage of Verizon, but cheaper plans. World phones available, and great smartphones with WebOS or Android (I've become a huge Pre fan after having tried out a Droid and Droid Eris on Verizon).</p><p>Let's look at the competition:<br>Verizon:<br>Best network, by far. But screws you up the ass, sorry, nickles and dimes you whenever they can.</p><p>AT&amp;T:<br>OK network if you happen to live in a Top 50 metropolis with Senators that can make your life miserable (I'm looking at you, awesome AT&amp;T coverage in the DC to Baltimore corridor.)</p><p>Deutsche Mobile, I mean T-Mobile:<br>Seriously? I guess if you're paid to use their shit in NYC or LA or are a typical jackass American and never leave your top 25 metro area.</p><p>For the record, I switched to a Pre on Sprint after happily having a Razr on Verizon for years. I love my Pre and I love Sprint. This from a guy who regularly travels the backroads of the country where AT&amp;T and T-Mobile (and the iPhone and 3G) are myths.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Sprint , for sure : Almost the coverage of Verizon , but cheaper plans .
World phones available , and great smartphones with WebOS or Android ( I 've become a huge Pre fan after having tried out a Droid and Droid Eris on Verizon ) .Let 's look at the competition : Verizon : Best network , by far .
But screws you up the ass , sorry , nickles and dimes you whenever they can.AT&amp;T : OK network if you happen to live in a Top 50 metropolis with Senators that can make your life miserable ( I 'm looking at you , awesome AT&amp;T coverage in the DC to Baltimore corridor .
) Deutsche Mobile , I mean T-Mobile : Seriously ?
I guess if you 're paid to use their shit in NYC or LA or are a typical jackass American and never leave your top 25 metro area.For the record , I switched to a Pre on Sprint after happily having a Razr on Verizon for years .
I love my Pre and I love Sprint .
This from a guy who regularly travels the backroads of the country where AT&amp;T and T-Mobile ( and the iPhone and 3G ) are myths .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sprint, for sure:Almost the coverage of Verizon, but cheaper plans.
World phones available, and great smartphones with WebOS or Android (I've become a huge Pre fan after having tried out a Droid and Droid Eris on Verizon).Let's look at the competition:Verizon:Best network, by far.
But screws you up the ass, sorry, nickles and dimes you whenever they can.AT&amp;T:OK network if you happen to live in a Top 50 metropolis with Senators that can make your life miserable (I'm looking at you, awesome AT&amp;T coverage in the DC to Baltimore corridor.
)Deutsche Mobile, I mean T-Mobile:Seriously?
I guess if you're paid to use their shit in NYC or LA or are a typical jackass American and never leave your top 25 metro area.For the record, I switched to a Pre on Sprint after happily having a Razr on Verizon for years.
I love my Pre and I love Sprint.
This from a guy who regularly travels the backroads of the country where AT&amp;T and T-Mobile (and the iPhone and 3G) are myths.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801028</id>
	<title>Your location may vary...</title>
	<author>LostCluster</author>
	<datestamp>1263721800000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>Where are you headed? The USA is a big place, and not all areas are served equally by the cell phone companies.

If you're in an area where there's good coverage for all carriers, then the question is which network are your friends and family using? Mobile-to-mobile call rates will drop your usage of "anytime" minutes.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Where are you headed ?
The USA is a big place , and not all areas are served equally by the cell phone companies .
If you 're in an area where there 's good coverage for all carriers , then the question is which network are your friends and family using ?
Mobile-to-mobile call rates will drop your usage of " anytime " minutes .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Where are you headed?
The USA is a big place, and not all areas are served equally by the cell phone companies.
If you're in an area where there's good coverage for all carriers, then the question is which network are your friends and family using?
Mobile-to-mobile call rates will drop your usage of "anytime" minutes.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801342</id>
	<title>Re:The statistics repeatedly say</title>
	<author>mysidia</author>
	<datestamp>1263723900000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>
Actually.. I think the best coverage might be WiFi + Skype.  Not any cell provider.
The speed is <b>a heck of a lot better</b>, and you are pretty much guaranteed to be able to find WiFi coverage in almost any coffee shop, even in fairly small cities that have very poor or non-existent 3G coverage from major providers.
</p><p>
Also, the price is less.. usually a $3 cup of coffee you would buy anyways, and no per-kilobyte billing -- you may be able to get it less-expensively also.   At home, you don't have to pay any monthly fee at all  (other than for your internet service and electricity, which you already buy).
</p><p>
When considering the statistics, regarding cell phone providers, the trouble is it's really hard to determine if the reports that provided those statistics were unbiased, or  if funding or influence was received from ATT.
</p><p>
In addition, other providers in their war against ATT, very likely have paid shills whose job is to influence public opinion, by creating an impression their network has the best coverage, instead of ATT.
</p><p>
So it's really hard to determine from a conversation like the comments on this slashdot post.. who <b>really is</b> the best anecdotally.
</p><p>
Are posters' anecdote's real?
</p><p>
Which company has the most customers that visit slashdot?
</p><p>
Which company has the most <b>satisfied</b> (or unsatisfied) customers that visit slashdot?
</p><p>
Are the characteristics of slashdot visitors <b>similar to</b> characteristics of the general population?
For example, are Slashdot users likely to notice problems (or features) that the general population doesn't know about, or doesn't prioritize so much?
</p><p>
Which of the cell providers have the most paid shills in this forum?
</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Actually.. I think the best coverage might be WiFi + Skype .
Not any cell provider .
The speed is a heck of a lot better , and you are pretty much guaranteed to be able to find WiFi coverage in almost any coffee shop , even in fairly small cities that have very poor or non-existent 3G coverage from major providers .
Also , the price is less.. usually a $ 3 cup of coffee you would buy anyways , and no per-kilobyte billing -- you may be able to get it less-expensively also .
At home , you do n't have to pay any monthly fee at all ( other than for your internet service and electricity , which you already buy ) .
When considering the statistics , regarding cell phone providers , the trouble is it 's really hard to determine if the reports that provided those statistics were unbiased , or if funding or influence was received from ATT .
In addition , other providers in their war against ATT , very likely have paid shills whose job is to influence public opinion , by creating an impression their network has the best coverage , instead of ATT .
So it 's really hard to determine from a conversation like the comments on this slashdot post.. who really is the best anecdotally .
Are posters ' anecdote 's real ?
Which company has the most customers that visit slashdot ?
Which company has the most satisfied ( or unsatisfied ) customers that visit slashdot ?
Are the characteristics of slashdot visitors similar to characteristics of the general population ?
For example , are Slashdot users likely to notice problems ( or features ) that the general population does n't know about , or does n't prioritize so much ?
Which of the cell providers have the most paid shills in this forum ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>
Actually.. I think the best coverage might be WiFi + Skype.
Not any cell provider.
The speed is a heck of a lot better, and you are pretty much guaranteed to be able to find WiFi coverage in almost any coffee shop, even in fairly small cities that have very poor or non-existent 3G coverage from major providers.
Also, the price is less.. usually a $3 cup of coffee you would buy anyways, and no per-kilobyte billing -- you may be able to get it less-expensively also.
At home, you don't have to pay any monthly fee at all  (other than for your internet service and electricity, which you already buy).
When considering the statistics, regarding cell phone providers, the trouble is it's really hard to determine if the reports that provided those statistics were unbiased, or  if funding or influence was received from ATT.
In addition, other providers in their war against ATT, very likely have paid shills whose job is to influence public opinion, by creating an impression their network has the best coverage, instead of ATT.
So it's really hard to determine from a conversation like the comments on this slashdot post.. who really is the best anecdotally.
Are posters' anecdote's real?
Which company has the most customers that visit slashdot?
Which company has the most satisfied (or unsatisfied) customers that visit slashdot?
Are the characteristics of slashdot visitors similar to characteristics of the general population?
For example, are Slashdot users likely to notice problems (or features) that the general population doesn't know about, or doesn't prioritize so much?
Which of the cell providers have the most paid shills in this forum?
</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30806192</id>
	<title>I've been happy with AT&amp;T</title>
	<author>EmagGeek</author>
	<datestamp>1263815220000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I have a cheap Samsung slider phone that does tethering on my $15/mo data plan. My bill (with corporate discount) is about $85 for two phones (700 mins + rollover), 200 texts each, and data on one of them. It's expensive, but we're starting to see the beginnings of a price war, so we'll see how that shakes out.</p><p>There are places the service is not so good, but that's true for all carriers.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I have a cheap Samsung slider phone that does tethering on my $ 15/mo data plan .
My bill ( with corporate discount ) is about $ 85 for two phones ( 700 mins + rollover ) , 200 texts each , and data on one of them .
It 's expensive , but we 're starting to see the beginnings of a price war , so we 'll see how that shakes out.There are places the service is not so good , but that 's true for all carriers .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I have a cheap Samsung slider phone that does tethering on my $15/mo data plan.
My bill (with corporate discount) is about $85 for two phones (700 mins + rollover), 200 texts each, and data on one of them.
It's expensive, but we're starting to see the beginnings of a price war, so we'll see how that shakes out.There are places the service is not so good, but that's true for all carriers.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801432</id>
	<title>Re:Verizon has best coverage... but it's verizon.</title>
	<author>fermion</author>
	<datestamp>1263724560000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>Check the coverage maps for where you expect to be.  For the places I normally hang and travel, ATT provides very good coverage, even 3G.  This may or may not be true for others.
<p>
We also have a sprint phone because it provides some options that are useful. I have a cricket data device because they have a very reasonable no contract plan for data.  Speeds are very good but coverage is not.  I can use it in 90\% of the time.
</p><p>
The other issue is that Verizon is not GSM, which makes it incompatible with most of the rest of the world.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Check the coverage maps for where you expect to be .
For the places I normally hang and travel , ATT provides very good coverage , even 3G .
This may or may not be true for others .
We also have a sprint phone because it provides some options that are useful .
I have a cricket data device because they have a very reasonable no contract plan for data .
Speeds are very good but coverage is not .
I can use it in 90 \ % of the time .
The other issue is that Verizon is not GSM , which makes it incompatible with most of the rest of the world .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Check the coverage maps for where you expect to be.
For the places I normally hang and travel, ATT provides very good coverage, even 3G.
This may or may not be true for others.
We also have a sprint phone because it provides some options that are useful.
I have a cricket data device because they have a very reasonable no contract plan for data.
Speeds are very good but coverage is not.
I can use it in 90\% of the time.
The other issue is that Verizon is not GSM, which makes it incompatible with most of the rest of the world.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801118</id>
	<title>Sorry, but...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263722400000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext>...if you're coming back from overseas, you'll find there is no 'best'.
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I've been back and forth for the last decade, and it is always a disappointment coming back into the US and trying to get decent cellphone service. The US is a backwater of customer abuse and services gone wanting.
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When living/working in Japan, South Korea and China, I learned not to discuss one countries offerings versus the US unless I was looking for laughs...
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<br>
I worked for Samsung in SK and for a major domestic telecom in China, so I had ample opportunity to see things from both the corporate and consumer sides.
<br>
These days in the US I carry a cellphone only for emergencies. I don't text, don't use mobile banking, internet, etc. I make maybe one call every month or two, and those are usually from my car where the phone is coupled via Bluetooth to the head unit and everything is hands free. I can't bring myself to accept a locked in contract and the high fees are best spent elsewhere... For me, the whole cell phone experience in the US is a bust.
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Cell phones I brought back from Asia are going on 2 years old now and still have features that were ubiquitous there that aren't yet common here.</htmltext>
<tokenext>...if you 're coming back from overseas , you 'll find there is no 'best' .
I 've been back and forth for the last decade , and it is always a disappointment coming back into the US and trying to get decent cellphone service .
The US is a backwater of customer abuse and services gone wanting .
When living/working in Japan , South Korea and China , I learned not to discuss one countries offerings versus the US unless I was looking for laughs.. . I worked for Samsung in SK and for a major domestic telecom in China , so I had ample opportunity to see things from both the corporate and consumer sides .
These days in the US I carry a cellphone only for emergencies .
I do n't text , do n't use mobile banking , internet , etc .
I make maybe one call every month or two , and those are usually from my car where the phone is coupled via Bluetooth to the head unit and everything is hands free .
I ca n't bring myself to accept a locked in contract and the high fees are best spent elsewhere... For me , the whole cell phone experience in the US is a bust .
Cell phones I brought back from Asia are going on 2 years old now and still have features that were ubiquitous there that are n't yet common here .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>...if you're coming back from overseas, you'll find there is no 'best'.
I've been back and forth for the last decade, and it is always a disappointment coming back into the US and trying to get decent cellphone service.
The US is a backwater of customer abuse and services gone wanting.
When living/working in Japan, South Korea and China, I learned not to discuss one countries offerings versus the US unless I was looking for laughs...


I worked for Samsung in SK and for a major domestic telecom in China, so I had ample opportunity to see things from both the corporate and consumer sides.
These days in the US I carry a cellphone only for emergencies.
I don't text, don't use mobile banking, internet, etc.
I make maybe one call every month or two, and those are usually from my car where the phone is coupled via Bluetooth to the head unit and everything is hands free.
I can't bring myself to accept a locked in contract and the high fees are best spent elsewhere... For me, the whole cell phone experience in the US is a bust.
Cell phones I brought back from Asia are going on 2 years old now and still have features that were ubiquitous there that aren't yet common here.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30804128</id>
	<title>Re:Verizon has best coverage... but it's verizon.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263746100000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>If you've got nothing right now, I'd go Droid on Verizon, pay 40 bucks for the unlimited data and use Google Voice for routing of your calls and LD service.</p></div><p>I don't believe you can do this. The people at the local VZW store and Best Buy's phone center told me I cannot get a Droid without a voice plan. If anyone manages it, PLEASE tell me how.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>If you 've got nothing right now , I 'd go Droid on Verizon , pay 40 bucks for the unlimited data and use Google Voice for routing of your calls and LD service.I do n't believe you can do this .
The people at the local VZW store and Best Buy 's phone center told me I can not get a Droid without a voice plan .
If anyone manages it , PLEASE tell me how .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If you've got nothing right now, I'd go Droid on Verizon, pay 40 bucks for the unlimited data and use Google Voice for routing of your calls and LD service.I don't believe you can do this.
The people at the local VZW store and Best Buy's phone center told me I cannot get a Droid without a voice plan.
If anyone manages it, PLEASE tell me how.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801356</id>
	<title>Sprint</title>
	<author>Psychotic\_Wrath</author>
	<datestamp>1263723960000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Sprint has excellent customer service. Much better than att and t mobile. If you know how to talk to people and be polite, Sprint is by far the best. They are very reliable. It really doesn't matter who has the best service, because they all offer free roaming now so it doesn't really matter. Sprint's customer service is by far the best. I have delt with all of them.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Sprint has excellent customer service .
Much better than att and t mobile .
If you know how to talk to people and be polite , Sprint is by far the best .
They are very reliable .
It really does n't matter who has the best service , because they all offer free roaming now so it does n't really matter .
Sprint 's customer service is by far the best .
I have delt with all of them .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sprint has excellent customer service.
Much better than att and t mobile.
If you know how to talk to people and be polite, Sprint is by far the best.
They are very reliable.
It really doesn't matter who has the best service, because they all offer free roaming now so it doesn't really matter.
Sprint's customer service is by far the best.
I have delt with all of them.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30820658</id>
	<title>Re:T-Mobile, UMA, and $0.10 per minute</title>
	<author>maggard</author>
	<datestamp>1263923160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Y'know T-Mo has been selling non-contact discount plans (no phone subsidy) for months now? Generally at better rates then prepay? $49.99/month unlimited talk, $79.99/month unlimited talk, txt, web.
<p> <a href="http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/cell-phone-plans-detail.aspx?rateplan=Even-More-Plus-Unlimited-Talk-Text-Web" title="t-mobile.com">Even More Plus Unlimited Talk + Text + Web</a> [t-mobile.com].</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Y'know T-Mo has been selling non-contact discount plans ( no phone subsidy ) for months now ?
Generally at better rates then prepay ?
$ 49.99/month unlimited talk , $ 79.99/month unlimited talk , txt , web .
Even More Plus Unlimited Talk + Text + Web [ t-mobile.com ] .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Y'know T-Mo has been selling non-contact discount plans (no phone subsidy) for months now?
Generally at better rates then prepay?
$49.99/month unlimited talk, $79.99/month unlimited talk, txt, web.
Even More Plus Unlimited Talk + Text + Web [t-mobile.com].</sentencetext>
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</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30806520</id>
	<title>DARE!!!</title>
	<author>vvk</author>
	<datestamp>1263819120000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>SWITCH.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>SWITCH .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>SWITCH.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30804276</id>
	<title>Sure thing</title>
	<author>Legion303</author>
	<datestamp>1263747420000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I'll tell you when you tell me what the best console is. Also the best OS, car, pet, and musical genre.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'll tell you when you tell me what the best console is .
Also the best OS , car , pet , and musical genre .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I'll tell you when you tell me what the best console is.
Also the best OS, car, pet, and musical genre.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801456</id>
	<title>Re:Agreed</title>
	<author>EvanED</author>
	<datestamp>1263724680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><i>Great coverage in US. Every city I've been to has had solid coverage. I've only been to fairly large cities though.</i></p><p>And apparently not Madison, WI. State Capitol with, depending on how you count, between a quarter- and half-million people.. and we just really started to get actual, non-roaming coverage here a couple months ago. Even now, only half the city is not in roaming territory.</p><p>Almost everyone's experience, including mine, is strongly biased, but in my experience T-mobile's doesn't hold a candle to AT&amp;T's or Verizon's.</p><p>(This is coming from someone who really wished that we had better T-mobile coverage too, and would switch in an instant if they introduced it.)</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Great coverage in US .
Every city I 've been to has had solid coverage .
I 've only been to fairly large cities though.And apparently not Madison , WI .
State Capitol with , depending on how you count , between a quarter- and half-million people.. and we just really started to get actual , non-roaming coverage here a couple months ago .
Even now , only half the city is not in roaming territory.Almost everyone 's experience , including mine , is strongly biased , but in my experience T-mobile 's does n't hold a candle to AT&amp;T 's or Verizon 's .
( This is coming from someone who really wished that we had better T-mobile coverage too , and would switch in an instant if they introduced it .
)</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Great coverage in US.
Every city I've been to has had solid coverage.
I've only been to fairly large cities though.And apparently not Madison, WI.
State Capitol with, depending on how you count, between a quarter- and half-million people.. and we just really started to get actual, non-roaming coverage here a couple months ago.
Even now, only half the city is not in roaming territory.Almost everyone's experience, including mine, is strongly biased, but in my experience T-mobile's doesn't hold a candle to AT&amp;T's or Verizon's.
(This is coming from someone who really wished that we had better T-mobile coverage too, and would switch in an instant if they introduced it.
)</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30804906</id>
	<title>A little late to the party, but...</title>
	<author>Daetrin</author>
	<datestamp>1263753660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>It doesn't look like anyone has recommended <a href="http://www.billshrink.com/" title="billshrink.com">BillShrink.com</a> [billshrink.com]. You tell them what type of plan you want, if you want to get a new phone or not, where you live and where you work, and it will give you a list of possible phones and/or plans from each provider, along with a rating of how strong each carrier is expected to be in the areas where you'd usually want to use your phone.<br>
<br>
Of course if you want to be really safe you ought to find some coworkers or neighbors with different kinds of phones and see what kind of coverage they get. Combined with the list from BillShrink, all you have to do is decide how to balance how much you want to pay with what kind of coverage you're willing to deal with. (And maybe you'll even get lucky like me and find that the cheapest company (T-Mobile currently) also has the best coverage in your area =)</htmltext>
<tokenext>It does n't look like anyone has recommended BillShrink.com [ billshrink.com ] .
You tell them what type of plan you want , if you want to get a new phone or not , where you live and where you work , and it will give you a list of possible phones and/or plans from each provider , along with a rating of how strong each carrier is expected to be in the areas where you 'd usually want to use your phone .
Of course if you want to be really safe you ought to find some coworkers or neighbors with different kinds of phones and see what kind of coverage they get .
Combined with the list from BillShrink , all you have to do is decide how to balance how much you want to pay with what kind of coverage you 're willing to deal with .
( And maybe you 'll even get lucky like me and find that the cheapest company ( T-Mobile currently ) also has the best coverage in your area = )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It doesn't look like anyone has recommended BillShrink.com [billshrink.com].
You tell them what type of plan you want, if you want to get a new phone or not, where you live and where you work, and it will give you a list of possible phones and/or plans from each provider, along with a rating of how strong each carrier is expected to be in the areas where you'd usually want to use your phone.
Of course if you want to be really safe you ought to find some coworkers or neighbors with different kinds of phones and see what kind of coverage they get.
Combined with the list from BillShrink, all you have to do is decide how to balance how much you want to pay with what kind of coverage you're willing to deal with.
(And maybe you'll even get lucky like me and find that the cheapest company (T-Mobile currently) also has the best coverage in your area =)</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800944</id>
	<title>T-Mobile</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263721320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Unfortunately, I need to use AT&amp;T for the iPhone's 3G.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Unfortunately , I need to use AT&amp;T for the iPhone 's 3G .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Unfortunately, I need to use AT&amp;T for the iPhone's 3G.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802854</id>
	<title>European cell companies are better</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263734520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>When I was stationed in Italy from '99-01, I used Omnitel, and even had a pc-phone cable hookup so that I could get about a 1KByte/sec net connection (slow as molasses, but it worked, hehe). And in Spain, during '02-04, I used Amena. Both carriers offered (only?) decent pay-as-you-go rates, and the credits didn't expire after only 1-3 months, like they usually do here inconus. I remember using my Amena phone with credit on it that was more than 6 months old. Sigh.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>When I was stationed in Italy from '99-01 , I used Omnitel , and even had a pc-phone cable hookup so that I could get about a 1KByte/sec net connection ( slow as molasses , but it worked , hehe ) .
And in Spain , during '02-04 , I used Amena .
Both carriers offered ( only ?
) decent pay-as-you-go rates , and the credits did n't expire after only 1-3 months , like they usually do here inconus .
I remember using my Amena phone with credit on it that was more than 6 months old .
Sigh .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>When I was stationed in Italy from '99-01, I used Omnitel, and even had a pc-phone cable hookup so that I could get about a 1KByte/sec net connection (slow as molasses, but it worked, hehe).
And in Spain, during '02-04, I used Amena.
Both carriers offered (only?
) decent pay-as-you-go rates, and the credits didn't expire after only 1-3 months, like they usually do here inconus.
I remember using my Amena phone with credit on it that was more than 6 months old.
Sigh.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30805232</id>
	<title>VERY interesting new phone now rumoured for Sprint</title>
	<author>Tumbleweed</author>
	<datestamp>1263757800000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Okay, breaking news from Engadget about a very interesting HTC Touch HD2-size phone with Android and AMOLED screen<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... and WiMax?! That's very surprising, but it would be very welcome news. I hope the thing about it only being in white is false, because, DAYUM, that'd be a big mistake. I guess I could always get a black cover for it. The article is here: <a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/121061/saturday-night-live-digital-short-laser-cats-5#s-p1-sr-i2" title="hulu.com">Engadget</a> [hulu.com].</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Okay , breaking news from Engadget about a very interesting HTC Touch HD2-size phone with Android and AMOLED screen ... and WiMax ? !
That 's very surprising , but it would be very welcome news .
I hope the thing about it only being in white is false , because , DAYUM , that 'd be a big mistake .
I guess I could always get a black cover for it .
The article is here : Engadget [ hulu.com ] .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Okay, breaking news from Engadget about a very interesting HTC Touch HD2-size phone with Android and AMOLED screen ... and WiMax?!
That's very surprising, but it would be very welcome news.
I hope the thing about it only being in white is false, because, DAYUM, that'd be a big mistake.
I guess I could always get a black cover for it.
The article is here: Engadget [hulu.com].</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801286</id>
	<title>Re:Related question</title>
	<author>jeffstar</author>
	<datestamp>1263723420000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>i have t-mobile pre-paid. if you do $100 refills the minutes don't expire for a year and you get 1000 minutes for your $100.  texts are 10c I think.</p><p>The 7-eleven speakout was the only sim card I could find in canada that didn't expire your unused minutes every 30 days or require you to add more minutes every month.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>i have t-mobile pre-paid .
if you do $ 100 refills the minutes do n't expire for a year and you get 1000 minutes for your $ 100 .
texts are 10c I think.The 7-eleven speakout was the only sim card I could find in canada that did n't expire your unused minutes every 30 days or require you to add more minutes every month .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>i have t-mobile pre-paid.
if you do $100 refills the minutes don't expire for a year and you get 1000 minutes for your $100.
texts are 10c I think.The 7-eleven speakout was the only sim card I could find in canada that didn't expire your unused minutes every 30 days or require you to add more minutes every month.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803836</id>
	<title>Re:a complex question with no single correct answe</title>
	<author>caller9</author>
	<datestamp>1263743340000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>This guy nailed it.</p><p>As far as buying unlocked phones, I haven't seen a setup where they have a non subsidized billing rate. You get out of the two year contract/early termination but it isn't like they have an unlocked phone rate. You still pay for the handset subsidy whether or not you need it. So yeah if you like giving extra money to the phone company, by all means, buy an unlocked phone and pay their unlimited data plan rate.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>This guy nailed it.As far as buying unlocked phones , I have n't seen a setup where they have a non subsidized billing rate .
You get out of the two year contract/early termination but it is n't like they have an unlocked phone rate .
You still pay for the handset subsidy whether or not you need it .
So yeah if you like giving extra money to the phone company , by all means , buy an unlocked phone and pay their unlimited data plan rate .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>This guy nailed it.As far as buying unlocked phones, I haven't seen a setup where they have a non subsidized billing rate.
You get out of the two year contract/early termination but it isn't like they have an unlocked phone rate.
You still pay for the handset subsidy whether or not you need it.
So yeah if you like giving extra money to the phone company, by all means, buy an unlocked phone and pay their unlimited data plan rate.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801802</id>
	<title>Easy</title>
	<author>gyrogeerloose</author>
	<datestamp>1263726840000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The company that offers <a href="http://www.thinkersblog.net/2009/07/history-of-cell-phones/cell-1-3/" title="thinkersblog.net">this phone.</a> [thinkersblog.net]</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The company that offers this phone .
[ thinkersblog.net ]</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The company that offers this phone.
[thinkersblog.net]</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30804558</id>
	<title>Yet more anecdotal evidence...</title>
	<author>jknapka</author>
	<datestamp>1263750000000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>...as if there's any other kind.
<p>
I use Sprint, and I've never had any problems with service or coverage, except that where I live the only available data service is EVDO. But I can live with that, since I use my DSL most of the time anyway. I do a significant amount of travel to various US cities, and my phone always works.
</p><p>
A few weeks ago I went into a local Sprint store to get a phone for my mom. I explained that I already had six lines on my "Family Everything" plan, which technically isn't allowed (s'posed to be 5 max), but I was grandfathered in from an older plan and had been a Sprint customer for like nine years. I explained that even though I was already over the line limit, I wanted to add mom's new phone as a NEW LINE to my EXISTING 3000-MINUTE PLAN.  "No problem", said the sales droid.  "Cool!" thinks I.
</p><p>
One month later I get my Sprint bill, and it's $250 higher than the previous month.  WTF?????  Turns out, they added a totally new account for the new phone and gave it a shitty 200-minute pool.  And mom -- whose idea of high-tech is a toaster oven with a timer and was practically peeing her pants in fear when I presented her with the phone -- had apparently overcome her reservations and burned up the freakin' airwaves to the tune of 800 minutes.
</p><p>
So I called Sprint "Customer Care" and explained the situation.  AMAZINGLY, the service person promptly moved mom's phone into my Everything plan, and told me she'd submit a refund request for $220.  "Great!" I said. The other $30 was what I'd been expecting to pay for the new line anyway.
</p><p>
Next day, I get a call from a different layer of the Sprint customer service hierarchy. "Sorry," she says, "We can't process your refund because your plan is invalid -- you have seven lines on a 5-line plan, and the computer just won't let us issue refunds for invalid plans."  I was welcome to keep my seven lines, she said, but, oh dear poor us, our computers just won't (sniffle) allow us (sob) to audit your account for a refund.
</p><p>
"That is the stupidest goddamn thing I've ever heard," says I.  "The provisioning system will allow low-level service-trons to configure plans that the accounting system can't audit? C'mon, pull the other one."  But she was immovable on this point.  And I immediately made plans to switch providers as soon as I'd got my soul out of hock from the three recent phone upgrades I'd done.
</p><p>
One month later, I get my Sprint bill, and lo and behold, there's a mysterious $219 credit.
</p><p>
So now I am happy... but I'm not sure why.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>...as if there 's any other kind .
I use Sprint , and I 've never had any problems with service or coverage , except that where I live the only available data service is EVDO .
But I can live with that , since I use my DSL most of the time anyway .
I do a significant amount of travel to various US cities , and my phone always works .
A few weeks ago I went into a local Sprint store to get a phone for my mom .
I explained that I already had six lines on my " Family Everything " plan , which technically is n't allowed ( s'posed to be 5 max ) , but I was grandfathered in from an older plan and had been a Sprint customer for like nine years .
I explained that even though I was already over the line limit , I wanted to add mom 's new phone as a NEW LINE to my EXISTING 3000-MINUTE PLAN .
" No problem " , said the sales droid .
" Cool ! " thinks I . One month later I get my Sprint bill , and it 's $ 250 higher than the previous month .
WTF ? ? ? ? ? Turns out , they added a totally new account for the new phone and gave it a shitty 200-minute pool .
And mom -- whose idea of high-tech is a toaster oven with a timer and was practically peeing her pants in fear when I presented her with the phone -- had apparently overcome her reservations and burned up the freakin ' airwaves to the tune of 800 minutes .
So I called Sprint " Customer Care " and explained the situation .
AMAZINGLY , the service person promptly moved mom 's phone into my Everything plan , and told me she 'd submit a refund request for $ 220 .
" Great ! " I said .
The other $ 30 was what I 'd been expecting to pay for the new line anyway .
Next day , I get a call from a different layer of the Sprint customer service hierarchy .
" Sorry , " she says , " We ca n't process your refund because your plan is invalid -- you have seven lines on a 5-line plan , and the computer just wo n't let us issue refunds for invalid plans .
" I was welcome to keep my seven lines , she said , but , oh dear poor us , our computers just wo n't ( sniffle ) allow us ( sob ) to audit your account for a refund .
" That is the stupidest goddamn thing I 've ever heard , " says I .
" The provisioning system will allow low-level service-trons to configure plans that the accounting system ca n't audit ?
C'mon , pull the other one .
" But she was immovable on this point .
And I immediately made plans to switch providers as soon as I 'd got my soul out of hock from the three recent phone upgrades I 'd done .
One month later , I get my Sprint bill , and lo and behold , there 's a mysterious $ 219 credit .
So now I am happy... but I 'm not sure why .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>...as if there's any other kind.
I use Sprint, and I've never had any problems with service or coverage, except that where I live the only available data service is EVDO.
But I can live with that, since I use my DSL most of the time anyway.
I do a significant amount of travel to various US cities, and my phone always works.
A few weeks ago I went into a local Sprint store to get a phone for my mom.
I explained that I already had six lines on my "Family Everything" plan, which technically isn't allowed (s'posed to be 5 max), but I was grandfathered in from an older plan and had been a Sprint customer for like nine years.
I explained that even though I was already over the line limit, I wanted to add mom's new phone as a NEW LINE to my EXISTING 3000-MINUTE PLAN.
"No problem", said the sales droid.
"Cool!" thinks I.

