you better listen to everybody but me on that one, i voted for sprint pcs, i have not had many signal issues with them (except places where no one gets a signal).

i am not a truck driver YET!!!!! but with God's help, all things are possible.

It looks like verizon is the winner, but a friend of mine that drives for KLLM has received every call i make to him, I call him alot since we both have sprint pcs and its unlimited pcs to pcs.

just my two cents worth

 

Guess Im going with Verizon.

 

money being no object the nextel with walkie talkie is a cool feature.
all carriers are the same, chose the cheapest,I'm using singular with a siemens phone and have no complaints.
siemen phones are made in germany,the best phone I ever owned followed closely by motorola.
stay away from nokia,they sare the absolute worst performance wise.

 

I prefer my Sprint and it has the walkie talkie now as well. Off the beaten path, coverage can be troublesome but on the main corridors there isn't a problem. I think pretty much they are all about the same these days. Just depends on whether you have friends that use the same service and you can get on one of the plans where you can call the most people for free.

 

Dont be afraid to get a Nokia phone,They are reliable & the chargers for most of the older phones are the same as for the new phones.My wife has been selling phones for 8 years now,its what she has always used....if for some reason you happen to need a charger or hands free kit you can pick one up for a Nokia about anywhere..Dollar Tree,WalMart,Most truck stops etc.

Convienence has to play a part somewhere,no need in having any phone with any service provider if you have to go to particular carriers retail store to buy accessories. Thats my opinion..you can take it,put in inside your head & it would be like a BB rolling around in a box car.

 

:P
Cingular ??
It works 4 me !
8)

 

About the only phones that I have heard real horror stories about is Motorolas.

I have verizon service and the wife and I use LG phones. Over a year now with the same phones and have not have 1 second of problems.

The other thing is to be sure to get a tri-mode phone since not all areas are digital yet and having a digital only phone could prevent you from getting a signal if you really need one, and with some companies could also place you in roaming when you might not really need to be.

 

T-Mobile (Deuch Telecom) resells verizon airtime.