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Re: Consumer Reports Story on Cell Phone Providers

LB@notmine.com
Fri, 31 Dec 2004 07:34:57 -0500

Joseph wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 07:09:56 -0500, LB@notmine.com wrote:

>> The new Consumer Reports magazine has a large story on cell phone
>> providers and cell phones. You can get better info in this group, but
>> the mag has lots of info. Will be very handy for those times when a
>> "friend" is looking for info. I think the mag should be on newsstands
>> now.

> Take what Consumer Reports magazine has to say about cell phones with
> a grain of salt. In past "cellular" issues they poo-pooh'd some
> carriers basically T-Mobile (then VoiceStream) because they didn't
> have fallback to older first generation analog technology. Guess
> what?! Lots of phones now being offered by *all* the carriers and
> don't have analog. They out and out refused to even look at
> VoiceStream/T-Mobile because they are luddites and couldn't see what
> was coming down the pike. If you want good recommendations or
> information about cellular service look at what they have to say, but
> take it with a grain of salt. They do much better testing washing
> machines, riding lawn mowers or crash worthiness of automobiles.

Agreed. The fact that they use "taste experts" for food and do not
ask some experts for tech stuff bothers me. But he article is a
start, esp for those not into newsgroups <bg>

LB

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