“ Originally Posted by SellerOne 
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Just a little info for anyone looking at using one of these radios in the Tri-State area of California/Arizona/Nevada. I'm actually 90 miles south of Las Vegas. I've been doing a few tests over the last couple days, driving to different parts of town and such. So far all the Sprint radios seem to work about the same, no noticeable difference between them. They all managed to stay within the one to full bar range, never dropping out of EVDO signal. I've used both the Telus and the Alltel radio and both performed pretty much the same, most of the time staying at the 0-2 bar range. I never did see them drop to 1x though, only when a call was being made, that actually goes for the Sprint Radios as well (not sure if that's normal or not). The last radio that I used and am currently using is, the VZW Raphael v1.03.03v R, and I gotta say I'm loving it. It almost always manages to stay at the full bar range, i have yet to have a dropped call. Those are my 2 cents, hope that helps someone.
Oh, one question, I've read through most of this thread and didn't see anyone ask so I guess I will (sorry if someone did and I missed it). Anyway, does anyone know if this is something that can be charged to your bill? Since techniqually I am using another providers service.
thanks for the full review andno you cannot and will not be charged for using a different radio..... a radio is internal and just tells the hone how to pick up signal and on how to process it per say.... there is no way that they can tell what radio you are on without lookiing at the boot up screen and many sprint reps dont even know what those numbers mean.... you will be fine and trust me NO WAT WHAT-SO-EVER :smile: so smile and enjoy and damn i think i got to try the verizon radio for the frist time since i have been using telus since release sicne by far best here in the norteast and throughout michigan fully.