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

Pros: You can use it whenever
Cons: Not long enough (plan)

This plan ,the cellular one anytime plan 500 is a plan I bought about 1year and 6 months ago now and i love it.I think this plan is good because of its features it offers it offers unlimited calls up to 500 minutes a month and if you use that its only 25...

Pros: afraid the others aren't better, so-so coverage in the SF bay area
Cons: terrible horrible customer service, get treated like a thief, $1000 (!) deposit for roaming

let's start out with the nice things about the calling plan:
+ phone. i got a nokia 6250 with it free. a nice phone. pretty, small, and good.
- phone: the 8800 would have been $400 extra (!). that's crazy.
+ coverage. is pretty decent,...

Pros: Good coverage, the best "anytime" minute value, good phone prices
Cons: Really none

I've tried Sprint PCS (the worst), Verizon (pretty good, but coverage not as good as AT&T in some important areas for me), and AT&T. AT&T is by far the best. And, unlike a few months ago, their rate plans offer the most "anytime" minutes per dollar. I...

Pros: Free long distance, great customer service
Cons: 500 free minutes encourages me to be on the phone A LOT!

I spend a lot of time in the car commuting in traffic and it's great to have 500 anytime minutes that include long distance. I travel from San Jose to Sacramento and my home service area (408)is huge! I can go al the way to Dixon on my home system and...

Pros: Coverage and Online Billing
Cons: Bad integration of account and online billing

There are a few reasons to go with CellularONE as your service provider for mobile phone service. The two most important ones to me are

1) great coverage, and
2) online billing is easy!

I have friends with all sorts of other...

Pros: Dependable Service in - state
Cons: Rude, unhelpful employees, poor country-wide service

My fiancee had this plan from CellularOne and then decided to move to New York with me. The company told him that since CellularOne was a national company his plan would be good everywhere. When he moved to NY, he called the company to change his...

Pros: None.
Cons: Terrible Reception, Terrible Customer Service, Overcharging Practices.

AT&T wireless sent me this bill which their customer care cannot decipher let alone a consumer! They overcharged me with services that I did not use and they could not explain why I was charged for the fees. I cancel my service due to a horrible ...

Pros: Coverage, rates, customer service
Cons: none

First, I had Sprint and paid 200 dollars for a phone...after 6 mos. of EXTREMELY POOR COVERAGE...I switched to Cingular.

Cingular was decent, the plans and phones were cheap, I got a 30/month plan and a Nokia 8290 for 50 dollars. At first,...

Pros: good customer service, flexible plans
Cons: reception quality can be very poor

As a student, and not a business man, I usually make local long distance calls around night time. Therefore, I needed an affordable plan that would give me free minutes in "off peak" time (from 7pm to 7am). I previously had GTE wireless...

Pros: What PROS?
Cons: Price,Coverage

CellOne is anything but number one. Especially this plan. When you get this plan at first you are thinking you have the greatest plan and your set for Cellphone life but you should reconsider.Try a Bell Atlantic Plan or anything else.

This...

Pros: Excellent coverage, Tiny Nokia 8260
Cons: Expensive

Around Menlo Park and Palo Alto, Sprint and Cingular have spotty coverage at best. Verizon and AT&T are the only cellular providers who can boast of good reception around that area. Somehow Verizon's deals did not strike me as being that good. AT&T had...

Pros: Coverage area
Cons: Signal strength, dead zones, Customer Service,

Update 112502 - AT&T service is getting worse. Large drop out areas in the Bay Area, on Hwy 80 to Tahoe, at my house. I have resorted to 4 cents a minute land line for long distance from home the cell is so bad. Other carriers are worse from what I...

Pros: none
Cons: bad coverage, bad service

CellularOne has bad coverage and bad service. I have been a CellularOne customer for about four years, on the maximum plan. About six months ago, the CellularOne coverage started to degrade-- lots of dropped calls, and lots of times that I could never...

Pros: Coverage
Cons: Low Tech Customer Service; Long Distance

I have been an cellone customer for over 4 years now. The service is dependable and coverage is good. I have used many different calling plans from CaliforniaGold 1000 to California Anytime 500.

I recently purchased a SprintPCS cell phone/Plan...

Pros: Great Local Service
Cons: Expensive Roaming Service

Cellular One is expensive if you travel in the U.S.
I must agree that their service quality is excellent, but they have no nation wide plan. So if you travel a lot, your bill can easily be $200-$400 per month.
I have the 1000 minute plan, and...