?'s from a Newbie

**NoNameArtist** · 09-01-2010, 04:34 PM

I am always available via BB Messenger if you want to chat about this.

**Kare E. D.** · 09-01-2010, 08:10 PM

I'd like to chat, but, and please pardon my ignorance, how to I get to BB Messenger without a BB?

**fitnessluvr** · 09-02-2010, 12:04 AM

Hi, JimZ. I have quite a bit of experience with nearly all of the carriers in the NW Florida area. Before moving to Indy 4 years ago, it was the only part of the country I had lived in.

My experience there (and I had cellular one, sprint, t-mo, at&t, etc.) is that they are all pretty crappy away from the beach or interstate. The best one for coverage, imo, was the Southern Link service. It is pretty much the same as nextel, but started by and for the regional power company's needs. Because they (the southern companies) wanted to have service anywhere their trucks had to go, that network was pretty extensive. No other cell carrier there could compare.

My point is that they (cellular companies) are all "pretty weak" there. Coverage maps for some other companies may say different, but if a t-mobile phone won't work in a particular location there, none of the other national carriers' likely do any better.

@Rcbjr: I don't think csa819 meant he used wifi with his phone. It looked more to me like he was simply saying why he thought t-mo would be an all-around better choice.