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

[Michael Smith]

I give up using my phone on Marta all together(AT&T).  I only try to make a
call once I leave the buckhead station(North Springs line)

On 6/21/07, Patrick Bartkus <patrckb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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