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Mr. Sandman · 10-15-2003, 06:11 PM

salty..
exactly what phone do you like? I have been buying cheaper phones to use on the boat (i mount mine externally right next to the vhf radio and consider them disposable) and my wife has the high end model($350 )...neither one gets much signal stength in menemsha harbor .
No matter how much $ you spend on a phone, if the coverage sucks where you are...you ain't going to get connected. I went to Verizon website to check coverage...
http://www.verizonwireless.com/ics/p...egory_id=20725

nextel looks like this:

http://nextel.com/cgi-bin/localMarke...i?market=mkt27

cingular: (I have this now)

http://onlinestore.cingular.com/weba...home_ma_ri.htm

sprint:
http://www.pacwireless.biz/images/spcs_boston.gif

There is some white near the western part of the vineyard and I am assuming that means poor coverage in the sound near the islands and offshore as well. But I will take your word on it...

I bought cingular because someone said it was better then sprint (my previous co).

Do you get a signal when you are fishing Nomans and Cuttyhunk?

(My sprint phone NEVER worked on B.I. the company told me each year that by the following year the entire state of RI would be covered including BI...when I left it still wasn't.

I think the problem is they need a few more cell towers ...one on cuttyhunk and one on nomans...that would cover us!

10-15-2003, 06:11 PM	#17
Mr. Sandman Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 7,649	salty.. exactly what phone do you like? I have been buying cheaper phones to use on the boat (i mount mine externally right next to the vhf radio and consider them disposable) and my wife has the high end model($350 )...neither one gets much signal stength in menemsha harbor . No matter how much $ you spend on a phone, if the coverage sucks where you are...you ain't going to get connected. I went to Verizon website to check coverage... http://www.verizonwireless.com/ics/p...egory_id=20725 nextel looks like this: http://nextel.com/cgi-bin/localMarke...i?market=mkt27 cingular: (I have this now) http://onlinestore.cingular.com/weba...home_ma_ri.htm sprint: http://www.pacwireless.biz/images/spcs_boston.gif There is some white near the western part of the vineyard and I am assuming that means poor coverage in the sound near the islands and offshore as well. But I will take your word on it... I bought cingular because someone said it was better then sprint (my previous co). Do you get a signal when you are fishing Nomans and Cuttyhunk? (My sprint phone NEVER worked on B.I. the company told me each year that by the following year the entire state of RI would be covered including BI...when I left it still wasn't. I think the problem is they need a few more cell towers ...one on cuttyhunk and one on nomans...that would cover us!