Wireless / Cellular Service in SoWal

watch out smiley j i think love is in the air..........

I do love Smiley J. It's no joke. Lots of people do.

Wow-I didn't mean to start something-nevermind.

My Cingular works better here than it does at my house in Nashville. Pretty sure neighborhood won't allow tower in area.

Jfunn can tell you I am always outside because it's the only place I can get a signal.

I must be the only person who thinks Sprint is good, too. Works fine for me in my neck of the 30A woods, which is from Seaside to Inlet. Only one little dropout in the "hole" at Camp Creek. I've been generally pretty satisified with customer service response from them, too.

I DID lose LD service for 5 days after Katrina, the Sprint LD switch was in NO. But local calls were OK.

I must be the only one who is satisfied with Nextel, who by the way is now owned by Sprint.

All my friends have had nothing but trouble with Cingular for the last couple of weeks.

Nextel was down for the storms, but he majority were.

I have even had good luck with them all through Europe and the Middle East.

Many folks in these parts are indeed happy with Nextel...and it is a good network, particularly for contractors, etc and those who like/need the direct connect. That's actually why we went with Nextel. And, for about six months, we were blissfully happy (and, honestly, my phone still works great and coverage is good). However, since then, it's been one thing after another with my husband's phone and our son's phone, and the correctlon of each little issue required us to extend our contract.

As usual, SJ is correct...rarely is anyone completely happy with their cellular company. And the major source of frustration is the doggone contracts. I know that will be an issue with anyone we go with. :roll:

I do appreciate everyone's input!

Shallows, also remember that the model phone you have can make a difference in the reception of the signal. Typically, the extendable external antenae will have better reception than the internal antenae. This is the number one feature I look for in a phone and everything else is secondary.

If you are like me and your phone gets much use and abuse, I highly encourage purchasing the insurance on the phone which will reduce your total out of pocket expense if you tend to drop your phone, lose it, or get it filled with pocket lint. You should never have to extend your contract in order to get a replacement phone if you have the insurance. Many people sign a new contract to get a new phone every year. I just keep the same phone (when I don't lose it) and opt to have no contract.

We had Sprint and it was decent in SoWal, and now we have Cingular and have no complaints about it, either. What clinched the deal for us and Cingular is that the overwhelming majoritity of friends and family I love talking to have Cingular, so I can talk for free. Throw in my two teenagers who also yak it up 24/7 with their Cingular friends, and it's an easy, er, economical, choice. ;-)

We had Sprint and it was decent in SoWal, and now we have Cingular and have no complaints about it, either. What clinched the deal for us and Cingular is that the overwhelming majoritity of friends and family I love talking to have Cingular, so I can talk for free. Throw in my two teenagers who also yak it up 24/7 with their Cingular friends, and it's an easy, er, economical, choice. ;-)

You are so lucky that 2 out of 3 Funns have Cingular!

hope that is not the store taderbaby owns b/c the customer service there is horrible.

Tell me about it. The only place I have ever been where you have to sign in to ask a question.

The contracts are pesky to say the least. I agree that you should only sign up for a one year stint with any company, even if it means the telephone might cost more money. If the service (customer and reception) is inadequate, at least you have a chance of not paying a $200 cancellation fee after a year, if you cancel correctly.
I just renewed my Nextel service, and got a lower price directly with them than by going into one of the stores. My telephone is ugly, but has an external antenna and it works almost everywhere on 30A, including the stretch between Grayton and Blue Mountain. It does not work in the first floor of my house though.

You are so lucky that 2 out of 3 Funns have Cingular!

and a Kitty!

Dear Smiley J,

You fell right into my little trap by sending kimmi a text message. I knew that she would freak out if you sent her the message. So I just simply said I didn't have service so you would send it.

Muhahahahhaa,
jfunn

p.s.

Dear Smiley J,

Boo YA!!!!!!

xoxoxo
Darlene

and a Kitty!

and a Darlene!

Dear Smiley J,

Boo YA!!!!!!

xoxoxo
Darlene

Don't believe everything those girls tell you. Boo-ya!

I just got an e-mail from a friend who had a very bad experience with Verizon. This is not an urban legend...I know the guy personally and it happened to him (not a friend of a friend of a friend) within the last 10 days.

Here's what he said

?so I tried to buy a Treo 700p and sign up with Verizon. 15 day free trial, the guy says. Return it if you don?t get good bandwidth.

He?s laying out the bill, and there?s a stack of extra charges he failed to mention. So I told him I wanted my money back. I left the store without the phone.

Then I got a bill from Verizon for $231, including sign-up and early termination fees.

It will be up to 5 working days before they decide whether to credit my account or not.

Beware.

alltel works, even 5 miles offshore

still using the nokia junk pay-as-you-go alltel phone for down there and keeping the samsung for dry land

Alltel Retail Store
133 Beal Parkway Northwest
Ft Walton Beach, FL 32548
(850) 301-2700
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Alltel Retail Store
4576 Highway 20 East
Niceville, FL 32578
(850) 729-1001
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Alltel Retail Store
10859 Highway 98
Destin, FL 32550
(850) 650-2188
Emerald Coast Emporium

My Verizon works very well with the exception of a very few random places.

My Verizon works very well with the exception of a very few random places.

My Verizon didn't work well at all in the Seacrest Beach area - kept losing the signal. But I didn't care - I like it better when I'm at the beach and no one can bug me!!!!!