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I used to sell cell phones... hence:
Verizon has the largest Nationwide Coverage. Do not get Verizon's Push-to-Talk. It sucks. (I sold a lot of Verizon...)
Cingular doesn't have quite the coverage locally that Verizon offers, but competes by giving away the farm in their plans (eg rollover).
AT&T isn't shit. They aren't even a big player.
Nextel is great if you don't live in a barn.
Sprint = Nextel -- No coverage once you get off an interstate.
Everybody drops calls. Since everyone is using different technology, when you switch from a Verizon tower to a shared Cigular tower, you're actually switching modes in your phone from CDMA to TDMA or GSM, which increases the likelyhood of dropped calls. 2nd, xDMA providers still have analog in their networks. You can safely step down from Digital -> Analog, but the entire time you're on Analog your phone is trying to get Digital back (it's better right?) As soon as it finds a Digital Signal it can lock onto, your phone DROPS YOUR CALL (every time... it's the way the networks are built) and takes the Digital.
That provide any insight? Most of those puds that work for Corporate will just give you the corp bs line. The above paragraph is how the technology REALLY works, mainly from a CDMA (Verizon, ALTell, etc) standpoint.
PS - I didn't work for corporate ;) I worked for a Dealer.
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