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Crappy phones
Would I be the only one who does this????
I've got one friend who calls from her really crappy cell phone, not sure why it's crappy, if it's the cell phone or the provider...but it cuts out all the time we're trying to talk...so...anymore when her number pops up on my caller ID, I let it ring, wait a bit and call her back on her land line...
I get a tad frustrated with a conversation I have to constantly pepper with "What? What? You're cuttin' out on me? Are you still there?"
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| April 19, 2009, 12:39 |
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Re: Crappy phones
A lot has to do with the carrier. I am a staunch defender of Verizon if only that their coverage is much better than their competition. I very, very rarely have issues with cut-outs or drop calls. jmo
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| April 20, 2009, 06:10 |
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hardandwild07
65 / couple
Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
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Re: Crappy phones
Verizon is now the primary carrier in this area. I don't think anyone I talk to has a different carrier, or if they do, it's a small company that uses verizon's towers... we haven't dealt with any dropped calls in a long time
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| April 20, 2009, 07:15 |
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Re: Crappy phones
I know, this post isnt about carrier endorsements, but I agree about Verizon. I only wish they would also do the "roll over minutes" thing. As far as service, you'd never know that I wasnt on a land line. No fuzzy or dropped calls. In fact, I think the last time I had any of those issues was back in the 90's.
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| April 20, 2009, 09:52 |
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Re: Crappy phones
The other competing carriers offer roll over minutes and other perks but the one thing they fail to offer is a guarantee they will not give you less than stellar service with no drop calls.......
Man,I sound like a freakin' ad for Verizon, don't I??
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| April 20, 2009, 13:28 |
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Re: Crappy phones
i dunno about Verizon, but as far as i know, Tracfone is a pretty good service too, i don't travel much, but i have placed calls to friends around the country, and have not had many bad connections yet.
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| April 20, 2009, 15:52 |
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69oak69
64 / male
Heart of Illinois, Illinois, US
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Re: Crappy phones
There are spots around here where your cell phone wont work right no matter what kind you've got, or who your carrier is.
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| April 20, 2009, 16:50 |
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Re: Crappy phones
Same here, oak. No matter how good verizon is, there are still remote spots around here where I can't get a signal. I think those "network" guys are afraid of the woods.. 
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| April 21, 2009, 09:27 |
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hardandwild07
65 / couple
Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
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With all the mountains around here, we have dead spots too, but once you learn where they are, you know when not to make a call on the road. We are a mile away from the tallest peak around, with all the antennas on it, so reception is great at home.  
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| April 21, 2009, 13:27 |
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Re: Crappy phones
She (the one who's calls from her cellphone make me cringe)must live in a "dead zone" (cute commercials, the commercials about the dead zones with a spooky theme)...anyway, I'll tell her she's cuttin' out, can't hear her and she does the walking around thing "Can you hear me now?"
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| April 22, 2009, 08:18 |
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ashkats
64 / couple
crystal falls, Michigan, US
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Re: Crappy phones
i have a net ten phone no problems and i get 300 min for 30 bucksmost of the time it works very good hAVE a lg phone
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| April 22, 2009, 09:18 |
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funlovingpair
59 / couple
Frozen Tundra, Minnesota, US
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We've had AT&T and now T-Mobile. Have no complaints about either of them. We have done traveling here in the midwest and out in Nevada and California. Always had good reception. The worst is when I have to drive to work. Because I have to drive in a river valley, I get spotty reception.
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| April 24, 2009, 11:55 |
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ashkats
64 / couple
crystal falls, Michigan, US
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was reading someplace on line that some of them old crappy phones might be worth big bucks ,they were paying up to 32000 bucks for the right one on the black market , guess they are in high demand by the crooks for money laundering using text messaging codes.
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| April 25, 2009, 13:02 |
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GG317
60 / male
Bowl of Granola, Massachusetts, US
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Re: Crappy phones
Ever notice that that Verizon guy doesn't do a commercial from Maine...I wonder why?... Maybe it's a little too, "Hilly"?... 
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| April 26, 2009, 04:15 |
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Re: Re: Crappy phones
QUOTE (GentleGiant388 @ April 26, 2009, 04:15)Ever notice that that Verizon guy doesn't do a commercial from Maine...I wonder why?... Maybe it's a little too, "Hilly"?...
It's all those trees.
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| April 26, 2009, 14:13 |
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ashkats
64 / couple
crystal falls, Michigan, US
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whats trees got to do with it, its how are apart they got them there towers spaced i been told...lol
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| April 26, 2009, 17:57 |
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