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  1. #1
    cranheim
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    I live in Glastonbury CT and switched to the 6340i gate phone when cingular
    went with GSM about two years ago. The gate phone was able to receive GSM,
    TDMA, and Analog. This gave me much better coverage than I could get with a
    GSM only phone. Now, two years later, my two year contract is over, and I
    can get a new phone. I am afraid I may not get the coverage I now have,
    especially from my home. Has anyone gone through this experience in central
    Connecticut? Is the GSM alone coverage good? If you find it is OK, what
    phone do you suggest for best sensitivity in weak areas. Charles Ranheim.





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  2. #2
    John Navas
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    Re: 6340i Gate Phone

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

    In <[email protected]> on Sat, 22 Oct 2005 01:21:11
    GMT, "cranheim" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >I live in Glastonbury CT and switched to the 6340i gate phone when cingular
    >went with GSM about two years ago. The gate phone was able to receive GSM,
    >TDMA, and Analog. This gave me much better coverage than I could get with a
    >GSM only phone. Now, two years later, my two year contract is over, and I
    >can get a new phone. I am afraid I may not get the coverage I now have,
    >especially from my home. Has anyone gone through this experience in central
    >Connecticut? Is the GSM alone coverage good? If you find it is OK, what
    >phone do you suggest for best sensitivity in weak areas. Charles Ranheim.


    Why switch? What's wrong with your 6240i?

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



  3. #3
    cranheim
    Guest

    Re: 6340i Gate Phone

    Actually, the phone still works, but the LCD screen is harder to see than
    the newer ones. I have seen the screens on the newer phones, and they are
    much easier to read, especially in low light. Charles Ranheim.


    "John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
    >
    > In <[email protected]> on Sat, 22 Oct 2005
    > 01:21:11
    > GMT, "cranheim" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >>I live in Glastonbury CT and switched to the 6340i gate phone when
    >>cingular
    >>went with GSM about two years ago. The gate phone was able to receive GSM,
    >>TDMA, and Analog. This gave me much better coverage than I could get with
    >>a
    >>GSM only phone. Now, two years later, my two year contract is over, and I
    >>can get a new phone. I am afraid I may not get the coverage I now have,
    >>especially from my home. Has anyone gone through this experience in
    >>central
    >>Connecticut? Is the GSM alone coverage good? If you find it is OK, what
    >>phone do you suggest for best sensitivity in weak areas. Charles Ranheim.

    >
    > Why switch? What's wrong with your 6240i?
    >
    > --
    > Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
    > John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>






  4. #4
    Larry
    Guest

    Re: 6340i Gate Phone


    >
    > Why switch? What's wrong with your 6240i?
    >

    We bought a 6340 for my wife 2 years ago, but Cingular could not get it to
    work. After an incredible hassle they finally solved the problem. To
    apologize for the time and effort it took, they offered her any phone she
    wanted for free. She kept the 6340 because the other were all too small and
    had too many features.
    Go figure.
    Now our contract is up, but she is keeping the 6340.





  5. #5
    Tropical Haven
    Guest

    Re: 6340i Gate Phone

    cranheim wrote:

    >I live in Glastonbury CT and switched to the 6340i gate phone when cingular
    >went with GSM about two years ago. The gate phone was able to receive GSM,
    >TDMA, and Analog. This gave me much better coverage than I could get with a
    >GSM only phone. Now, two years later, my two year contract is over, and I
    >can get a new phone. I am afraid I may not get the coverage I now have,
    >especially from my home. Has anyone gone through this experience in central
    >Connecticut? Is the GSM alone coverage good? If you find it is OK, what
    >phone do you suggest for best sensitivity in weak areas. Charles Ranheim.
    >
    >
    >
    >

    Buy a GSM phone off e-bay or at full retail price, just swap your SIM
    into the GSM phone, and voila...a different phone, but you still have
    the TDMA/AMPS coverage if you need it by swapping the SIM back into that
    phone. If you put your SIM into another GAIT phone, you will not have
    TDMA/AMPS service unless you call Cingular to register the ESN to your
    phone number.

    TH



  6. #6
    Richard J. Wyble
    Guest

    Re: 6340i Gate Phone

    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "cranheim" <[email protected]>
    > Sent: 10/21/2005 9:21 PM -0400
    > Subject: 6340i Gate Phone
    >


    > I live in Glastonbury CT and switched to the 6340i gate phone when cingular
    > went with GSM about two years ago. The gate phone was able to receive GSM,
    > TDMA, and Analog. This gave me much better coverage than I could get with a
    > GSM only phone. Now, two years later, my two year contract is over, and I
    > can get a new phone. I am afraid I may not get the coverage I now have,
    > especially from my home. Has anyone gone through this experience in central
    > Connecticut? Is the GSM alone coverage good? If you find it is OK, what
    > phone do you suggest for best sensitivity in weak areas. Charles Ranheim.
    >
    >


    Generally speaking, GSM coverage in central Connecticut,
    especially there in the Hartford area, is uniformly superb.
    Other areas, Litchfield County, for example, are a whole
    other story.

