Karl Katzke
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- March 23, 1999, on Communications:
I sell Sprint PCS as a second-party retailer (Ritz Cameras carries Sprint with usually lower phone prices in whatever city you're in... We usually have some GREAT rebates!), so I get the service (almost) free. I was astounded to find that not only was it as clear as my normal phone in the area I live (Metropolitan..(hehe) Portland, Oregon) but it also provides all of the numeric paging and text paging I could want. Text pages are an additional 25 cents, tho, but numeric pages are free, even if they are kind of a moot point with the caller ID.
The other good point was that the service coverage was great. While i was limited to travelling in the I-5 corridor, and I had a hard time in my college buildings (Which are built like bomb shelters... complete with 4 foot concrete & rebar walls), I could CALL anywhere in Oregon and southern Washington without having to pay additional money. Maybe this is the way phone service was meant to be!
Addendum:
March 23, 1999:
Well, I quit working f...
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