[SML] Since we've been talking about cell networks ...

[kightp at peak.org]

... does anyone have anything good, bad or indifferent to say about AT&T? 

I'm about to break down and upgrade from my voice-and-text-only TracFone* to an iPhone, and the local Mac Store sells them only with AT&T accounts. The pricing is pretty good for the minimal servicesI require, except for the fact that you're essentially renting the phone (they assume you'll want to upgrade within the 2-year-life of the contract.) however, I can pay off the phone at any point and it will be mine. 

I've been reading up and it seems as if GSM networks such as AT&T's have some real advantages over the CDMA networks used by Sprint and Verizon. 

*What can I say? I'm a selective technophile, and to date all I've needed from a phone was voice and texting capability. However, I just bought a SmartFor2 electric car, and I really need to be able to (a) talk to the car and (b) locate charging stations - of which there are many in Oregon - and find out if they're free, out of service, etc. AT&T appears to have good coverage in the region where I expect to be driving in the foreseeable future. For long trips, I can take the train or rent a car. 

I don't need a big-assed data plan. I'm not gonna watch movies, listen to music or store a ton of photos on my phone - I have better-for-my-aging eyesight options for those things. 

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Pat Kight 
kightp at peak.org 
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