One month later I get my Sprint bill, and it's $250 higher than the previous month.
WTF?????  Turns out, they added a totally new account for the new phone and gave it a shitty 200-minute pool.
And mom -- whose idea of high-tech is a toaster oven with a timer and was practically peeing her pants in fear when I presented her with the phone -- had apparently overcome her reservations and burned up the freakin' airwaves to the tune of 800 minutes.
So I called Sprint "Customer Care" and explained the situation.
AMAZINGLY, the service person promptly moved mom's phone into my Everything plan, and told me she'd submit a refund request for $220.
"Great!" I said.
The other $30 was what I'd been expecting to pay for the new line anyway.
Next day, I get a call from a different layer of the Sprint customer service hierarchy.
"Sorry," she says, "We can't process your refund because your plan is invalid -- you have seven lines on a 5-line plan, and the computer just won't let us issue refunds for invalid plans.
"  I was welcome to keep my seven lines, she said, but, oh dear poor us, our computers just won't (sniffle) allow us (sob) to audit your account for a refund.
"That is the stupidest goddamn thing I've ever heard," says I.
"The provisioning system will allow low-level service-trons to configure plans that the accounting system can't audit?
C'mon, pull the other one.
"  But she was immovable on this point.
And I immediately made plans to switch providers as soon as I'd got my soul out of hock from the three recent phone upgrades I'd done.
One month later, I get my Sprint bill, and lo and behold, there's a mysterious $219 credit.
So now I am happy... but I'm not sure why.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802422</id>
	<title>Re:Agreed</title>
	<author>fm6</author>
	<datestamp>1263731160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>auto-notification when you near your minutes limit</p></div><p>I refuse to give my business to socialists!</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>auto-notification when you near your minutes limitI refuse to give my business to socialists !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>auto-notification when you near your minutes limitI refuse to give my business to socialists!
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30805084</id>
	<title>Verizon but they charge...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263756000000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>     Who is best?  Verizon, they have the most 3G coverage (if you go on a road trip you'll REALLY notice having EVDO almost everywhere even on some highway), have pretty good speeds, and are reliable.  I have service with them.</p><p>
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; But they charge A LOT for it.  If you had Sprint before, and they had coverage where you need it, it's not like they've lost any coverage;  they have 3G over their footprint, have some 4G (Wimax), and roam on Verizon outside their footprint.  And they are MUCH cheaper than either Verizon or AT&amp;T.  What I'm saying is Verizon is "the best" but if you get sticker shock and Sprint was good for you go back to Sprint.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Who is best ?
Verizon , they have the most 3G coverage ( if you go on a road trip you 'll REALLY notice having EVDO almost everywhere even on some highway ) , have pretty good speeds , and are reliable .
I have service with them .
          But they charge A LOT for it .
If you had Sprint before , and they had coverage where you need it , it 's not like they 've lost any coverage ; they have 3G over their footprint , have some 4G ( Wimax ) , and roam on Verizon outside their footprint .
And they are MUCH cheaper than either Verizon or AT&amp;T .
What I 'm saying is Verizon is " the best " but if you get sticker shock and Sprint was good for you go back to Sprint .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>     Who is best?
Verizon, they have the most 3G coverage (if you go on a road trip you'll REALLY notice having EVDO almost everywhere even on some highway), have pretty good speeds, and are reliable.
I have service with them.
          But they charge A LOT for it.
If you had Sprint before, and they had coverage where you need it, it's not like they've lost any coverage;  they have 3G over their footprint, have some 4G (Wimax), and roam on Verizon outside their footprint.
And they are MUCH cheaper than either Verizon or AT&amp;T.
What I'm saying is Verizon is "the best" but if you get sticker shock and Sprint was good for you go back to Sprint.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801032</id>
	<title>T-Mobile, UMA, and $0.10 per minute</title>
	<author>mosel-saar-ruwer</author>
	<datestamp>1263721800000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext>Once you have used T-Mobile and UMA at $0.10 per minute, you will NEVER go back to standard plans.
<br><br>
UMA is basically "GSM over IP over 802.11g", and it allows you to make GSM cellphone calls [billed at a standard $0.10 per minute] from any publically accessible WiFi hotspot.
<br><br>
I'd buy <a href="http://www.umatoday.com/mobileHandsets.php" title="umatoday.com">an older UMA phone</a> [umatoday.com] off of eBay, and purchase <a href="http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/prepaid-plans.aspx" title="t-mobile.com">a $50 [$0.125] or $100 [$0.10] prepaid plan</a> [t-mobile.com] from T-Mobile, and say goodbye to monthly fees forever.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Once you have used T-Mobile and UMA at $ 0.10 per minute , you will NEVER go back to standard plans .
UMA is basically " GSM over IP over 802.11g " , and it allows you to make GSM cellphone calls [ billed at a standard $ 0.10 per minute ] from any publically accessible WiFi hotspot .
I 'd buy an older UMA phone [ umatoday.com ] off of eBay , and purchase a $ 50 [ $ 0.125 ] or $ 100 [ $ 0.10 ] prepaid plan [ t-mobile.com ] from T-Mobile , and say goodbye to monthly fees forever .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Once you have used T-Mobile and UMA at $0.10 per minute, you will NEVER go back to standard plans.
UMA is basically "GSM over IP over 802.11g", and it allows you to make GSM cellphone calls [billed at a standard $0.10 per minute] from any publically accessible WiFi hotspot.
I'd buy an older UMA phone [umatoday.com] off of eBay, and purchase a $50 [$0.125] or $100 [$0.10] prepaid plan [t-mobile.com] from T-Mobile, and say goodbye to monthly fees forever.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801964</id>
	<title>Re:T-Mobile</title>
	<author>GenJones</author>
	<datestamp>1263727860000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>If you're in a major metro area, T-Mobile is by far the best and cheapest. They also let you tether with all their smartphones without an additional tethering charge. If you're in the boonies, it seems Verizon is the only way to go.</p></div><p>I work on ecological research across rural areas of the Southeast.   AT&amp;T coverage is non-existent in many rural areas.  Verizon is has much better coverage in the areas where I work.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>If you 're in a major metro area , T-Mobile is by far the best and cheapest .
They also let you tether with all their smartphones without an additional tethering charge .
If you 're in the boonies , it seems Verizon is the only way to go.I work on ecological research across rural areas of the Southeast .
AT&amp;T coverage is non-existent in many rural areas .
Verizon is has much better coverage in the areas where I work .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If you're in a major metro area, T-Mobile is by far the best and cheapest.
They also let you tether with all their smartphones without an additional tethering charge.
If you're in the boonies, it seems Verizon is the only way to go.I work on ecological research across rural areas of the Southeast.
AT&amp;T coverage is non-existent in many rural areas.
Verizon is has much better coverage in the areas where I work.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803434</id>
	<title>Straight Talk is the best deal</title>
	<author>Ms Practicality</author>
	<datestamp>1263739560000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>If you want unlimited everything including web, get Straight Talk. It's only $45 a month and it's at Walmart everywhere. It runs on the Verizon network so the reception is good.</htmltext>
<tokenext>If you want unlimited everything including web , get Straight Talk .
It 's only $ 45 a month and it 's at Walmart everywhere .
It runs on the Verizon network so the reception is good .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If you want unlimited everything including web, get Straight Talk.
It's only $45 a month and it's at Walmart everywhere.
It runs on the Verizon network so the reception is good.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801552</id>
	<title>Re:T-Mobile, UMA, and $0.10 per minute</title>
	<author>Cerlyn</author>
	<datestamp>1263725340000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>A slightly clarification here:
</p><p>UMA service with T-mobile is basically a way to use 802.11 access points as an alternative "cell phone tower" with T-mobile.   Nothing stops you from using a UMA-capable phone with standard GSM cell phone towers (unless you tell the phone not to).
</p><p>In general, T-mobile bills UMA calls *the same* as calls started on the cell phone network.   So if you have a post-paid plan, UMA usage typically comes out of your normal minute bucket(s); if you are using a $0.10/minute pre-paid plan, you pay $0.10/minute (as the previous poster mentioned).
</p><p>There are NO additional fees required for UMA calling versus GSM calling.   Turning on 802.11 support might reduce your phone's battery life between charges though.
</p><p>That said, there used to be some add-on plans which allowed unlimited UMA-initiated calls for a flat rate.   But these no longer seem to be offered.  In general, the future of T-Mobile's UMA service is unknown, as it is primarily Blackberry phones that tend to support it.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>A slightly clarification here : UMA service with T-mobile is basically a way to use 802.11 access points as an alternative " cell phone tower " with T-mobile .
Nothing stops you from using a UMA-capable phone with standard GSM cell phone towers ( unless you tell the phone not to ) .
In general , T-mobile bills UMA calls * the same * as calls started on the cell phone network .
So if you have a post-paid plan , UMA usage typically comes out of your normal minute bucket ( s ) ; if you are using a $ 0.10/minute pre-paid plan , you pay $ 0.10/minute ( as the previous poster mentioned ) .
There are NO additional fees required for UMA calling versus GSM calling .
Turning on 802.11 support might reduce your phone 's battery life between charges though .
That said , there used to be some add-on plans which allowed unlimited UMA-initiated calls for a flat rate .
But these no longer seem to be offered .
In general , the future of T-Mobile 's UMA service is unknown , as it is primarily Blackberry phones that tend to support it .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>A slightly clarification here:
UMA service with T-mobile is basically a way to use 802.11 access points as an alternative "cell phone tower" with T-mobile.
Nothing stops you from using a UMA-capable phone with standard GSM cell phone towers (unless you tell the phone not to).
In general, T-mobile bills UMA calls *the same* as calls started on the cell phone network.
So if you have a post-paid plan, UMA usage typically comes out of your normal minute bucket(s); if you are using a $0.10/minute pre-paid plan, you pay $0.10/minute (as the previous poster mentioned).
There are NO additional fees required for UMA calling versus GSM calling.
Turning on 802.11 support might reduce your phone's battery life between charges though.
That said, there used to be some add-on plans which allowed unlimited UMA-initiated calls for a flat rate.
But these no longer seem to be offered.
In general, the future of T-Mobile's UMA service is unknown, as it is primarily Blackberry phones that tend to support it.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801032</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803294</id>
	<title>Re:a complex question with no single correct answe</title>
	<author>Scooby Snacks</author>
	<datestamp>1263738240000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I would propose that he consider the difference in price between buying a phone outright and buying it on a contract, and compare that to the cancellation fee, and see if the cancellation fee is pro-rated.  It could very well be cheaper to have them subsidize your phone and pay the cancellation fee in a year than to buy it outright.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I would propose that he consider the difference in price between buying a phone outright and buying it on a contract , and compare that to the cancellation fee , and see if the cancellation fee is pro-rated .
It could very well be cheaper to have them subsidize your phone and pay the cancellation fee in a year than to buy it outright .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I would propose that he consider the difference in price between buying a phone outright and buying it on a contract, and compare that to the cancellation fee, and see if the cancellation fee is pro-rated.
It could very well be cheaper to have them subsidize your phone and pay the cancellation fee in a year than to buy it outright.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801304</id>
	<title>Re:slashdot poll?</title>
	<author>fm6</author>
	<datestamp>1263723540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I don't think anybody's really interested in getting their phone service from CowboyNeal!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I do n't think anybody 's really interested in getting their phone service from CowboyNeal !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I don't think anybody's really interested in getting their phone service from CowboyNeal!</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803280</id>
	<title>Re:N900 or Moto Droid or Nexus One</title>
	<author>RasputinAXP</author>
	<datestamp>1263738180000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>In response to point 2, Cricket is not a reseller; they run their own network, as does MetroPCS. You're thinking of MVNOs like Virgin Mobile, Boost and Jitterbug.</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:US\_mobile\_network\_operators" title="wikipedia.org">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:US\_mobile\_network\_operators</a> [wikipedia.org] is a nice little chart.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>In response to point 2 , Cricket is not a reseller ; they run their own network , as does MetroPCS .
You 're thinking of MVNOs like Virgin Mobile , Boost and Jitterbug.http : //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template : US \ _mobile \ _network \ _operators [ wikipedia.org ] is a nice little chart .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>In response to point 2, Cricket is not a reseller; they run their own network, as does MetroPCS.
You're thinking of MVNOs like Virgin Mobile, Boost and Jitterbug.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:US\_mobile\_network\_operators [wikipedia.org] is a nice little chart.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801056</id>
	<title>Wrong payment type</title>
	<author>GaryOlson</author>
	<datestamp>1263721920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><nobr> <wbr></nobr></p><div class="quote"><p>... before I give my first born up when I sign a service contract?</p></div><p>You are not ready for the US American cell phone companies. Packets are transported by the souls of the damned who sign service contracts. Your firstborn is not payment enough; you must provide the souls of all your friends and family.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>... before I give my first born up when I sign a service contract ? You are not ready for the US American cell phone companies .
Packets are transported by the souls of the damned who sign service contracts .
Your firstborn is not payment enough ; you must provide the souls of all your friends and family .</tokentext>
<sentencetext> ... before I give my first born up when I sign a service contract?You are not ready for the US American cell phone companies.
Packets are transported by the souls of the damned who sign service contracts.
Your firstborn is not payment enough; you must provide the souls of all your friends and family.
	</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801396</id>
	<title>Re:Related question</title>
	<author>hldn</author>
	<datestamp>1263724260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>i use <a href="http://www.pagepluscellular.com/" title="pagepluscellular.com" rel="nofollow">page plus</a> [pagepluscellular.com].  the service and prices are great, but i hear customer service is lacking.  i've never had a need to contact them though, so i wouldn't be able to comment on that.  per minute price varies from $0.06 to $0.10 depending on how many minutes you purchase.  balance expires after 120 days but will rollover if you add more before the expiration date.  i don't use data transfer, so i can't comment on the specific costs of that.  they provide service over the verizon network and you can activate pretty much any verizon phone on their service.  obviously your sim card requirement isn't met here though.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>i use page plus [ pagepluscellular.com ] .
the service and prices are great , but i hear customer service is lacking .
i 've never had a need to contact them though , so i would n't be able to comment on that .
per minute price varies from $ 0.06 to $ 0.10 depending on how many minutes you purchase .
balance expires after 120 days but will rollover if you add more before the expiration date .
i do n't use data transfer , so i ca n't comment on the specific costs of that .
they provide service over the verizon network and you can activate pretty much any verizon phone on their service .
obviously your sim card requirement is n't met here though .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>i use page plus [pagepluscellular.com].
the service and prices are great, but i hear customer service is lacking.
i've never had a need to contact them though, so i wouldn't be able to comment on that.
per minute price varies from $0.06 to $0.10 depending on how many minutes you purchase.
balance expires after 120 days but will rollover if you add more before the expiration date.
i don't use data transfer, so i can't comment on the specific costs of that.
they provide service over the verizon network and you can activate pretty much any verizon phone on their service.
obviously your sim card requirement isn't met here though.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30811636</id>
	<title>The best?</title>
	<author>nurb432</author>
	<datestamp>1263848040000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Don't you mean ' which one sucks the least ' ?</p><p>I'm not in to government intervention, but i do think the cell market is one place we need some regulation of some sorts.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Do n't you mean ' which one sucks the least ' ? I 'm not in to government intervention , but i do think the cell market is one place we need some regulation of some sorts .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Don't you mean ' which one sucks the least ' ?I'm not in to government intervention, but i do think the cell market is one place we need some regulation of some sorts.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30804636</id>
	<title>Not AT&amp;T.  Maybe Verizon.  Central Indiana</title>
	<author>jrbuilta</author>
	<datestamp>1263750780000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I do not know which is best, but AT&amp;T sucks.  I am in Anderson, IN, and in these parts I lose calls all the time, and never have 3G service available.  I have several friends and work associates, in this area who use Verizon and are generally satisfied.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I do not know which is best , but AT&amp;T sucks .
I am in Anderson , IN , and in these parts I lose calls all the time , and never have 3G service available .
I have several friends and work associates , in this area who use Verizon and are generally satisfied .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I do not know which is best, but AT&amp;T sucks.
I am in Anderson, IN, and in these parts I lose calls all the time, and never have 3G service available.
I have several friends and work associates, in this area who use Verizon and are generally satisfied.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800962</id>
	<title>And now</title>
	<author>Dunbal</author>
	<datestamp>1263721440000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>For a list of entirely subjective replies.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>For a list of entirely subjective replies .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>For a list of entirely subjective replies.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801142</id>
	<title>a complex question with no single correct answer</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263722520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>"It's complicated."</p><p>Signal quality and coverage depend on multiple things - the carrier's infrastructure vs your (common) locations, and your phone. Verizon's coverage, say, in one city,  can be completely different than in another city. There is also the difference between voice quality and data, and then there's data SPEEDS to consider. You also want to look at future upgrades. Verizon will be the first one going to LTE (the next big jump in data connection speeds), though Sprint has already rolled out WiMax in some cities (a competing 4th gen spec), noone is likely to be coming out with any WiMax smartphones until the second half of the year, by which time, Verizon will be on the verge of their LTE rollout. You can get WiMax cards for your laptop now, though, if you just can't wait.</p><p>There's also the issues of phone selection and plan pricing to consider, and whether you're going contract-free or not. We're in a period of transition this year on more than one front - the impending switch to LTE in the second half of the year, and the decimation of Windows Mobile-based phones by Android-based phones, oh, and the now 'superphone' type phones - ones with 1ghz-class processors and WVGA screens (like the Nexus one and HTC Bravo).</p><p>So, I guess I would start by thinking about finances. Can you afford to outright buy a phone? If you can, I'd suggest that so you can go contract-free and increase your choices for switching in a year if you need to based on how the industry shakes out this year. The beginning of 2011 is going to look VERY different from what it looks like now. Android will be matured, LTE will be available in most major cities by Verizon at the very least, Sprint's WiMax infrastructure will possibly be starting to switch over to LTE if it is, indeed, as simple as upgrading network tower software, and we'll see how mature Android is, how much Microsoft bribes the cellphone companies to put out WinMo 7-based phones, and whether the iPhone finally upgrades to 'superphone' status and becomes available on networks other than AT&amp;T.</p><p>If you can't afford to outright buy your phone, then go with Verizon or Sprint for the 3G coverage (for now), assuming 3G is a big concern. Verizon vs Sprint is a matter of network quality/phone selection vs price. Verizon (currently) has the better phone selection and network quality over Sprint, but Sprint has those Simply Everything plans (I'm on the Simply Everything 450). Verizon is officially going to be carrying the Google Nexus One phone later this year. Sprint was completely silent during CES on what phones it's going to be carrying. If they get the HTC Bravo (the hardware that is essentially the Nexus One), I may stay with Sprint, especially if it has the Sense UI on it, which the Nexus One does not. Verizon seems to have made the biggest official commitment to the Android platform of any of the major US carriers. I just wish they'd match prices with Sprint. If I could get an HTC Bravo on Verizon at Sprint's prices, I wouldn't hesitate to sign a two-year contract.</p><p>I wouldn't consider AT&amp;T or T-Mobile because of their 3G coverage and network reliability issues at this time, but those AREN'T issues for many people in many locations. You'll want to find out from people where you live what those networks are like there.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>" It 's complicated .
" Signal quality and coverage depend on multiple things - the carrier 's infrastructure vs your ( common ) locations , and your phone .
Verizon 's coverage , say , in one city , can be completely different than in another city .
There is also the difference between voice quality and data , and then there 's data SPEEDS to consider .
You also want to look at future upgrades .
Verizon will be the first one going to LTE ( the next big jump in data connection speeds ) , though Sprint has already rolled out WiMax in some cities ( a competing 4th gen spec ) , noone is likely to be coming out with any WiMax smartphones until the second half of the year , by which time , Verizon will be on the verge of their LTE rollout .
You can get WiMax cards for your laptop now , though , if you just ca n't wait.There 's also the issues of phone selection and plan pricing to consider , and whether you 're going contract-free or not .
We 're in a period of transition this year on more than one front - the impending switch to LTE in the second half of the year , and the decimation of Windows Mobile-based phones by Android-based phones , oh , and the now 'superphone ' type phones - ones with 1ghz-class processors and WVGA screens ( like the Nexus one and HTC Bravo ) .So , I guess I would start by thinking about finances .
Can you afford to outright buy a phone ?
If you can , I 'd suggest that so you can go contract-free and increase your choices for switching in a year if you need to based on how the industry shakes out this year .
The beginning of 2011 is going to look VERY different from what it looks like now .
Android will be matured , LTE will be available in most major cities by Verizon at the very least , Sprint 's WiMax infrastructure will possibly be starting to switch over to LTE if it is , indeed , as simple as upgrading network tower software , and we 'll see how mature Android is , how much Microsoft bribes the cellphone companies to put out WinMo 7-based phones , and whether the iPhone finally upgrades to 'superphone ' status and becomes available on networks other than AT&amp;T.If you ca n't afford to outright buy your phone , then go with Verizon or Sprint for the 3G coverage ( for now ) , assuming 3G is a big concern .
Verizon vs Sprint is a matter of network quality/phone selection vs price .
Verizon ( currently ) has the better phone selection and network quality over Sprint , but Sprint has those Simply Everything plans ( I 'm on the Simply Everything 450 ) .
Verizon is officially going to be carrying the Google Nexus One phone later this year .
Sprint was completely silent during CES on what phones it 's going to be carrying .
If they get the HTC Bravo ( the hardware that is essentially the Nexus One ) , I may stay with Sprint , especially if it has the Sense UI on it , which the Nexus One does not .
Verizon seems to have made the biggest official commitment to the Android platform of any of the major US carriers .
I just wish they 'd match prices with Sprint .
If I could get an HTC Bravo on Verizon at Sprint 's prices , I would n't hesitate to sign a two-year contract.I would n't consider AT&amp;T or T-Mobile because of their 3G coverage and network reliability issues at this time , but those ARE N'T issues for many people in many locations .
You 'll want to find out from people where you live what those networks are like there .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>"It's complicated.
"Signal quality and coverage depend on multiple things - the carrier's infrastructure vs your (common) locations, and your phone.
Verizon's coverage, say, in one city,  can be completely different than in another city.
There is also the difference between voice quality and data, and then there's data SPEEDS to consider.
You also want to look at future upgrades.
Verizon will be the first one going to LTE (the next big jump in data connection speeds), though Sprint has already rolled out WiMax in some cities (a competing 4th gen spec), noone is likely to be coming out with any WiMax smartphones until the second half of the year, by which time, Verizon will be on the verge of their LTE rollout.
You can get WiMax cards for your laptop now, though, if you just can't wait.There's also the issues of phone selection and plan pricing to consider, and whether you're going contract-free or not.
We're in a period of transition this year on more than one front - the impending switch to LTE in the second half of the year, and the decimation of Windows Mobile-based phones by Android-based phones, oh, and the now 'superphone' type phones - ones with 1ghz-class processors and WVGA screens (like the Nexus one and HTC Bravo).So, I guess I would start by thinking about finances.
Can you afford to outright buy a phone?
If you can, I'd suggest that so you can go contract-free and increase your choices for switching in a year if you need to based on how the industry shakes out this year.
The beginning of 2011 is going to look VERY different from what it looks like now.
Android will be matured, LTE will be available in most major cities by Verizon at the very least, Sprint's WiMax infrastructure will possibly be starting to switch over to LTE if it is, indeed, as simple as upgrading network tower software, and we'll see how mature Android is, how much Microsoft bribes the cellphone companies to put out WinMo 7-based phones, and whether the iPhone finally upgrades to 'superphone' status and becomes available on networks other than AT&amp;T.If you can't afford to outright buy your phone, then go with Verizon or Sprint for the 3G coverage (for now), assuming 3G is a big concern.
Verizon vs Sprint is a matter of network quality/phone selection vs price.
Verizon (currently) has the better phone selection and network quality over Sprint, but Sprint has those Simply Everything plans (I'm on the Simply Everything 450).
Verizon is officially going to be carrying the Google Nexus One phone later this year.
Sprint was completely silent during CES on what phones it's going to be carrying.
If they get the HTC Bravo (the hardware that is essentially the Nexus One), I may stay with Sprint, especially if it has the Sense UI on it, which the Nexus One does not.
