[32677] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Operations: where are you going to sit?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roeland Meyer)
Wed Dec 6 14:59:15 2000
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From: Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
To: 'Adam Rothschild' <asr@latency.net>,
Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 11:39:02 -0800
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Think cheap. SprintPCS gave us a hellofadeal that none of the others could
touch and it works for the road-dogs (self-included).
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Rothschild [mailto:asr@latency.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 11:38 AM
> To: Roeland Meyer
> Cc: nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: Re: Operations: where are you going to sit?
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 11:06:20AM -0800, Roeland Meyer wrote:
>
> > Can you provide links for providers of this? We have exactly this
> > problem. We're in a fringe zone of SprintPCS (East Livermore, CA)
> > and none of our c-phones work inside the building. SprintPCS was
> > supposed to do a buildout this way, this year, but it isn't
> > happening.
>
> Not to rehash the whole "my cell phone provider is better than yours"
> discussion, but I'd strongly advise against using SprintPCS for
> communications as critical as this. I've found their coverage to be
> extremely poor outside of major metropolitan areas (unless you enjoy
> using analog, and paying for the privilege, due to their lack of
> coverage :-). And, their international calling is shifty, at best.
>
> Of course, your experience may vary.
>
> Just my $0.02...
> -adam
>
