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  1. #1
    pjohnson
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    This summer I was in central WI (between Oshkosh and Portage) and
    encountered a fairly large area with no signal. Calling Cingular got me
    nowhere fast, just "we don't have service there." Of course last year with
    my old Nokia (non-GSM) phone it was no problem. Now I have a v551 and no
    signal. My brother in law has a v180 and he claims that he complained and
    something was changed- a code to put into his phone?- but he doesn't
    remember what it was, but he now can use his phone in the same town. Any
    ideas, suggestions? I have to return there at the end of the week. The
    local "guy" in town suggested looking for a used phone that would take my
    sim but not be a gsm phone. If that would work, any suggestions?

    Thanks,

    Paul

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  2. #2
    John Navas
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    Re: Central Wisconsin

    [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

    In <[email protected]> on Mon, 17 Oct 2005 23:25:30 -0700,
    "pjohnson" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >... The
    >local "guy" in town suggested looking for a used phone that would take my
    >sim but not be a gsm phone. ...


    There isn't such a thing.

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    Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
    John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>



  3. #3
    Dan
    Guest

    Re: Central Wisconsin


    "pjohnson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > This summer I was in central WI (between Oshkosh and Portage) and
    > encountered a fairly large area with no signal. Calling Cingular got me
    > nowhere fast, just "we don't have service there." Of course last year
    > with
    > my old Nokia (non-GSM) phone it was no problem. Now I have a v551 and no
    > signal. My brother in law has a v180 and he claims that he complained and
    > something was changed- a code to put into his phone?- but he doesn't
    > remember what it was, but he now can use his phone in the same town. Any
    > ideas, suggestions? I have to return there at the end of the week. The
    > local "guy" in town suggested looking for a used phone that would take my
    > sim but not be a gsm phone. If that would work, any suggestions?
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > Paul
    >
    > --
    >
    >
    >


    I can't speak for cingular but up that way us t-mobile users roam on
    einstein pcs. (which seems to cover the areas you mentioned. ) For others,
    do you guys roam at all on einstein pcs? What comes up when you use
    http://compass.t-mobile.com ? I know what your thinking.. Why?? Well, if
    it's listed as roaming up there, its einstein pcs. If it's in compass, it's
    1900mhz most of the time..





  4. #4
    Jim Burks
    Guest

    Re: Central Wisconsin


    "John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
    >
    > In <[email protected]> on Mon, 17 Oct 2005
    > 23:25:30 -0700,
    > "pjohnson" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >>... The
    >>local "guy" in town suggested looking for a used phone that would take my
    >>sim but not be a gsm phone. ...

    >
    > There isn't such a thing.


    Sure there is - they just don't sell them any more. GAIT phones,
    such as the Nokia 6340i, work on analog, TDMA and GSM.
    They take a SIM chip, but do all three.

    You can find them on eBay. I wish I hadn't given mine away.

    The only problem with those is getting Cingular to activate a GAIT SIM.
    They've gotten pissy about it.

    Jim Burks





  5. #5
    John S.
    Guest

    Re: Central Wisconsin


    "pjohnson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...

    >
    > The
    > local "guy" in town suggested looking for a used phone that would take my
    > sim but not be a gsm phone. If that would work, any suggestions?


    That won't work. SIM's only work in GSM phones.





  6. #6
    Tropical Haven
    Guest

    Re: Central Wisconsin

    pjohnson wrote:

    >This summer I was in central WI (between Oshkosh and Portage) and
    >encountered a fairly large area with no signal. Calling Cingular got me
    >nowhere fast, just "we don't have service there." Of course last year with
    >my old Nokia (non-GSM) phone it was no problem. Now I have a v551 and no
    >signal. My brother in law has a v180 and he claims that he complained and
    >something was changed- a code to put into his phone?- but he doesn't
    >remember what it was, but he now can use his phone in the same town. Any
    >ideas, suggestions? I have to return there at the end of the week. The
    >local "guy" in town suggested looking for a used phone that would take my
    >sim but not be a gsm phone. If that would work, any suggestions?
    >
    >Thanks,
    >
    >Paul
    >
    >
    >

    Specifically what part of Wisconsin are you in? Through Wisconsin, I
    find that I had more coverage with my GSM phone than I did with my TDMA
    phone. I roamed either on Einstein PCS or i wireless where Cingular
    coverage was not available.

    TH



  7. #7
    Bob
    Guest

    Re: Central Wisconsin

    Why wouldn't the phone just roam to another network? No roaming charges
    apply. What does roaming mean if not connect to another network?


    "pjohnson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > This summer I was in central WI (between Oshkosh and Portage) and
    > encountered a fairly large area with no signal. Calling Cingular got me
    > nowhere fast, just "we don't have service there." Of course last year
    > with
    > my old Nokia (non-GSM) phone it was no problem. Now I have a v551 and no
    > signal. My brother in law has a v180 and he claims that he complained and
    > something was changed- a code to put into his phone?- but he doesn't
    > remember what it was, but he now can use his phone in the same town. Any
    > ideas, suggestions? I have to return there at the end of the week. The
    > local "guy" in town suggested looking for a used phone that would take my
    > sim but not be a gsm phone. If that would work, any suggestions?
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > Paul
    >
    > --
    >
    >
    >






  8. #8
    pjohnson
    Guest

    Re: Central Wisconsin

    I was in Wautoma, thirty miles west of Oshkosh. There are other carriers
    there and yes, I thought I should be able to roam, but there was no signal.
    Going west, I set the phone to alert when the signal dropped or picked up.
    It was spotty all the way from Wautoma to the Minnesota border. FYI, i had
    no trouble all the way up in Bemidji, MN.

