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  1. #1
    JEB
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    I have a Motorola V60 something. My plan with Cingular is the "old" nation
    plan, no roaming, no long distance, 150 daytime minutes. Coverage is good
    across the U.S. I want to upgrade my phone and perhaps take advantage of
    the roll over option. Here is my dilemma, the phone and plan I have now is
    the TDMA service. I talked with the cingular rep and he said, hands down, I
    should upgrade to the newest technology and that I could have my pick of a
    lot more phones. Currently, there are only two phones to choose from for my
    service.

    My question is, should I embrace the "newest" technology and drop my TDMA
    phone? The rep said that once I do that there's no going back.

    What do you'll think?

    Thanks





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  2. #2
    Richie
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    Re: Please help with suggestions

    Yes GSM is excellent. I use it. Cingular now has 850mhz GSM service in the
    Eastern USA and coverage is excellent (as far as I've experienced). You
    need to get a new phone that supports the 850 mhz band.

    "JEB" <berndt at berndt md dot com> wrote in message
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    > I have a Motorola V60 something. My plan with Cingular is the "old"

    nation
    > plan, no roaming, no long distance, 150 daytime minutes. Coverage is good
    > across the U.S. I want to upgrade my phone and perhaps take advantage of
    > the roll over option. Here is my dilemma, the phone and plan I have now

    is
    > the TDMA service. I talked with the cingular rep and he said, hands down,

    I
    > should upgrade to the newest technology and that I could have my pick of a
    > lot more phones. Currently, there are only two phones to choose from for

    my
    > service.
    >
    > My question is, should I embrace the "newest" technology and drop my TDMA
    > phone? The rep said that once I do that there's no going back.
    >
    > What do you'll think?
    >
    > Thanks
    >
    >






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    Xzero
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    GSM is a lot better I think. You will be able to have more options with your phone.



  4. #4
    Stanley Reynolds
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    Re: Please help with suggestions


    "Richie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > Yes GSM is excellent. I use it. Cingular now has 850mhz GSM service in

    the
    > Eastern USA and coverage is excellent (as far as I've experienced). You
    > need to get a new phone that supports the 850 mhz band.
    >
    > "JEB" <berndt at berndt md dot com> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > I have a Motorola V60 something. My plan with Cingular is the "old"

    > nation
    > > plan, no roaming, no long distance, 150 daytime minutes. Coverage is

    good
    > > across the U.S. I want to upgrade my phone and perhaps take advantage

    of
    > > the roll over option. Here is my dilemma, the phone and plan I have now

    > is
    > > the TDMA service. I talked with the cingular rep and he said, hands

    down,
    > I
    > > should upgrade to the newest technology and that I could have my pick of

    a
    > > lot more phones. Currently, there are only two phones to choose from

    for
    > my
    > > service.
    > >
    > > My question is, should I embrace the "newest" technology and drop my

    TDMA
    > > phone? The rep said that once I do that there's no going back.
    > >
    > > What do you'll think?
    > >
    > > Thanks
    > >
    > >

    >
    >

    The 2 phones is a indicator that they are the Nokia 6340i and Sony Ericsson
    T62U. They are 800/1900 GSM,TDMA, and AMPS phones and will cover more of the
    nation than a GSM or GSM/amps phone. I would not be happy with a offer
    "there's no going back" must be a reason people who took the offer want to
    come back.

    Stanley





  5. #5
    Robert M.
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    Re: Please help with suggestions

    In article <[email protected]>,
    "JEB" <berndt at berndt md dot com> wrote:

    > I have a Motorola V60 something. My plan with Cingular is the "old" nation
    > plan, no roaming, no long distance, 150 daytime minutes. Coverage is good
    > across the U.S. I want to upgrade my phone and perhaps take advantage of
    > the roll over option. Here is my dilemma, the phone and plan I have now is
    > the TDMA service. I talked with the cingular rep and he said, hands down, I
    > should upgrade to the newest technology and that I could have my pick of a
    > lot more phones. Currently, there are only two phones to choose from for my
    > service.
    >
    > My question is, should I embrace the "newest" technology and drop my TDMA
    > phone? The rep said that once I do that there's no going back.
    >
    > What do you'll think?
    >
    > Thanks
    >
    >


    If you only stay in town, then GSM can work for you. If you go out in
    the country, GSM phones do not have the capability to roam on Analog
    Networks, leaving you with many holes in your coverage, and no useable
    phone in an emergency "out in the country".



  6. #6
    Anon
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    Re: Please help with suggestions


    >
    > If you only stay in town, then GSM can work for you. If you go out in
    > the country, GSM phones do not have the capability to roam on Analog
    > Networks, leaving you with many holes in your coverage, and no useable
    > phone in an emergency "out in the country".


    If you're "out in the country", cellular service is a crapshoot anyway. I
    carry one GSM (only) phone and one iden (only) phone. I also carried a TDMA
    phone for years. In some areas of the country, NONE of them will have a
    signal. Interestingly enough, I've found the "out in the country" coverage
    of GSM to be superior to both iden and TDMA so far. And that's the CURRENT
    state of GSM coverage.

    GSM is expanding faster than TDMA. If you can find a good deal on a GSM
    plan, it is worth a shot. IMHO. Keep in mind that Cingular allows you a
    trial period. So the best advice is to pick up a decent GSM phone (Nokia
    3595 and Motorola T720 are both excellent) and take advantage of the trial
    period. -Dave





  7. #7
    Stanley Reynolds
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    Re: Please help with suggestions


    "Anon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    >
    > >
    > > If you only stay in town, then GSM can work for you. If you go out in
    > > the country, GSM phones do not have the capability to roam on Analog
    > > Networks, leaving you with many holes in your coverage, and no useable
    > > phone in an emergency "out in the country".

    >
    > If you're "out in the country", cellular service is a crapshoot anyway. I
    > carry one GSM (only) phone and one iden (only) phone. I also carried a

    TDMA
    > phone for years. In some areas of the country, NONE of them will have a
    > signal. Interestingly enough, I've found the "out in the country"

    coverage
    > of GSM to be superior to both iden and TDMA so far. And that's the

    CURRENT
    > state of GSM coverage.
    >
    > GSM is expanding faster than TDMA. If you can find a good deal on a GSM
    > plan, it is worth a shot. IMHO. Keep in mind that Cingular allows you a
    > trial period. So the best advice is to pick up a decent GSM phone (Nokia
    > 3595 and Motorola T720 are both excellent) and take advantage of the trial
    > period. -Dave
    >
    >

    Like so many post's it all is in where you try to use your phone. I've been
    camping in north GA and looking at a cell tower and a useless cellphone,
    tower was the wrong provider. No way to guess if GSM only will provide the
    coverage you want till you try it. Some GSM providers are better than others
    it all depends. I've only found one location where GSM is the only signal,
    Curry AL. Have found lots of Alabama with no GSM service but does have CDMA,
    TDMA, and AMPS. Wish their was a universal phone that would do all, the GAIT
    phones are the best for universal coverage but are over kill if you never
    use them outside of the limited GSM coverage aera.





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