<p>I know this question has been asked in many forms, many times, but please help me out. I've been told to get either Cingular or Verizon, but I was wondering if anyone has a definative opinion on which one is the best on campus. Also, I was wondering if I should sign up for service in Ithaca, and drop my home service. Do most students keep their home plans, or get new ones with local numbers? Thanks.</p>
<p>Verizon is rock-solid on campus. Cingular could be good now too, I'm not really sure, but Verizon has long been the cellular king for Cornell. In fact, they have several antennas on campus. I live a few blocks from Collegetown, and I almost always have full reception. Coverage was a little spotty on North campus, but I was way up in the townhouses as a freshman.</p>
<p>Ithaca service isn't really necessary. Everyone uses cell phones here, meaning everyone pretty much has free long distance, so any area code will suffice. It might be an advantage to keep your home area code, because then your family or friends from home can call from a land-line with no long distance charges.</p>
<p>Verizon. Cingular is shoddy at best around parts of North campus. In my freshman dorm my cingular phone only had reception in certain parts of my room or something weird like that. Also, most people use Verizon so you don't get docked minutes for talking to those people.</p>
<p>And I agree with what Tugger said about the area code.</p>
<p>if most people have verizon all your calls to verizon phones will be free</p>
<p>I dont know from experience, but verizon is reputed to have the best service</p>
<p>keep your old area code, since you'll be calling long distance to everyone elses cell phone anyway, and the ppl at home can call you for free since its the same area code. also, you'll have no long distance charges because it's a cell phone.</p>
<p>Sprint?......</p>
<p>i hear no to sprint</p>
<p>Verizon all the way!</p>
<p>thanks for the good feedback</p>
<p>My son's a freshman at Cornell and he uses a Sprint phone. For the most part, he hasnt had trouble with reception. There are times that he has to go outside his dorm to get better reception, but overall its been fine.</p>
<p>for freshmans, it's really better to get verizon as that is the best reception on north, however, anywhere else, it doesn't matter because you'll get perfect reception on west and ct. I like my T-mobile (but i live on west) because i get free weekends including fridays (and since my bf has sprint, i didn't need verizon), however, when my plan runs out, i'll most likely switch to verizon family plan (i'll miss my battered but hardy phone...bye bye).</p>