<p>so does anyone know what service is like down in sd for all the major networks? </p>
<p>i have verizon (i'm in. lol) and i don't want to have to constantly say "can you hear me now?" (but if i do, i would like to have it followed by "good")</p>
<p>i'm sure cingular and tmobile users would hate to ask that as well. sprint users may like to do it, but i still think they won't. so if anyone knows how service is, please, do tell. is it patchy? scratchy? clear? all-over coverage? etc.?</p>
<p>ya and id like to know for cingular as well.</p>
<p>i have tmobile and when i went down there for admit day i was getting little to no reception. this was when i was on the bottom floor of blake tower. ahhh.. i hope it gets better because i don't know how i'm gonna call home then :( or anyone else for that matter.</p>
<p>well, they're always putting up new towers so all service will get better over time. and if your phone refuses to give you service and there are absolutely no other options you could always get a calling card and use a pay phone. but those things are becoming increasingly harder to find now-a-days.</p>
<p>You said "call home" first. You didn't want to sound weak, and admit you'll miss home so you put "anyone else for that matter". It's OK, imma miss home and probably 95% of the incoming freshmens. We just need to stick together, be strong, and persevere. </p>
<p>Hmm j/k. Thats just what I thought when I first read it. No harm done, right?</p>
<p>All my friends going to SD right now tell me to stick with Verizon. It's clear and most people have it, so the In network or whatever is nice.</p>
<p>And TMobile just sucks.</p>
<p>i had verizon and i used my cell at admitt day and it worked fine</p>
<p>Verizon worked flawlessly at UCSD. Full reception bar the whole time. Highly recommended.</p>
<p>t-mobile, cingular, and verizon work fine as far as i know</p>
<p>wait until you move in because all networks have some glitches -- you might discover that with your luck it is exactly your room that is not covered very well by whatever company you have -- this does happen -- so wait until you get here</p>
<p>[of the three verizon has the worst customer service -- that's speaking from experience]</p>
<p>what about sprint?</p>
<p>I have a cell phone right now, but it's really outdated (no color, just a blue backlight =O ). Fortunately, I'm eligible to trade in my phone, so I'm getting one this summer. Now, I'm OOS, so I wanted to know if it is recommended to change my number to a CA number, or to just keep it as it is. My reasoning is that people in CA might hesitate to call my number because it has an OOS area code...</p>
<p>i knew only one person who used sprint here -- but i do not know if it was just that sprint's plan sucked or may be it was just my luck that most people i know have t-mobile</p>
<p>san diego is a big urban area -- practically everything will work here -- now if you want to go hiking or skiing somewhere out into the wild, then verizon has the most coverage of all</p>
<p>verriizzoonn yayyy =P</p>
<p>Verizon works well all over San Diego. Never had any problems.</p>
<p>COLLEGE! - CA has so many area codes, people won't even notice it's out of state. I have a 240 area code on my cell (cingular - great reception for the most part, btw)...it's a Maryland area code. When I tell socal people my number, they assume I'm from norcal; norcal people assume I'm from socal.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>All of the cell companies seem to have both strong and weak reception areas. Cingular tends to have the widest coverage in Southern California and it works well at UCSD. It worked better in the Muir dorms than T-Mobile although TM worked somewhat. A friend who had Verizon had some troubles with it at Revelle but I don't know if it was because of Verizon or because of her particular phone's reception. I noticed that Sprint was very spotty at UCSD - it worked fine in some areas and not at all in others. </p>
<p>I heard that some of the cell towers are on the top of the dorm buildings at Muir since that's the high point on campus.</p>
<p>Revelle's dorms have concrete walls, hence your friend's troubles.</p>
<p>;)</p>
<p>karthikkito, i assumed it was from socal. lol.
your point was just proven.</p>
<p>and to COLLEGE!, i would keep my number. that way, all your friends who have your number now still have it, and you dont have to tell each and every one the new number. people in sd will all have different area codes too, since many people will be moving from all over state, and like you, from out of state. i have 408 area code, and i'm keeping it. one last point, most carriers do nationwide long-distance, so most people wont be hesitant. unless they are the type that ONLY talks off peak.</p>
<p>ooh a question about time zones and cell phone service--if its 10:00 in princeton and 6:00 in ucsd, is it free for princeton person and ucsd person has to pay (assuming its free nights starting at 9...)</p>
<p>thats right bver100, kuz in the fine print it says that you get charged according to the time that is on your phone, and they do it from the start of the conversation. (ex. if you start an hour long conversation 2 minutes before your night starts on your carrier, they charge you for the whole hour, not just the first two minutes.) sprint has nights starting at 7 so if you'll be calling princeton often, i would look into that.</p>