Verizon seems to have made the biggest official commitment to the Android platform of any of the major US carriers.
I just wish they'd match prices with Sprint.
If I could get an HTC Bravo on Verizon at Sprint's prices, I wouldn't hesitate to sign a two-year contract.I wouldn't consider AT&amp;T or T-Mobile because of their 3G coverage and network reliability issues at this time, but those AREN'T issues for many people in many locations.
You'll want to find out from people where you live what those networks are like there.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30824450</id>
	<title>I've used all of the big 4, plus MetroPCS</title>
	<author>johnkzin</author>
	<datestamp>1263895380000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>By far, the best of the bunch (reliability, customer service, and price) has been T-Mobile.</p><p>MetroPCS is good if you live in one of their areas, don't mind the handset selection, and don't travel much.  Otherwise, T-Mobile is the best.  By far.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>By far , the best of the bunch ( reliability , customer service , and price ) has been T-Mobile.MetroPCS is good if you live in one of their areas , do n't mind the handset selection , and do n't travel much .
Otherwise , T-Mobile is the best .
By far .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>By far, the best of the bunch (reliability, customer service, and price) has been T-Mobile.MetroPCS is good if you live in one of their areas, don't mind the handset selection, and don't travel much.
Otherwise, T-Mobile is the best.
By far.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30804488</id>
	<title>Two Options</title>
	<author>El Royo</author>
	<datestamp>1263749220000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Sprint still has well-priced plans, being the cheapest of the AT&amp;T, Verizon, Sprint triumvirate.  Given that, AT&amp;T and Verizon just dropped their prices.  I'd go with a Palm Pre on Sprint and just homebrew a tethering app.  If you want another option, Verizon will have Palm Pre Plus which includes built-in MiFi hotspot software (plan of undisclosed price still, I think) for up to five devices.  With Verizon's new prices and possibly a buy-one-get-a-Pixi-Plus-Free, the MiFi and their coverage that's a pretty tough combo to beat.  Again, it's all subjective.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Sprint still has well-priced plans , being the cheapest of the AT&amp;T , Verizon , Sprint triumvirate .
Given that , AT&amp;T and Verizon just dropped their prices .
I 'd go with a Palm Pre on Sprint and just homebrew a tethering app .
If you want another option , Verizon will have Palm Pre Plus which includes built-in MiFi hotspot software ( plan of undisclosed price still , I think ) for up to five devices .
With Verizon 's new prices and possibly a buy-one-get-a-Pixi-Plus-Free , the MiFi and their coverage that 's a pretty tough combo to beat .
Again , it 's all subjective .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sprint still has well-priced plans, being the cheapest of the AT&amp;T, Verizon, Sprint triumvirate.
Given that, AT&amp;T and Verizon just dropped their prices.
I'd go with a Palm Pre on Sprint and just homebrew a tethering app.
If you want another option, Verizon will have Palm Pre Plus which includes built-in MiFi hotspot software (plan of undisclosed price still, I think) for up to five devices.
With Verizon's new prices and possibly a buy-one-get-a-Pixi-Plus-Free, the MiFi and their coverage that's a pretty tough combo to beat.
Again, it's all subjective.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803050</id>
	<title>Re:Agreed</title>
	<author>sznupi</author>
	<datestamp>1263736320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>BTW, slightly weird how T-mobile/Deutsche Telekom promotes Android all the while Germans are a bit cautious of Google lately, sometimes...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>BTW , slightly weird how T-mobile/Deutsche Telekom promotes Android all the while Germans are a bit cautious of Google lately , sometimes.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>BTW, slightly weird how T-mobile/Deutsche Telekom promotes Android all the while Germans are a bit cautious of Google lately, sometimes...</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801290</id>
	<title>Agreed</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263723420000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I've been w/T-Mobile since they started in the US.  Here's why I like them:</p><p>*  Avid supporter of Android.  First one to introduce the G1, and now the first partner w/the Nexus One.<br>*  Support advanced android features like visual voice mail for free and auto-notification when you near your minutes limit<br>*  Reasonably priced, as cell phone companies go.<br>*  Customer service has been shockingly fast/friendly whenever I've needed them (which admittedly, hasn't been often)<br>*  Great coverage in US.  Every city I've been to has had solid coverage.  I've only been to fairly large cities though.<br>*  After 3 months of service, they give you unlock codes for your phone.<br>*  GSM network so most phones can be used overseas-- successfully used my US G1 in US, Mexico, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, etc.  T-Mobile's parent company is Deutsche Telekom.<br>*  They are not AT&amp;T.<br>*  As far as I know, they did not spy on Americans when Bush asked them to.</p><p>And no, I don't work for them.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I 've been w/T-Mobile since they started in the US .
Here 's why I like them : * Avid supporter of Android .
First one to introduce the G1 , and now the first partner w/the Nexus One .
* Support advanced android features like visual voice mail for free and auto-notification when you near your minutes limit * Reasonably priced , as cell phone companies go .
* Customer service has been shockingly fast/friendly whenever I 've needed them ( which admittedly , has n't been often ) * Great coverage in US .
Every city I 've been to has had solid coverage .
I 've only been to fairly large cities though .
* After 3 months of service , they give you unlock codes for your phone .
* GSM network so most phones can be used overseas-- successfully used my US G1 in US , Mexico , Canada , Italy , Switzerland , etc .
T-Mobile 's parent company is Deutsche Telekom .
* They are not AT&amp;T .
* As far as I know , they did not spy on Americans when Bush asked them to.And no , I do n't work for them .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I've been w/T-Mobile since they started in the US.
Here's why I like them:*  Avid supporter of Android.
First one to introduce the G1, and now the first partner w/the Nexus One.
*  Support advanced android features like visual voice mail for free and auto-notification when you near your minutes limit*  Reasonably priced, as cell phone companies go.
*  Customer service has been shockingly fast/friendly whenever I've needed them (which admittedly, hasn't been often)*  Great coverage in US.
Every city I've been to has had solid coverage.
I've only been to fairly large cities though.
*  After 3 months of service, they give you unlock codes for your phone.
*  GSM network so most phones can be used overseas-- successfully used my US G1 in US, Mexico, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, etc.
T-Mobile's parent company is Deutsche Telekom.
*  They are not AT&amp;T.
*  As far as I know, they did not spy on Americans when Bush asked them to.And no, I don't work for them.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30804088</id>
	<title>Re:Agreed</title>
	<author>uvajed\_ekil</author>
	<datestamp>1263745740000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>I switched to T-Mobile from AT&amp;T and got a G1 last June. I have been quite happy with not only the phone but also with the coverage. I can not get 3G where I live, though it was not available with AT&amp;T, either. 3G has been available whenever I've been in or near a larger city, just not out in my suburban/nearly-rural town. The pricing is okay - not what I would call cheap, but less than AT&amp;T. I have needed customer service twice since switching, and both times, the representative was surprisingly cheerful (like she was actually happy, not just going through the motions of her job and waiting for payday), listened to and comprehended my problem, and gave me a solution immediately. The first time was due to my own carelessness and they could have easily told me "tough luck," but they were very helpful and understanding.<br> <br>
Overall, I was expecting an experience just like I had gotten used to with Alltel, Cingular, AT&amp;T (old), Cingular (round two - slightly better coverage), AT&amp;T (after taking over Cingular), and like friends have had with Verizon (horrible). I also strongly considered Sprint, but when I went to buy a Palm Pre, the sales folks were too busy and disorganized to help me, so I left. T-Mobile has been fine for the first six months. Careful where you buy though - one local, indie company insisted that their price for a G1 ($200, I think) was what everyone had to charge and insulted me for questioning them, even though it was $129 online, there was a brief promo around that time for less, and WalMart (ick) had it for $99.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I switched to T-Mobile from AT&amp;T and got a G1 last June .
I have been quite happy with not only the phone but also with the coverage .
I can not get 3G where I live , though it was not available with AT&amp;T , either .
3G has been available whenever I 've been in or near a larger city , just not out in my suburban/nearly-rural town .
The pricing is okay - not what I would call cheap , but less than AT&amp;T .
I have needed customer service twice since switching , and both times , the representative was surprisingly cheerful ( like she was actually happy , not just going through the motions of her job and waiting for payday ) , listened to and comprehended my problem , and gave me a solution immediately .
The first time was due to my own carelessness and they could have easily told me " tough luck , " but they were very helpful and understanding .
Overall , I was expecting an experience just like I had gotten used to with Alltel , Cingular , AT&amp;T ( old ) , Cingular ( round two - slightly better coverage ) , AT&amp;T ( after taking over Cingular ) , and like friends have had with Verizon ( horrible ) .
I also strongly considered Sprint , but when I went to buy a Palm Pre , the sales folks were too busy and disorganized to help me , so I left .
T-Mobile has been fine for the first six months .
Careful where you buy though - one local , indie company insisted that their price for a G1 ( $ 200 , I think ) was what everyone had to charge and insulted me for questioning them , even though it was $ 129 online , there was a brief promo around that time for less , and WalMart ( ick ) had it for $ 99 .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I switched to T-Mobile from AT&amp;T and got a G1 last June.
I have been quite happy with not only the phone but also with the coverage.
I can not get 3G where I live, though it was not available with AT&amp;T, either.
3G has been available whenever I've been in or near a larger city, just not out in my suburban/nearly-rural town.
The pricing is okay - not what I would call cheap, but less than AT&amp;T.
I have needed customer service twice since switching, and both times, the representative was surprisingly cheerful (like she was actually happy, not just going through the motions of her job and waiting for payday), listened to and comprehended my problem, and gave me a solution immediately.
The first time was due to my own carelessness and they could have easily told me "tough luck," but they were very helpful and understanding.
Overall, I was expecting an experience just like I had gotten used to with Alltel, Cingular, AT&amp;T (old), Cingular (round two - slightly better coverage), AT&amp;T (after taking over Cingular), and like friends have had with Verizon (horrible).
I also strongly considered Sprint, but when I went to buy a Palm Pre, the sales folks were too busy and disorganized to help me, so I left.
T-Mobile has been fine for the first six months.
Careful where you buy though - one local, indie company insisted that their price for a G1 ($200, I think) was what everyone had to charge and insulted me for questioning them, even though it was $129 online, there was a brief promo around that time for less, and WalMart (ick) had it for $99.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801750</id>
	<title>N900 or Moto Droid or Nexus One</title>
	<author>gavron</author>
	<datestamp>1263726540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The question is clear and other people's answers appear to have the same problem I do -- namely that it's unclear WHAT kind of service you want (good voice quality, good data quality, good SMS, pricing, etc.) and no criteria for "Best."</p><p>At this point I could stop having criticized the question, but instead let me offer you some answers, and you can pick and choose.</p><p>I have a Nokia N900 on a T-Mobile "all you can eat" plan.  The plan is great.  The phone is great.  In my area T-Mobile can't hold a call.</p><p>I have a Motorola Droid on a Verizon "don't eat very much but enjoy your meal" plan.  The plan is so so.  The phone is almost great.  Verizon coverage for voice and data is awesome here.</p><p>I have a Treo 700wx running Windows Mobile 5.  I believe it's three years old.  It was my Verizon phone prior to the Droid, and while it was annoying in requiring reboots and factory defaults, it was reliable.  I did not love it very much tho, as I'm not a big fan of Windows Mobile.  Here it works on SPRINT or Verizon, which are good.</p><p>If you go 1 hour north, there are totally different carrier coverages.  However, on their respective maps they all appear to have equally good coverage here or there.</p><p>SO:  When asking what is the best US Cell company, realize that<br>1. There are different companies throughout different parts, regions, and even cities in the same country.<br>2. Some companies (e.g. Cricket) resell limited services of some other companies (e.g. SPRINT or Qwest or Verizon within a limited geo. area where I am)<br>3. Some companies (e.g. Verizon) are an amalgamation of other companies, and their services vary greatly.  (Verizon *in this area* formerly Cellular One formerly Bell Atlantic)<br>4. Data services and voice services are a function of many different things including how they provision service to the cell sites.  Literally moving two miles away may get you 700Kbps on 3G data and good phone service, but the other way no data and decent phone service.<br>5. SMS is something I consider critical.  Others do not.</p><p>So, in sum, to wind up this post, Voice Coverage, Data Coverage, SMS Coverage, and availability of phones are what can be used to judge the best US Cell company -- in my little neighborhood.  Your conclusions 5 miles away will vary.</p><p>Good luck with your quest.</p><p>E</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The question is clear and other people 's answers appear to have the same problem I do -- namely that it 's unclear WHAT kind of service you want ( good voice quality , good data quality , good SMS , pricing , etc .
) and no criteria for " Best .
" At this point I could stop having criticized the question , but instead let me offer you some answers , and you can pick and choose.I have a Nokia N900 on a T-Mobile " all you can eat " plan .
The plan is great .
The phone is great .
In my area T-Mobile ca n't hold a call.I have a Motorola Droid on a Verizon " do n't eat very much but enjoy your meal " plan .
The plan is so so .
The phone is almost great .
Verizon coverage for voice and data is awesome here.I have a Treo 700wx running Windows Mobile 5 .
I believe it 's three years old .
It was my Verizon phone prior to the Droid , and while it was annoying in requiring reboots and factory defaults , it was reliable .
I did not love it very much tho , as I 'm not a big fan of Windows Mobile .
Here it works on SPRINT or Verizon , which are good.If you go 1 hour north , there are totally different carrier coverages .
However , on their respective maps they all appear to have equally good coverage here or there.SO : When asking what is the best US Cell company , realize that1 .
There are different companies throughout different parts , regions , and even cities in the same country.2 .
Some companies ( e.g .
Cricket ) resell limited services of some other companies ( e.g .
SPRINT or Qwest or Verizon within a limited geo .
area where I am ) 3 .
Some companies ( e.g .
Verizon ) are an amalgamation of other companies , and their services vary greatly .
( Verizon * in this area * formerly Cellular One formerly Bell Atlantic ) 4 .
Data services and voice services are a function of many different things including how they provision service to the cell sites .
Literally moving two miles away may get you 700Kbps on 3G data and good phone service , but the other way no data and decent phone service.5 .
SMS is something I consider critical .
Others do not.So , in sum , to wind up this post , Voice Coverage , Data Coverage , SMS Coverage , and availability of phones are what can be used to judge the best US Cell company -- in my little neighborhood .
Your conclusions 5 miles away will vary.Good luck with your quest.E</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The question is clear and other people's answers appear to have the same problem I do -- namely that it's unclear WHAT kind of service you want (good voice quality, good data quality, good SMS, pricing, etc.
) and no criteria for "Best.
"At this point I could stop having criticized the question, but instead let me offer you some answers, and you can pick and choose.I have a Nokia N900 on a T-Mobile "all you can eat" plan.
The plan is great.
The phone is great.
In my area T-Mobile can't hold a call.I have a Motorola Droid on a Verizon "don't eat very much but enjoy your meal" plan.
The plan is so so.
The phone is almost great.
Verizon coverage for voice and data is awesome here.I have a Treo 700wx running Windows Mobile 5.
I believe it's three years old.
It was my Verizon phone prior to the Droid, and while it was annoying in requiring reboots and factory defaults, it was reliable.
I did not love it very much tho, as I'm not a big fan of Windows Mobile.
Here it works on SPRINT or Verizon, which are good.If you go 1 hour north, there are totally different carrier coverages.
However, on their respective maps they all appear to have equally good coverage here or there.SO:  When asking what is the best US Cell company, realize that1.
There are different companies throughout different parts, regions, and even cities in the same country.2.
Some companies (e.g.
Cricket) resell limited services of some other companies (e.g.
SPRINT or Qwest or Verizon within a limited geo.
area where I am)3.
Some companies (e.g.
Verizon) are an amalgamation of other companies, and their services vary greatly.
(Verizon *in this area* formerly Cellular One formerly Bell Atlantic)4.
Data services and voice services are a function of many different things including how they provision service to the cell sites.
Literally moving two miles away may get you 700Kbps on 3G data and good phone service, but the other way no data and decent phone service.5.
SMS is something I consider critical.
Others do not.So, in sum, to wind up this post, Voice Coverage, Data Coverage, SMS Coverage, and availability of phones are what can be used to judge the best US Cell company -- in my little neighborhood.
Your conclusions 5 miles away will vary.Good luck with your quest.E</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801074</id>
	<title>Re:Verizon has best coverage... but it's verizon.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263722040000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>As for T-Mobile, my experience has been that there are many places where T-Mobile does outshine AT&amp;T for coverage. Which is NOT to say they cover more area, just that this is site dependent.<br>2 cents</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>As for T-Mobile , my experience has been that there are many places where T-Mobile does outshine AT&amp;T for coverage .
Which is NOT to say they cover more area , just that this is site dependent.2 cents</tokentext>
<sentencetext>As for T-Mobile, my experience has been that there are many places where T-Mobile does outshine AT&amp;T for coverage.
Which is NOT to say they cover more area, just that this is site dependent.2 cents</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801268</id>
	<title>If people don't mind...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263723360000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I'd like to take this opportunity to steer the conversation towards discussing some phones in general, regardless of the provider (So some of us non-us folk can have a bit of a discussion).<br>Mainly because it's somewhat related and because I, personally, lost interest in the mobile device market some years ago (Around 2003 or 2004) and am quite out of touch. There's been many big changes, devices like the iPhone have changed the game and now Google has Android I feel I'm even more misinformed.</p><p>I was thinking of getting an Android phone, but all I've heard lately are teething problems (mostly with the Nexus one). What do you<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/.ers think of the current smartphone market? Are there genuinely any great phones out there worth investing in? Anything on the horizon worth holding off for? Just your thoughts and opinions on the best phones to check out now and in the future.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'd like to take this opportunity to steer the conversation towards discussing some phones in general , regardless of the provider ( So some of us non-us folk can have a bit of a discussion ) .Mainly because it 's somewhat related and because I , personally , lost interest in the mobile device market some years ago ( Around 2003 or 2004 ) and am quite out of touch .
There 's been many big changes , devices like the iPhone have changed the game and now Google has Android I feel I 'm even more misinformed.I was thinking of getting an Android phone , but all I 've heard lately are teething problems ( mostly with the Nexus one ) .
What do you /.ers think of the current smartphone market ?
Are there genuinely any great phones out there worth investing in ?
Anything on the horizon worth holding off for ?
Just your thoughts and opinions on the best phones to check out now and in the future .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I'd like to take this opportunity to steer the conversation towards discussing some phones in general, regardless of the provider (So some of us non-us folk can have a bit of a discussion).Mainly because it's somewhat related and because I, personally, lost interest in the mobile device market some years ago (Around 2003 or 2004) and am quite out of touch.
There's been many big changes, devices like the iPhone have changed the game and now Google has Android I feel I'm even more misinformed.I was thinking of getting an Android phone, but all I've heard lately are teething problems (mostly with the Nexus one).
What do you /.ers think of the current smartphone market?
Are there genuinely any great phones out there worth investing in?
Anything on the horizon worth holding off for?
Just your thoughts and opinions on the best phones to check out now and in the future.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802658</id>
	<title>Re:It depends on where you are</title>
	<author>zippthorne</author>
	<datestamp>1263733020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Everyone is always surprised by Sprint's performance, yet maligns them nevertheless.  They're like the "apple" of cell phones.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Everyone is always surprised by Sprint 's performance , yet maligns them nevertheless .
They 're like the " apple " of cell phones .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Everyone is always surprised by Sprint's performance, yet maligns them nevertheless.
They're like the "apple" of cell phones.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30808352</id>
	<title>What I'd do...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263832500000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I'm currently with AT&amp;T. My plan spans back to when they were AT&amp;T *prior* to them becoming Cingular, then AT&amp;T again. So with that said, I have an "old" voice plan, ($29.99) + their "unlimited" data plan ($19.99) and the 200 text plan ($9.99) basically $60.00 / month... When I went for a new phone, and they wanted to jack that up to 90.00/month, I bought my HTC device online (paid almost 900.00 for it) but I still keep my cheap plan. I can also tether, use GPS w/TomTom etc.</p><p>My advice, fine the cheapest service you can find, then buy a phone that has the features you want and can leverage their network. (I'd recommend HTC, I've had 2 and loved them both) They're all going to $cr3w you... it's just a question of how much lube they'll use.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'm currently with AT&amp;T .
My plan spans back to when they were AT&amp;T * prior * to them becoming Cingular , then AT&amp;T again .
So with that said , I have an " old " voice plan , ( $ 29.99 ) + their " unlimited " data plan ( $ 19.99 ) and the 200 text plan ( $ 9.99 ) basically $ 60.00 / month... When I went for a new phone , and they wanted to jack that up to 90.00/month , I bought my HTC device online ( paid almost 900.00 for it ) but I still keep my cheap plan .
I can also tether , use GPS w/TomTom etc.My advice , fine the cheapest service you can find , then buy a phone that has the features you want and can leverage their network .
( I 'd recommend HTC , I 've had 2 and loved them both ) They 're all going to $ cr3w you... it 's just a question of how much lube they 'll use .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I'm currently with AT&amp;T.
My plan spans back to when they were AT&amp;T *prior* to them becoming Cingular, then AT&amp;T again.
So with that said, I have an "old" voice plan, ($29.99) + their "unlimited" data plan ($19.99) and the 200 text plan ($9.99) basically $60.00 / month... When I went for a new phone, and they wanted to jack that up to 90.00/month, I bought my HTC device online (paid almost 900.00 for it) but I still keep my cheap plan.
I can also tether, use GPS w/TomTom etc.My advice, fine the cheapest service you can find, then buy a phone that has the features you want and can leverage their network.
(I'd recommend HTC, I've had 2 and loved them both) They're all going to $cr3w you... it's just a question of how much lube they'll use.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803406</id>
	<title>I live in GUAM, U.S.A.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263739440000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>there is no best cell provider, they all equally suck,</p><p>if you want a blackberry or iphone with data, you pay out the ass GTA and Docomo provide these</p><p>if you want a nextel style phone (ripped off boost mobile phones) you can get cheap service, but no data whatsoever, i Connect provides this</p><p>and text messages to mainland u.s. are between 5 and 10 cents on each provider with no unlimited text plan available.</p><p>you can of course use your phone from mainland U.S. but get ready for a hefty bill at the end of the month.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>there is no best cell provider , they all equally suck,if you want a blackberry or iphone with data , you pay out the ass GTA and Docomo provide theseif you want a nextel style phone ( ripped off boost mobile phones ) you can get cheap service , but no data whatsoever , i Connect provides thisand text messages to mainland u.s. are between 5 and 10 cents on each provider with no unlimited text plan available.you can of course use your phone from mainland U.S. but get ready for a hefty bill at the end of the month .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>there is no best cell provider, they all equally suck,if you want a blackberry or iphone with data, you pay out the ass GTA and Docomo provide theseif you want a nextel style phone (ripped off boost mobile phones) you can get cheap service, but no data whatsoever, i Connect provides thisand text messages to mainland u.s. are between 5 and 10 cents on each provider with no unlimited text plan available.you can of course use your phone from mainland U.S. but get ready for a hefty bill at the end of the month.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801014</id>
	<title>Welcome to America</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263721740000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Where the technology hasn't advanced as much as you think and phone plans still really suck and are designed to lock you in to contract deals that are almost impossible to get out of.</p><p>I think your best bet is to stick with Sprint - Great phones, good service, great wireless for the PC. The prices are not as high as Verizon, and the Customer Support is better. AT&amp;T is good too and Tmobile is good depending on where in the US you are, ie California is great with Tmobile...NJ is not.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Where the technology has n't advanced as much as you think and phone plans still really suck and are designed to lock you in to contract deals that are almost impossible to get out of.I think your best bet is to stick with Sprint - Great phones , good service , great wireless for the PC .
The prices are not as high as Verizon , and the Customer Support is better .
AT&amp;T is good too and Tmobile is good depending on where in the US you are , ie California is great with Tmobile...NJ is not .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Where the technology hasn't advanced as much as you think and phone plans still really suck and are designed to lock you in to contract deals that are almost impossible to get out of.I think your best bet is to stick with Sprint - Great phones, good service, great wireless for the PC.
The prices are not as high as Verizon, and the Customer Support is better.
AT&amp;T is good too and Tmobile is good depending on where in the US you are, ie California is great with Tmobile...NJ is not.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801716</id>
	<title>Use Both ATT &amp; Verizon</title>
	<author>BoRegardless</author>
	<datestamp>1263726300000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>iPhone w/ATT:  My opinion hands down:  Listened to an audio professional this morning note he specifically queried 100 iPhone owners over the last year, and not one was unhappy.  The exception is a friend who works in a hospital and ATT doesn't have coverage in that hospital area (Kent near Providence).

