RE: Operations: where are you going to sit?

[Roeland Meyer <rmeyer () mhsc com>]

Think cheap. SprintPCS gave us a hellofadeal that none of the others could
touch and it works for the road-dogs (self-included).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Rothschild [mailto:asr () latency net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 11:38 AM
> To: Roeland Meyer
> Cc: nanog () merit edu
> Subject: Re: Operations: where are you going to sit?
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 11:06:20AM -0800, Roeland Meyer wrote:
>
> > Can you provide links for providers of this? We have exactly this
> > problem.  We're in a fringe zone of SprintPCS (East Livermore, CA)
> > and none of our c-phones work inside the building. SprintPCS was
> > supposed to do a buildout this way, this year, but it isn't
> > happening.
>
> Not to rehash the whole "my cell phone provider is better than yours"
> discussion, but I'd strongly advise against using SprintPCS for
> communications as critical as this.  I've found their coverage to be
> extremely poor outside of major metropolitan areas (unless you enjoy
> using analog, and paying for the privilege, due to their lack of
> coverage :-).  And, their international calling is shifty, at best.
>
> Of course, your experience may vary.
>
> Just my $0.02...
> -adam