Support C Spire

[Nama Carl]

https://www.clarionledger.com/story...93&mvl=Size-2x3+[Digital+Front+Redesign+Tile]

Cspire is one of the few high tech homegrown Mississippi companies who decided to stay home and invest in the future of Mississippi. All Mississippians should support them. Instead of going to other more talented areas, they are creating their own talent right here.

The success of Cspire could spring board the state into many more opportunities.

 

[Dawgbite]

I'm all for supporting home grown. We do not buy our groceries at Wal- Mart, we shop at the locally owned Piggly Wiggly. It is extremely rare that we eat at a national or chain restaurant, we eat at local places but C- Spire cell service sux in my area. I tried them and they are not even an option.

 

[Nama Carl]

They will get better as they grow. It is more about the awareness than anything. I noticed that they are expanding their facility in Ridgeland, so I am guessing they are employing many people in well-paying jobs. Their coding academies are working as well.

I also talked to a guy the other day who works for Hinds in coding. It's a bigger thing here than many realize. We want the state to move forward, progressive technologies and the associated jobs are the the first step.

 

[bulldognation]

I had C-Spire for a while for much the same reason... wanted to see the MS company do well. The prices were and still are competitive. But when it really comes down to it, it's all about overall performance. C-Spire works great in Mississippi. That's about the only place it's good. Even in major metro areas (Atlanta, Birmingham, New Orleans, etc) my C-Spire was hit or miss. Like Dawgbite said, I'm all for Mississippi companies, but they've had years to figure out how to become more capable beyond the state line and haven't made any progress.

Switched to Verizon recently and haven't looked back.

 

[Requiem For A Dawg]

When I went to New Orleans this fall my Cspire worked fine. That’s the first time I ever remember that happening.

 

[Lettucexxxx]

https://www.clarionledger.com/story...93&mvl=Size-2x3+[Digital+Front+Redesign+Tile]

Cspire is one of the few high tech homegrown Mississippi companies who decided to stay home and invest in the future of Mississippi. All Mississippians should support them. Instead of going to other more talented areas, they are creating their own talent right here.

The success of Cspire could spring board the state into many more opportunities.

I have Cspire. Service hasn’t changed in 20 years. I still drop service in the same spots....HWY 84 eastbound ...Interstate 55 just south of Grenada.....Any and all oxbow lakes...even if governed by MS.

Also, when fishing in south LA or MS, it would be nice to have a phone in case of emergency....granted, I only use it when I have to........but that’s just the thing.

People need service in remote areas....why? Because the area is remote. Hey, I have an idea ��

Lets get service to the perimeters

 

[patdog]

It's worked fine the last couple of time I went out of state as well. Asheville, NC, Birmingham and Boston. Up until recently, I was effectively restricted to WiFi for any Internet connection if I went out of state.

 

[bellechamp]

I had C-Spire for a while for much the same reason... wanted to see the MS company do well. The prices were and still are competitive. But when it really comes down to it, it's all about overall performance. C-Spire works great in Mississippi. That's about the only place it's good. Even in major metro areas (Atlanta, Birmingham, New Orleans, etc) my C-Spire was hit or miss. Like Dawgbite said, I'm all for Mississippi companies, but they've had years to figure out how to become more capable beyond the state line and haven't made any progress.

Switched to Verizon recently and haven't looked back.

I felt the same way about travel until I found out there was a setting that made roaming better. NYC service went from frustrating to great

 

[patdog]

And that setting is...……?

 

[IPMdawg]

Why do they host their tech conferences at Ole Miss when we have the Computer Science program?

 

[Cooterpoot]

The same C Spire/CellSouth that helped OM get kids eligible with some bogus *** program? I’ll pass.

 

[Trojanbulldog19]

I felt the same way about travel until I found out there was a setting that made roaming better. NYC service went from frustrating to great

that's dumb you have to hit a setting...

i've had ATT, CSpire, Verizon, Back to ATT, and then Back to Verizon. I'll never leave Verizon. Hands down the best coverage nationwide. Also, the best customer service. The bill also never goes up and down.