Cell Card/Verizon:  My opinion:  Always works (which ATT did not).</htmltext>
<tokenext>iPhone w/ATT : My opinion hands down : Listened to an audio professional this morning note he specifically queried 100 iPhone owners over the last year , and not one was unhappy .
The exception is a friend who works in a hospital and ATT does n't have coverage in that hospital area ( Kent near Providence ) .
Cell Card/Verizon : My opinion : Always works ( which ATT did not ) .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>iPhone w/ATT:  My opinion hands down:  Listened to an audio professional this morning note he specifically queried 100 iPhone owners over the last year, and not one was unhappy.
The exception is a friend who works in a hospital and ATT doesn't have coverage in that hospital area (Kent near Providence).
Cell Card/Verizon:  My opinion:  Always works (which ATT did not).</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801000</id>
	<title>Re:slashdot poll? no.</title>
	<author>v1</author>
	<datestamp>1263721680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Polls are to get very general opinions, choices.</p><p>This is about discussing the options.  And since the vast majority of cell phone service providers are considered evil somewhere around that of Lord Sidius with their locked phones, deplorable customer service, and preposterous early termination fees, I expect there to be a great deal of negative comments relative to a very few positive ones.</p><p>There is no "good" cell phone service provider - we're here to work out the "lesser of the evils" question.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Polls are to get very general opinions , choices.This is about discussing the options .
And since the vast majority of cell phone service providers are considered evil somewhere around that of Lord Sidius with their locked phones , deplorable customer service , and preposterous early termination fees , I expect there to be a great deal of negative comments relative to a very few positive ones.There is no " good " cell phone service provider - we 're here to work out the " lesser of the evils " question .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Polls are to get very general opinions, choices.This is about discussing the options.
And since the vast majority of cell phone service providers are considered evil somewhere around that of Lord Sidius with their locked phones, deplorable customer service, and preposterous early termination fees, I expect there to be a great deal of negative comments relative to a very few positive ones.There is no "good" cell phone service provider - we're here to work out the "lesser of the evils" question.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30804688</id>
	<title>Re:Verizon has best coverage... but it's verizon.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263751080000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I think I'll comment at this point. I really believe that Verizon is going to "suck" as much as AT&amp;T once the Droids hit their stride. I think Verizon won't suck quite as much as AT&amp;T, but they're a US cell carrier, they can't be talked into providing "enough" bandwidth no matter how much bad PR it could create. Fact of the matter is that AT&amp;T provides reasonably solid service anywhere outside of the major metros where the iphones are rampant. I have that confirmed with a couple of iphone users in my locale(southwestern ohio). I believe Verizon has overall better coverage here, but as someone said, it's *Verizon*. T-mobile in this area is nearly non-existent, so they're out for me no matter how badly I want a Nokia N900. I think it comes down to where you are, and what phone you'd prefer. AT&amp;T's data is technically faster than Verizon's, for your laptops, but if you're in a dense data usage area that may turn out to be false. How much will you be traveling?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I think I 'll comment at this point .
I really believe that Verizon is going to " suck " as much as AT&amp;T once the Droids hit their stride .
I think Verizon wo n't suck quite as much as AT&amp;T , but they 're a US cell carrier , they ca n't be talked into providing " enough " bandwidth no matter how much bad PR it could create .
Fact of the matter is that AT&amp;T provides reasonably solid service anywhere outside of the major metros where the iphones are rampant .
I have that confirmed with a couple of iphone users in my locale ( southwestern ohio ) .
I believe Verizon has overall better coverage here , but as someone said , it 's * Verizon * .
T-mobile in this area is nearly non-existent , so they 're out for me no matter how badly I want a Nokia N900 .
I think it comes down to where you are , and what phone you 'd prefer .
AT&amp;T 's data is technically faster than Verizon 's , for your laptops , but if you 're in a dense data usage area that may turn out to be false .
How much will you be traveling ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I think I'll comment at this point.
I really believe that Verizon is going to "suck" as much as AT&amp;T once the Droids hit their stride.
I think Verizon won't suck quite as much as AT&amp;T, but they're a US cell carrier, they can't be talked into providing "enough" bandwidth no matter how much bad PR it could create.
Fact of the matter is that AT&amp;T provides reasonably solid service anywhere outside of the major metros where the iphones are rampant.
I have that confirmed with a couple of iphone users in my locale(southwestern ohio).
I believe Verizon has overall better coverage here, but as someone said, it's *Verizon*.
T-mobile in this area is nearly non-existent, so they're out for me no matter how badly I want a Nokia N900.
I think it comes down to where you are, and what phone you'd prefer.
AT&amp;T's data is technically faster than Verizon's, for your laptops, but if you're in a dense data usage area that may turn out to be false.
How much will you be traveling?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30808992</id>
	<title>don't be a wanker - don't get a phone</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263835860000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>For many reasons I have a deep and personal hatred of mobile phones -- and hope that I can live out the remainder of my natural life without owning one at any point.</p><p>One thing I find incredibly strange is that cell phones are far more ubiquitous in China than in the US. I hear they are life and death in Japan --so perhaps it is a sort of cultural influence, having this closer contact ? Who knows...</p><p>Anyway this brings me to problem number one:<br>Chinese girls with both a cell phone and Chinese parents are a VERY bad mix. Now I realize this so-called "problem" is not universal but there are similar TYPES of problems of this nature which exist in every country with the phones. So, anyway, Chinese parents track their daughter's movements at every moment of the day from age 0 to well into their 30's -- unless they marry. Now it is a mystery to me why someone would spend 2 months salary and then 1/5th of their salary every month thereafter to be in "closer" contact with their totalitarian parents, but apparently it made sense to her. So you can guess that my X-girlfriend had a cell phone and Chinese parents, and being as terrified of them as she was, she would cover my mouth and answer the annoying cursed device at the MOST INCONVENIENT of times... It made my life hell, and so I got her out of my life...</p><p>Problem number two is the general rudeness of the device. I cannot tell you the number of times I've been deep into a conversation with a friend when his stupid phone started ringing-- and unlike a normal HUMAN approaching to interrupt that can wait until an optimal moment, or interrupt immediately if it is a SERIOUS matter, the phone can interrupt my speech at any random second. I find this incredibly offensive, and while many of my friends are (unfortuantely) rude enough to allow such things to come to be, I myself would never carry a device capable of such impoliteness and irritation.</p><p>Problem 3: How many times have you been in a lecture or a test and some asshole (as embarassed and apologetic as he may have seemed) had his phone ring and disturb everyone's thought process ? Don't tell me the ringer can be turned off-- because NO ONE remembers to do it, so it is irrelevant.</p><p>Problem 4: EXCESS connectivity... Everyone talks about the convenience, but I don't WANT to be that contactable. I give priority to the PRESENT reality, meaning the person that is with me at that moment. If someone else wishes to contact me they can call my home phone when I am there and not busy with something else. But if I am out of the house, chances are I am already devoting my attention to something and DON'T need or want any way for a 3rd party to disturb me. I also consider this a privacy issue-- I just don't find it comfortable to be THAT connected...</p><p>And now I'm very much obsessed with discussing my hatred of this particular technology, so I'm going to repost this to my own diary entry, thanks for any and all responses provolking rational debate of this topic!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>For many reasons I have a deep and personal hatred of mobile phones -- and hope that I can live out the remainder of my natural life without owning one at any point.One thing I find incredibly strange is that cell phones are far more ubiquitous in China than in the US .
I hear they are life and death in Japan --so perhaps it is a sort of cultural influence , having this closer contact ?
Who knows...Anyway this brings me to problem number one : Chinese girls with both a cell phone and Chinese parents are a VERY bad mix .
Now I realize this so-called " problem " is not universal but there are similar TYPES of problems of this nature which exist in every country with the phones .
So , anyway , Chinese parents track their daughter 's movements at every moment of the day from age 0 to well into their 30 's -- unless they marry .
Now it is a mystery to me why someone would spend 2 months salary and then 1/5th of their salary every month thereafter to be in " closer " contact with their totalitarian parents , but apparently it made sense to her .
So you can guess that my X-girlfriend had a cell phone and Chinese parents , and being as terrified of them as she was , she would cover my mouth and answer the annoying cursed device at the MOST INCONVENIENT of times... It made my life hell , and so I got her out of my life...Problem number two is the general rudeness of the device .
I can not tell you the number of times I 've been deep into a conversation with a friend when his stupid phone started ringing-- and unlike a normal HUMAN approaching to interrupt that can wait until an optimal moment , or interrupt immediately if it is a SERIOUS matter , the phone can interrupt my speech at any random second .
I find this incredibly offensive , and while many of my friends are ( unfortuantely ) rude enough to allow such things to come to be , I myself would never carry a device capable of such impoliteness and irritation.Problem 3 : How many times have you been in a lecture or a test and some asshole ( as embarassed and apologetic as he may have seemed ) had his phone ring and disturb everyone 's thought process ?
Do n't tell me the ringer can be turned off-- because NO ONE remembers to do it , so it is irrelevant.Problem 4 : EXCESS connectivity... Everyone talks about the convenience , but I do n't WANT to be that contactable .
I give priority to the PRESENT reality , meaning the person that is with me at that moment .
If someone else wishes to contact me they can call my home phone when I am there and not busy with something else .
But if I am out of the house , chances are I am already devoting my attention to something and DO N'T need or want any way for a 3rd party to disturb me .
I also consider this a privacy issue-- I just do n't find it comfortable to be THAT connected...And now I 'm very much obsessed with discussing my hatred of this particular technology , so I 'm going to repost this to my own diary entry , thanks for any and all responses provolking rational debate of this topic !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>For many reasons I have a deep and personal hatred of mobile phones -- and hope that I can live out the remainder of my natural life without owning one at any point.One thing I find incredibly strange is that cell phones are far more ubiquitous in China than in the US.
I hear they are life and death in Japan --so perhaps it is a sort of cultural influence, having this closer contact ?
Who knows...Anyway this brings me to problem number one:Chinese girls with both a cell phone and Chinese parents are a VERY bad mix.
Now I realize this so-called "problem" is not universal but there are similar TYPES of problems of this nature which exist in every country with the phones.
So, anyway, Chinese parents track their daughter's movements at every moment of the day from age 0 to well into their 30's -- unless they marry.
Now it is a mystery to me why someone would spend 2 months salary and then 1/5th of their salary every month thereafter to be in "closer" contact with their totalitarian parents, but apparently it made sense to her.
So you can guess that my X-girlfriend had a cell phone and Chinese parents, and being as terrified of them as she was, she would cover my mouth and answer the annoying cursed device at the MOST INCONVENIENT of times... It made my life hell, and so I got her out of my life...Problem number two is the general rudeness of the device.
I cannot tell you the number of times I've been deep into a conversation with a friend when his stupid phone started ringing-- and unlike a normal HUMAN approaching to interrupt that can wait until an optimal moment, or interrupt immediately if it is a SERIOUS matter, the phone can interrupt my speech at any random second.
I find this incredibly offensive, and while many of my friends are (unfortuantely) rude enough to allow such things to come to be, I myself would never carry a device capable of such impoliteness and irritation.Problem 3: How many times have you been in a lecture or a test and some asshole (as embarassed and apologetic as he may have seemed) had his phone ring and disturb everyone's thought process ?
Don't tell me the ringer can be turned off-- because NO ONE remembers to do it, so it is irrelevant.Problem 4: EXCESS connectivity... Everyone talks about the convenience, but I don't WANT to be that contactable.
I give priority to the PRESENT reality, meaning the person that is with me at that moment.
If someone else wishes to contact me they can call my home phone when I am there and not busy with something else.
But if I am out of the house, chances are I am already devoting my attention to something and DON'T need or want any way for a 3rd party to disturb me.
I also consider this a privacy issue-- I just don't find it comfortable to be THAT connected...And now I'm very much obsessed with discussing my hatred of this particular technology, so I'm going to repost this to my own diary entry, thanks for any and all responses provolking rational debate of this topic!</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801692</id>
	<title>consumers still getting screwed.</title>
	<author>goga\_russian</author>
	<datestamp>1263726180000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>why are you paying incoming call fees again? imagine getting billed on your landline for some fools that call you?

