Sunday, October 02, 2005

How's your cell phone coverage in Flower Mound?

I'm two months away from the end of my cell phone contract, and I'm looking to change. We live in a low area, 2/3 of the way on the slope down from the Flower Mound to the shores of Grapevine Lake. I'm now a Cingular customer, but only by marriage. My original contract was with AT&T, and Cingular absorbed them.

My issues with Cingular are these:

1) There's an enormous dead spot on FM2499 at Lakeside Pkwy. and south near the Home Depot. I can't carry a conversation there without getting dropped.

2) I can't take a call in my house unless I'm on the second floor.

Right now, I'm putting together a map of the cell towers in Flower Mound. I've gotten a list of the towers from the Town, based on existing Special Use Permits (cell towers have to get a permit approved by Town Council). I'll try to post the map soon. If you know of dead spots in the Town, send them to me at chip@fm2020.com, and I'll post them here. Perhaps we can get better coverage here.

There's a new tower near Fire Station #3, off McKamy Creek Rd. It's a Verizon tower, and it's less than a mile from my house. I think that's who I'll be taking a hard look at, come contract time.

2 Comments:

At 10:42 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

So... what's the verdict and did you ever chose a cell phone provider?

 
At 10:01 PM, Blogger Chip Mahaney said...

I chose Verizon Wireless. They are still the only carrier that can give me useable service in my home.

 

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