Comments on: Orange vests rule http://jasonplancaster.com/2004/Orange-vests-rule/ Dancing, Lindy Hop, technology, web applications, programming, design, user interfaces, climbing, and bouldering. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:28:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Amy http://jasonplancaster.com/2004/Orange-vests-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 Amy Wed, 04 Aug 2004 18:49:29 +0000 #comment-1177 Dammit. Why can't I find a decent cell phone with decent reception in the required areas?!?!?! Dammit. Why can’t I find a decent cell phone with decent reception in the required areas?!?!?!

]]> By: Adam Douglass http://jasonplancaster.com/2004/Orange-vests-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-1176 Adam Douglass Wed, 04 Aug 2004 16:10:32 +0000 #comment-1176 Wow, I hope that phone looks better open than it does closed. Yuck! Wow, I hope that phone looks better open than it does closed. Yuck!

]]> By: Jason Lancaster http://jasonplancaster.com/2004/Orange-vests-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-1175 Jason Lancaster Wed, 04 Aug 2004 15:35:11 +0000 #comment-1175 ATT has pretty horrible coverage in most hills or nooks in MD. Adam and I have both used ATT and I think we would both agree Verizon and Nextel are better than ATT. (I can't really speak for him though...)<br /> <br /> I won't mind continuing with Nextel if I get reception because, like Adam, I pretend I travel a lot. Nextel had great coverage all through Canada and the Northwest US. Nextel also has <a href="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00029QWHE.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg">this sweet new phone</a>. ATT has pretty horrible coverage in most hills or nooks in MD. Adam and I have both used ATT and I think we would both agree Verizon and Nextel are better than ATT. (I can’t really speak for him though…)

I won’t mind continuing with Nextel if I get reception because, like Adam, I pretend I travel a lot. Nextel had great coverage all through Canada and the Northwest US. Nextel also has this sweet new phone.

]]> By: Amy http://jasonplancaster.com/2004/Orange-vests-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-1174 Amy Wed, 04 Aug 2004 12:34:08 +0000 #comment-1174 No one with Nextel can get even halfway decent reception in my apartment, though. That's the really annoying part. My cell phone has essentially been reduced to a car phone.<br /> <br /> Maybe AT&T?<br /> <br /> We all knew that Jason was a poser anyway. I think now he's just showing his uncool colors. ;-) No one with Nextel can get even halfway decent reception in my apartment, though. That’s the really annoying part. My cell phone has essentially been reduced to a car phone.

Maybe AT&T?

We all knew that Jason was a poser anyway. I think now he’s just showing his uncool colors. ;-)

]]> By: Adam Douglass http://jasonplancaster.com/2004/Orange-vests-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-1173 Adam Douglass Wed, 04 Aug 2004 06:45:41 +0000 #comment-1173 You know it! I'm kinda suprised though... usually he wants to do everything us cool kids do. Maybe he's beginning a rebellious phase? :)<br /> <br /> I don't think the nation-wide plan covers that area as IN-network either. Nextel might be the way to go though... you never have to worry about roaming and long distance... its far less complicated. You know it! I’m kinda suprised though… usually he wants to do everything us cool kids do. Maybe he’s beginning a rebellious phase? :)

I don’t think the nation-wide plan covers that area as IN-network either. Nextel might be the way to go though… you never have to worry about roaming and long distance… its far less complicated.

]]> By: Amy http://jasonplancaster.com/2004/Orange-vests-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-1172 Amy Tue, 03 Aug 2004 23:27:31 +0000 #comment-1172 Crap. It doesn't cover the panhandle of West Virginia. That's where my parents' cabin is, and they don't have long distance service out there, so they only use the cell phone. Thanks for finding me that map, though. Would the nationwide plan cover the panhandle? And then there's the whole going-to-grad-school thing in 2 years. There's always a very high probability that I'm going to go to Maryland, but I can dream about Boulder and Stanford, right? And on the offchance that I do get in, I would want a plan that would cover me there. (Grad students don't make very much money, so I would probably still be on Mom and Dad's plan.)<br /> <br /> Jason just wants to be OUT instead of IN. I understand. We're just too cool for him anyway. Right, Adam? Crap. It doesn’t cover the panhandle of West Virginia. That’s where my parents’ cabin is, and they don’t have long distance service out there, so they only use the cell phone. Thanks for finding me that map, though. Would the nationwide plan cover the panhandle? And then there’s the whole going-to-grad-school thing in 2 years. There’s always a very high probability that I’m going to go to Maryland, but I can dream about Boulder and Stanford, right? And on the offchance that I do get in, I would want a plan that would cover me there. (Grad students don’t make very much money, so I would probably still be on Mom and Dad’s plan.)

Jason just wants to be OUT instead of IN. I understand. We’re just too cool for him anyway. Right, Adam?

