Cingular Chicago Comments

Well, I wanted to update people on my Cingular experience after
switching from Verizon in Chicago. The switch and phone number transfer
were fairly painless. However, I have noticed that voice quality and
signal strength is worse in Chicago than Verizon. Get a lot of calls
that impossible to understand. I live in a high rise (30th floor) which
may be part of the problem.

I got my mum a Nokia 6230 from Amazon, and a RAZR from a cingular store
for myself: the RAZR is a slickster phone, no question. We are on a
family share plan. The volume on the RAZR could be a little louder
perhaps, but it is not bad. I suspect the Nokia will have better
reception though I didn't get much of a chance to compare. The lady at
the Cingular store gave me a number at Motorola to call about unlocking
the phone - we'll see if it's possible. So far, Cingular is tolerable
though I would be happier with better signal strength and fewer dropped
calls (there have been quite a few so far while I had almost none with
Verizon). What caused me to switch is discussed in many earlier threads
but I really wanted a GSM phone for travel. Thanks to all the people
who educated me about GSM phones.

Wiggling

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Thank you, that was a nice update verizon & cingular. As we represent both
carriers, it is nice to see someone not rant, but offer some first hand
experience. Thanks dr.
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<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Well, I wanted to update people on my Cingular experience after
> switching from Verizon in Chicago. The switch and phone number transfer
> were fairly painless. However, I have noticed that voice quality and
> signal strength is worse in Chicago than Verizon. Get a lot of calls
> that impossible to understand. I live in a high rise (30th floor) which
> may be part of the problem.
>
> I got my mum a Nokia 6230 from Amazon, and a RAZR from a cingular store
> for myself: the RAZR is a slickster phone, no question. We are on a
> family share plan. The volume on the RAZR could be a little louder
> perhaps, but it is not bad. I suspect the Nokia will have better
> reception though I didn't get much of a chance to compare. The lady at
> the Cingular store gave me a number at Motorola to call about unlocking
> the phone - we'll see if it's possible. So far, Cingular is tolerable
> though I would be happier with better signal strength and fewer dropped
> calls (there have been quite a few so far while I had almost none with
> Verizon). What caused me to switch is discussed in many earlier threads
> but I really wanted a GSM phone for travel. Thanks to all the people
> who educated me about GSM phones.
>
> Wiggling
>

The lady at Cingular gave you a load of crap about unlocking the phone from
Motorola. The operators like Cingular put the lock code command into their
FLEX file. They demand the phone be locked at time of manufacture. And the
operators get the lock codes for every phone they buy.

Motorola will not give out to consumers since they cannot validate your
account. Otherwise that would defeat what the operators want, you hostage to
them. Only the network operator can give you the lock code unless you pay
some third party who advertises such services.

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Steve
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Well, I wanted to update people on my Cingular experience after
> switching from Verizon in Chicago. The switch and phone number transfer
> were fairly painless. However, I have noticed that voice quality and
> signal strength is worse in Chicago than Verizon. Get a lot of calls
> that impossible to understand. I live in a high rise (30th floor) which
> may be part of the problem.
>
> I got my mum a Nokia 6230 from Amazon, and a RAZR from a cingular store
> for myself: the RAZR is a slickster phone, no question. We are on a
> family share plan. The volume on the RAZR could be a little louder
> perhaps, but it is not bad. I suspect the Nokia will have better
> reception though I didn't get much of a chance to compare. The lady at
> the Cingular store gave me a number at Motorola to call about unlocking
> the phone - we'll see if it's possible. So far, Cingular is tolerable
> though I would be happier with better signal strength and fewer dropped
> calls (there have been quite a few so far while I had almost none with
> Verizon). What caused me to switch is discussed in many earlier threads
> but I really wanted a GSM phone for travel. Thanks to all the people
> who educated me about GSM phones.
>
> Wiggling
>

You are correct. I called CS at Cingular and they said they can't give
me the subsidy code over the phone but they can give it to me at the
store (so they claim) where they can confirm my identity.

I called the lady I bought the phone from and left a message. I need
the phone unlocked before I leave for Europe next week.

Wiggling