AT&T Mobile Phone Service in San Francisco/San Jose/Oakland

Pros: No roaming in California and free long distance
Cons: No Wireless Web service, additional features like voicemail area extra

To begin, two notes:
**The California 300 plan is now actually the California 400 plan – same price, 100 more minutes per month.
**Because of the Verizon-GTE merger, Cellular One in the Bay Area will eventually become AT&T (who currently...

Pros: Good prices
Cons: Deceptive customer service

Having been stranded on the San Mateo Bridge without a cell phone a year ago, I decided it was time to bite the wireless bullet and get a cell phone. As my company has a relationship with Cellular One (a.k.a. "discounts"), and I wanted to be...

Pros: Nokia Phones - gotta love 'em.
Cons: Bait and switch. Overcharging. Lock-in contract with hidden costs. discriminate pricing. Typical telecommunications/monopolistic Illegality

When I signed in June 1999, I was promised I could select a plan and change to another of the offered plans at a later date (BAIT) - wrong - gotcha - two months later I realized I needed a bigger plan (how exactly do you explain to the girl friend not...

Pros: Lots of long distance minutes, good service, great reception
Cons: none

300 free minutes anywhere long distance a month! Can you believe it? Now I use my cell phone to make ALL my long distance calls. Even sometimes I just go sit in my car in the driveway and talk away!

This was the closest classification to my...

Pros: reliable, clear service, digital and analogue, good deals on phones, great customer service
Cons: none

I reviewed for months before I chose cellOne. CellOne has been reliable, clear, helpful and I have seen what happens to friends with some other companies (see last paragraph if you are in the south bay). I am very happy with the service and this plan...

Pros: great coverage
Cons: a little expensive

I have had a cell phone for, let's see, 8 years now. I have had many different service plans in that 8 years and the best plan I have ever had is my CellularOne plan here in the Bay Area.
Good points:
1. Great coverage - I can't say enough...

Pros: Good coverage, includes analog. Nokia 8260.
Cons: All wireless services stink. AT&T acquisition. Not PCS.

Short review...

AT&T's service is 800mhz TDMA. It is NO frills. There's no web browsing from your phone, SIM cards, IR ports, etc.. The good part is, it works in buildings, it works in big cities like New York, and it works out in the...

Pros: Cheap, Convenient, Easy to use
Cons: Sometimes there is an echo

Right now I have a Cell One 125 any time minutes for only $29.95. What is so great about this plan is that you also get 1000 free minutes for off-peak times and weekends. Think about it. We spend most of our time during the day working. When we are not...

Pros: Good price, definitly worth it
Cons: Be very careful. Keep everything on record

I got my cellphone plan from CellularOne about three years ago, because the price is a good deal. You really can't beat this package, it is good. Also, I had heard a lot about this package, and it got good recommendation. I needed a cellphone plan I...

Pros: pretty cheap
Cons: don't break the contract

I chose Cellular One because it was in the Bay Area. It's pretty clear most of the time. I live in Fremont and I travel pretty far and I still get pretty clear calls.
I got the 125 anytime minutes because I won't be using that many minutes on peak....

Pros: Affordable minutes, nice phones, call clarity is good.
Cons: Customer service is horrible (rude and useless), incoming calls fails.

Okay, I have had this service for about one month after years of service with Verizon. So far, the coverage and call clarity in the San Francisco bay area is pretty good. Not as good as Verizon, but better than I expected. The customer service ...

Pros: Overall good service
Cons: High Cost

I have used Cellular One for over a year in the Bay area, and I thought it would be helpful to give a quick overview of areas where the coverage is bad.

I don't mean to be picky about Cellular One -- aside from cost, I am very happy with the...

Pros: None
Cons: Several

I was perfectly happy with my Bell Atlantic arrangement and my husband went out and bought a new cell phone for me from Cellular one, and it is a 2 year contract! I went to Arizona on business and everyone else could use their phones and call home very...

Pros: Good Reception, Complete Coverage on Domestic or even international, Relatively Cheap Plan Rate
Cons: Poor Customer Service, sometimes. Expensive over minutes

I have been using AT&T for over 4 years. Over all speaking, I am satisfied! They have good local coverage in Bay Area and if you travel like me on occasion, you will find AT&T pretty strong at national coverage and even international coverage. However,...

Pros: None
Cons: Poor reception, poor equipment, excellent customer sadism

I have tried Cingular (GSM), Sprint (CDMA) and ATTWS (TDMA / GSM-GPRS). Sprint was my first provider back when there were no monthly contracts and free nationwide roaming and long distance at one flat price. I tried the other services and have gone...