]]> By: Adam Douglass http://jasonplancaster.com/2004/Orange-vests-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-1171 Adam Douglass Tue, 03 Aug 2004 23:02:06 +0000 #comment-1171 Being both a Verizion Wireless user, and <i><b>IN</b></i> with my fellow Verizon users... I can say that the benefits are better than I expected. My girlfriend and I talk a good amount (200+ minutes) during what used to be my peak-times. Now that we're <i>IN</i> we can talk all we want to. We both have nation-wide plans (since I like to pretend I travel alot) and the difference between the <a href="http://www.verizonwireless.com/images_b2c/maps/national/ac.gif">nation-wide coverage</a> and <a href="http://www.verizonwireless.com/images_b2c/maps/national/enh.gif">IN-network coverage</a> areas look signifigant, bit in my experience they are not. In every major city I visit I'm <i>IN</i> and only during my recent travel through the catskill mountains was I in Verizon but not <i>IN</i>.<br /> <br /> SO: In summary, the "IN" thing does not suck. It saves me quite a bit, and would save me <b>even more</b> if Jason were to be <i>IN</i>.<br /> <br /> Amy: It looks like your <i>IN</i> coverage covers the bulk of Maryland and also Virginia. <a href="http://www.verizonwireless.com/images_b2c/maps/local_InNetwork/neast/wabalva.gif">See here</a> Being both a Verizion Wireless user, and IN with my fellow Verizon users… I can say that the benefits are better than I expected. My girlfriend and I talk a good amount (200+ minutes) during what used to be my peak-times. Now that we’re IN we can talk all we want to. We both have nation-wide plans (since I like to pretend I travel alot) and the difference between the nation-wide coverage and IN-network coverage areas look signifigant, bit in my experience they are not. In every major city I visit I’m IN and only during my recent travel through the catskill mountains was I in Verizon but not IN.

SO: In summary, the “IN” thing does not suck. It saves me quite a bit, and would save me even more if Jason were to be IN.

Amy: It looks like your IN coverage covers the bulk of Maryland and also Virginia. See here

]]> By: Jason Lancaster http://jasonplancaster.com/2004/Orange-vests-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-1168 Jason Lancaster Tue, 03 Aug 2004 18:58:25 +0000 #comment-1168 I highly doubt I'll be using Verizon. You'll just have to waste your minutes on me.<br /> <br /> To do Colorado right, I think I'd need a good couple weeks to get sick of it. I'm not much interested in traveling the US right now. Europe is another story... I highly doubt I’ll be using Verizon. You’ll just have to waste your minutes on me.

To do Colorado right, I think I’d need a good couple weeks to get sick of it. I’m not much interested in traveling the US right now. Europe is another story…

]]> By: Amy http://jasonplancaster.com/2004/Orange-vests-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-1167 Amy Tue, 03 Aug 2004 18:06:12 +0000 #comment-1167 I wish I had perfect reception with Nextel. I can't get it at work or at my apartment. I don't care about the work, but the apartment thing kinda sucks. I know that part of it is due to the fact that I abuse my phone, but it was horrible even when the phone was new. I looked at the map of the IN calling areas, and I wonder if you're only IN if you're in the IN region AND you're within x miles of your "center" (which, for my phone is in Annapolis... that's why it's long distance from just about everywhere important). I'd have to find that out before we switch. Especially for when I go visiting grad schools next summer. You up for another cross-country road trip? This time, it would include mountain climbing in Colorado, doing the whole artsy scene in San Francisco, braving the rain in Seattle, and doing who knows what in Michigan. (Probably visiting some cousins and laughing at their drunken German antics.)<br /> <br /> If you're not going to be on the same plan, I suppose I could waste a couple of minutes on you... even though whenever we actually talk, it ends up being like an hour and a half. Thank God it's not that often, otherwise I'd be paying overtime charges through my teeth. (And from the grave, considering that Mom and Dad would kill me.) I wish I had perfect reception with Nextel. I can’t get it at work or at my apartment. I don’t care about the work, but the apartment thing kinda sucks. I know that part of it is due to the fact that I abuse my phone, but it was horrible even when the phone was new. I looked at the map of the IN calling areas, and I wonder if you’re only IN if you’re in the IN region AND you’re within x miles of your “center” (which, for my phone is in Annapolis… that’s why it’s long distance from just about everywhere important). I’d have to find that out before we switch. Especially for when I go visiting grad schools next summer. You up for another cross-country road trip? This time, it would include mountain climbing in Colorado, doing the whole artsy scene in San Francisco, braving the rain in Seattle, and doing who knows what in Michigan. (Probably visiting some cousins and laughing at their drunken German antics.)

If you’re not going to be on the same plan, I suppose I could waste a couple of minutes on you… even though whenever we actually talk, it ends up being like an hour and a half. Thank God it’s not that often, otherwise I’d be paying overtime charges through my teeth. (And from the grave, considering that Mom and Dad would kill me.)

]]> By: Jason Lancaster http://jasonplancaster.com/2004/Orange-vests-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-1166 Jason Lancaster Tue, 03 Aug 2004 15:51:05 +0000 #comment-1166 I think Verizon's whole "IN" thing sucks. I was upset when I realized "IN" is only <i>in</i> if you are <b>in</b> on a Verizion network. Lots of times you'll be on someone elses network and you'll be <i>out</i> and frustrated knowing you can't call for free.<br /> <br /> While I was up in NY, PA, and Northern Baltimore county this weekend I had suprisingly perfect reception with Nextel. I'm thinking I might have some luck with Nextel up there. I think Verizon’s whole “IN” thing sucks. I was upset when I realized “IN” is only in if you are in on a Verizion network. Lots of times you’ll be on someone elses network and you’ll be out and frustrated knowing you can’t call for free.

While I was up in NY, PA, and Northern Baltimore county this weekend I had suprisingly perfect reception with Nextel. I’m thinking I might have some luck with Nextel up there.

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