Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 16 May 91 04:43:08 GMT From: Marty Brenneis Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Bay Area Cellular Service Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 366, Message 11 of 11 Lines: 32 It's interesting to learn about the local cell services and confirm I made the right choice: GTE Mobilnet. Why GTE?? (I know their landline services are junk) They have better service all around. The Cellular One sales force did nothing to sell me on their network. They spent their time knocking GTE's switch, even the sales woman at Big M was knocking the GTE switch, saying it was inferior. She didn't know GTE has a Motorola switch. I use FMR regularly and the only time I had a problem was when Cell One decided to add my ESN to the hot sheet. No one could explain how it got there. The few times I've had a service complaint I got a call from a real technoid who could speak tech talk and would later get back to me and explain what was hosed in the system. The big technical difference is the cell sites. GTE has many low level sites whereas Cell One has fewer high level sites. I thought the idea was to keep the sites low and have lots of them. The other thing I learned a few days ago is how GTE bills for interlata calls. They have least cost routing amongst several IXCs. I found out when I called to try and select a "dial 1 IXC". Cell One apparently will let you select an IXC. Sounds like cool folks to me dude! Marty the Droid Industrial Magician droid@well