Cell service providers in the PNW?

[TsPoet]

In the more rural areas, Verizon is head and shoulders above the rest. They have many more towers. I just switched to AT&T - stupid stupid stupid. I used to get service all around town and on most of my bike rides and hikes with Verizon. With AT&T I don't even bother to carry my phone on hikes as I know I won't get any service - and since i got the phone in the first place for added security while out by myself it's rather a waste.
On the other hand, AT&T has excellent customer service.
But, I am talking the little area of SE Washington where I live and sparcely populated areas around here. In big cities, they both work just fine.

[Susan Otcenas]

House is in Beaverton, office is in Hillsboro. I have Cingular/ATT. Actually, it's Sprint--->MCI--->Worldcom--->AT&T--->Cingular--->AT&T. I wonder how many people have stuck with them as long as I have! Anyhoo, I have no problem with the coverage. I seem to have coverage all over the state, rarely being out of a cell tower range. I have an inexpensive $29.99 per month plan and since I don't text and don't spend much time yakking, it works for me just fine.

Jeff has T-Mobile with no monthly plan. He buys $100 worth of minutes at a time, prepaid. This works out really well, because he spends less than $100 a year on minutes. The only drawback is that the coverage sucks. It's basically I-5 corridor. I think T-Mobile limits the service coverage areas on pay-as-you-go minutes to encourage customers to upgrade. However, the poor coverage doesn't really matter, because we spend most of our lives in the I5 corridor. If we're travelling, we're together and my service is great.

Hope this helps.

Susan

[Susan126]

Can you hear me now? LOL Sorry I just couldn't resist!