I swapped to Cell South based on a recommendation from a friend of mine who worked there and for the unlimited plan they had which was the only one at the time. I was ok with it as long as I was in Mississippi. I got coverage in a lot of rural places, but a few business trips outside of the State ended that. The data coverage was horrific. it was worse than being on dial up. They had swapped to CSpire during the middle of my contract also. It's like after they did that, the contracts with other carriers got worse so the service you got while roaming on other companies towers was terrible after that. I swapped to Verizon after trip to Atlanta left me without a phone with good data service. Verizon was great traveling all over the country. Yes, I did lose service in some rural areas in MS, but to me, having service in the bigger cities I travel to all over the country was more important. I also got great service in rural Texas when I was going through there a lot. When I got married my wife had convinced me to go with ATT because we also had TV through them. The service was comparable, but our bill was all over the place and customer service sucked. After a few times of not having service on my personal phone (att) and my work cell (verizon) and my wife not being able to get me on my personal phone because of lack of reception at my office, we both decided to go with Verizon and haven't looked back. decent price, decent deals, always great customer service, and the data service around the country is great.

If CSpire wants us to buy in, they have to get better on the national market. It's fine if all you ever do is travel inside MS. I think CSpire also still charges extra for roaming if you stay out of the coverage area for too long. A cousin of mine got hit with that from working oil rigs and staying gone outside of MS for too long.

 

[Eleven Bravo]

I used to work for CSpire. Their “footprint” is the State of Mississippi along with some geography in lower Alabama along the coast as well as an area in extreme western Tennessee. Well, that used to be the “official” footprint. That doesn’t mean they have great coverage in the entire area but that is where they concentrate their network of towers, etc.

When a subscriber leaves the “footprint” that subscriber is using Verizon assets. Wherever Verizon has service the CSpire subscriber can access Verizon’s services. The only problem is that the tower you are near gives priority to Verizon subscribers, so if the tower has congested traffic the CSpire subscriber may not have access until some of the Verizon traffic clears. CSpire having sharing agreements with Verizon is the only way they can actually offer “nationwide coverage”.

Oh, and I can say for a fact that when I worked there several years ago that there was a definite “ole miss” flavor in that company. Strong ole miss flavor...

 

[Nama Carl]

Certainly understood but I look at it from a statewide perspective, we need the jobs and we need to keep our talent home. A big company like that will only help Mississippi State even if it also helps Ole Miss.

 

[Nama Carl]

Why do they host their tech conferences at Ole Miss when we have the Computer Science program?

https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/ar...ks-cspire-partnership-advisory-board-meeting/

https://www.cspire.com/company_info/about/news_detail.jsp?entryId=30800012

This is bigger than eggbowl.com nonsense

 

[Trojanbulldog19]

i can say that's what I experienced. Why go with local, pay similar price as the national, and then be bumped by the national service tower that they are using when you can just be on that national service tower and not be bumped?

 

[friendly dawg]

I have been working at C Spire for a while now and been a customer for even longer.
1. I have never picked up on any kind of Ole Miss "flavor". The IT department is as big as the rest of the company combined and it is absolutely loaded with MSU grads. There are plenty of OM grads and fans here, but no more than anywhere else, and actually probably less.
2. The coverage outside of the state has been good for me as well. I have been to nearly every bowl game we have played in for the past several years and never had a single issue with coverage outside of MS. Even the coverage inside of our home games, which used to be a big issue, is much better now.
Much of the negative slant here is either talking about old problems that don't exist any more, or are just incorrect altogether.

 

[dawgstudent]

That's incorrect. I believe their sharing agreement is now with Sprint. They stopped using Verizon a few years ago.

 

[VegasDawg13]

Even the coverage inside of our home games, which used to be a big issue, is much better now.

It went from literally not working at all to working a little bit. I suppose that means it's gotten infinitely better, though.

And if you've always had stellar coverage out of the state, you're either extremely lucky or receiving preferential treatment or something. We're not all making it up.

 

[IPMdawg]

Of course a curriculum program will come through State. We have the computer science and engineering department which is why it’s absurd that they host an annual technology showcase at Ole Miss featuring robotics and speakers on tech innovations:
https://www.cspire.com/cms/wireless/mvmt

Also, C Spire customers get free Wi-Fi at Vault-Hemingway and the Pavillion:
https://www.cspire.com/cms/wireless/stadium-wifi-faqs/

You can call it pettiness or “eggbowl.com nonsense” all you want, but it doesn’t make sense. I would like to see both of those things at State as a C Spire customer.

