[olug] OT: Cell Phone Recommendation

[Brian Roberson]

AT&T coverage sucks in the west Omaha area... Just drive southbound  
168th from dodge. I live in the 168th and center area and get 1 bar on  
my deck, and 0 coverage in my home. Unfortunately for me, AT&T is my  
companies carrier by force :(

On Oct 3, 2009, at 12:52 PM, Kenny Kant <kenny.kant at running- 
config.com> wrote:

> I was like you waiting for someone here in the Omaha area to come out
> with an Android phone.  I hear that Sprint will have one out this
> October (HTC Hero) which looks like a bad ass phone.  I however went
> with the iPhone as well and I am NOT disappointed by the decision.  I
> however do not agree that AT&T coverage is bad in the Omaha area.  I
> have had nothing but great signal since I got this phone.  The  
> majority
> of the time I have full signal everywhere I go (3G) and have not yet
> kicked over to the EDGE network for data.  In addition for some reason
> these phones work great inside buildings.  So I think the  AT&T  
> coverage
> argument does not hold much weight anymore.  Now AT&T cost may be
> another story :)    I am heading to Western Nebraska next week and I
> will then see how AT&T holds up being stress tested :)
>
> Kenny
>
>
> T. J. Brumfield wrote:
>> Smoke signals are clearly the way to go.
>>
>> I *really* wanted an Android phone, but Verizon kept saying they were
>> going to get one next quarter. After three quarters of them not
>> releasing one, I broke down and got an iPhone, though AT&T is  
>> terrible
>> in Omaha.
>>
>> -- T. J.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 2:00 PM,  <charles.bird at powerdnn.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm going back to teletype and ham radios :P
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------Original Message------
>>> From: Cooper Vertz
>>> Sender: olug-bounces at olug.org
>>> To: Omaha Linux User Group
>>> ReplyTo: Omaha Linux User Group
>>> Subject: Re: [olug] OT: Cell Phone Recommendation
>>> Sent: Sep 30, 2009 1:53 PM
>>>
>>> I read yesterday that Verizon will have an android phone in  
>>> October, the
>>> Motorola "Scholes".
>>>
>>> Verizon has a very poor smartphone lineup right now, I'm still  
>>> using my
>>> ancient Moto Q.
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