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Re: Consumer Reports Story on Cell Phone Providers

Tim@Backhome.org
Fri, 31 Dec 2004 06:00:17 -0800

Joseph wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 07:09:56 -0500, LB@notmine.com wrote:

> Take what Consumer Reports magazine has to say about cell phones with
> a grain of salt. In past "cellular" issues they poo-pooh'd some
> carriers basically T-Mobile (then VoiceStream) because they didn't
> have fallback to older first generation analog technology. Guess
> what?! Lots of phones now being offered by *all* the carriers and
> don't have analog. They out and out refused to even look at
> VoiceStream/T-Mobile because they are luddites and couldn't see what
> was coming down the pike. If you want good recommendations or
> information about cellular service look at what they have to say, but
> take it with a grain of salt. They do much better testing washing
> machines, riding lawn mowers or crash worthiness of automobiles.

One good piece of advice they do give is that none of the wireless
carriers give a squat about their customers.

The fact that service contracts are not pro-rated, at least in the
latter stages, is one good example.

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