<p>I am thinking of getting a new cell phone plan, and was wondering that which carrier works best at Amherst.</p>
<p>I have T-Mobile and it kinda sucked when I went there for prefrosh. It was nice in some areas, but in others it had no service whatsoever…</p>
<p>so how do Cingualr/Verizon/Sprint-Nextel/T-Mobile stack up?</p>
<p>We had T-Mobile, and with their store just down the road from our house, we had no service in the house! For Amherst, after asking around, we got D Verizon. It works.</p>
<p>Verizon works really well, and a lot of people have it, meaning verizon to verizon calls are free.</p>
<p>I'd go verizon, good service, pretty cheap plans, large network</p>
<p>I'd actually suggest Cingular. The school has a Cingular tower on campus, though I think next year we should have a Verizon tower.</p>
<p>I had T-Mobile the first semester, which I don't really recommend. It works great outside, but not much at all inside the dorms.</p>
<p>Now I have Sprint, and it works awesome all the time, even indoors. I've never had a problem with Sprint reception on campus/near campus.</p>
<p>From my day staying at amherst, verizon worked well on campus, but inside the dorm room, I didn't really get service.</p>
<p>so basically they are all good except T-Mobile?</p>
<p>I am hearing mixed opinions about Verizon indoors... Ofcourse it is important for the cell phone to work well inside too (classes/dorms etc)</p>
<p>thanks a lot for all the guys who have already replied</p>
<p>any final thoughts as the time nears...</p>
<p>D has Cingular and it works fine.</p>
<p>I live in Amherst, and Verizon has the best service here. Cingular is the only viable alternative, but Verizon really is much more reliable. You can get cingular, and be alright with it; my friends have it and it has some holes, but Verizon has more coverage.</p>
<p>I’m now in the same position that annandale1 was four years ago, and I’m wondering if anything has changed. What is the best carrier around campus now? It seems from the previous posts that Verizon has worked well. I currently have AT&T. Will this work well at Amherst?</p>
<p>AT&T and Verizon Wireless have installed antennae on the College’s campus. T-Mobile’s and Sprint Nextel’s cell towers are located off-campus, so their service is weaker and sometimes intermittent.</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.amherst.edu/offices/it/Phone/cell-reception[/url]”>https://www.amherst.edu/offices/it/Phone/cell-reception</a></p>
<p>Kwu, since Smith and Amherst are neighboring colleges, would you say the same goes for Smith in terms of cell phone service/reliance? </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Verizon is great. D2 still has her local phone number and remains on our Verizon family plan.</p>
<p>AT&T customers here and have no had no issues communicating with my DS. Get good coverage both indoors and outdoors in the entire Amherst / surrounding area.</p>
<p>miss_murd3r,</p>
<p>All plans have their flaws, but the consensus is Verizon and Cingular are best in terms of reception.</p>
<p>Courtesy of the now defunct DailyJolt:</p>
<p>[The</a> Smith College Freshman Checklist](<a href=“http://www.freshmanchecklist.com/schools/smith-college-checklist.html]The”>http://www.freshmanchecklist.com/schools/smith-college-checklist.html)</p>
<p>Wow thanks Kwu, you’re always helpful! </p>
<p>Another question for you (although it’s very off topic).</p>
<p>Since you live in NYC and are a student at Amherst, how do you usually go about move-in day? Do you take the Peterpan or do your parents drive you? Also, I’m not sure if I ever asked you this, but what year are you?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>-MM</p>
<p>My pleasure.</p>
<p>My parents drive me. </p>
<p>2012.</p>
<p>My son had Verizon and had to walk outside to make calls. I replaced his phone with a Blackberry from T-Mobile. Certain T-Mobile phones including Blackberries have a feature called UMA (Unlimited Mobile Access, I think). If you configure them, they enable you to make calls directly through the campus wifi when you are inside (dorms, library, academic buildings, Val, etc.) and if you walk outside, UMA phones are supposed to make a seamless transfer to the normal T-Mobile cell phone network.</p>
<p>S just graduated in May; he had Cingular for a little more than 3 years and we switched to Verizon for his last semester plus. He had an IPhone for part of the time. Cingular phone service was just fine; Verizon was fine too. He played a sport and traveled so the data plan for email was ideal. The Iphone was “OK” but not great; eventually,the poor service for Iphone data prompted a change to a DROID. Verizon has an interesting program with friends and family. If you sign up for such a plan, you can assign one number to a Google Voice number; all outbound and inbound calls through the Google Voice number do not use up minutes. If you plan to talk to a lot of people off campus, this is an easy way to avoid running over on minutes usage.</p>