people get double billed, and they still bend over with a smile .</htmltext>
<tokenext>why are you paying incoming call fees again ?
imagine getting billed on your landline for some fools that call you ?
people get double billed , and they still bend over with a smile .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>why are you paying incoming call fees again?
imagine getting billed on your landline for some fools that call you?
people get double billed, and they still bend over with a smile .</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801558</id>
	<title>ATT can suck T-Mobile's fleshy cell tower.</title>
	<author>fuqqer</author>
	<datestamp>1263725400000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>After being on ATT for 7 years, my bill started fluctuating wildly from $60 to $100 even though I wasn't doing anything different from previous billing periods.<br> <br>

After I called ATT and sat on the phone with them for two hours, a representative told me they were "singling out my blackberry plan" and could do nothing about the issue.  I gave up, walked into T-mobile while I still had an ATT rep on the phone and let them know I was going to get more minutes and a cheaper plan.<br> <br>

This was three days ago and i think I'm going to call ATT and waste some more of their time while officially closing my account.  <br> <br>

On a similar note, my roommates all have ATT and hate their coverage and service.  Another friend goes so far as to call her phone an imnotaPhone.  ATT service is so bad, they have a piece of software that allows customers to help map out and complain about where the service is bad.  They also claim that an 80\% success rate on connecting calls is good.  Cricket, AllTell, T-Mobile, MetroPCS, smokesignals, homing pidgeons, and morse code all beat ATT.  Do yourself a favor, go with anyone but ATT.</htmltext>
<tokenext>After being on ATT for 7 years , my bill started fluctuating wildly from $ 60 to $ 100 even though I was n't doing anything different from previous billing periods .
After I called ATT and sat on the phone with them for two hours , a representative told me they were " singling out my blackberry plan " and could do nothing about the issue .
I gave up , walked into T-mobile while I still had an ATT rep on the phone and let them know I was going to get more minutes and a cheaper plan .
This was three days ago and i think I 'm going to call ATT and waste some more of their time while officially closing my account .
On a similar note , my roommates all have ATT and hate their coverage and service .
Another friend goes so far as to call her phone an imnotaPhone .
ATT service is so bad , they have a piece of software that allows customers to help map out and complain about where the service is bad .
They also claim that an 80 \ % success rate on connecting calls is good .
Cricket , AllTell , T-Mobile , MetroPCS , smokesignals , homing pidgeons , and morse code all beat ATT .
Do yourself a favor , go with anyone but ATT .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>After being on ATT for 7 years, my bill started fluctuating wildly from $60 to $100 even though I wasn't doing anything different from previous billing periods.
After I called ATT and sat on the phone with them for two hours, a representative told me they were "singling out my blackberry plan" and could do nothing about the issue.
I gave up, walked into T-mobile while I still had an ATT rep on the phone and let them know I was going to get more minutes and a cheaper plan.
This was three days ago and i think I'm going to call ATT and waste some more of their time while officially closing my account.
On a similar note, my roommates all have ATT and hate their coverage and service.
Another friend goes so far as to call her phone an imnotaPhone.
ATT service is so bad, they have a piece of software that allows customers to help map out and complain about where the service is bad.
They also claim that an 80\% success rate on connecting calls is good.
Cricket, AllTell, T-Mobile, MetroPCS, smokesignals, homing pidgeons, and morse code all beat ATT.
Do yourself a favor, go with anyone but ATT.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801378</id>
	<title>major important thing I forgot to mention!</title>
	<author>Tumbleweed</author>
	<datestamp>1263724080000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Don't buy your phone or plan straight from the carrier unless you absolutely have to. I've had great luck saving as much as $150 off buying a new phone/plan combo from Amazon or Fry's. Try Fry's first if you have one in your area. If you can't save $100 from the carrier's price, you're not trying. Also, Sears Wireless seems to be the place to buy Verizon Droid and Droid Eris phones. Much less money, with no MIR needed. FYI.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Do n't buy your phone or plan straight from the carrier unless you absolutely have to .
I 've had great luck saving as much as $ 150 off buying a new phone/plan combo from Amazon or Fry 's .
Try Fry 's first if you have one in your area .
If you ca n't save $ 100 from the carrier 's price , you 're not trying .
Also , Sears Wireless seems to be the place to buy Verizon Droid and Droid Eris phones .
Much less money , with no MIR needed .
FYI .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Don't buy your phone or plan straight from the carrier unless you absolutely have to.
I've had great luck saving as much as $150 off buying a new phone/plan combo from Amazon or Fry's.
Try Fry's first if you have one in your area.
If you can't save $100 from the carrier's price, you're not trying.
Also, Sears Wireless seems to be the place to buy Verizon Droid and Droid Eris phones.
Much less money, with no MIR needed.
FYI.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30804816</id>
	<title>You need to ask locally</title>
	<author>jeff4747</author>
	<datestamp>1263752580000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Slashdot can give you answers on customer service nightmares and the like, but that's only one part of the picture.  What you really, really, really care about is coverage, and that varies from location to location, not company to company.</p><p>For example, where I lived in CO, Verizon had crappy coverage.  AT&amp;T had great coverage.</p><p>Where I lived in NC, Verizon had great coverage, and AT&amp;T had crappy coverage.</p><p>Ask your local friends &amp; coworkers, 'cause the best customer service department on the planet isn't gonna help much when you can't get a signal.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Slashdot can give you answers on customer service nightmares and the like , but that 's only one part of the picture .
What you really , really , really care about is coverage , and that varies from location to location , not company to company.For example , where I lived in CO , Verizon had crappy coverage .
AT&amp;T had great coverage.Where I lived in NC , Verizon had great coverage , and AT&amp;T had crappy coverage.Ask your local friends &amp; coworkers , 'cause the best customer service department on the planet is n't gon na help much when you ca n't get a signal .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Slashdot can give you answers on customer service nightmares and the like, but that's only one part of the picture.
What you really, really, really care about is coverage, and that varies from location to location, not company to company.For example, where I lived in CO, Verizon had crappy coverage.
AT&amp;T had great coverage.Where I lived in NC, Verizon had great coverage, and AT&amp;T had crappy coverage.Ask your local friends &amp; coworkers, 'cause the best customer service department on the planet isn't gonna help much when you can't get a signal.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30804354</id>
	<title>I just went through this same thing</title>
	<author>morgajel</author>
	<datestamp>1263747960000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I switched jobs in December and had to get my own phone for the first time in 3 years. Started with Sprint, ended up on Verizon due to the shitacular coverage and service from Sprint. If you're interested in a comparison of the Samsung Moment vs. Motorola Droid, here's my writeup:</p><p><a href="http://morgajel.net/2010/01/16/642" title="morgajel.net">http://morgajel.net/2010/01/16/642</a> [morgajel.net]</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I switched jobs in December and had to get my own phone for the first time in 3 years .
Started with Sprint , ended up on Verizon due to the shitacular coverage and service from Sprint .
If you 're interested in a comparison of the Samsung Moment vs. Motorola Droid , here 's my writeup : http : //morgajel.net/2010/01/16/642 [ morgajel.net ]</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I switched jobs in December and had to get my own phone for the first time in 3 years.
Started with Sprint, ended up on Verizon due to the shitacular coverage and service from Sprint.
If you're interested in a comparison of the Samsung Moment vs. Motorola Droid, here's my writeup:http://morgajel.net/2010/01/16/642 [morgajel.net]</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803980</id>
	<title>Re:Verizon has best coverage... but it's verizon.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263744660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Hear, hear. This is why it's so important to have portable phone numbers.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Hear , hear .
This is why it 's so important to have portable phone numbers .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Hear, hear.
This is why it's so important to have portable phone numbers.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801388</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801110</id>
	<title>None.</title>
	<author>Hurricane78</author>
	<datestamp>1263722280000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>There&rsquo;s your answer. ^^</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>There    s your answer .
^ ^</tokentext>
<sentencetext>There’s your answer.
^^</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801272</id>
	<title>Depends on where you are going to be...</title>
	<author>Wyatt Earp</author>
	<datestamp>1263723360000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I'm up in Alaska and no national carrier works outside the three major cities. Up here AT&amp;T is the only national carrier that works at all. The question asker needs to look at where they are going to be and research locally what is right for them.</p><p>I had T-Mobile in Portland and it worked great, in Seattle/Everett it had meh coverage and sucked down by Tacoma/SeaTac.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'm up in Alaska and no national carrier works outside the three major cities .
Up here AT&amp;T is the only national carrier that works at all .
The question asker needs to look at where they are going to be and research locally what is right for them.I had T-Mobile in Portland and it worked great , in Seattle/Everett it had meh coverage and sucked down by Tacoma/SeaTac .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I'm up in Alaska and no national carrier works outside the three major cities.
Up here AT&amp;T is the only national carrier that works at all.
The question asker needs to look at where they are going to be and research locally what is right for them.I had T-Mobile in Portland and it worked great, in Seattle/Everett it had meh coverage and sucked down by Tacoma/SeaTac.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801180</id>
	<title>Re:slashdot poll?</title>
	<author>jonpublic</author>
	<datestamp>1263722760000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>[    ] ATT<br>[    ] Verizon<br>[    ] Sprint<br>[    ] Tmobile<br>[ x ] cowboyneal communications</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>[ ] ATT [ ] Verizon [ ] Sprint [ ] Tmobile [ x ] cowboyneal communications</tokentext>
<sentencetext>[    ] ATT[    ] Verizon[    ] Sprint[    ] Tmobile[ x ] cowboyneal communications</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800932</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800940</id>
	<title>The statistics repeatedly say</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263721260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>It's AT&amp;T.</p><p>With that in mind, I fully expect nothing but a torrent of complaints about them.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>It 's AT&amp;T.With that in mind , I fully expect nothing but a torrent of complaints about them .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It's AT&amp;T.With that in mind, I fully expect nothing but a torrent of complaints about them.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801296</id>
	<title>Re:Related question</title>
	<author>maxume</author>
	<datestamp>1263723480000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>If they have a store where you are going to be, T-Mobile.</p><p>If not, go to a Walmart and pick up a prepaid phone for $20 (you would have to spend a minute and figure out which one made the most sense at the given time). Note that some of the prepaid carriers do use GSM, but the phones and SIMs may still be locked.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>If they have a store where you are going to be , T-Mobile.If not , go to a Walmart and pick up a prepaid phone for $ 20 ( you would have to spend a minute and figure out which one made the most sense at the given time ) .
Note that some of the prepaid carriers do use GSM , but the phones and SIMs may still be locked .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If they have a store where you are going to be, T-Mobile.If not, go to a Walmart and pick up a prepaid phone for $20 (you would have to spend a minute and figure out which one made the most sense at the given time).
Note that some of the prepaid carriers do use GSM, but the phones and SIMs may still be locked.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800966</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30805444</id>
	<title>Re:T-Mobile</title>
	<author>v(*\_*)vvvv</author>
	<datestamp>1263847140000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I get about the same out of EDGE on T-Mobile as I did from 3G on AT&amp;T. It would hardly go 3G anyway, and when it did, it wouldn't last, or would be slow.</p><p>I was practically forced to ditch AT&amp;T because I got 1 bar at my house. And I am definitely in their coverage area.</p><p>Just to repeat what others are saying: It depends 100\% on where exactly you'll be using your phone.</p><p><b>I think in the end, you'll find you don't really have many choices.</b></p><p>Free market capitalism at its best!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I get about the same out of EDGE on T-Mobile as I did from 3G on AT&amp;T .
It would hardly go 3G anyway , and when it did , it would n't last , or would be slow.I was practically forced to ditch AT&amp;T because I got 1 bar at my house .
And I am definitely in their coverage area.Just to repeat what others are saying : It depends 100 \ % on where exactly you 'll be using your phone.I think in the end , you 'll find you do n't really have many choices.Free market capitalism at its best !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I get about the same out of EDGE on T-Mobile as I did from 3G on AT&amp;T.
It would hardly go 3G anyway, and when it did, it wouldn't last, or would be slow.I was practically forced to ditch AT&amp;T because I got 1 bar at my house.
And I am definitely in their coverage area.Just to repeat what others are saying: It depends 100\% on where exactly you'll be using your phone.I think in the end, you'll find you don't really have many choices.Free market capitalism at its best!</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800944</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801732</id>
	<title>Sprint</title>
	<author>foo fighter</author>
	<datestamp>1263726360000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Sprint. Seriously.</p><p>If you were happy with Sprint before you still will be. Your hardest decision will be choosing between Web OS (Palm) and Android (Google/HTC) phones.</p><p>For the record, I chose the Pre and am very, very happy. Especially after having all but stolen my brothers Verizon Motorola Droid and Mom's Verizon HTC Droid Eris.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Sprint .
Seriously.If you were happy with Sprint before you still will be .
Your hardest decision will be choosing between Web OS ( Palm ) and Android ( Google/HTC ) phones.For the record , I chose the Pre and am very , very happy .
Especially after having all but stolen my brothers Verizon Motorola Droid and Mom 's Verizon HTC Droid Eris .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sprint.
Seriously.If you were happy with Sprint before you still will be.
Your hardest decision will be choosing between Web OS (Palm) and Android (Google/HTC) phones.For the record, I chose the Pre and am very, very happy.
Especially after having all but stolen my brothers Verizon Motorola Droid and Mom's Verizon HTC Droid Eris.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802020</id>
	<title>Ask people in your area, and don't sign a contract</title>
	<author>svanheulen</author>
	<datestamp>1263728460000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>First, you need to find out how the coverage is in your area for each service. And by "area" I mean at your home and/or work because you could see the service working fine down the street at the store where you buy the phone and then get home and not have any signal.

Second, never sign a contract. It really is worth buying the phone out right and not dealing with the bullshit.

Here's my experience so far:

T-Mobile: Not very good coverage but data is fast and getting faster, 21mbps by mid 2010 they say. Price is unbeatable. Customer service is very pleasant and helpful.
AT&amp;T: Coverage is better then T-Mobile but data is weak at best. Price is high but not the worst. Customer service will make you want to punch babies and kick puppy dogs.
Verizon: (Disclaimer! The place I work uses them, but I have my own phone so have not used them) Coverage seems to be very good and data seems to be consistently decent. Price will make you shit bricks, especially for data tethering. Customer service is helpful.

One last thing to note is that CDMA phones seems to drain battery faster then GSM phones. Lots of people were I work got Verizon's HTC Touch Pro and the battery would last less then 8 hours. I had the HTC Touch Pro (they call it the FUZE) from AT&amp;T, which is the same phone only with a GSM radio, and my battery would last 2-3 days with very similar usage.</htmltext>
<tokenext>First , you need to find out how the coverage is in your area for each service .
And by " area " I mean at your home and/or work because you could see the service working fine down the street at the store where you buy the phone and then get home and not have any signal .
Second , never sign a contract .
It really is worth buying the phone out right and not dealing with the bullshit .
Here 's my experience so far : T-Mobile : Not very good coverage but data is fast and getting faster , 21mbps by mid 2010 they say .
Price is unbeatable .
Customer service is very pleasant and helpful .
AT&amp;T : Coverage is better then T-Mobile but data is weak at best .
Price is high but not the worst .
Customer service will make you want to punch babies and kick puppy dogs .
Verizon : ( Disclaimer !
The place I work uses them , but I have my own phone so have not used them ) Coverage seems to be very good and data seems to be consistently decent .
Price will make you shit bricks , especially for data tethering .
Customer service is helpful .
One last thing to note is that CDMA phones seems to drain battery faster then GSM phones .
Lots of people were I work got Verizon 's HTC Touch Pro and the battery would last less then 8 hours .
I had the HTC Touch Pro ( they call it the FUZE ) from AT&amp;T , which is the same phone only with a GSM radio , and my battery would last 2-3 days with very similar usage .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>First, you need to find out how the coverage is in your area for each service.
And by "area" I mean at your home and/or work because you could see the service working fine down the street at the store where you buy the phone and then get home and not have any signal.
Second, never sign a contract.
It really is worth buying the phone out right and not dealing with the bullshit.
Here's my experience so far:

T-Mobile: Not very good coverage but data is fast and getting faster, 21mbps by mid 2010 they say.
Price is unbeatable.
Customer service is very pleasant and helpful.
AT&amp;T: Coverage is better then T-Mobile but data is weak at best.
Price is high but not the worst.
Customer service will make you want to punch babies and kick puppy dogs.
Verizon: (Disclaimer!
The place I work uses them, but I have my own phone so have not used them) Coverage seems to be very good and data seems to be consistently decent.
Price will make you shit bricks, especially for data tethering.
Customer service is helpful.
One last thing to note is that CDMA phones seems to drain battery faster then GSM phones.
Lots of people were I work got Verizon's HTC Touch Pro and the battery would last less then 8 hours.
I had the HTC Touch Pro (they call it the FUZE) from AT&amp;T, which is the same phone only with a GSM radio, and my battery would last 2-3 days with very similar usage.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802398</id>
	<title>Depends....</title>
	<author>rec9140</author>
	<datestamp>1263730980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>If you need coverage in rural areas, then you have one choice. Verizon.</p><p>You want "cool" phones... then you can take your pick pf any other than VZW, and LOOSE COVERAGE.</p><p>The two carriers to avoid at all cost:</p><p>TMobile<br>Sprint</p><p>In that order. TMobile - NO COVERAGE, Sprint CDMA next to no coverage, nextel(Sprint iDEN) - limited covea</p><p>If you want to get decent voice and data (3G) data coverage, then your choice is clear, and ONLY: Verizon.</p><p>Want crap service, crap coverage, pick any of the others.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>If you need coverage in rural areas , then you have one choice .
Verizon.You want " cool " phones... then you can take your pick pf any other than VZW , and LOOSE COVERAGE.The two carriers to avoid at all cost : TMobileSprintIn that order .
TMobile - NO COVERAGE , Sprint CDMA next to no coverage , nextel ( Sprint iDEN ) - limited coveaIf you want to get decent voice and data ( 3G ) data coverage , then your choice is clear , and ONLY : Verizon.Want crap service , crap coverage , pick any of the others .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If you need coverage in rural areas, then you have one choice.
Verizon.You want "cool" phones... then you can take your pick pf any other than VZW, and LOOSE COVERAGE.The two carriers to avoid at all cost:TMobileSprintIn that order.
TMobile - NO COVERAGE, Sprint CDMA next to no coverage, nextel(Sprint iDEN) - limited coveaIf you want to get decent voice and data (3G) data coverage, then your choice is clear, and ONLY: Verizon.Want crap service, crap coverage, pick any of the others.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30805080</id>
	<title>Tracfone because cell service is stuck in the past</title>
	<author>beachdog</author>
	<datestamp>1263756000000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I look at American cell phone service as an astoundingly overpriced emulation of the past century's plain old telephone service.</p><p>But I have kids and a wife with cell phones and I occasionally need to track them down or find out what she wants from the grocery store.</p><p>Their three phones are billed at $120 per month from Verizon. The entire family plan is justified by my 16 year old who sends 400 text messages (otherwise 20 cents each) per month.</p><p>A friend gave me a Tracfone specific Motorola W175 (they are $20 retail) and I bought a 90 day prepaid phone card. Customer service as described on the Internet is poor, and the credit card portion of their website requires a browser not running Privoxy.</p><p>My costs are: About $12 per month and $.13 per minute. I have voice and text but I still use the home phone for long calls.</p><p>So I mention TracFone as another option in the range of services mentioned here.</p><p>I criticize cell phone service like this: Except for phone calls and brief text messages, all the other data transfer processes are bottled up in proprietary bundles of hardware + software + carrier + 2 year contract deals.</p><p>Just like every other cell phone, on my TracFone every voice sounds the same. The small audio bandwidth is matched by an equally small "meaning bandwidth".</p><p>As a curmudgeon, why the heck can't cell tower operators sell the huge bandwidth and instant connection switching for $.02 per hour instead of $<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.13 per minute?</p><p>Retail cell service provides a tiny fraction of the raw potential of the system. Look at it like this: A cell phone tower may consume 2 kw, that is about $.30 per hour for hosting 100 to 1000 connections. Double that price to pay for the hardware. The result is the basic cost of a cell phone data link is only a microscopic part of the amount charged at retail for the link wrapped in what we call "cell phone service".</p><p>Also as a curmudgeon, lets call conventional cell phone design crummy: If I didn't sit in a closed car, you would hear me from 15 feet away just like every other cellphone user. Uhh, not enough sidetone so everybody bellows robustly.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I look at American cell phone service as an astoundingly overpriced emulation of the past century 's plain old telephone service.But I have kids and a wife with cell phones and I occasionally need to track them down or find out what she wants from the grocery store.Their three phones are billed at $ 120 per month from Verizon .
The entire family plan is justified by my 16 year old who sends 400 text messages ( otherwise 20 cents each ) per month.A friend gave me a Tracfone specific Motorola W175 ( they are $ 20 retail ) and I bought a 90 day prepaid phone card .
Customer service as described on the Internet is poor , and the credit card portion of their website requires a browser not running Privoxy.My costs are : About $ 12 per month and $ .13 per minute .
I have voice and text but I still use the home phone for long calls.So I mention TracFone as another option in the range of services mentioned here.I criticize cell phone service like this : Except for phone calls and brief text messages , all the other data transfer processes are bottled up in proprietary bundles of hardware + software + carrier + 2 year contract deals.Just like every other cell phone , on my TracFone every voice sounds the same .
The small audio bandwidth is matched by an equally small " meaning bandwidth " .As a curmudgeon , why the heck ca n't cell tower operators sell the huge bandwidth and instant connection switching for $ .02 per hour instead of $ .13 per minute ? Retail cell service provides a tiny fraction of the raw potential of the system .
Look at it like this : A cell phone tower may consume 2 kw , that is about $ .30 per hour for hosting 100 to 1000 connections .
Double that price to pay for the hardware .
The result is the basic cost of a cell phone data link is only a microscopic part of the amount charged at retail for the link wrapped in what we call " cell phone service " .Also as a curmudgeon , lets call conventional cell phone design crummy : If I did n't sit in a closed car , you would hear me from 15 feet away just like every other cellphone user .
Uhh , not enough sidetone so everybody bellows robustly .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I look at American cell phone service as an astoundingly overpriced emulation of the past century's plain old telephone service.But I have kids and a wife with cell phones and I occasionally need to track them down or find out what she wants from the grocery store.Their three phones are billed at $120 per month from Verizon.
The entire family plan is justified by my 16 year old who sends 400 text messages (otherwise 20 cents each) per month.A friend gave me a Tracfone specific Motorola W175 (they are $20 retail) and I bought a 90 day prepaid phone card.
Customer service as described on the Internet is poor, and the credit card portion of their website requires a browser not running Privoxy.My costs are: About $12 per month and $.13 per minute.
I have voice and text but I still use the home phone for long calls.So I mention TracFone as another option in the range of services mentioned here.I criticize cell phone service like this: Except for phone calls and brief text messages, all the other data transfer processes are bottled up in proprietary bundles of hardware + software + carrier + 2 year contract deals.Just like every other cell phone, on my TracFone every voice sounds the same.
The small audio bandwidth is matched by an equally small "meaning bandwidth".As a curmudgeon, why the heck can't cell tower operators sell the huge bandwidth and instant connection switching for $.02 per hour instead of $ .13 per minute?Retail cell service provides a tiny fraction of the raw potential of the system.
Look at it like this: A cell phone tower may consume 2 kw, that is about $.30 per hour for hosting 100 to 1000 connections.
Double that price to pay for the hardware.
The result is the basic cost of a cell phone data link is only a microscopic part of the amount charged at retail for the link wrapped in what we call "cell phone service".Also as a curmudgeon, lets call conventional cell phone design crummy: If I didn't sit in a closed car, you would hear me from 15 feet away just like every other cellphone user.
Uhh, not enough sidetone so everybody bellows robustly.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801066</id>
	<title>Consumer Reports report regularly on performance</title>
	<author>kevmeister</author>
	<datestamp>1263721980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Surveys regularly report that Verizon has best coverage in almost all major markets and has by far and away the largest 3G coverage. The bottom of the list is less uniform, but Sprint and AT&amp;T are generally at the bottom. T-Mobile is usually in hte middle, but seems to be improving.AT&amp;T has minimal 3G coverage, but it generally performs well. when available. SF and NYC are reportedly capacity limited.I can only speak for the SF area where it does get rather slow from time to time.<p> One issue with Sprint and Verizon is that they are CDMA and generally not compatible with systems in other countries. Sprint is advertising a phone that does both CDMA and GSM, though I have no experience with it.</p><p> I can't comment on plans as my employer deals with that end of things.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Surveys regularly report that Verizon has best coverage in almost all major markets and has by far and away the largest 3G coverage .
The bottom of the list is less uniform , but Sprint and AT&amp;T are generally at the bottom .
T-Mobile is usually in hte middle , but seems to be improving.AT&amp;T has minimal 3G coverage , but it generally performs well .
when available .
SF and NYC are reportedly capacity limited.I can only speak for the SF area where it does get rather slow from time to time .
One issue with Sprint and Verizon is that they are CDMA and generally not compatible with systems in other countries .
Sprint is advertising a phone that does both CDMA and GSM , though I have no experience with it .
I ca n't comment on plans as my employer deals with that end of things .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Surveys regularly report that Verizon has best coverage in almost all major markets and has by far and away the largest 3G coverage.
The bottom of the list is less uniform, but Sprint and AT&amp;T are generally at the bottom.
T-Mobile is usually in hte middle, but seems to be improving.AT&amp;T has minimal 3G coverage, but it generally performs well.
when available.
SF and NYC are reportedly capacity limited.I can only speak for the SF area where it does get rather slow from time to time.
One issue with Sprint and Verizon is that they are CDMA and generally not compatible with systems in other countries.
Sprint is advertising a phone that does both CDMA and GSM, though I have no experience with it.
I can't comment on plans as my employer deals with that end of things.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803702</id>
	<title>Independent coverage map</title>
	<author>h3</author>
	<datestamp>1263742080000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Coincidentally, I recently came across this independently surveyed coverage for the big 4 across the U.S. It's done by a group called Root Wireless, who I'd never heard of before, and can be interactively viewed here:</p><p>
&nbsp; <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/coveragemap/" title="cnet.com">http://reviews.cnet.com/coveragemap/</a> [cnet.com]</p><p>It looks like they are going use users/customers to gather data for them (I sure would participate) but for now, the voice coverage map is pretty thorough while the 2G/3G ones are a little light (this is in the part of Los Angeles where I live that I looked). It jibes pretty well with my experience in the area, and it better than any coverage map that I've seen from the carrier themselves (that always shows excellent coverage<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:p ).</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Coincidentally , I recently came across this independently surveyed coverage for the big 4 across the U.S. It 's done by a group called Root Wireless , who I 'd never heard of before , and can be interactively viewed here :   http : //reviews.cnet.com/coveragemap/ [ cnet.com ] It looks like they are going use users/customers to gather data for them ( I sure would participate ) but for now , the voice coverage map is pretty thorough while the 2G/3G ones are a little light ( this is in the part of Los Angeles where I live that I looked ) .
It jibes pretty well with my experience in the area , and it better than any coverage map that I 've seen from the carrier themselves ( that always shows excellent coverage : p ) .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Coincidentally, I recently came across this independently surveyed coverage for the big 4 across the U.S. It's done by a group called Root Wireless, who I'd never heard of before, and can be interactively viewed here:
  http://reviews.cnet.com/coveragemap/ [cnet.com]It looks like they are going use users/customers to gather data for them (I sure would participate) but for now, the voice coverage map is pretty thorough while the 2G/3G ones are a little light (this is in the part of Los Angeles where I live that I looked).
It jibes pretty well with my experience in the area, and it better than any coverage map that I've seen from the carrier themselves (that always shows excellent coverage :p ).</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801914</id>
	<title>Re:T-Mobile</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263727500000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I was with AT&amp;T for over 10 years then switched to T-Mobile because AT&amp;T had no signal in my new house. T-Mobile and Verizon stores let me borrow a phone and bring it home, which was really cool of them I think.  I went with T-Mobile because I could get 2-3 bars at home my old GSM phones would work.</p><p>Anyway I am 100\% happy with T-Mobile.  Their 3g service is NOT oversubscribed and will go to 21mbps (HSPA+) in 2010, everywhere.  The price is lower and their customer service is far better, hands down.</p><p>AT&amp;T has better coverage in remote areas.  Their 2g signal is pretty much everywhere, while T-Mobile is in the metro areas and along the highways only.</p><p>I am envious of the Droid, which makes my Cliq look like a toy, but Android phones seem to be falling from the sky these days.  One equal to the Droid should come around this year.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I was with AT&amp;T for over 10 years then switched to T-Mobile because AT&amp;T had no signal in my new house .
T-Mobile and Verizon stores let me borrow a phone and bring it home , which was really cool of them I think .
I went with T-Mobile because I could get 2-3 bars at home my old GSM phones would work.Anyway I am 100 \ % happy with T-Mobile .
Their 3g service is NOT oversubscribed and will go to 21mbps ( HSPA + ) in 2010 , everywhere .
The price is lower and their customer service is far better , hands down.AT&amp;T has better coverage in remote areas .
Their 2g signal is pretty much everywhere , while T-Mobile is in the metro areas and along the highways only.I am envious of the Droid , which makes my Cliq look like a toy , but Android phones seem to be falling from the sky these days .
One equal to the Droid should come around this year .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I was with AT&amp;T for over 10 years then switched to T-Mobile because AT&amp;T had no signal in my new house.
T-Mobile and Verizon stores let me borrow a phone and bring it home, which was really cool of them I think.
I went with T-Mobile because I could get 2-3 bars at home my old GSM phones would work.Anyway I am 100\% happy with T-Mobile.
Their 3g service is NOT oversubscribed and will go to 21mbps (HSPA+) in 2010, everywhere.
The price is lower and their customer service is far better, hands down.AT&amp;T has better coverage in remote areas.
Their 2g signal is pretty much everywhere, while T-Mobile is in the metro areas and along the highways only.I am envious of the Droid, which makes my Cliq look like a toy, but Android phones seem to be falling from the sky these days.
One equal to the Droid should come around this year.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30810984</id>
	<title>Re:Related question</title>
	<author>kalel666</author>
	<datestamp>1263844980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>FYI...</p><blockquote><div><p>Also, if you do the $30/month plan (1000 minutes, texts), you get an annoying minute warning before each call</p></div></blockquote><p>Try Net10 customer service. 1877TENCENT they do everything a ST rep can do.<br>also heres the number to Trac Phone Corporate...18008765753</p><p>And trac phone executive resolutions....18008765753</p><p>Also Elston the appraised represenative......18006264883 x6107</p><p>I always call net10 cust service first. They removed that message for me without hassle I don't even bother with ST cust service.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>FYI...Also , if you do the $ 30/month plan ( 1000 minutes , texts ) , you get an annoying minute warning before each callTry Net10 customer service .
1877TENCENT they do everything a ST rep can do.also heres the number to Trac Phone Corporate...18008765753And trac phone executive resolutions....18008765753Also Elston the appraised represenative......18006264883 x6107I always call net10 cust service first .
They removed that message for me without hassle I do n't even bother with ST cust service .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>FYI...Also, if you do the $30/month plan (1000 minutes, texts), you get an annoying minute warning before each callTry Net10 customer service.
1877TENCENT they do everything a ST rep can do.also heres the number to Trac Phone Corporate...18008765753And trac phone executive resolutions....18008765753Also Elston the appraised represenative......18006264883 x6107I always call net10 cust service first.
They removed that message for me without hassle I don't even bother with ST cust service.
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802068</id>
	<title>Page Plus Wireless</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263728820000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I switched over to Page Plus.  Their offerings are contract free.  I'm on a $30 for 1200 min, 1200 text, and 50MB data.  They have an unlimited plan, albeit with less data, for $10 more.  The lease off the Verizon network, and I've experienced no difficulties with coverage.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I switched over to Page Plus .
Their offerings are contract free .
I 'm on a $ 30 for 1200 min , 1200 text , and 50MB data .
They have an unlimited plan , albeit with less data , for $ 10 more .
The lease off the Verizon network , and I 've experienced no difficulties with coverage .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I switched over to Page Plus.
Their offerings are contract free.
I'm on a $30 for 1200 min, 1200 text, and 50MB data.
They have an unlimited plan, albeit with less data, for $10 more.
The lease off the Verizon network, and I've experienced no difficulties with coverage.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803232</id>
	<title>Cut out the middle man</title>
	<author>PopeRatzo</author>
	<datestamp>1263737760000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Instead of signing up with a cellular service, why not just start shooting up bootleg chinese anabolic steroids?</p><p>You'll end up feeling the same rage, but you'll save several thousand dollars and will end up with an awesome body.</p><p>Your nuts will shrink though, which I have found also happens with all the major cellular carriers.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Instead of signing up with a cellular service , why not just start shooting up bootleg chinese anabolic steroids ? You 'll end up feeling the same rage , but you 'll save several thousand dollars and will end up with an awesome body.Your nuts will shrink though , which I have found also happens with all the major cellular carriers .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Instead of signing up with a cellular service, why not just start shooting up bootleg chinese anabolic steroids?You'll end up feeling the same rage, but you'll save several thousand dollars and will end up with an awesome body.Your nuts will shrink though, which I have found also happens with all the major cellular carriers.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800972</id>
	<title>Verizon has best coverage... but it's verizon.</title>
	<author>malakai</author>
	<datestamp>1263721500000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>From a pure technical perspective, Verizon will get you the best coverage. But the sales people are vicious.</p><p>AT&amp;T has iPhone obviously, but shitty coverage. I lend my phone to friends on AT&amp;T in a couple different cities.</p><p>T-Mobile is worse coverage then AT&amp;T. But has more open phones.</p><p>If you've got nothing right now, I'd go Droid on Verizon, pay 40 bucks for the unlimited data and use Google Voice for routing of your calls and LD service.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>From a pure technical perspective , Verizon will get you the best coverage .
But the sales people are vicious.AT&amp;T has iPhone obviously , but shitty coverage .
I lend my phone to friends on AT&amp;T in a couple different cities.T-Mobile is worse coverage then AT&amp;T .
But has more open phones.If you 've got nothing right now , I 'd go Droid on Verizon , pay 40 bucks for the unlimited data and use Google Voice for routing of your calls and LD service .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>From a pure technical perspective, Verizon will get you the best coverage.
But the sales people are vicious.AT&amp;T has iPhone obviously, but shitty coverage.
I lend my phone to friends on AT&amp;T in a couple different cities.T-Mobile is worse coverage then AT&amp;T.
But has more open phones.If you've got nothing right now, I'd go Droid on Verizon, pay 40 bucks for the unlimited data and use Google Voice for routing of your calls and LD service.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803712</id>
	<title>Get local advice for local service</title>
	<author>chrysrobyn</author>
	<datestamp>1263742140000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Don't believe a single wanker on Slashdot.  None of us know where you are, or what you're interested in.  Someone could show you some graphs that show how Verizon has the best service nationwide, with the highest bandwidth and fewest coverage holes, and maybe you'd buy from them.</p><p>Verizon "can't" get through the walls at work.  Distance from a tower, or whatever, nowhere in my complex at work (a site of 4000 people) can get Verizon except occasionally at a window.  AT&amp;T is flawless, and I've even see people keep a conversation going in the elevator.  Rude people, but the point stands.  In my neighborhood, again, people with Verizon are always angry, but AT&amp;T has us covered.  My wife loves her iPhone, and never complains about it, aside from a little EDGE related derision.  My parents came to visit us in Austin from Phoenix a few years ago.  Wouldn't you know it, but Verizon had zero network coverage in the little town where their car broke down.  I couldn't tell you if AT&amp;T had the town covered; I can only say they had a cell phone for emergencies and the #1 network in the nation failed them.  Now mom won't go more than 90 minutes from her house.  Thanks, Verizon.  (Mom always had "issues", but now she has another.)</p><p>In NYC, I understand, AT&amp;T blows.  I'm sure there are plenty of other cities where their network is poor, or maybe even just inferior to other providers.  Maybe my tiny little insight into the Verizon network has found the only three weaknesses.  Whatever.  Talk to your neighbors and coworkers.  Don't get what the angry people have, go with the happy people.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Do n't believe a single wanker on Slashdot .
None of us know where you are , or what you 're interested in .
Someone could show you some graphs that show how Verizon has the best service nationwide , with the highest bandwidth and fewest coverage holes , and maybe you 'd buy from them.Verizon " ca n't " get through the walls at work .
Distance from a tower , or whatever , nowhere in my complex at work ( a site of 4000 people ) can get Verizon except occasionally at a window .
AT&amp;T is flawless , and I 've even see people keep a conversation going in the elevator .
Rude people , but the point stands .
In my neighborhood , again , people with Verizon are always angry , but AT&amp;T has us covered .
My wife loves her iPhone , and never complains about it , aside from a little EDGE related derision .
My parents came to visit us in Austin from Phoenix a few years ago .
Would n't you know it , but Verizon had zero network coverage in the little town where their car broke down .
I could n't tell you if AT&amp;T had the town covered ; I can only say they had a cell phone for emergencies and the # 1 network in the nation failed them .
Now mom wo n't go more than 90 minutes from her house .
Thanks , Verizon .
( Mom always had " issues " , but now she has another .
) In NYC , I understand , AT&amp;T blows .
I 'm sure there are plenty of other cities where their network is poor , or maybe even just inferior to other providers .
Maybe my tiny little insight into the Verizon network has found the only three weaknesses .
Whatever. Talk to your neighbors and coworkers .
Do n't get what the angry people have , go with the happy people .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Don't believe a single wanker on Slashdot.
None of us know where you are, or what you're interested in.
Someone could show you some graphs that show how Verizon has the best service nationwide, with the highest bandwidth and fewest coverage holes, and maybe you'd buy from them.Verizon "can't" get through the walls at work.
Distance from a tower, or whatever, nowhere in my complex at work (a site of 4000 people) can get Verizon except occasionally at a window.
AT&amp;T is flawless, and I've even see people keep a conversation going in the elevator.
Rude people, but the point stands.
In my neighborhood, again, people with Verizon are always angry, but AT&amp;T has us covered.
My wife loves her iPhone, and never complains about it, aside from a little EDGE related derision.
My parents came to visit us in Austin from Phoenix a few years ago.
Wouldn't you know it, but Verizon had zero network coverage in the little town where their car broke down.
I couldn't tell you if AT&amp;T had the town covered; I can only say they had a cell phone for emergencies and the #1 network in the nation failed them.
Now mom won't go more than 90 minutes from her house.
Thanks, Verizon.
(Mom always had "issues", but now she has another.
)In NYC, I understand, AT&amp;T blows.
I'm sure there are plenty of other cities where their network is poor, or maybe even just inferior to other providers.
Maybe my tiny little insight into the Verizon network has found the only three weaknesses.
Whatever.  Talk to your neighbors and coworkers.
Don't get what the angry people have, go with the happy people.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803636</id>
	<title>My Review</title>
	<author>BurfCurse</author>
	<datestamp>1263741420000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I had a VX6700 phone with Verizon with winmo. I tethered it, had excellent reception everywhere, except 3G was lacking in rural areas that I frequent.  I paid out the wazoo for this plan. I switched to Sprints Everything plan and share it with my wife.  Service has been good. Excellent EVDO coverage.  I'm now running a Touch Diamond. Again, I am able to tether this phone (winmo) at no charge (minor registry hack), requires no driver on host pc.  I've been a Sprint customer once before. Customer service has much improved (although I think with customer service, its all in who answers the phone).  Obviously coverage will vary, I'm in the midwest.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I had a VX6700 phone with Verizon with winmo .
I tethered it , had excellent reception everywhere , except 3G was lacking in rural areas that I frequent .
I paid out the wazoo for this plan .
I switched to Sprints Everything plan and share it with my wife .
Service has been good .
Excellent EVDO coverage .
I 'm now running a Touch Diamond .
Again , I am able to tether this phone ( winmo ) at no charge ( minor registry hack ) , requires no driver on host pc .
I 've been a Sprint customer once before .
Customer service has much improved ( although I think with customer service , its all in who answers the phone ) .
Obviously coverage will vary , I 'm in the midwest .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I had a VX6700 phone with Verizon with winmo.
I tethered it, had excellent reception everywhere, except 3G was lacking in rural areas that I frequent.
I paid out the wazoo for this plan.
I switched to Sprints Everything plan and share it with my wife.
Service has been good.
Excellent EVDO coverage.
I'm now running a Touch Diamond.
Again, I am able to tether this phone (winmo) at no charge (minor registry hack), requires no driver on host pc.
I've been a Sprint customer once before.
Customer service has much improved (although I think with customer service, its all in who answers the phone).
Obviously coverage will vary, I'm in the midwest.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30807022</id>
	<title>Ask one question, get several in return...</title>
	<author>Targon</author>
	<datestamp>1263824100000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>When it comes to which company is the BEST, there are several things you need to look at:</p><p>For the area you live in or spend the most time in, how is the coverage map?    I am not talking about 2G vs. 3G or anything like that, but more, do you have dead spots on the various networks?</p><p>How much traveling do you do?   The more you travel, the more important the overall service coverage area is.    Also, 3G, while it speeds things up quite a bit, it may not really matter to you as long as you have data service that works.</p><p>Do you want to TRUST your cell phone service provider?    Verizon is probably the company I would trust the least when it comes to a bill(land line or cell phone).   Will there be a random $10 that they will take off if you complain, meaning you MUST check your bill in detail each month for "strange" fees?    This is what I hate about Verizon, they have a long track record of just throwing random fees at customers, knowing that a very low percentage will be checking their bill and catch it.    How about the sudden bump in early termination fees that Verizon just put out there that doesn't specify which phone you have?   So, a cheap $50 phone could hold the same early termination fee as a $400 Blackberry(unless the new fees specify based on phone what the termination fee will be).</p><p>Now, with those questions in mind, AT&amp;T for overall areas of service may be just a little smaller than Verizon.    In general, for overall quality of service, Verizon is probably the best.   Keep in mind that the AT&amp;T commercials are correct, the data service will generally not work while talking on the phone.   With a speaker phone, this IS a key weakness for Verizon.    At the same time, Verizon service does tend to be a bit better in many or possibly most areas.    Considering they are also the local phone company for many on the east coast of the USA, this makes some sense since they have local crews everywhere for servicing the normal land lines.    Third is Sprint, and their coverage area as a whole is a lot worse.   They are good in many places, but in rural areas, it is hit or miss how good or bad the service will be.   T-mobile is also short on coverage area, with many areas not able to get T-mobile service, and I am not just talking about little towns in the mountains, but in areas with over 10,000 people living in it.</p><p>If you travel overseas, GSM is pretty dominant, so AT&amp;T and T-mobile phones can easily just have a sim chip put into them to let you use a local carrier while you are there.   If you have a locked phone(which most are), regulations in the USA require that the provider provide an unlock code so you can use it while traveling.</p><p>When it comes to 3G coverage, Verizon clearly has the better network, but as I mentioned, for most people, 3G is nice but isn't necessary for most things.    I use my phone to get traffic updates for my GPS, and others use their phone as a cellular modem(bluetooth connection on their laptop).    Just keep in mind that not all phones will let you use them as a way to get data for other devices, and it can also cost more per month from your cell provider(they give you unlimited bandwidth on the phone, but if you use tethering to use that phone as a modem, you have to pay for bandwidth usage).</p><p>Blackberry services...they are different from your average smartphone service when it comes to data.    As a result, you get some benefits from a Blackberry, but you may run into other headaches with that Blackberry service.</p><p>So, consider, but just keep in mind you will probably be stuck in a 2 year contract or subject to an early termination fee.</p><p>On a related note, the iPhone for all its functionality and apps and such is very much locked into AT&amp;T(with a Verizon version due in the next few weeks from what I have read).   With all the hype, I have not heard enough about comparisons of how it is as a phone compared to other phones on AT&amp;T.    The dropped call issues on the iPhone COULD be service related, but it could also jus</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>When it comes to which company is the BEST , there are several things you need to look at : For the area you live in or spend the most time in , how is the coverage map ?