 

[VegasDawg13]

When I priced C Spire vs Verizon about a year ago, the prices were not similar. C Spire represented significant savings, so I ultimately stuck with them despite my frustration with out-of-state and game day service.

 

[Trojanbulldog19]

I have been working at C Spire for a while now and been a customer for even longer.
1. I have never picked up on any kind of Ole Miss "flavor". The IT department is as big as the rest of the company combined and it is absolutely loaded with MSU grads. There are plenty of OM grads and fans here, but no more than anywhere else, and actually probably less.
2. The coverage outside of the state has been good for me as well. I have been to nearly every bowl game we have played in for the past several years and never had a single issue with coverage outside of MS. Even the coverage inside of our home games, which used to be a big issue, is much better now.
Much of the negative slant here is either talking about old problems that don't exist any more, or are just incorrect altogether.

which bowl games did you go to? Charolette? Jacksonville? Tampa? Nashville? Miami, and Memphis? just curious what cities you were roaming too. Those really aren't that far out of the footprint and are still in the south east. how much traveling have you done to major cities outside of the southeast?

obvious, you have a bias because you work there. You say it's negative slant and that it's just incorrect and old problems. i'm not being paid by service provider. I'm just giving my honest experience and opinion and comparison. first time poster also. do you happen to work in the marketing or sales department by chance? I'm not the only one with bad experience outside of state line. Like vegasdawg said, we aren't making it up. why would we anyway?

 

[QuadrupleOption]

Of course a curriculum program will come through State. We have the computer science and engineering department which is why it’s absurd that they host an annual technology showcase at Ole Miss featuring robotics and speakers on tech innovations:
https://www.cspire.com/cms/wireless/mvmt

Also, C Spire customers get free Wi-Fi at Vault-Hemingway and the Pavillion:
https://www.cspire.com/cms/wireless/stadium-wifi-faqs/

You can call it pettiness or “eggbowl.com nonsense” all you want, but it doesn’t make sense. I would like to see both of those things at State as a C Spire customer.

Those things could be due to Ole Miss bias in the company hierarchy, or they could be due to Ole Miss actually reaching out and trying to get their CS programs on the map by partnering with local tech companies.

 

[catvet]

I like doing business with Mississippi companies but their service in the Central part of the state is awful. While I get crisp service with ATT, I cant even place a call in numerous rural areas. And this is a Mississippi company providing bad service to Mississippians. I'll pass

 

[Maroon Eagle]

My experience was similar. I switched many years ago from Cellular South to at&t and am satisfied.

 

[cowbell88]

Cease Fire, yep I’m with them. Have to go outside to use phone, and still drop calls like crazy. I have a CSpire tower about 2 miles from house. Will be going back to AT&T in March when contract is up. Work phone will still be with CSpire, the flip phone for work works great.

 

[PineGroveBully]

I swapped to cspire about 2 years ago, couldn't be happier. I'm in the NE MS, Ripley area and I couldn't find a provider that was better than "poor." With cspire I haven't been able to lose talk/text anywhere in that part of the state, had internet reception well enough to stream Netflix in 80% of that area. And I'm talking in every hole and holler that I hunt from. I was astounded at the difference and continue to be more than satisfied. And they're much cheaper.

 

[horshack.sixpack]

MSU admin squashed the Cspire initiative to upgrade our stadium stuff a few years back. Instead of letting CSpire invest in improvements our MSU leadership wanted to participate in revenue, as if CSpire was going to make additional money by improving campus coverage. Therefore Ole Miss got the upgrades and we did not. Bed made. Sleep well.

 

[msstatelp1]

I have been working at C Spire for a while now and been a customer for even longer.
1. I have never picked up on any kind of Ole Miss "flavor". The IT department is as big as the rest of the company combined and it is absolutely loaded with MSU grads. There are plenty of OM grads and fans here, but no more than anywhere else, and actually probably less.
2. The coverage outside of the state has been good for me as well. I have been to nearly every bowl game we have played in for the past several years and never had a single issue with coverage outside of MS. Even the coverage inside of our home games, which used to be a big issue, is much better now.
Much of the negative slant here is either talking about old problems that don't exist any more, or are just incorrect altogether.

Did they ever get 4G service in the Memphis area?

