Cell Phone Networks

Colleges and Universities A-Z Duke University
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<p>So I was searching for a new cell phone and I'm not really sure which company's plan I should get...</p>

<p>Cingular? Verizon? T-Mobile? Um... are there more?</p>

<p>I was thinking of sticking with T-Mobile, but I'm not really sure how the coverage and signal strength are down in Durham (the salesperson said it would be fine, but since it was a salesperson... you know, I'm not really betting the farm).</p>

<p>So if someone who was there last year could give me alittle headsup and overview of the whole situation at Duke, that'd be great.</p>

<p>Oh, if this topic has already been discussed multiple times, you know, feel free to yell at me a little... actually, yell a lot... I've gotten really lazy this summer and need a shot in the foot.</p>

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<p>Cingular doesn't work too well on East and there are some definite no-signal-zones on West too. It's been fine for me so far on Central though.</p>

<p>I don't know much about T-Mobile, but from what I can tell, Verizon is generally acknowledged as having the best coverage on campus.</p>

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<p>Sprint also works just fine too, except places like the BS and Bostock, but you'll find that no ones phones work there for its no big deal. </p>

<p>(I do think they were supposed to install things to get better reception in Bostock and the BC though, for Verizon only...so maybe thats a good choice)</p>

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<p>Cingular has bad service on East Campus, but it works alright on West Campus and Central Campus. Verizon has the best reception on campus by far. I believe that non-Verizon services are going to increase their availablility on campus and signal repeaters are being installed in the BC and CIEMAS for services other than Verizon in the coming year.</p>

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<p>Ah, interesting.</p>

<p>Anybody have any intel on T-Mobile?</p>

<p>:)</p>

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<p>Verizon is what I had, and I got a great signal. It was full-strength for most of the campus.</p>

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<p>Verizon repeaters are already in place for the engineering complex...which is why I switched from Sprint (well, that and Sprint doesn't work in South Dakota)</p>

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<p>I use Verizon since it's one of the best at home and the best at school -- I've never had a problem (except for one room at Pegram first year).</p>

<p>HiWei: The only T-Mobile customers I know are Sidekick users and they have mixed service, but it could also be b/c they're using Sidekicks.</p>