[js1138]

I noticed when I switched from analog to digital the the signal is now all or nothing, whereas before the signal degraded gracefully. Whatever the differences in technology, I notice that my son's Sprint phone has far more dropouts than my Cingular, in the same area.

[Defiant]

That's not a technology problem, it's a carrier problem. Sprint is notorious for not having enough cell sites, and so its calls drop more often. Verizon, with the same CDMA technology, does not have that problem. Sprint is best inside big cities and along major freeways, but not in the suburbs and rural areas. That has absolutely nothing to do with the technology.