Objective info on local GSM/GPRS coverage

[scrinch]

With the T-Mobile PPCPE selling for $349 at Amazon, I am sorely tempted to buy one and switch from SprintPCS to T-Mobile. But I'm afraid that if I do, I'll find out that T-Mobile (who uses Cingular's network in CA) doesn't have good coverage in my area. Where can I go to get objective infornmation about the quality of Cingular/T-Mobile (or even AT&T) GSM/GPRS coverage in my local area? I live about an hour north of San Francisco.:?:

[Janak Parekh]

The best way of doing this is to buy a T-Mobile phone and utilize the return policy if the coverage sucks. Most maps and information are too approximate to be of use.

I believe T-Mobile now has a 14- or 30-day return policy (which is a massive improvement from Voicestream's whopping 2-day return policy).

--bdj

[spaceman]

Try http://alliance.cingularinteractive.com/dev/cda/zip So far when I check various LA locations from this site and then drive through them, the signal strength reported is more or less accurate.

[scrinch]

Thanks for the tips. The Cingular link says there should be excellent signal where I live. I'll check out Amazon's return policy and see about the T-Mobile PPCPE.

--scrinch

[don dre]

I have ATTWS and love the service. I am tempted to buy the new ppcpe when it is released this month. They have a rather large network and should be fully up and running by the middle of next year or end of summer. However, I do not live in CA.