Cellular phone coverage at UVA - Charlottesville, VA

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In article <xR3ec.7769$Gf1.1251@lakeread03>, KeOu Chao <kchao@cox.net>
wrote:

> All,
>
> We are trying to find a Cellular phone service provider which has good
> coverage at UVA - Charlottesville, VA. Please share your experiecne in
> the area. Thanks.

There may be a few students, faculty, staff and administrators at the
University you could ask in person.

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On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 05:03:55 GMT, Cyrus Afzali <pnsmnyv@lnubb.pbz>
wrote:

>I can tell you I was just there two weeks ago and have T-Mobile and
>experienced good reception. I would caution, however, that if your
>plans are going to be taking you to the more rural areas of the state,
>they won't be a good option for you. In larger cities and along major
>highway corridors, you'll be fine, however.

GSM coverage in that part of VA is spotty...mostly along the major
highways. T-Mobile's map appears to claim coverage in
Charlottesville, possibly along 29 to Lynchburg and south to Danville,
and along the I-81 corridor...it's hard to tell, as it does not
identify any of those cities, just the larger cities like Richmond.

If they aren't wedded to GSM, I'd recommend a carrier like Alltel
(CDMA) in Charlottesville. They have extensive coverage, and roam on
Verizon outside the Alltel service area.