Pros: No roaming
Mostly uninteruppted service
Cons: Voice echoing
Poor reception in places like Walmart
Confused customer service reps
Charges for incoming text messages
Summary: If I'm going out of town, my phone still gets great reception. The only big problems I have are if I'm in Walmart or other big stores. The most annoying this is that fairly often, if I make or receive a call, my voice will echo. The other person can hear it, but their voice does not echo. It echoes enough that I have to hang up and call them back, or have them call me back. Several other people I know with Cingular have this problem too. Also, there's been a several times I've had to call customer service, for different reasons, but about half the time, the reps don't seem to know what they're doing. Other times, the service is great and I don't have any problems. But more than once, I've had to be connected to half a dozen different people, sometimes the same person more than once, before I get my problem fixed. I didn't plan on sending many text messages when I got the phone, but I do use it sometimes. They charge 10 cents per message sent, but also 10 cents per message received. Several times I've gotten texts from people I didn't even know and was charged for them. I'm not going to make a big fuss over a few cents, but I still think it's stupid to be charged for incoming texts.