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<blockquote data-quote="awalbert88" data-source="post: 267399" data-attributes="member: 545461">Antenna repair costs will depend on the type of phone you have.&nbsp; GSM phones don&#039;t need great antennas to get good reception, but CDMA phones (such as the v60) do.&nbsp; AT&amp;amp;T, Verizon, and Sprint all use CDMA, btw.I have both a Sprint and Verizon phone, and the Sprint service is aweful.&nbsp; The whole idea that Sprint PCS service is more clear than other CDMA services is bunk.&nbsp; While PCS is higher bandwidth (allowing more interesting wireless web features), their digital network is a joke.&nbsp; Unless you live in one of the few areas fully covered by the Sprint PCS digital network, you will spend more time on analog (which is far from clear).&nbsp; My Verizon phone on the other hand has excelent digital service everywhere I go.&nbsp; Sometimes it is a little slow switching from one tower to the next, but I&#039;ve only lost reception a couple of times while driving through areas that my Sprint phone would have run away screaming at.AT&amp;amp;T&#039;s network is second best in terms of coverage area, followed by the GSM providers (Nextel, T-Mobile, Cingular, etc).&nbsp; Then, dead last in my experience, would be Sprint&#039;s digital coverage.&nbsp; If you lock the phone into only using digital mode, and drive across the country, you&#039;re going to be screwed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="awalbert88, post: 267399, member: 545461"] Antenna repair costs will depend on the type of phone you have. GSM phones don't need great antennas to get good reception, but CDMA phones (such as the v60) do. AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint all use CDMA, btw. I have both a Sprint and Verizon phone, and the Sprint service is aweful. The whole idea that Sprint PCS service is more clear than other CDMA services is bunk. While PCS is higher bandwidth (allowing more interesting wireless web features), their digital network is a joke. Unless you live in one of the few areas fully covered by the Sprint PCS digital network, you will spend more time on analog (which is far from clear). My Verizon phone on the other hand has excelent digital service everywhere I go. Sometimes it is a little slow switching from one tower to the next, but I've only lost reception a couple of times while driving through areas that my Sprint phone would have run away screaming at. AT&T's network is second best in terms of coverage area, followed by the GSM providers (Nextel, T-Mobile, Cingular, etc). Then, dead last in my experience, would be Sprint's digital coverage. If you lock the phone into only using digital mode, and drive across the country, you're going to be screwed. [/QUOTE]

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