[ale] good cell phone/mobile internet providers for downtown ATL?

[Patrick Bartkus]

I used to work on Courtland St. behind Peachtree Center.

I can't speak to data quality but if you're wanting to keep a conversation
through the MARTA train tunnels, T-Mobile has the North line tunnels lit all
the way from Five Points Station to where you come out into the sunshine
around Brookwood. Most all the other carriers drop calls just past each
underground station. Of course, T-Mobile has a dead spot right north of the
Lindbergh station and I would always drop calls there. Also, the T-Mobile
signal doesn't penetrate into the Peachtree Center Mall area very well.

Patrick

On 6/19/07, Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg at fifthhorseman.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks--
>
> Can anyone recommend a mobile telephony/data carrier with good
> coverage of downtown Atlanta and/or the Little 5 Points or Poncey
> Highlands areas?
>
> For mobile data in particular, i'd be hoping for good quality,
> high-bandwidth linux-supported devices with either USB,
> IEEE1394/firewire, Compact Flash, or PCMCIA/CardBus interfaces.  I can
> run a modern kernel (either 2.6.18 or 2.6.21), and don't mind building
> external modules if they're needed for the connectivity.
>
> Does anyone have personal experience with providers in the area or
> equipment like this?  Are there carriers or devices i should
> definitely avoid?
>
> Regards,
>
>         --dkg
>
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