Ads for cell phones that don't work in your area

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   I get tired of hearing of cell phone ads that don't work in my area.  The only three cell phone providers that provide more than "I-80" coverage are US Cellular, Alltel (soon to be Verizon), and a regional carrier called Viaero.  Sprint, Boost Mobile, and Virgin Mobile work in Grand Island but the Sprint network they use outside of eastern Nebraska tends to follow the interstate and ends west of Kearney.  And your iPhone becomes a glorified iPod Touch west of Lincoln because there's no AT&T wireless service either.  And the Tracfones they keep promoting in Wal-Mart and online don't work here either, you look at the Wal-Mart ad on one of the TVs in there and when you look at the Tracfones the ones advertised aren't there.  Only a 9.95 Kyocera and a 17.95 LG.

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timdubya Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Honor Roll Joined: 03 May 2008 Location: Nebraska Online Status: Offline Posts: 931	Quote Reply Topic: Ads for cell phones that don't work in your area Posted: 20 Aug 2009 at 8:14pm
	I get tired of hearing of cell phone ads that don't work in my area. The only three cell phone providers that provide more than "I-80" coverage are US Cellular, Alltel (soon to be Verizon), and a regional carrier called Viaero. Sprint, Boost Mobile, and Virgin Mobile work in Grand Island but the Sprint network they use outside of eastern Nebraska tends to follow the interstate and ends west of Kearney. And your iPhone becomes a glorified iPod Touch west of Lincoln because there's no AT&T wireless service either. And the Tracfones they keep promoting in Wal-Mart and online don't work here either, you look at the Wal-Mart ad on one of the TVs in there and when you look at the Tracfones the ones advertised aren't there. Only a 9.95 Kyocera and a 17.95 LG.

sharonite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Commercial Hater Joined: 22 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 352	Quote Reply Posted: 20 Aug 2009 at 9:39pm
	I hate those ads too. I live on the border of Ohio and PA (on the PA side) and see TV ads all the time for cell phone services available in Ohio, but not PA. Of course, it doesn't help that all of my network stations are broadcast out of Ohio! As an unrelated aside...I remember Grand Island, Nebraska from the children's book "Night of the Twisters"--only because that book (and one graphic scene in particular) scared the daylights out of me!

Legoman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Commercial Hater Joined: 30 May 2009 Location: far south Online Status: Offline Posts: 249	Quote Reply Posted: 24 Aug 2009 at 2:44am
	tracphone is the only cell phone service that works where I live, and sprint its all static, and nothing else works


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