I am not talking about 2G vs. 3G or anything like that , but more , do you have dead spots on the various networks ? How much traveling do you do ?
The more you travel , the more important the overall service coverage area is .
Also , 3G , while it speeds things up quite a bit , it may not really matter to you as long as you have data service that works.Do you want to TRUST your cell phone service provider ?
Verizon is probably the company I would trust the least when it comes to a bill ( land line or cell phone ) .
Will there be a random $ 10 that they will take off if you complain , meaning you MUST check your bill in detail each month for " strange " fees ?
This is what I hate about Verizon , they have a long track record of just throwing random fees at customers , knowing that a very low percentage will be checking their bill and catch it .
How about the sudden bump in early termination fees that Verizon just put out there that does n't specify which phone you have ?
So , a cheap $ 50 phone could hold the same early termination fee as a $ 400 Blackberry ( unless the new fees specify based on phone what the termination fee will be ) .Now , with those questions in mind , AT&amp;T for overall areas of service may be just a little smaller than Verizon .
In general , for overall quality of service , Verizon is probably the best .
Keep in mind that the AT&amp;T commercials are correct , the data service will generally not work while talking on the phone .
With a speaker phone , this IS a key weakness for Verizon .
At the same time , Verizon service does tend to be a bit better in many or possibly most areas .
Considering they are also the local phone company for many on the east coast of the USA , this makes some sense since they have local crews everywhere for servicing the normal land lines .
Third is Sprint , and their coverage area as a whole is a lot worse .
They are good in many places , but in rural areas , it is hit or miss how good or bad the service will be .
T-mobile is also short on coverage area , with many areas not able to get T-mobile service , and I am not just talking about little towns in the mountains , but in areas with over 10,000 people living in it.If you travel overseas , GSM is pretty dominant , so AT&amp;T and T-mobile phones can easily just have a sim chip put into them to let you use a local carrier while you are there .
If you have a locked phone ( which most are ) , regulations in the USA require that the provider provide an unlock code so you can use it while traveling.When it comes to 3G coverage , Verizon clearly has the better network , but as I mentioned , for most people , 3G is nice but is n't necessary for most things .
I use my phone to get traffic updates for my GPS , and others use their phone as a cellular modem ( bluetooth connection on their laptop ) .
Just keep in mind that not all phones will let you use them as a way to get data for other devices , and it can also cost more per month from your cell provider ( they give you unlimited bandwidth on the phone , but if you use tethering to use that phone as a modem , you have to pay for bandwidth usage ) .Blackberry services...they are different from your average smartphone service when it comes to data .
As a result , you get some benefits from a Blackberry , but you may run into other headaches with that Blackberry service.So , consider , but just keep in mind you will probably be stuck in a 2 year contract or subject to an early termination fee.On a related note , the iPhone for all its functionality and apps and such is very much locked into AT&amp;T ( with a Verizon version due in the next few weeks from what I have read ) .
With all the hype , I have not heard enough about comparisons of how it is as a phone compared to other phones on AT&amp;T .
The dropped call issues on the iPhone COULD be service related , but it could also jus</tokentext>
<sentencetext>When it comes to which company is the BEST, there are several things you need to look at:For the area you live in or spend the most time in, how is the coverage map?
I am not talking about 2G vs. 3G or anything like that, but more, do you have dead spots on the various networks?How much traveling do you do?
The more you travel, the more important the overall service coverage area is.
Also, 3G, while it speeds things up quite a bit, it may not really matter to you as long as you have data service that works.Do you want to TRUST your cell phone service provider?
Verizon is probably the company I would trust the least when it comes to a bill(land line or cell phone).
Will there be a random $10 that they will take off if you complain, meaning you MUST check your bill in detail each month for "strange" fees?
This is what I hate about Verizon, they have a long track record of just throwing random fees at customers, knowing that a very low percentage will be checking their bill and catch it.
How about the sudden bump in early termination fees that Verizon just put out there that doesn't specify which phone you have?
So, a cheap $50 phone could hold the same early termination fee as a $400 Blackberry(unless the new fees specify based on phone what the termination fee will be).Now, with those questions in mind, AT&amp;T for overall areas of service may be just a little smaller than Verizon.
In general, for overall quality of service, Verizon is probably the best.
Keep in mind that the AT&amp;T commercials are correct, the data service will generally not work while talking on the phone.
With a speaker phone, this IS a key weakness for Verizon.
At the same time, Verizon service does tend to be a bit better in many or possibly most areas.
Considering they are also the local phone company for many on the east coast of the USA, this makes some sense since they have local crews everywhere for servicing the normal land lines.
Third is Sprint, and their coverage area as a whole is a lot worse.
They are good in many places, but in rural areas, it is hit or miss how good or bad the service will be.
T-mobile is also short on coverage area, with many areas not able to get T-mobile service, and I am not just talking about little towns in the mountains, but in areas with over 10,000 people living in it.If you travel overseas, GSM is pretty dominant, so AT&amp;T and T-mobile phones can easily just have a sim chip put into them to let you use a local carrier while you are there.
If you have a locked phone(which most are), regulations in the USA require that the provider provide an unlock code so you can use it while traveling.When it comes to 3G coverage, Verizon clearly has the better network, but as I mentioned, for most people, 3G is nice but isn't necessary for most things.
I use my phone to get traffic updates for my GPS, and others use their phone as a cellular modem(bluetooth connection on their laptop).
Just keep in mind that not all phones will let you use them as a way to get data for other devices, and it can also cost more per month from your cell provider(they give you unlimited bandwidth on the phone, but if you use tethering to use that phone as a modem, you have to pay for bandwidth usage).Blackberry services...they are different from your average smartphone service when it comes to data.
As a result, you get some benefits from a Blackberry, but you may run into other headaches with that Blackberry service.So, consider, but just keep in mind you will probably be stuck in a 2 year contract or subject to an early termination fee.On a related note, the iPhone for all its functionality and apps and such is very much locked into AT&amp;T(with a Verizon version due in the next few weeks from what I have read).
With all the hype, I have not heard enough about comparisons of how it is as a phone compared to other phones on AT&amp;T.
The dropped call issues on the iPhone COULD be service related, but it could also jus</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803242</id>
	<title>AT&amp;T has shitty coverage.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263737880000</datestamp>
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	<htmltext><p>It is complete and utter B.S.</p><p>AT&amp;T = dropped call central........</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>It is complete and utter B.S.AT&amp;T = dropped call central....... .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It is complete and utter B.S.AT&amp;T = dropped call central........</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803966</id>
	<title>Curious no iPhone</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263744540000</datestamp>
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	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Curious to note that of the first 200 comments, none mention the choice of phone over equally-bad-on-different-dimensions carrier.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Curious to note that of the first 200 comments , none mention the choice of phone over equally-bad-on-different-dimensions carrier .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Curious to note that of the first 200 comments, none mention the choice of phone over equally-bad-on-different-dimensions carrier.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801334</id>
	<title>Re:T-Mobile</title>
	<author>wooferhound</author>
	<datestamp>1263723840000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>For Cell service I am also too happy with T-Mobile. They have great coverage here in the Southeast US which is probably why I like it so much. Plus talking with customer service isn't like a 1000 papercuts as with AT$T.<br>
<br>
My experience is that AT$T has pretty good coverage &amp; service, but I was forever getting different extra unexplained charges that would never stop month after month. These were significant charges in the $100 range. And then there was the time that they tried to charge me $899 for long distance charges that should have been less than $20. I complained twice about it and they reduced the charges to $300 only overcharging me by $280. Since that day last year I have sworn to never again have anykind of AT$T service. At home I changed to home phone from the Cable company and I am too happy with it, and no more stupid extra charges.</htmltext>
<tokenext>For Cell service I am also too happy with T-Mobile .
They have great coverage here in the Southeast US which is probably why I like it so much .
Plus talking with customer service is n't like a 1000 papercuts as with AT $ T .
My experience is that AT $ T has pretty good coverage &amp; service , but I was forever getting different extra unexplained charges that would never stop month after month .
These were significant charges in the $ 100 range .
And then there was the time that they tried to charge me $ 899 for long distance charges that should have been less than $ 20 .
I complained twice about it and they reduced the charges to $ 300 only overcharging me by $ 280 .
Since that day last year I have sworn to never again have anykind of AT $ T service .
At home I changed to home phone from the Cable company and I am too happy with it , and no more stupid extra charges .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>For Cell service I am also too happy with T-Mobile.
They have great coverage here in the Southeast US which is probably why I like it so much.
Plus talking with customer service isn't like a 1000 papercuts as with AT$T.
My experience is that AT$T has pretty good coverage &amp; service, but I was forever getting different extra unexplained charges that would never stop month after month.
These were significant charges in the $100 range.
And then there was the time that they tried to charge me $899 for long distance charges that should have been less than $20.
I complained twice about it and they reduced the charges to $300 only overcharging me by $280.
Since that day last year I have sworn to never again have anykind of AT$T service.
At home I changed to home phone from the Cable company and I am too happy with it, and no more stupid extra charges.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801890</id>
	<title>Anonymous Coward.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263727380000</datestamp>
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	<htmltext><p>Sprint undoubtedly and unfortunately. nothing has changed in the last 5 years.. same lame coverage. sprint being the the lame winner in both data and voice range and clarity.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Sprint undoubtedly and unfortunately .
nothing has changed in the last 5 years.. same lame coverage .
sprint being the the lame winner in both data and voice range and clarity .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sprint undoubtedly and unfortunately.
nothing has changed in the last 5 years.. same lame coverage.
sprint being the the lame winner in both data and voice range and clarity.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802140</id>
	<title>Haha it's a Trick Question!</title>
	<author>Greyfox</author>
	<datestamp>1263729360000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>They all suck!
<p>
For you guys in the US saying T-Mobile, did they ever get their data plan sorted out to the point where you can tether a laptop to a phone with bluetooth and browse the web with it? And if so, is there any guarantee that the functionality won't be broken within a couple of months? If that works, I might grudgingly reward T-Mobile with "Sucks least" status for US cell carriers, import a new Nokia communicator from Europe (Just to piss in Apple's corn flakes) and go back to them this year.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>They all suck !
For you guys in the US saying T-Mobile , did they ever get their data plan sorted out to the point where you can tether a laptop to a phone with bluetooth and browse the web with it ?
And if so , is there any guarantee that the functionality wo n't be broken within a couple of months ?
If that works , I might grudgingly reward T-Mobile with " Sucks least " status for US cell carriers , import a new Nokia communicator from Europe ( Just to piss in Apple 's corn flakes ) and go back to them this year .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>They all suck!
For you guys in the US saying T-Mobile, did they ever get their data plan sorted out to the point where you can tether a laptop to a phone with bluetooth and browse the web with it?
And if so, is there any guarantee that the functionality won't be broken within a couple of months?
If that works, I might grudgingly reward T-Mobile with "Sucks least" status for US cell carriers, import a new Nokia communicator from Europe (Just to piss in Apple's corn flakes) and go back to them this year.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30816284</id>
	<title>Since you were away...</title>
	<author>Duggeek</author>
	<datestamp>1263838620000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The most ground-breaking discovery for mobile enterprise has been the <a href="http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/mobilebroadband/?page=products\_mifi" title="verizonwireless.com" rel="nofollow">MiFi&reg;</a> [verizonwireless.com]. It's a portable device that connects to 3G/1X wirelessly and creates a small WiFi domain that you control. Kind of like a tiny router, but with just a power supply and a USB cable. IIRC, you can have up to 3 WiFi connections going at once and up to 10 unique devices using it.</p><p>In other news, Verizon has a shiny new line of Android phones (also by HTC, but their "biggie" is by Moto) and attractive plans. I'm still waiting for something competitive to the new $50 T-Mo "unlimited" plans to appear at VZW, but time will tell.</p><p>It's always a good time to be a newcomer into the US wireless carrier market; free- and discounted devices abound with rate plans that fit almost every lifestyle.</p><p>At some point, you will find yourself regretting your decision... no matter which one you choose.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The most ground-breaking discovery for mobile enterprise has been the MiFi   [ verizonwireless.com ] .
It 's a portable device that connects to 3G/1X wirelessly and creates a small WiFi domain that you control .
Kind of like a tiny router , but with just a power supply and a USB cable .
IIRC , you can have up to 3 WiFi connections going at once and up to 10 unique devices using it.In other news , Verizon has a shiny new line of Android phones ( also by HTC , but their " biggie " is by Moto ) and attractive plans .
I 'm still waiting for something competitive to the new $ 50 T-Mo " unlimited " plans to appear at VZW , but time will tell.It 's always a good time to be a newcomer into the US wireless carrier market ; free- and discounted devices abound with rate plans that fit almost every lifestyle.At some point , you will find yourself regretting your decision... no matter which one you choose .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The most ground-breaking discovery for mobile enterprise has been the MiFi® [verizonwireless.com].
It's a portable device that connects to 3G/1X wirelessly and creates a small WiFi domain that you control.
Kind of like a tiny router, but with just a power supply and a USB cable.
IIRC, you can have up to 3 WiFi connections going at once and up to 10 unique devices using it.In other news, Verizon has a shiny new line of Android phones (also by HTC, but their "biggie" is by Moto) and attractive plans.
I'm still waiting for something competitive to the new $50 T-Mo "unlimited" plans to appear at VZW, but time will tell.It's always a good time to be a newcomer into the US wireless carrier market; free- and discounted devices abound with rate plans that fit almost every lifestyle.At some point, you will find yourself regretting your decision... no matter which one you choose.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801354</id>
	<title>If you have a Mac, get an iPhone...</title>
	<author>Trip6</author>
	<datestamp>1263723960000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>...if you can put up with the crappy AT&amp;T network.  If you're in a major metropolitan area and won't travel much you'll be fine.  The sync features of the iPhone, including the camera/photos, are really nicely implemented.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>...if you can put up with the crappy AT&amp;T network .
If you 're in a major metropolitan area and wo n't travel much you 'll be fine .
The sync features of the iPhone , including the camera/photos , are really nicely implemented .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>...if you can put up with the crappy AT&amp;T network.
If you're in a major metropolitan area and won't travel much you'll be fine.
The sync features of the iPhone, including the camera/photos, are really nicely implemented.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30808068</id>
	<title>Re:Verizon has best coverage... but it's verizon.</title>
	<author>LWATCDR</author>
	<datestamp>1263830820000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Sprint is cheaper than Verizon and their phones roam in the Verizon network.<br>I have had  almost no customer service problems with them at all. Maybe I have been lucky.<br>I have the Samsung Moment Android phone and I like it. My wife has the Palm Pre and now that they have fixed the SDK I must say that I think it is actually got a good future. The OS was always very nice and fankly better than Android from a UI point of view. The problem was that they really borked the SDK but they have fixed that now.<br>Had I waited until after CES I would have gotten the Pre.<br>I wouldn't dismiss Sprint if you are going to get a Smart Phone. If you like the Palm Pre, HTC Hero, Samsung Moment, or one of the Blackberries they are a good choice.<br>If you want a "World" phone your only choice really is the Tour. If a World phone is important to you than I would say got with AT&amp;T or T-Mobile.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Sprint is cheaper than Verizon and their phones roam in the Verizon network.I have had almost no customer service problems with them at all .
Maybe I have been lucky.I have the Samsung Moment Android phone and I like it .
My wife has the Palm Pre and now that they have fixed the SDK I must say that I think it is actually got a good future .
The OS was always very nice and fankly better than Android from a UI point of view .
The problem was that they really borked the SDK but they have fixed that now.Had I waited until after CES I would have gotten the Pre.I would n't dismiss Sprint if you are going to get a Smart Phone .
If you like the Palm Pre , HTC Hero , Samsung Moment , or one of the Blackberries they are a good choice.If you want a " World " phone your only choice really is the Tour .
If a World phone is important to you than I would say got with AT&amp;T or T-Mobile .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sprint is cheaper than Verizon and their phones roam in the Verizon network.I have had  almost no customer service problems with them at all.
Maybe I have been lucky.I have the Samsung Moment Android phone and I like it.
My wife has the Palm Pre and now that they have fixed the SDK I must say that I think it is actually got a good future.
The OS was always very nice and fankly better than Android from a UI point of view.
The problem was that they really borked the SDK but they have fixed that now.Had I waited until after CES I would have gotten the Pre.I wouldn't dismiss Sprint if you are going to get a Smart Phone.
If you like the Palm Pre, HTC Hero, Samsung Moment, or one of the Blackberries they are a good choice.If you want a "World" phone your only choice really is the Tour.
If a World phone is important to you than I would say got with AT&amp;T or T-Mobile.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30811812</id>
	<title>Re:T-Mobile</title>
	<author>hazydave</author>
	<datestamp>1263805740000</datestamp>
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	<htmltext><p>Keep in mind, 21Mb/s, while one valid HSPA+ number, is not necessarily what the customer ever gets. AT&amp;T has been installing HSPA+ for awhile now, and claims they'll have over 30 cities wired by this summer. HSPA+ uses a pair of cells per tower, so it's just a simple upgrade of existing cells. And AT&amp;T's putting a 7.2Mb/s download cap per user, though if you have just one phone on any given cell, it could go much faster.</p><p>There's a good reason for that... if you regularly offer 21Mb/s or some other crazy high number when it's possible (it's 3AM, you're the only guy on the cell), the typical user will get frustrated when it drops to more "normal" speeds. You'll complain. So they prevent this by never letting you go so fast. Not sure what kind of caps T-Mobile will do... they just finished their planned HSPA coverage (which doesn't mean every cell does 3G, just that they don't plan on upgrading any more, at least not to plain old HSPA).</p><p>There are already a few Android phones in the same class, give or take, as the DROID... depends on what you want. I love my DROID, I even like the keyboard (but hey, I was used to a Palm), but I'd probably have found the Nexus One or the new Sony Nexperia X10 just as cool. That's the great thing about Android... lots of choice, and Real Soon Now, every US carrier. I'm betting there will be "free" Android phones, in 2011 if not this year. And a plethora of other Android devices, too. Fun times.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Keep in mind , 21Mb/s , while one valid HSPA + number , is not necessarily what the customer ever gets .
AT&amp;T has been installing HSPA + for awhile now , and claims they 'll have over 30 cities wired by this summer .
HSPA + uses a pair of cells per tower , so it 's just a simple upgrade of existing cells .
And AT&amp;T 's putting a 7.2Mb/s download cap per user , though if you have just one phone on any given cell , it could go much faster.There 's a good reason for that... if you regularly offer 21Mb/s or some other crazy high number when it 's possible ( it 's 3AM , you 're the only guy on the cell ) , the typical user will get frustrated when it drops to more " normal " speeds .
You 'll complain .
So they prevent this by never letting you go so fast .
Not sure what kind of caps T-Mobile will do... they just finished their planned HSPA coverage ( which does n't mean every cell does 3G , just that they do n't plan on upgrading any more , at least not to plain old HSPA ) .There are already a few Android phones in the same class , give or take , as the DROID... depends on what you want .
I love my DROID , I even like the keyboard ( but hey , I was used to a Palm ) , but I 'd probably have found the Nexus One or the new Sony Nexperia X10 just as cool .
That 's the great thing about Android... lots of choice , and Real Soon Now , every US carrier .
I 'm betting there will be " free " Android phones , in 2011 if not this year .
And a plethora of other Android devices , too .
Fun times .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Keep in mind, 21Mb/s, while one valid HSPA+ number, is not necessarily what the customer ever gets.
AT&amp;T has been installing HSPA+ for awhile now, and claims they'll have over 30 cities wired by this summer.
HSPA+ uses a pair of cells per tower, so it's just a simple upgrade of existing cells.
And AT&amp;T's putting a 7.2Mb/s download cap per user, though if you have just one phone on any given cell, it could go much faster.There's a good reason for that... if you regularly offer 21Mb/s or some other crazy high number when it's possible (it's 3AM, you're the only guy on the cell), the typical user will get frustrated when it drops to more "normal" speeds.
You'll complain.
So they prevent this by never letting you go so fast.
Not sure what kind of caps T-Mobile will do... they just finished their planned HSPA coverage (which doesn't mean every cell does 3G, just that they don't plan on upgrading any more, at least not to plain old HSPA).There are already a few Android phones in the same class, give or take, as the DROID... depends on what you want.
I love my DROID, I even like the keyboard (but hey, I was used to a Palm), but I'd probably have found the Nexus One or the new Sony Nexperia X10 just as cool.
That's the great thing about Android... lots of choice, and Real Soon Now, every US carrier.
I'm betting there will be "free" Android phones, in 2011 if not this year.
And a plethora of other Android devices, too.
Fun times.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801760</id>
	<title>Re:Related question</title>
	<author>xirusmom</author>
	<datestamp>1263726540000</datestamp>
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	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I was happy with my pre-paid t-mobile when I visited Canada. I had no problems with coverage at all.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I was happy with my pre-paid t-mobile when I visited Canada .
I had no problems with coverage at all .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I was happy with my pre-paid t-mobile when I visited Canada.
I had no problems with coverage at all.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801868</id>
	<title>T-Mobile is best contract-free national option</title>
	<author>geniusj</author>
	<datestamp>1263727260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>If you'd prefer not to give up your first born with a contract, you can actually do so cheaper with T-Mobile ("Get More Plus" is the plan) than if you had signed a contract with them.  You'll have to buy your phone at full price, but typically the plans are about $20/mo cheaper if you do without a subsidized phone.  And as a bonus, there's no contract and it is cheaper over 24 months.  It really gives you some visibility into exactly how much you're paying for that "free" phone elsewhere.  But coming from Europe, I'm sure you understand.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>If you 'd prefer not to give up your first born with a contract , you can actually do so cheaper with T-Mobile ( " Get More Plus " is the plan ) than if you had signed a contract with them .
You 'll have to buy your phone at full price , but typically the plans are about $ 20/mo cheaper if you do without a subsidized phone .
And as a bonus , there 's no contract and it is cheaper over 24 months .
It really gives you some visibility into exactly how much you 're paying for that " free " phone elsewhere .
But coming from Europe , I 'm sure you understand .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If you'd prefer not to give up your first born with a contract, you can actually do so cheaper with T-Mobile ("Get More Plus" is the plan) than if you had signed a contract with them.
You'll have to buy your phone at full price, but typically the plans are about $20/mo cheaper if you do without a subsidized phone.
And as a bonus, there's no contract and it is cheaper over 24 months.
It really gives you some visibility into exactly how much you're paying for that "free" phone elsewhere.
But coming from Europe, I'm sure you understand.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30813506</id>
	<title>Re:Verizon has best coverage... but it's verizon.</title>
	<author>Cramer</author>
	<datestamp>1263813840000</datestamp>
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	<htmltext><p>And to be fair, the GSM networks in the US don't run on the same frequencies as those in other parts of the world. (Remember, we have to have our own standards... radio, tv, HD, PSTN, data comm, etc., etc., etc.  Of course, we cannot make anything that's actually <i>better</i>.)</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>And to be fair , the GSM networks in the US do n't run on the same frequencies as those in other parts of the world .
( Remember , we have to have our own standards... radio , tv , HD , PSTN , data comm , etc. , etc. , etc .
Of course , we can not make anything that 's actually better .
)</tokentext>
<sentencetext>And to be fair, the GSM networks in the US don't run on the same frequencies as those in other parts of the world.
(Remember, we have to have our own standards... radio, tv, HD, PSTN, data comm, etc., etc., etc.
Of course, we cannot make anything that's actually better.
)</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801728</id>
	<title>Sprint</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263726360000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext>Sprint is about the same price as Tmobile (and until recently, were cheaper), has better 3g coverage by far than Tmobile, and roams on Verizon's network in case you *are* heading for the boonies. Sprint has a bad reputation they can't seem to get rid of, but have made vast improvements in customer service under their new CEO Hesse. That having been said, all of the carriers suck....</htmltext>
<tokenext>Sprint is about the same price as Tmobile ( and until recently , were cheaper ) , has better 3g coverage by far than Tmobile , and roams on Verizon 's network in case you * are * heading for the boonies .
Sprint has a bad reputation they ca n't seem to get rid of , but have made vast improvements in customer service under their new CEO Hesse .
That having been said , all of the carriers suck... .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sprint is about the same price as Tmobile (and until recently, were cheaper), has better 3g coverage by far than Tmobile, and roams on Verizon's network in case you *are* heading for the boonies.
Sprint has a bad reputation they can't seem to get rid of, but have made vast improvements in customer service under their new CEO Hesse.
That having been said, all of the carriers suck....</sentencetext>
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</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30807832</id>
	<title>International Roaming?</title>
	<author>CaptainChuck</author>
	<datestamp>1263829680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>Some years ago when the Blackberry 8830 came out, I switched from Verizon to Sprint
because Verizon refused to enable the Blackberry's GPS.  For me, GPS driven Google
Maps is THE smartphone killer app.

