So my parents are old-fashioned and have not given in to getting cell phones yet. I was thinking about getting them a couple of prepaid phones for Christmas just so they can try the whole cell phone thing out. The only company I can seem to find that offers true prepaid plans without having to pay a daily access fee is T-Mobile. I was wandering if anybody has T-Mobile that can vouch for the coverage. My parents live in Wilkes County which is up near Boone and Hickory. There online map shows coverage but it looks like it would be pretty weak. Thoughts???

11/15/2006 8:19:09 AM

i have T-mobile

it's great up here around norfolk/va beach

works well when i'm in raleigh too. of course, there are a few dead spots, as with all services.

11/15/2006 8:43:00 AM

any experience further west, up towards the Boone area?

11/15/2006 8:48:11 AM

t mobile is the same as cingular, so a better question would be to ask how well cingular works up there being that cingular is a more prevelant carrier.

and cingular works fine(for the most part) in the populated areas of the mountains.

just make sure you get a package that allows for roaming (tmobile, cing, and suncom are all gsm carriers)

11/15/2006 9:42:20 AM

oh ok, that helps... i use to have cingular, i didnt realize they used the same network

11/15/2006 9:48:06 AM

also, you might wanna check, but i dont think tmobile offers phone numbers out of boone/asheville yet.

[Edited on November 15, 2006 at 9:56 AM. Reason : i could be wrong]

11/15/2006 9:55:44 AM

good call, turns our they aren't even an option for the 28659 zip code... oh well, back to the drawing board... i don't know of any other providers that offer prepaid plans w/out an access fee

11/15/2006 9:58:46 AM

http://www.cingular.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-plans/pyp-cell-phone-plans.jsp?_requestid=29412

just like a regular plan, except a lil more expensive, and of course no contract.

11/15/2006 10:05:36 AM

Quote :

"t mobile is the same as cingular, "

except cingular charges a bunch more down here than T-Mobile does up there grrr

11/15/2006 10:13:38 AM

correction, i did have sex with katy.



wait, i meant the same service (gsm)

11/15/2006 10:30:13 AM