    Paul

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    "Tropical Haven" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:yFz5f.4007$vS1.796@dukeread03...
    > pjohnson wrote:
    >
    > >This summer I was in central WI (between Oshkosh and Portage) and
    > >encountered a fairly large area with no signal. Calling Cingular got me
    > >nowhere fast, just "we don't have service there." Of course last year

    with
    > >my old Nokia (non-GSM) phone it was no problem. Now I have a v551 and no
    > >signal. My brother in law has a v180 and he claims that he complained

    and
    > >something was changed- a code to put into his phone?- but he doesn't
    > >remember what it was, but he now can use his phone in the same town. Any
    > >ideas, suggestions? I have to return there at the end of the week. The
    > >local "guy" in town suggested looking for a used phone that would take my
    > >sim but not be a gsm phone. If that would work, any suggestions?
    > >
    > >Thanks,
    > >
    > >Paul
    > >
    > >
    > >

    > Specifically what part of Wisconsin are you in? Through Wisconsin, I
    > find that I had more coverage with my GSM phone than I did with my TDMA
    > phone. I roamed either on Einstein PCS or i wireless where Cingular
    > coverage was not available.
    >
    > TH






  9. #9
    Dan
    Guest

    Re: Central Wisconsin

    t-mobile's roaming maps shows iffy coverage in that town. (and i mean iffy.
    einstein pcs, 1900mhz)

    http://web.danboy.com/wisconsinroam.JPG





  10. #10
    jp450
    Guest

    Re: Central Wisconsin

    Was in Rhinelander in the North Woods over the summer with my V551 and had
    no problem. May be your phone is not set up right...


    "pjohnson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > This summer I was in central WI (between Oshkosh and Portage) and
    > encountered a fairly large area with no signal. Calling Cingular got me
    > nowhere fast, just "we don't have service there." Of course last year
    > with
    > my old Nokia (non-GSM) phone it was no problem. Now I have a v551 and no
    > signal. My brother in law has a v180 and he claims that he complained and
    > something was changed- a code to put into his phone?- but he doesn't
    > remember what it was, but he now can use his phone in the same town. Any
    > ideas, suggestions? I have to return there at the end of the week. The
    > local "guy" in town suggested looking for a used phone that would take my
    > sim but not be a gsm phone. If that would work, any suggestions?
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > Paul
    >
    > --
    >
    >
    >






  11. #11
    John Navas
    Guest

    Re: Central Wisconsin

    [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

    In <[email protected]> on Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:40:50
    -0700, "pjohnson" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >PS- this weekend I hit a couple of spots in Wautoma which had a usable
    >signal. Is this a sign of things to come or do cell phone signals bounce
    >like AM radio signals- ...


    Not the latter, so probably the former.

    --
    Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
    John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>



  12. #12
    pjohnson
    Guest

    Re: Central Wisconsin

    Check out the map at Cingular.com- Rhinelander is secure in the middle of a
    big ol' solid Cingular area. If I was still going up to Mercer I would have
    been good to go.... but try going north of Fond Du Lac (Oshkosh) and then
    going west, pretty much all the way to Minnesota; the no signal and we don't
    care area far outweighs the no signal and we will get there eventually area.

    Paul

    PS- this weekend I hit a couple of spots in Wautoma which had a usable
    signal. Is this a sign of things to come or do cell phone signals bounce
    like AM radio signals- there was a heavy cloud cover virtually all weekend.
    My cell also reset the time ahead four hours for almost one whole day-which
    I figure has to be somewhere near Greenland since Sweden is 7 hrs ahead of
    the US.

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    "jp450" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news[email protected]...
    > Was in Rhinelander in the North Woods over the summer with my V551 and had
    > no problem. May be your phone is not set up right...
    >
    >
    > "pjohnson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > This summer I was in central WI (between Oshkosh and Portage) and
    > > encountered a fairly large area with no signal. Calling Cingular got me
    > > nowhere fast, just "we don't have service there." Of course last year
    > > with
    > > my old Nokia (non-GSM) phone it was no problem. Now I have a v551 and

    no
    > > signal. My brother in law has a v180 and he claims that he complained

    and
    > > something was changed- a code to put into his phone?- but he doesn't
    > > remember what it was, but he now can use his phone in the same town.

    Any
    > > ideas, suggestions? I have to return there at the end of the week. The
    > > local "guy" in town suggested looking for a used phone that would take

    my
    > > sim but not be a gsm phone. If that would work, any suggestions?
    > >
    > > Thanks,
    > >
    > > Paul
    > >
    > > --
    > >
    > >
    > >

    >
    >






  13. #13
    Tropical Haven
    Guest

    Re: Central Wisconsin

    pjohnson wrote:

    >Check out the map at Cingular.com- Rhinelander is secure in the middle of a
    >big ol' solid Cingular area. If I was still going up to Mercer I would have
    >been good to go.... but try going north of Fond Du Lac (Oshkosh) and then
    >going west, pretty much all the way to Minnesota; the no signal and we don't
    >care area far outweighs the no signal and we will get there eventually area.
    >
    >Paul
    >
    >PS- this weekend I hit a couple of spots in Wautoma which had a usable
    >signal. Is this a sign of things to come or do cell phone signals bounce
    >like AM radio signals- there was a heavy cloud cover virtually all weekend.
    >My cell also reset the time ahead four hours for almost one whole day-which
    >I figure has to be somewhere near Greenland since Sweden is 7 hrs ahead of
    >the US.
    >
    >
    >

    I'm not exactly sure how the signals work with reflections, but I find
    in rural parts of North Dakota, signal is much better on cloudy days in
    winter when there's snow than any other time. I've noticed signal is
    better when cloudcover is present versus clear skies, signal is better
    with no foliage on the trees, and signal is better with snow versus
    without snow. The winters are long enough there that you can test all
    if you want.

    TH



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