 

[HamSammich]

Pass pass pass. Their coverage is absolute garbage. I was a customer for 18 years with them (with cellsouth before cspire).

My wife has a job that requires a lot of travel across the US. Once you leave MS you can use your phone to play games you’ve already downloaded until you can get on someone’s WiFi. Our phones did not work in Desoto county at all.

The final nail in the coffin was the night they had to rush our 3 year old from Oxford Memorial to Le Bonheur and our calls were dropped a total of 14 times between Oxford and Memphis. That is unacceptable considering we were traveling a major highway (HWY 6) and a major Interstate the entire way.

 

[thatsbaseball]

After reading a bunch of these replies I guess my service with C-Spire/Cell South has just been a fluke. I've been a customer since the late 80's and traveled the state extensively and good part of the country also over the last thirty years and I've always felt my service has been as good as anyone's (in the early days part of the good service, especially in the delta, was due to bag phones). I can't honestly compare it with other providers because I've never felt I needed to try anybody else.

 

[PhredPhantom]

I was a Cellular South customer and briefly a CSpire customer after they changed the name. I quit supporting them when they quit supporting me. I went to Verizon primarily because of their coverage map and I'm glad I did. I've traveled a fair amount nationwide and have found an extremely low number of places where I did not have service or had poor service.

Cellular South was initially not very bad but when they changed the name to CSpire that's not the only change they made. It seemed that every 6 to 8 weeks they would find a new way to 17 me. The straw that broke the camel's back was when, after waiting months for them to start finally selling iPhones long after other cell phone companies had been, they told me that I could not keep the unlimited plan I had been grandfathered into even if I paid full price for a new iPhone. This after continually raising rates and taking away features and benefits for their "service". I went to Verizon and never looked back.

When Cellular South changed their name to CSpire it seemed that they also changed their desire to serve customers and constantly looked for ways to 17 over their customers. I finally had enough and now I could almost thank them for running me off because I definitely like Verizon much better.

AT&T may be a great cell phone company, too. I don't know because I've never had cell phone service with them but, if I thought that their cell phone service was anything like their home internet service is, I would never, ever, do business with them. The maximum (formerly DSL and now UVerse) speed they will prove me at my house is 3 meg service. Not 30 meg, 3 meg. It's so slow I can't even install a Ring doorbell because it's too slow to work. I know because I tried. That's precisely why I don't have a Netflix account because it's too slow to watch without buffering. I could go on ranting but I won’t.

Anyway, my pick is Verizon but that doesn't mean another company wouldn't be fine. I just will never be a CSpire customer ever again and I recommend you don't either.

 

[Cooterpoot]

Never had a problem with Verizon. Great coverage, no dropped calls, porn hub streams great.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

C-Spire is overrun with OM goons. No thanks. Their service is pretty ****** in areas too.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

I’m pretty sure CSpire/Cellular South wasn’t even around in the late 80’s. If so you had to be their very first customer. The first cell company I can even remember coming into Mississippi was Century Cellunet. I still have my original Vodaphone from them. Got it at the store they had in Highland Village.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

I'm all for supporting home grown. We do not buy our groceries at Wal- Mart, we shop at the locally owned Piggly Wiggly. It is extremely rare that we eat at a national or chain restaurant, we eat at local places but C- Spire cell service sux in my area. I tried them and they are not even an option.

You will have to look for a new grocery store. Piggly Wiggly is closing all the rest of their stores next month.

 

[HotMop]

C Spire is trash run by trash.

 

[Dawgbite]

Funny

You will have to look for a new grocery store. Piggly Wiggly is closing all the rest of their stores next month.

I had lunch with the owner last week and he didn't mention it. We did talk about how the weather has delayed construction on their store addition. They are adding a bigger meat market and a deli.

 

[AnotherOldDog]

Where is your locally owned Piggly Wiggly? Mine is in Brandon. I like shopping there. A lot of times I find things there that I'm not able to find at other grocery stores. HOWEVER, for the last 3 or 4 months the shelves are almost completely bare. I saw a news report on the store in Jackson on Meadowbrook shelves nearly bare there, also. Speculations is they are going out of business.

What you think?

 

[JoMo MoJo]

Is it in Mississippi? And another MS grocery chain, Jitney Jungle, closed all of their stores after major upgrades too.