<p>Hey guys I'm looking for a good cellphone plan for my time at MIT. I wanted to know do all cellphone companies offer good reception on MIT Campus, off Campus (Boston ), or Both? Which is the best? I heard Cingular and AT&T don't work so well on campus is this true? Has anyone used MIT preffered Cellphone plans? Did they all have good reception? Also, in general is it better to buy a plan at Cambridge/Boston rather than keep plan (at your area) with National Calling included? I appreciate your input,especially if you are a current student or work at the MIT campus. Thanks</p>
<p>My experience using a TDMA phone and AT&T/Cingular has been that reception is very spotty in certain places around campus. Spots I've had trouble include: infinite corridor/lobby 10, inside and around 26-100, East Campus, Stata Center, and the whole Kendall Square area right around the T stop. A friend of mine has a GSM phone with AT&T/Cingular and she says reception is better but still not ideal. I'd love to hear people's experiences with Verizon because I'm thinking of switching to them.</p>
<p>there's a thread about cell phones [url=<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=58966%5Dhere%5B/url">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=58966]here[/url</a>].</p>
<p>I have Sprint and I've been pretty happy with them so far. No dropped calls and pretty good reception around campus - certain spots in the school (like Stata, Simmons) reception is non-existant so getting one bar at any of those places does not mean much (the call will get dropped).</p>
<p>I have verizon and I love it...</p>
<p>One feature of MIT seems to be a lot of thick walls... ;) They are great for testing even the best of cell phone services.</p>
<p>I've got Verizon, and it works pretty well. The student center is solid concrete, so nobody's works there. Verizon is popular and most people like it.</p>
<p>I kept my number from home, everyone up at MIT has a national plan so calling 617 or whatever area code you have isn't a burden. The only people I know that have a 617 number were those who came to MIT without a cell phone (and bought one up north).</p>