Pros: Spiffy Ads
Cons: This doesn't qualify as a cellular phone network.
Summary: I live in Chapel Hill, NC and I've used Suncom for 2 years. My contract expires in May and I will be switching to another company.
SunCom has the best rates in town, no doubt because they have the worst -service- in town. I rarely have more than 3 bars of signal, which to SunCom is the minimum amount of signal required to even place a phone call. Anything less and you will receive a call failed message. Once you are actually lucky enough to make the call, you had better stay exactly where you are and talk as fast as possible, otherwise your signal may drop to (gasp) 2 bars, at which point you will still be able to hear the person on the other end speaking clearly, however they can no longer hear a word you say. Then of course, you receive a call failed message.
Driving on the Interstate is the most fun. You get to watch your signal yo-yo between full signal, and none what-so-ever. It will do this every 10-20 seconds.
Did I also mention that I have the blackberry internet service plan? I should mention I have a national coverage plan, and somehow get charged for -roaming- internet every month. For those of you who do not use blackberries: Once you activate BB internet, it is -always- connected until you cancel the service. I have yet to figure out how I am being charged roaming internet (on a national service plan) when I have no option to turn the internet on/off at will.
All I can say about SunCom is this: If you are tempted by their dirt cheap rates, please remember than you will still be paying far too much for what you get. I am honestly surprised that they are even allowed to sign people into a 2 year contract when they utterly fail in providing cellular service.