    The 6340i GAIT phone has superb RF reception, allowing you
    full access to GSM, TDMA, and AMPS service. Furthermore,
    the readability of the display is second to none, light
    years superior to current state-of-the-art color displays,
    especially in bright light.

    Why change handsets? That depends on what you want. If you
    are looking for basic telephonic functionality, I can't
    think of a superior handset. If that's what you want and
    your 6340i is working correctly, why change it?

    --
    RJW



  7. #7
    Spammer Magnet
    Guest

    Re: 6340i Gate Phone

    Charles,

    I am now on my second 6340i, having bought the 2nd one new off of
    Ebay.

    I did have to contact Cingular to transfer the new phone's ESN to my
    GAIT account for TDMA coverage.

    If you drop your GAIT plan, you likely never get it back and you'll
    lose TDMA, and analog coverage.

    The advice to obtain a second GSM phone and switch the SIM card back
    to the GAIT when needed is an excellent alternative. Then you can see
    if your new GSM only phone provides the reception you need and even
    try different brands/models under a trial period. But you'll have to
    make sure you work that out before you obtain the new phone.

    SM




  8. #8
    Jerome Zelinske
    Guest

    Re: 6340i Gate Phone

    I wonder if cingular would be willing to do that? Probably not.


    Tropical Haven wrote:
    > cranheim wrote:
    >
    >> I live in Glastonbury CT and switched to the 6340i gate phone when
    >> cingular went with GSM about two years ago. The gate phone was able to
    >> receive GSM, TDMA, and Analog. This gave me much better coverage than
    >> I could get with a GSM only phone. Now, two years later, my two year
    >> contract is over, and I can get a new phone. I am afraid I may not get
    >> the coverage I now have, especially from my home. Has anyone gone
    >> through this experience in central Connecticut? Is the GSM alone
    >> coverage good? If you find it is OK, what phone do you suggest for
    >> best sensitivity in weak areas. Charles Ranheim.
    >>
    >>
    >>

    > Buy a GSM phone off e-bay or at full retail price, just swap your SIM
    > into the GSM phone, and voila...a different phone, but you still have
    > the TDMA/AMPS coverage if you need it by swapping the SIM back into that
    > phone. If you put your SIM into another GAIT phone, you will not have
    > TDMA/AMPS service unless you call Cingular to register the ESN to your
    > phone number.
    >
    > TH




  9. #9
    Tropical Haven
    Guest

    Re: 6340i Gate Phone

    Jerome Zelinske wrote:

    > I wonder if cingular would be willing to do that? Probably not.



    If you have a GAIT phone, you *can* take the SIM and put it into a
    GSM-only phone. You don't have to call Cingular to swap the SIM.
    Before I went to a GSM-only plan, I did this all the time. In terms of
    athenticating you on a GSM network, a SIM is a SIM is a SIM. There's no
    need to ask Cingular permission to swap the SIM, or even a need to call
    them and register with them that you've swapped the SIM. That's part of
    the beauty of the GSM system.



  10. #10
    John Navas
    Guest

    Re: 6340i Gate Phone

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

    In <H2C6f.5942$vS1.3505@dukeread03> on Sat, 22 Oct 2005 21:53:49 -0400,
    Tropical Haven <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Jerome Zelinske wrote:
    >
    >> I wonder if cingular would be willing to do that? Probably not.

    >
    >If you have a GAIT phone, you *can* take the SIM and put it into a
    >GSM-only phone. You don't have to call Cingular to swap the SIM.
    >Before I went to a GSM-only plan, I did this all the time. In terms of
    >athenticating you on a GSM network, a SIM is a SIM is a SIM. There's no
    >need to ask Cingular permission to swap the SIM, or even a need to call
    >them and register with them that you've swapped the SIM. That's part of
    >the beauty of the GSM system.


    FYI, that statement was about TDMA (IS-136) activation, not GSM.

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



  11. #11
    Jerome Zelinske
    Guest

    Re: 6340i Gate Phone

    I was talking about your statement, "If you put your SIM into another
    GAIT phone, you will not have TDMA/AMPS service unless you call Cingular
    to register the ESN to your phone number." That is what I think
    cingular will not do. cingular is only in the gsm business with
    supposedly an upgrade to wcdma. They are not in the tdma or amps
    business.


    Tropical Haven wrote:
    > Jerome Zelinske wrote:
    >
    >> I wonder if cingular would be willing to do that? Probably not.

