notposting
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- Jul 22, 2005
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I'm sort of with the OP. If a country in Eastern Europe like Poland can give me excellent service in a giant swamp for pennies per day it makes me wonder why the US system is so bad. I can go 7 miles out of Fort Collins -a city of 160k - and get "No service" on AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint (Verizon is ok though... At least in that one area) and I pay $50 per month after taxes and congratulate myself on the deal that I have (Straighttalk).
Verizon is about the only one that historically has made the effort. If you look up the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, it's basically populated with trees and snow. I have been ouuuuuuut there in the bottom of a ravine with the sides going up, creek at my feet, the largest town of a few hundred a good 10-15 miles away, and pulling full reception.
I know it varies market to market, but at least here they are just silly good when it comes to that.
(not that I'm completely defending our archaic and completely bribe ran system, but it's too late to start ranting about that)