I switched to Sprint.  The salesman assured me the GPS worked overseas, in Barcelona
for example.  Before leaving for Barcelona I called the salesman I bought the phone from
to enable international voice and data.  When I got to Barcelona the phone was not authorized
for GSM.  Sprint did not have a customer support number in Spain.  I had to purchase a local
cell phone to call Sprint to get the Sprint phone working.  These calls used up about $100
worth of minutes.  Eventually voice, data and tethered modem started working but not the GPS.

Upon returning to Oregon I sent Sprint  letters demanding credit for the expenditures they
forced on me but never got a reply.


Sprint did manage to get the phone authorized on subsequent trips but the built in GPS
never worked.  I was able to use a Bluetooth GPS but the connection had to be reset
often.  The tethered modem feature did not work on the last trip, and Sprint claimed it
never did work overseas!

The nice thing about Sprint is that you can get "all you can eat" data overseas for about
$70 per month surcharge.  Too bad the menu is shrinking.

The other carriers I've checked charge an astronomical fee for data overseas.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Some years ago when the Blackberry 8830 came out , I switched from Verizon to Sprint because Verizon refused to enable the Blackberry 's GPS .
For me , GPS driven Google Maps is THE smartphone killer app .
I switched to Sprint .
The salesman assured me the GPS worked overseas , in Barcelona for example .
Before leaving for Barcelona I called the salesman I bought the phone from to enable international voice and data .
When I got to Barcelona the phone was not authorized for GSM .
Sprint did not have a customer support number in Spain .
I had to purchase a local cell phone to call Sprint to get the Sprint phone working .
These calls used up about $ 100 worth of minutes .
Eventually voice , data and tethered modem started working but not the GPS .
Upon returning to Oregon I sent Sprint letters demanding credit for the expenditures they forced on me but never got a reply .
Sprint did manage to get the phone authorized on subsequent trips but the built in GPS never worked .
I was able to use a Bluetooth GPS but the connection had to be reset often .
The tethered modem feature did not work on the last trip , and Sprint claimed it never did work overseas !
The nice thing about Sprint is that you can get " all you can eat " data overseas for about $ 70 per month surcharge .
Too bad the menu is shrinking .
The other carriers I 've checked charge an astronomical fee for data overseas .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Some years ago when the Blackberry 8830 came out, I switched from Verizon to Sprint
because Verizon refused to enable the Blackberry's GPS.
For me, GPS driven Google
Maps is THE smartphone killer app.
I switched to Sprint.
The salesman assured me the GPS worked overseas, in Barcelona
for example.
Before leaving for Barcelona I called the salesman I bought the phone from
to enable international voice and data.
When I got to Barcelona the phone was not authorized
for GSM.
Sprint did not have a customer support number in Spain.
I had to purchase a local
cell phone to call Sprint to get the Sprint phone working.
These calls used up about $100
worth of minutes.
Eventually voice, data and tethered modem started working but not the GPS.
Upon returning to Oregon I sent Sprint  letters demanding credit for the expenditures they
forced on me but never got a reply.
Sprint did manage to get the phone authorized on subsequent trips but the built in GPS
never worked.
I was able to use a Bluetooth GPS but the connection had to be reset
often.
The tethered modem feature did not work on the last trip, and Sprint claimed it
never did work overseas!
The nice thing about Sprint is that you can get "all you can eat" data overseas for about
$70 per month surcharge.
Too bad the menu is shrinking.
The other carriers I've checked charge an astronomical fee for data overseas.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801468</id>
	<title>Re:Related question</title>
	<author>xs650</author>
	<datestamp>1263724740000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>I've been using these guys for about 4 years and had good service.  Their O2 service uses the ATT network and you can use your GSM phone if it operates on the US frequencies.<br>http://www.ecallplus.com/cellular/o2-gsm.html</htmltext>
<tokenext>I 've been using these guys for about 4 years and had good service .
Their O2 service uses the ATT network and you can use your GSM phone if it operates on the US frequencies.http : //www.ecallplus.com/cellular/o2-gsm.html</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I've been using these guys for about 4 years and had good service.
Their O2 service uses the ATT network and you can use your GSM phone if it operates on the US frequencies.http://www.ecallplus.com/cellular/o2-gsm.html</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801094</id>
	<title>Sprint - Meh</title>
	<author>rlp</author>
	<datestamp>1263722160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I've been a Sprint customer for quite a few years.  My family has three phones on a family plan w. "unlimited" texts and data.  I'd rate Sprint as follows:</p><p>Pros</p><p>1) Price - best pricing for the family plan of the major wireless carriers.<br>2) Network coverage - good.  Good coverage everywhere I need it (home, work, daughter at university).  Gotten coverage in some surprising places - like camping and hiking many miles from a major highway.</p><p>Cons</p><p>1) Customer service - horrible, truly horrible.  Any time I have a problem, I can expect to make multiple calls, to get incorrect information, to be lied to.  ALMOST as bad as AT&amp;T.<br>2) Phone selection - AT&amp;T has the IPhone, Verizon seems to be getting more interesting smart phones (like the Droid) before Sprint.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I 've been a Sprint customer for quite a few years .
My family has three phones on a family plan w. " unlimited " texts and data .
I 'd rate Sprint as follows : Pros1 ) Price - best pricing for the family plan of the major wireless carriers.2 ) Network coverage - good .
Good coverage everywhere I need it ( home , work , daughter at university ) .
Gotten coverage in some surprising places - like camping and hiking many miles from a major highway.Cons1 ) Customer service - horrible , truly horrible .
Any time I have a problem , I can expect to make multiple calls , to get incorrect information , to be lied to .
ALMOST as bad as AT&amp;T.2 ) Phone selection - AT&amp;T has the IPhone , Verizon seems to be getting more interesting smart phones ( like the Droid ) before Sprint .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I've been a Sprint customer for quite a few years.
My family has three phones on a family plan w. "unlimited" texts and data.
I'd rate Sprint as follows:Pros1) Price - best pricing for the family plan of the major wireless carriers.2) Network coverage - good.
Good coverage everywhere I need it (home, work, daughter at university).
Gotten coverage in some surprising places - like camping and hiking many miles from a major highway.Cons1) Customer service - horrible, truly horrible.
Any time I have a problem, I can expect to make multiple calls, to get incorrect information, to be lied to.
ALMOST as bad as AT&amp;T.2) Phone selection - AT&amp;T has the IPhone, Verizon seems to be getting more interesting smart phones (like the Droid) before Sprint.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30804306</id>
	<title>Re:In Chicagoland...</title>
	<author>amRadioHed</author>
	<datestamp>1263747720000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>Sprint and T-Mobile only care about getting customers to sign a contract</p></div><p>Funny you'd say that since T-Mobile is the only carrier that allows you to get a phone without signing a contract.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Sprint and T-Mobile only care about getting customers to sign a contractFunny you 'd say that since T-Mobile is the only carrier that allows you to get a phone without signing a contract .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sprint and T-Mobile only care about getting customers to sign a contractFunny you'd say that since T-Mobile is the only carrier that allows you to get a phone without signing a contract.
	</sentencetext>
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</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30809296</id>
	<title>Ideal phone service</title>
	<author>CopaceticOpus</author>
	<datestamp>1263837180000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I'm still waiting for the ideal phone service, and I hope that Google will offer it when they finish integrating Gizmo5 into Google Voice.</p><p>I want a phone that combines the benefits of traditional cell phones with the cost savings of VoIP.</p><ol> <li>When I am away from home, the phone will act as a traditional pay-as-you-go phone.</li><li>When I am home, or in range of a recognized wifi router, the phone will switch to "IP mode". In IP mode, everything is free or nearly free, because the phone is using my broadband connection. Phone calls, texts, and data transfers are all included.</li><li>The phone will use a single number for placing and receiving calls, regardless of whether it is in IP mode.</li><li>I would not have to purchase a data plan if I don't want one. If anything, I'd choose a pay-as-you-go data plan, for that one time every few months I want to look something up when I'm away from home.</li></ol><p>This plan would allow people who make most of their calls from home to save hundreds of dollars on their annual bill. Currently I use a combination of Skype and a pay-as-you-go phone to keep my bill low, but having multiple phone numbers is a pain.</p><p>Someone offer this, please! Whatever happened to competing on price?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'm still waiting for the ideal phone service , and I hope that Google will offer it when they finish integrating Gizmo5 into Google Voice.I want a phone that combines the benefits of traditional cell phones with the cost savings of VoIP .
When I am away from home , the phone will act as a traditional pay-as-you-go phone.When I am home , or in range of a recognized wifi router , the phone will switch to " IP mode " .
In IP mode , everything is free or nearly free , because the phone is using my broadband connection .
Phone calls , texts , and data transfers are all included.The phone will use a single number for placing and receiving calls , regardless of whether it is in IP mode.I would not have to purchase a data plan if I do n't want one .
If anything , I 'd choose a pay-as-you-go data plan , for that one time every few months I want to look something up when I 'm away from home.This plan would allow people who make most of their calls from home to save hundreds of dollars on their annual bill .
Currently I use a combination of Skype and a pay-as-you-go phone to keep my bill low , but having multiple phone numbers is a pain.Someone offer this , please !
Whatever happened to competing on price ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I'm still waiting for the ideal phone service, and I hope that Google will offer it when they finish integrating Gizmo5 into Google Voice.I want a phone that combines the benefits of traditional cell phones with the cost savings of VoIP.
When I am away from home, the phone will act as a traditional pay-as-you-go phone.When I am home, or in range of a recognized wifi router, the phone will switch to "IP mode".
In IP mode, everything is free or nearly free, because the phone is using my broadband connection.
Phone calls, texts, and data transfers are all included.The phone will use a single number for placing and receiving calls, regardless of whether it is in IP mode.I would not have to purchase a data plan if I don't want one.
If anything, I'd choose a pay-as-you-go data plan, for that one time every few months I want to look something up when I'm away from home.This plan would allow people who make most of their calls from home to save hundreds of dollars on their annual bill.
Currently I use a combination of Skype and a pay-as-you-go phone to keep my bill low, but having multiple phone numbers is a pain.Someone offer this, please!
Whatever happened to competing on price?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801464</id>
	<title>Sprint or Verizon</title>
	<author>Ouchie</author>
	<datestamp>1263724740000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>First off, I will admit I receive mighty fine discounts from Sprint.
<p>
Well if you Slashdot daily you will have heard GSM encryption has been hacked and the code is in the wild.  The fact that the major GSM providers continue to downplay this is a good reason to steer clear.  That leaves you with Sprint, Verizon or a local carrier.
</p><p>
Both Sprint and Verizon have good deals on plans and they have decent phones.  I am an unrepentant crackberry addict and will tell you why.  It lasts more than 5 hours on push and I can change the battery my damn self if needed, (haven't had too except while camping).
</p><p>
Sprint's everything plan is good and Verizon has followed suit with something similar.  My preference for Sprint is that they discount their already low price by 25\%.  I have been with them for over 10 years which also means I get full upgrades on all my phones every year not two years.  I pay $150/mo. for three phones with 1500 shared minutes, weekends and evenings starting at 7PM (not 9PM), any network roaming in US &amp; Canada (quad band phone required), and everything data (including BlackBerry service).  Minutes to me wasn't as big an issue as the data.  I send and receive over 100 texts and emails a day.
</p><p>
Verizon has a better pick of phones in my opinion, something I don't hesitate to tell Sprint as often as possible, especially when I want them to knock another $100 off a new phone. Verizon has wider coverage where Sprint seems to have stronger signal in Cities.  I can often get in the elevator and keep my conversation going while friends drop off.  As I said my Sprint signal fades faster though when I get away from the city.  Having a quad-band phone is handy I can jump over to another network and I'm up and running.
</p><p>
If your're dead set on the iPhone and you don't care about its limitations I say go for it.  If you need a serious work phone that is rugged and long lasting I recommend a Blackberry.  Keep in mind there are two families of BB, consumer (Pearl &amp; Curve), and industrial (Tour &amp; Bold), not sure where the touch screen one fits in since it seems to have features of both families.  Android phones are getting better reviews every time I look at them.  At the moment they seem to lack the finer polish of the iPhone but they perform just as well and they are an open platform.
</p><p>
I am not sure where to come down on the Palm Pre and Pixi, they seem to suffer from the same lack of polish that Android phones have but they are also a closed platform meaning they will likely evolve out of that phase slower.  Palm was great back in the day and if the Pre came out 3 years ago I would have said it was a game changer now it's like a relief pitcher brought in too late to win the game and is only there to keep the run lead down and salvage as much of the team's reputation as possible.
</p><p>
My final opinion avoid the iPhone and AT&amp;T or any other GSM carrier.  Pick an Android phone if you want fun and a BlackBerry if you need a serious workhorse.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>First off , I will admit I receive mighty fine discounts from Sprint .
Well if you Slashdot daily you will have heard GSM encryption has been hacked and the code is in the wild .
The fact that the major GSM providers continue to downplay this is a good reason to steer clear .
That leaves you with Sprint , Verizon or a local carrier .
Both Sprint and Verizon have good deals on plans and they have decent phones .
I am an unrepentant crackberry addict and will tell you why .
It lasts more than 5 hours on push and I can change the battery my damn self if needed , ( have n't had too except while camping ) .
Sprint 's everything plan is good and Verizon has followed suit with something similar .
My preference for Sprint is that they discount their already low price by 25 \ % .
I have been with them for over 10 years which also means I get full upgrades on all my phones every year not two years .
I pay $ 150/mo .
for three phones with 1500 shared minutes , weekends and evenings starting at 7PM ( not 9PM ) , any network roaming in US &amp; Canada ( quad band phone required ) , and everything data ( including BlackBerry service ) .
Minutes to me was n't as big an issue as the data .
I send and receive over 100 texts and emails a day .
Verizon has a better pick of phones in my opinion , something I do n't hesitate to tell Sprint as often as possible , especially when I want them to knock another $ 100 off a new phone .
Verizon has wider coverage where Sprint seems to have stronger signal in Cities .
I can often get in the elevator and keep my conversation going while friends drop off .
As I said my Sprint signal fades faster though when I get away from the city .
Having a quad-band phone is handy I can jump over to another network and I 'm up and running .
If your 're dead set on the iPhone and you do n't care about its limitations I say go for it .
If you need a serious work phone that is rugged and long lasting I recommend a Blackberry .
Keep in mind there are two families of BB , consumer ( Pearl &amp; Curve ) , and industrial ( Tour &amp; Bold ) , not sure where the touch screen one fits in since it seems to have features of both families .
Android phones are getting better reviews every time I look at them .
At the moment they seem to lack the finer polish of the iPhone but they perform just as well and they are an open platform .
I am not sure where to come down on the Palm Pre and Pixi , they seem to suffer from the same lack of polish that Android phones have but they are also a closed platform meaning they will likely evolve out of that phase slower .
Palm was great back in the day and if the Pre came out 3 years ago I would have said it was a game changer now it 's like a relief pitcher brought in too late to win the game and is only there to keep the run lead down and salvage as much of the team 's reputation as possible .
My final opinion avoid the iPhone and AT&amp;T or any other GSM carrier .
Pick an Android phone if you want fun and a BlackBerry if you need a serious workhorse .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>First off, I will admit I receive mighty fine discounts from Sprint.
Well if you Slashdot daily you will have heard GSM encryption has been hacked and the code is in the wild.
The fact that the major GSM providers continue to downplay this is a good reason to steer clear.
That leaves you with Sprint, Verizon or a local carrier.
Both Sprint and Verizon have good deals on plans and they have decent phones.
I am an unrepentant crackberry addict and will tell you why.
It lasts more than 5 hours on push and I can change the battery my damn self if needed, (haven't had too except while camping).
Sprint's everything plan is good and Verizon has followed suit with something similar.
My preference for Sprint is that they discount their already low price by 25\%.
I have been with them for over 10 years which also means I get full upgrades on all my phones every year not two years.
I pay $150/mo.
for three phones with 1500 shared minutes, weekends and evenings starting at 7PM (not 9PM), any network roaming in US &amp; Canada (quad band phone required), and everything data (including BlackBerry service).
Minutes to me wasn't as big an issue as the data.
I send and receive over 100 texts and emails a day.
Verizon has a better pick of phones in my opinion, something I don't hesitate to tell Sprint as often as possible, especially when I want them to knock another $100 off a new phone.
Verizon has wider coverage where Sprint seems to have stronger signal in Cities.
I can often get in the elevator and keep my conversation going while friends drop off.
As I said my Sprint signal fades faster though when I get away from the city.
Having a quad-band phone is handy I can jump over to another network and I'm up and running.
If your're dead set on the iPhone and you don't care about its limitations I say go for it.
If you need a serious work phone that is rugged and long lasting I recommend a Blackberry.
Keep in mind there are two families of BB, consumer (Pearl &amp; Curve), and industrial (Tour &amp; Bold), not sure where the touch screen one fits in since it seems to have features of both families.
Android phones are getting better reviews every time I look at them.
At the moment they seem to lack the finer polish of the iPhone but they perform just as well and they are an open platform.
I am not sure where to come down on the Palm Pre and Pixi, they seem to suffer from the same lack of polish that Android phones have but they are also a closed platform meaning they will likely evolve out of that phase slower.
Palm was great back in the day and if the Pre came out 3 years ago I would have said it was a game changer now it's like a relief pitcher brought in too late to win the game and is only there to keep the run lead down and salvage as much of the team's reputation as possible.
My final opinion avoid the iPhone and AT&amp;T or any other GSM carrier.
Pick an Android phone if you want fun and a BlackBerry if you need a serious workhorse.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802128</id>
	<title>Re:T-Mobile, UMA, and $0.10 per minute</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263729300000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>UMA calls R FREE in TMO through either TMO's WIFI network (additional monthly charge) or any other WIFI network.  TMO also have 10gb limit / month for unlimited data plans (after which they throttle you, not charge you per mb fee).  Flying thru the holidays, I tethered (free) my BB9700 to my laptop, I worked/watched utube at various airports instead of paying $10/day to various WIFI service providers.  If you can swing it, pay the full price of the phone and get the $80/month + tax unlimited everything plan.  No contract.  And, you can save over anybody else across the life of the phone.  I never got the iphone crowd?  Yeah, you pay $200 for a nice phone. But, you pay $1200/year for the service.  Coverage comments about TMO r rite on spot.  Do not get in w/ TMO if u live in the boons or expect to get 3g outside of any metro city.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>UMA calls R FREE in TMO through either TMO 's WIFI network ( additional monthly charge ) or any other WIFI network .
TMO also have 10gb limit / month for unlimited data plans ( after which they throttle you , not charge you per mb fee ) .
Flying thru the holidays , I tethered ( free ) my BB9700 to my laptop , I worked/watched utube at various airports instead of paying $ 10/day to various WIFI service providers .
If you can swing it , pay the full price of the phone and get the $ 80/month + tax unlimited everything plan .
No contract .
And , you can save over anybody else across the life of the phone .
I never got the iphone crowd ?
Yeah , you pay $ 200 for a nice phone .
But , you pay $ 1200/year for the service .
Coverage comments about TMO r rite on spot .
Do not get in w/ TMO if u live in the boons or expect to get 3g outside of any metro city .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>UMA calls R FREE in TMO through either TMO's WIFI network (additional monthly charge) or any other WIFI network.
TMO also have 10gb limit / month for unlimited data plans (after which they throttle you, not charge you per mb fee).
Flying thru the holidays, I tethered (free) my BB9700 to my laptop, I worked/watched utube at various airports instead of paying $10/day to various WIFI service providers.
If you can swing it, pay the full price of the phone and get the $80/month + tax unlimited everything plan.
No contract.
And, you can save over anybody else across the life of the phone.
I never got the iphone crowd?
Yeah, you pay $200 for a nice phone.
But, you pay $1200/year for the service.
Coverage comments about TMO r rite on spot.
Do not get in w/ TMO if u live in the boons or expect to get 3g outside of any metro city.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802740</id>
	<title>Re:Wrong payment type</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263733500000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Please mod parent up. Funny and true.</p><p>If you've been away, welcome back. Sorry 'bout that.</p><p>Having said that, the original poster makes no mention if he/she plans to go overseas for work or play while he/she is based in the States. If so, the choices come down to T-Mo or ATT, as they are GSM. Unless you try for one of the very limited number of "world" phones which will talk GSM and CDMA.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Please mod parent up .
Funny and true.If you 've been away , welcome back .
Sorry 'bout that.Having said that , the original poster makes no mention if he/she plans to go overseas for work or play while he/she is based in the States .
If so , the choices come down to T-Mo or ATT , as they are GSM .
Unless you try for one of the very limited number of " world " phones which will talk GSM and CDMA .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Please mod parent up.
Funny and true.If you've been away, welcome back.
Sorry 'bout that.Having said that, the original poster makes no mention if he/she plans to go overseas for work or play while he/she is based in the States.
If so, the choices come down to T-Mo or ATT, as they are GSM.
Unless you try for one of the very limited number of "world" phones which will talk GSM and CDMA.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801388</id>
	<title>Re:Verizon has best coverage... but it's verizon.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263724200000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext>They're all bad.  Verizon? Check out <a href="http://verizarape.com/" title="verizarape.com">verizarape.com</a> [verizarape.com].  ATT? <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Hate-ATT/182819833799" title="facebook.com">It's got it's own facebook hate group.</a> [facebook.com] Do you hate sprint? <a href="http://ihatesprint.wordpress.com/" title="wordpress.com">I hate Sprint was created for you.</a> [wordpress.com] T-Mobile? <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-HATE-T-MOBILE/172709022617" title="facebook.com">They've got you covered</a> [facebook.com]. And there are even <a href="http://video.google.com/videosearch?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=\%22I+hate+t-mobile\%22&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;ei=u4BTS8SmNJj4tQOl4eD4DA&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=video\_result\_group&amp;ct=title&amp;resnum=10&amp;ved=0CDwQqwQwCQ#" title="google.com">youtube videos</a> [google.com].<br> <br>
Among the high quality comments you will find on these websites are things like this gem: "[carrier] had reeeeeally been bothering me lately! They think they're so cool, but if I could, I would DESTROY [carrier]!!"  So now you know everything you know.<br> <br>
Seriously though, the 'best' carrier depends on your needs and your area.  In this story you will have posts from people who say "X carrier has horrible coverage" and others who say the same carrier has awesome coverage.  It really depends on where you live.</htmltext>
<tokenext>They 're all bad .
Verizon ? Check out verizarape.com [ verizarape.com ] .
ATT ? It 's got it 's own facebook hate group .
[ facebook.com ] Do you hate sprint ?
I hate Sprint was created for you .
[ wordpress.com ] T-Mobile ?
They 've got you covered [ facebook.com ] .
And there are even youtube videos [ google.com ] .
Among the high quality comments you will find on these websites are things like this gem : " [ carrier ] had reeeeeally been bothering me lately !
They think they 're so cool , but if I could , I would DESTROY [ carrier ] ! !
" So now you know everything you know .
Seriously though , the 'best ' carrier depends on your needs and your area .
In this story you will have posts from people who say " X carrier has horrible coverage " and others who say the same carrier has awesome coverage .
It really depends on where you live .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>They're all bad.
Verizon? Check out verizarape.com [verizarape.com].
ATT? It's got it's own facebook hate group.
[facebook.com] Do you hate sprint?
I hate Sprint was created for you.
[wordpress.com] T-Mobile?
They've got you covered [facebook.com].
And there are even youtube videos [google.com].
Among the high quality comments you will find on these websites are things like this gem: "[carrier] had reeeeeally been bothering me lately!
They think they're so cool, but if I could, I would DESTROY [carrier]!!
"  So now you know everything you know.
Seriously though, the 'best' carrier depends on your needs and your area.
In this story you will have posts from people who say "X carrier has horrible coverage" and others who say the same carrier has awesome coverage.
It really depends on where you live.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801034</id>
	<title>A strange game...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263721800000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The only winning move is not to play.</p><p>Seriously, all of the carriers suck.</p><p>Your only real choice is to choose things that are important to you and find the carrier that sucks the least in those things.</p><p>Of course, you have to put up with the extreme suckage in the other areas...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The only winning move is not to play.Seriously , all of the carriers suck.Your only real choice is to choose things that are important to you and find the carrier that sucks the least in those things.Of course , you have to put up with the extreme suckage in the other areas.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The only winning move is not to play.Seriously, all of the carriers suck.Your only real choice is to choose things that are important to you and find the carrier that sucks the least in those things.Of course, you have to put up with the extreme suckage in the other areas...</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801020</id>
	<title>Depends</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263721740000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Depends on what your priorities are and where in the country you are.  For instance, AT&amp;T absolutely bites if you're in NYC, especially if you want to use data; but isn't so bad in some smaller cities.  Verizon has great coverage (especially if you travel a lot in the US) and reliability, but cruddy customer service (not that anyone has good customer service), mediocre data options, and a history of crippling the discounted phones that come with their plans.  Etc.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Depends on what your priorities are and where in the country you are .
For instance , AT&amp;T absolutely bites if you 're in NYC , especially if you want to use data ; but is n't so bad in some smaller cities .
Verizon has great coverage ( especially if you travel a lot in the US ) and reliability , but cruddy customer service ( not that anyone has good customer service ) , mediocre data options , and a history of crippling the discounted phones that come with their plans .
Etc .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Depends on what your priorities are and where in the country you are.
For instance, AT&amp;T absolutely bites if you're in NYC, especially if you want to use data; but isn't so bad in some smaller cities.
Verizon has great coverage (especially if you travel a lot in the US) and reliability, but cruddy customer service (not that anyone has good customer service), mediocre data options, and a history of crippling the discounted phones that come with their plans.
Etc.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30810898</id>
	<title>In the words of a Scary Movie 2 character:</title>
	<author>3.1415926535898</author>
	<datestamp>1263844620000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>"...them is Dixie cups"</htmltext>
<tokenext>" ...them is Dixie cups "</tokentext>
<sentencetext>"...them is Dixie cups"</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801578</id>
	<title>Re:T-Mobile, UMA, and $0.10 per minute</title>
	<author>Hadlock</author>
	<datestamp>1263725520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I used UMA calling in south america to "phone home" to Dallas and use my regular bucket of minutes. Great deal. Most hotels/hostels have wifi availble, which is where you're going to make a long personal call anyways.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I used UMA calling in south america to " phone home " to Dallas and use my regular bucket of minutes .
Great deal .
Most hotels/hostels have wifi availble , which is where you 're going to make a long personal call anyways .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I used UMA calling in south america to "phone home" to Dallas and use my regular bucket of minutes.
Great deal.
Most hotels/hostels have wifi availble, which is where you're going to make a long personal call anyways.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801032</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30803512</id>
	<title>Might be of some help</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263740460000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>As a reference in case you want a comparison sitehttp://www.cellphones.ca/</p><p>Not saying it is the greatest site, but as a quick guide it's decent enough.</p><p>Of course take a look at the ratings of the Canadian carriers. Looking at getting a Smartphone here is really scraping the bottom of the US barrel it seems. Your probs in the US would be huge improvements compared to what crap we get.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>As a reference in case you want a comparison sitehttp : //www.cellphones.ca/Not saying it is the greatest site , but as a quick guide it 's decent enough.Of course take a look at the ratings of the Canadian carriers .
Looking at getting a Smartphone here is really scraping the bottom of the US barrel it seems .
Your probs in the US would be huge improvements compared to what crap we get .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>As a reference in case you want a comparison sitehttp://www.cellphones.ca/Not saying it is the greatest site, but as a quick guide it's decent enough.Of course take a look at the ratings of the Canadian carriers.
Looking at getting a Smartphone here is really scraping the bottom of the US barrel it seems.
Your probs in the US would be huge improvements compared to what crap we get.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801190</id>
	<title>coverage varies dude.</title>
	<author>spottedkangaroo</author>
	<datestamp>1263722820000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>It really depends on your city.  I would tend to choose sprint for speed and coverage, but it really depends on your area.  In many cities people will glare at me when I say sprint, but in others (like this one), everyone just nods.</htmltext>
<tokenext>It really depends on your city .
I would tend to choose sprint for speed and coverage , but it really depends on your area .
In many cities people will glare at me when I say sprint , but in others ( like this one ) , everyone just nods .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It really depends on your city.
I would tend to choose sprint for speed and coverage, but it really depends on your area.
In many cities people will glare at me when I say sprint, but in others (like this one), everyone just nods.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30807952</id>
	<title>Re:Agreed</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263830220000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I know everyone says that T-Mobile has the worst coverage, but where I live that isn't true.  The 3G coverage around Boulder is great.  We ski at Eldora every weekend and T-Mobile is the ONLY company that works there.  So at least where I live and play, it is simply the best coverage.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I know everyone says that T-Mobile has the worst coverage , but where I live that is n't true .
The 3G coverage around Boulder is great .
We ski at Eldora every weekend and T-Mobile is the ONLY company that works there .
So at least where I live and play , it is simply the best coverage .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I know everyone says that T-Mobile has the worst coverage, but where I live that isn't true.
The 3G coverage around Boulder is great.
We ski at Eldora every weekend and T-Mobile is the ONLY company that works there.
So at least where I live and play, it is simply the best coverage.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801290</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30802704</id>
	<title>Opinions</title>
	<author>gone.fishing</author>
	<datestamp>1263733320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>What you read here should be taken with a grain of salt (except for my post of course).  </p><p>Opinions are like assholes; everyone has one and most of them stink.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>What you read here should be taken with a grain of salt ( except for my post of course ) .
Opinions are like assholes ; everyone has one and most of them stink .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>What you read here should be taken with a grain of salt (except for my post of course).
Opinions are like assholes; everyone has one and most of them stink.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801316</id>
	<title>Re:Related question</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263723660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I've used T-Mobile USA for this.  It cost about $10 USD to get a bare SIM activated at a T-Mobile shop, and you can buy "refills" in various sizes. After the first $100 USD through the account, the price per minute drops with "gold status".  The price per minute is also lower for the larger packages.  The $100 refill provides the lowest price of $0.10/minute.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I 've used T-Mobile USA for this .
It cost about $ 10 USD to get a bare SIM activated at a T-Mobile shop , and you can buy " refills " in various sizes .
After the first $ 100 USD through the account , the price per minute drops with " gold status " .
The price per minute is also lower for the larger packages .
The $ 100 refill provides the lowest price of $ 0.10/minute .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I've used T-Mobile USA for this.
It cost about $10 USD to get a bare SIM activated at a T-Mobile shop, and you can buy "refills" in various sizes.
After the first $100 USD through the account, the price per minute drops with "gold status".
The price per minute is also lower for the larger packages.
The $100 refill provides the lowest price of $0.10/minute.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800966</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30805252</id>
	<title>Re:Related question</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1263758160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>T-Mobile's prepaid plan is a total rip-off. I was using it for a while but it was costing me an arm and a leg for minutes. I had the unlimited sms with it because I used them more often than talking on the phone but it cost $1 a day for access and $.15 a min for calls. your best bet is to get their "Flexpay" account which is very similar where you pay in advance but you can get unlimited everything (calls,sms and net) for $49.99 a month. It is a much better deal if you use your phone even a moderate amount of time.</p><p>I sent usually at least 30 sms messages a day which at 10 cents would be $3 a day<br>received at least the same if not more which are 5 cents a piece so $1.50<br>That would be $4.50 with out making any calls. so say I used 30 minutes a day on calls (which is very easy since they round up) thats another $3<br>So that's $7.50 a day. so for a month that would be $225 for moderately using the phone. If you use your phone a lot, you are talking a lot more.<br>(this is why I paid the $1 access fee for unlimited text but minutes are 15 cents instead of 10), But even still that's $4.50 on calls and $1 access or roughly $165 a month.</p><p>Obviously it's worth it if you never use your phone and have it for emergency use only. But for any other use its just not worth it.</p><p>Hope this helps. You owe it to yourself to at least check out the flexpay plans they may save you a good amount of money if you use your phone at all.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>T-Mobile 's prepaid plan is a total rip-off .
I was using it for a while but it was costing me an arm and a leg for minutes .
I had the unlimited sms with it because I used them more often than talking on the phone but it cost $ 1 a day for access and $ .15 a min for calls .
your best bet is to get their " Flexpay " account which is very similar where you pay in advance but you can get unlimited everything ( calls,sms and net ) for $ 49.99 a month .
It is a much better deal if you use your phone even a moderate amount of time.I sent usually at least 30 sms messages a day which at 10 cents would be $ 3 a dayreceived at least the same if not more which are 5 cents a piece so $ 1.50That would be $ 4.50 with out making any calls .
so say I used 30 minutes a day on calls ( which is very easy since they round up ) thats another $ 3So that 's $ 7.50 a day .
so for a month that would be $ 225 for moderately using the phone .
If you use your phone a lot , you are talking a lot more .
( this is why I paid the $ 1 access fee for unlimited text but minutes are 15 cents instead of 10 ) , But even still that 's $ 4.50 on calls and $ 1 access or roughly $ 165 a month.Obviously it 's worth it if you never use your phone and have it for emergency use only .
But for any other use its just not worth it.Hope this helps .
You owe it to yourself to at least check out the flexpay plans they may save you a good amount of money if you use your phone at all .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>T-Mobile's prepaid plan is a total rip-off.
I was using it for a while but it was costing me an arm and a leg for minutes.
I had the unlimited sms with it because I used them more often than talking on the phone but it cost $1 a day for access and $.15 a min for calls.
your best bet is to get their "Flexpay" account which is very similar where you pay in advance but you can get unlimited everything (calls,sms and net) for $49.99 a month.
It is a much better deal if you use your phone even a moderate amount of time.I sent usually at least 30 sms messages a day which at 10 cents would be $3 a dayreceived at least the same if not more which are 5 cents a piece so $1.50That would be $4.50 with out making any calls.
so say I used 30 minutes a day on calls (which is very easy since they round up) thats another $3So that's $7.50 a day.
so for a month that would be $225 for moderately using the phone.
If you use your phone a lot, you are talking a lot more.
(this is why I paid the $1 access fee for unlimited text but minutes are 15 cents instead of 10), But even still that's $4.50 on calls and $1 access or roughly $165 a month.Obviously it's worth it if you never use your phone and have it for emergency use only.
But for any other use its just not worth it.Hope this helps.
You owe it to yourself to at least check out the flexpay plans they may save you a good amount of money if you use your phone at all.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801286</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30805160</id>
	<title>Re:Verizon has best coverage... but it's verizon.</title>
	<author>Epsilon Eridani</author>
	<datestamp>1263756840000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Thanks Malakai,

This is what I was looking for in a reply.  I kept it my question vague because I wanted to get peoples experiences from all over, not just in one geographical area with one particular provider.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Thanks Malakai , This is what I was looking for in a reply .
I kept it my question vague because I wanted to get peoples experiences from all over , not just in one geographical area with one particular provider .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Thanks Malakai,

This is what I was looking for in a reply.
I kept it my question vague because I wanted to get peoples experiences from all over, not just in one geographical area with one particular provider.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30800972</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_17_2034242.30801144</id>
	<title>Variables</title>
	<author>madsenj37</author>
	<datestamp>1263722520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>It depends on where you are based, how much you will travel, are you a business or personal user and whether you like sim cards or closed platorms.</htmltext>
<tokenext>It depends on where you are based , how much you will travel , are you a business or personal user and whether you like sim cards or closed platorms .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It depends on where you are based, how much you will travel, are you a business or personal user and whether you like sim cards or closed platorms.</sentencetext>
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