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ItzKatzTime

Beach Fanatic
Apr 27, 2006
2,700
285
Santa Rosa Beach
Have been with Alltel for 7 years and today switched everything over to Verizon.
Saving 150.00 per month and he says we will have good pickup coming from both Verizon and Alltel towers. We'llllll see. Love my new phone. They have great deals right now. That's in Sandestin next to ihop.

Don't have a land line thank God, so we need good pickup. :clap:
 

30ABandMan

Beach Fanatic
Apr 1, 2007
731
77
SGB
While we're on the subject...

Those of you who are with AT&T and have iPhones, how is your service? Ya know, they just lowered the price of the 8G 3G iPhone to 99 bucks effective I believe June 19th. That coincides with launch with their new 3G S iPhone. I'm itching to have an iPhone but I worry about reception in this area especially inside brick or block buildings.
 

ItzKatzTime

Beach Fanatic
Apr 27, 2006
2,700
285
Santa Rosa Beach
While we're on the subject...

Those of you who are with AT&T and have iPhones, how is your service? Ya know, they just lowered the price of the 8G 3G iPhone to 99 bucks effective I believe June 19th. That coincides with launch with their new 3G S iPhone. I'm itching to have an iPhone but I worry about reception in this area especially inside brick or block buildings.


I've wanted one too...but have heard the service was not good.
A friend of mine had one and loved it and hated it. It was really cool!!!
 
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30ABandMan

Beach Fanatic
Apr 1, 2007
731
77
SGB
I've wanted one too...but have heard the service was not good.
A friend of mine had one and loved it and hated it. It was really cool!!!

Our house is made of block (big bad wolf proof apparently) and luckily, our neighbors both have iPhones. I borrowed one the other day and it had a full signal inside. My BB kills itself searching for a signal in here. I don't get all of the data services. When I was at the high school the other day, my bb had no signal inside the building. My Nextel used to have a full signal inside...

It will be great when AT&T finally has 3G in this area too.
 
We've had T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint. All sketchy on 30A. None of them get a signal in Seaside or Grayton.

We have Verizon now because we get a discount through our employer. Sometimes I drive to US 98 where I get true Verizon signal (not extended network) to do a *228 to reset.

What's weird is that I don't get a signal on the third floor at the beach house. The other floors are fine. Wouldn't you think that higher would be better?
 
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gmarc

Beach Fanatic
Jan 19, 2009
506
65
in grayton and 30-a verizon is hit or miss. whats funny is the service is spotless on the beach but driving up and down 30-a its got tons of dead spots and a lot of dropped calls
 

Bobby J

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Apr 18, 2005
4,043
600
Blue Mountain beach
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I have Altel which is merging with Verizon. I use to have a few spotty areas along 30A but lately my reception has been excellent. I even use it in my home in Point Washington. Not sure why we even have a home phone except I think it is required for the INTERNET. Which is odd because the INTERNET is wireless. I have not even answered home phone in a year.

I feel the merging of Alltel and Verizon will probably make it the best bet locally. Had Nextell years ago and had lots of reception problems and poor service in general.
 

KOBA

Beach Crab
Apr 24, 2009
2
0
Best Cell coverage?

What is the best cell phone provider in South Walton, with regards to coverage. I would prefer to be disconnected completely, however, it seems to be a necessary evil these days. Thanks in advance for the help.
 
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