Phone Regression

It's been no secret that I've been less than satisfied with my current cell phone provider, T-Mobile. While providing lip service to improve service, and erect new towers, and giving free roaming, it's all for naught as I still have no signal for miles as I leave where I live. ATT (Cingular) has towers, but there is no agreement, so I'm in "radio blackout," which is the same as having no cell phone. Makes me wonder what I'm really paying for.

However, I've also had another problem. My Motorola V195 that I got when I reupped my contract has a flaw. Of all the extra features I use on the phone, the only one that I want to work is the speakerphone, and it's rather poor. If I'm driving in the car, even with the windows rolled up, I still struggle to hear the conversation. I also don't like the wired headset as it's too hard to put on, and I don't have a Bluetooth earpiece that would probably solve this.

Anyway, in the interim, I've realized that my old phone, a Siemens flip phone was better. While the battery requires charging twice a week to keep it going, at least I can hear something. So, I transplanted my SIM card from the Motorola, and it's back to the Siemens phone. I'm waiting for T-Mobile to start enticing me to renew in the next few months, but unless a new tower gets built, and the coverage vastly improves, I'm not signing up for another two years of this nonsense.

--Jonas