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I have always used AT&T service. I used to be a traveling Audio Visual Installer and it was great to use the phone where ever I went. Now I just hang around town and I still have the nation wide service because I don't like to receive big bills. Ky has 1,100 minutes per month and I have 400 minutes per month. I use about 200 of them. Ky uses about 900 of his.

I bought this phone because I am on the phone so little. It's nice to have a phone so small that it fits in your shirt pocket or on a belt loop.

Now I want a good digital camera this size and a computer this size. I would type with my voice and look at the screen with my glasses.

This phone is my only official number. I live in a house with a phone but I can't remember the number. I have 4 phone numbers at work but I don't give them out. This is my phone.

The only problem is that I get terrible reception in my house. This pisses off my parents and others who call. I frequently have to call them back on the house phone. I don't think the reception will ever get better at the house either. That's the curse of living in a small city.

I used to have marginal service when I started with Sprint PCS several years ago. At the time, they were the only provider that had service over the whole New England area at a reasonable price.

However, in the past couple of years they have made great improvements to service in this area. I still get occassional dropped calls but the percentage is low compared to the number of calls I make.

I upgraded to a Startac last year from my Qualcomm and have been very happy with it. It has taken at least a dozen falls with no ill effects (get a better holster than the one included with the phone). It also has data capability which has come in very handy for checking email and sending faxes with a Palm device or laptop. The built in "browser" is garbage however.

A couple of the other guys in the New England area use Voice Stream and AT&T Wireless and have been more or less happy with them. One strange thing though, the AT&T user had to change his phone number after AT&T claimed their system was corrupted and his original number could not be used any longer!