You know how frustrating it is to have a wireless call dropped, right? Or to have such a weak connection that you can’t make a call at all. Very frustrating, to say the least. Now imagine that problem happening on a regular basis. Sounds like problems we had 10 years ago, right? Well, that is still everyday life in too many cities and towns around the United States. I call them black holes in wireless coverage, and I’ll explain why. Remember the Verizon Wireless television commercials that screamed, “Can you hear me now?” It may be hard to believe, but today many cities still have this problem.
Of the examples of companies you've mentioned one sorta stands out as the odd one - Tracfone. They don't have their own network, and rely very much on the carrier they're buying 'airspace' from. More pertinently; buying a normal tracfone is usually cheap enough (if not free), to get two cellphones, both running on different technologies. If anything, not to eliminate 'black holes', but to gage which carrier's service is best, without having to commit to a contract, or a major capital outlay.
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Posted by: Jeff Kagan September 29, 2011 05:00 AMYou know how frustrating it is to have a wireless call dropped, right? Or to have such a weak connection that you can’t make a call at all. Very frustrating, to say the least. Now imagine that problem happening on a regular basis. Sounds like problems we had 10 years ago, right? Well, that is still everyday life in too many cities and towns around the United States. I call them black holes in wireless coverage, and I’ll explain why. Remember the Verizon Wireless television commercials that screamed, “Can you hear me now?” It may be hard to believe, but today many cities still have this problem.