That's because the "towers" are located on top of One Seagrove Place. It's all line of sight. Those guys on the beach are most likely using Nextel or Sprint. Possibly just radios as well.
Carrier with best Cell Phone Service Coverage for South Walton?
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That's because the "towers" are located on top of One Seagrove Place. It's all line of sight. Those guys on the beach are most likely using Nextel or Sprint. Possibly just radios as well.
I have pretty good service in most places I go with Alltel. I can pretty much plot the holes on a map. For a long time, Alltel was head and shoulders above the others for our area, but in the last two years, coverage is improving for other companies.
We have Verizon because we get a discount there through our employers. No problem here in GA unless we go way off the interstates. Service between Troy and Freeport is hit or miss. In the Highway 30A area the service is also hit or miss (can't get signals in Seaside or Grayton). We used to always get a great signal in Seagrove, but now I can't get a signal in our bedroom.
at&t has always worked everywhere i've gone, beach or otherwise, and like the comment above it seems to work when no one else has service. i've even had service at the bartop at Redbar, which from what i hear is near impossible.
i believe that Sprint does a great job of always having phones that are tested to perform consistently well on their service.... and i suspect that people that say that at&t isn't as good as Sprint probably have a RAZR in their pocket; with at&t your service more depends on picking the right phone with them. If you ask the sales reps at the at&t locations the right questions, i'll always had them tell me honestly what phones perform best. and FWIW, my sony ericsson w580i slider has been the best phone i've ever had all around.
i believe that Sprint does a great job of always having phones that are tested to perform consistently well on their service.... and i suspect that people that say that at&t isn't as good as Sprint probably have a RAZR in their pocket; with at&t your service more depends on picking the right phone with them. If you ask the sales reps at the at&t locations the right questions, i'll always had them tell me honestly what phones perform best. and FWIW, my sony ericsson w580i slider has been the best phone i've ever had all around.
I cannot find 2008 Consumer Reports for cell phone article (likely due out very soon), but here is the one from 2007, which is based all around the Country.
(link to article)
Consumer Reports Cellphone Service Survey 2008 Published: Verizon Number One
By Charlie White, 9:51 AM on Mon Dec 3 2007, 38,464 views
Consumer Reports just published its latest Annual Survey of Cellphone Service in its January 2008 issue, consisting of responses from 47,629 readers. As it's noted in its previous surveys over the past six years, the respected nonprofit publication says that cell service is "among the lower rated services we survey." The wide-ranging poll found that "fewer than half of the respondents were completely or very satisfied with their cellphone service." In the poll, Consumer Reports asked which cellphone service providers have the least static, dropped calls, circuits full and lack of service across 20 major metropolitan areas in the US. As it did last year, Verizon came out on top again, with an average approval rating of around 70%. Coming in a close second and winning out in some markets was T-Mobile. Far behind was AT&T, and then coming in dead last was Sprint.
To give you the high concept, Consumer Reports says:
Verizon Wireless is "among the better carriers this year and in our earlier surveys."
T-Mobile was described as "another solid performer that often offers more for your money."
Alltel Wireless is "One of the better providers in the three metro areas for which we had adequate survey data."
AT&T fell behind, called "Home of iPhone, but trails the better carriers in almost all respects."
Sprint was last place, receiving the dubious honor of being in the "bottom ranks of carriers we rate."
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I recall Clark Howard reporting on the customer service of cell phone companies (not area coverage, but the actual customer service as in how they handle complaints/problems) some time early last year, and while I cannot recall which company was number one, I remember Sprint being last. That noted, all ranked less than around 40% in customer satisfaction with the customer "no"service. Seems like Alltel was ranked second or third.
For me, coverage is number one on my list, but customer service would be number two.
(link to article)
Consumer Reports Cellphone Service Survey 2008 Published: Verizon Number One
By Charlie White, 9:51 AM on Mon Dec 3 2007, 38,464 views
Consumer Reports just published its latest Annual Survey of Cellphone Service in its January 2008 issue, consisting of responses from 47,629 readers. As it's noted in its previous surveys over the past six years, the respected nonprofit publication says that cell service is "among the lower rated services we survey." The wide-ranging poll found that "fewer than half of the respondents were completely or very satisfied with their cellphone service." In the poll, Consumer Reports asked which cellphone service providers have the least static, dropped calls, circuits full and lack of service across 20 major metropolitan areas in the US. As it did last year, Verizon came out on top again, with an average approval rating of around 70%. Coming in a close second and winning out in some markets was T-Mobile. Far behind was AT&T, and then coming in dead last was Sprint.
To give you the high concept, Consumer Reports says:
Verizon Wireless is "among the better carriers this year and in our earlier surveys."
T-Mobile was described as "another solid performer that often offers more for your money."
Alltel Wireless is "One of the better providers in the three metro areas for which we had adequate survey data."
AT&T fell behind, called "Home of iPhone, but trails the better carriers in almost all respects."
Sprint was last place, receiving the dubious honor of being in the "bottom ranks of carriers we rate."
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I recall Clark Howard reporting on the customer service of cell phone companies (not area coverage, but the actual customer service as in how they handle complaints/problems) some time early last year, and while I cannot recall which company was number one, I remember Sprint being last. That noted, all ranked less than around 40% in customer satisfaction with the customer "no"service. Seems like Alltel was ranked second or third.
For me, coverage is number one on my list, but customer service would be number two.
We have Verizon because we get a discount there through our employers. No problem here in GA unless we go way off the interstates. Service between Troy and Freeport is hit or miss. In the Highway 30A area the service is also hit or miss (can't get signals in Seaside or Grayton). We used to always get a great signal in Seagrove, but now I can't get a signal in our bedroom.
see, this describes a phone service that would make me throw the phone in the gulf. sounds like quite a bit of hit or miss. I've never experienced such here or out of town with alltel, thankfully.
Santa Rosa Beach Cell phone service
My wife and I just moved to Santa Rosa Beach from Atlanta and we are renting a house for a year to see if we would like to make this our permanent home. My question to all the locals out there is what cell phone provider has the best coverage along 30-A? We are currently with T-Mobile but I'm having to stand on the roof on one foot to get any signal at all. In Atlanta we did not even have a land line but I'm thinking we might have to break down and get one here. Thanks for your help.
My wife and I just moved to Santa Rosa Beach from Atlanta and we are renting a house for a year to see if we would like to make this our permanent home. My question to all the locals out there is what cell phone provider has the best coverage along 30-A? We are currently with T-Mobile but I'm having to stand on the roof on one foot to get any signal at all. In Atlanta we did not even have a land line but I'm thinking we might have to break down and get one here. Thanks for your help.
We have had excellent service with Verizon. Alltel isn't bad either.
Over in SGB it can be spotty on Alltel. I sometimes have dropped calls east of 395. Until recently, we had to stand outside to make a phone call and I don't always get all of my data services on my Blackberry while inside.
We had Nextel before changing to Alltel and Nextel was excellent here.
We had Nextel before changing to Alltel and Nextel was excellent here.
Alltel & Verizon merged. IMO this is the best coverage along 30A (with Sprint coming in second)