cingular or T-mobile?

[skim milk]

who should I go with?
I like sprint and their unlimited vision where I can access the internet for very cheap, however I want to use phones that are not available in the U.S.

I'm willing to sacrifice the unlimited internet access for a better phone

 

[sash1]

cingular ftw

 

[Tiamat]

tmobile ftw

I have had great luck with tmobile customer service.
My gf has cingular and has had a tough time with her customer service.

Things like a random charge for not upgrading her phone was applied each month until she upgraded to an expensive motorola.

Depending on where you are, cingular can have better coverage.

BTW, I have been using tmobile for 6 years (voice stream before) and whenever there was a problem, customer service came through, and if the problem was their fault, I usually got some sort of "extra minutes" or "free txt msgs" for a month. They have also increased my minutes by 200 minutes per month for no increase in price - a plan that doesnt currently exist. I use a samsung D500 that I imported from Germany over a year ago.

 

[Semidevil]

I heard that Cing has the best coverage, but Tmo is a bit more affordable in terms of price vs minutes.

 

[miri]

IVe used tmobile for over 2 years, tmobile has agreements with a bunch of roaming partners including Cingular. Ive ued tmobile all across the country and in Europe and Africa, where it picked up on its roaming partners. Only problem ive had with Tmobile is at my parents house which is so rural there is not even a house number. Also tmobiles customer service is the best and they have never made a billing error.

 

[skim milk]

Originally posted by: miri
IVe used tmobile for over 2 years, tmobile has agreements with a bunch of roaming partners including Cingular. Ive ued tmobile all across the country and in Europe and Africa, where it picked up on its roaming partners. Only problem ive had with Tmobile is at my parents house which is so rural there is not even a house number. Also tmobiles customer service is the best and they have never made a billing error.

sweet

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

I had some issues with T-mobile and getting a connection in many areas. Cingular seems to have a better network.

 

[DainBramaged]

I swear by TMO. Deutsch Telekom FTW!

 

[thomsbrain]

cingular has coverage in more out-of-the-way places, like mountain ranges.

but T-Mobile FTW. cheaper, better service, fewer dropped calls. i've used both, BTW. Cingular's "fewest dropped calls" slogan is complete horsesh!t. i had a personal Cingular phone and now have a work Cingular phone (different makes of phones), and both get dropped calls all the freaking time. my T-mobile phone is much more reliable in comparison.

 

[sniperruff]

cingular has crappy connection quality.

 

[DaWhim]

tmo

 

[Xstatic1]

it's pretty obvious, there's no "clear" choice between cingular & TMo. cingular has roll-over minutes, but sucky customer service. some of my friends swear by TMo, but i haven't had any real problem with cingular.

 

[thoro86]

OMG T -mobile freakin suck! I'm stuck with it though

 

[MazerRackham]

Cingular.

 

[intogamer]

I'd go with cingular but everybody I know has Tmobile

 

[walrus]

 

[walrus]

T-Mobile only requires a 1 year contract for the same free phones. Thats a deal maker for me, I get a new free phone every year. I've had service with both and they were about the same for me.
There are other sites as good, but I got a good deal here.
http://www.letstalk.com/

 

[miri]

If you get Tmobile, make sure you get a 850mhz phone

mine is a samsung x475 and it does not have 850mhz, i found that out the hardway driving in a rural part of new mexico, If I had the 850mhz phone I would have had coverage

in defense of the x475, it worked great in Europe and Africa when I was there

 

[Juno]

i'm a tmo customer for two years and i have few ups and downs. i live in suburbs where there are less signals for me to use the phone, that's a tough luck for me every summer (i'm a college student.)

tmo has a lot of features, right now i'm using a sidekick2 (will NOT go for sidekick3) and i love it. a lot of features included aim and web browser. unfortunately, the web browser sucks big time. i get to pay $30 a month for that l33t features. a lot of minutes i hardly use.

good luck on choosing a service.

 

[imported_Trippin315]

cingular ftl

 

[UNCjigga]

I heard Tmobile will get really lame during the Holidays--they're gonna be cutting back on "Whenever" minutes and data use with new plans and instead they'll be pushing a MyFriends service that lets you call up to 5 people for free anytime (even from other carriers.)

I guess it depends on your usage, but since I use my wireless phone as my only phone, I need more whenever minutes.

 

[fstime]

T-mobile has better CS but worse coverage.

Their network however doesn't require the 850mhz band so you have better options as far as phones go if you want to get a phone from europe or asia.

 

[Journer]

tmobile...

 

[skim milk]

Originally posted by: miri
If you get Tmobile, make sure you get a 850mhz phone

mine is a samsung x475 and it does not have 850mhz, i found that out the hardway driving in a rural part of new mexico, If I had the 850mhz phone I would have had coverage

in defense of the x475, it worked great in Europe and Africa when I was there

so only 850mhz?

what about phones that are 900mhz?

 

[miri]

Originally posted by: fritolays

Originally posted by: miri
If you get Tmobile, make sure you get a 850mhz phone

mine is a samsung x475 and it does not have 850mhz, i found that out the hardway driving in a rural part of new mexico, If I had the 850mhz phone I would have had coverage

in defense of the x475, it worked great in Europe and Africa when I was there

so only 850mhz?

what about phones that are 900mhz?

I dunno, I just know if your phone is capable of 850MHZ you will have a larger coverage area

When we drove from Virginia to California, my wife had coverage 100% of the trip, while I lost coverage in some of the 850mhz areas. She had a Samsung t509, i have a Samsung x475