    >
    >
    >
    > If you have a GAIT phonIf you put your SIM into another GAIT phone, you will not have TDMA/AMPS service unless you call Cingular to register the ESN to your phone number.

    e, you *can* take the SIM and put it into a
    > GSM-only phone. You don't have to call Cingular to swap the SIM.
    > Before I went to a GSM-only plan, I did this all the time. In terms of
    > athenticating you on a GSM network, a SIM is a SIM is a SIM. There's no
    > need to ask Cingular permission to swap the SIM, or even a need to call
    > them and register with them that you've swapped the SIM. That's part of
    > the beauty of the GSM system.




  12. #12
    Larry
    Guest

    Re: 6340i Gate Phone


    "Tropical Haven" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:H2C6f.5942$vS1.3505@dukeread03...
    > Jerome Zelinske wrote:
    >
    >> I wonder if cingular would be willing to do that? Probably not.

    >
    >
    > If you have a GAIT phone, you *can* take the SIM and put it into a
    > GSM-only phone. You don't have to call Cingular to swap the SIM. Before
    > I went to a GSM-only plan, I did this all the time. In terms of
    > athenticating you on a GSM network, a SIM is a SIM is a SIM. There's no
    > need to ask Cingular permission to swap the SIM, or even a need to call
    > them and register with them that you've swapped the SIM. That's part of
    > the beauty of the GSM system.


    I have two 6340i phones, only one of which is "activated". If I take the
    SIM out of the good phone and put it in the bad phone, the bad phone does
    not work. It did work until the the contract it was on expired, so it is
    functional.

    My understanding is that Cingular has to do something to get it to work. Am
    I both mistaken and doing something wrong?





  13. #13
    Spammer Magnet
    Guest

    Re: 6340i Gate Phone

    Jerome,

    Your statement:

    "cingular is only in the gsm business with
    supposedly an upgrade to wcdma. They are not in the tdma or amps
    business."

    Sorry, that is not a universal truth. So few things are.

    My second 6340i was/is activated on TDMA just as described in my
    previous posting.

    The phone works on GSM and TDMA.

    SM


    "Jerome Zelinske" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > I was talking about your statement, "If you put your SIM into

    another
    > GAIT phone, you will not have TDMA/AMPS service unless you call

    Cingular
    > to register the ESN to your phone number." That is what I think
    > cingular will not do. cingular is only in the gsm business with
    > supposedly an upgrade to wcdma. They are not in the tdma or amps
    > business.
    >
    >
    > Tropical Haven wrote:
    > > Jerome Zelinske wrote:
    > >
    > >> I wonder if cingular would be willing to do that? Probably

    not.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > If you have a GAIT phonIf you put your SIM into another GAIT

    phone, you will not have TDMA/AMPS service unless you call Cingular to
    register the ESN to your phone number.
    > e, you *can* take the SIM and put it into a
    > > GSM-only phone. You don't have to call Cingular to swap the SIM.
    > > Before I went to a GSM-only plan, I did this all the time. In

    terms of
    > > athenticating you on a GSM network, a SIM is a SIM is a SIM.

    There's no
    > > need to ask Cingular permission to swap the SIM, or even a need to

    call
    > > them and register with them that you've swapped the SIM. That's

    part of
    > > the beauty of the GSM system.





  14. #14
    cranheim
    Guest

    Re: 6340i Gate Phone

    I want to thank all of you who responded to my question. It looks like the
    best thing for me to do at this time is to keep the 6340i GAIT phone until
    it dies. The only "hardware" problems I have seen is an occasional failure
    with the keypad where I have to press the number more than once for it to
    take. This is more pronounced if I have not used that particular key for a
    while. I don't think there is a way to clean whatever contacts may be in the
    key pad. I certainly will be able to live with this minor problem as long as
    it doesn't get a lot worse. Charles Ranheim


    "Spammer Magnet" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > Charles,
    >
    > I am now on my second 6340i, having bought the 2nd one new off of
    > Ebay.
    >
    > I did have to contact Cingular to transfer the new phone's ESN to my
    > GAIT account for TDMA coverage.
    >
    > If you drop your GAIT plan, you likely never get it back and you'll
    > lose TDMA, and analog coverage.
    >
    > The advice to obtain a second GSM phone and switch the SIM card back
    > to the GAIT when needed is an excellent alternative. Then you can see
    > if your new GSM only phone provides the reception you need and even
    > try different brands/models under a trial period. But you'll have to
    > make sure you work that out before you obtain the new phone.
    >
    > SM
    >






  15. #15
    Rock
    Guest

    Re: 6340i Gate Phone


    "cranheim" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > I want to thank all of you who responded to my question. It looks like the
    > best thing for me to do at this time is to keep the 6340i GAIT phone until
    > it dies. The only "hardware" problems I have seen is an occasional failure
    > with the keypad where I have to press the number more than once for it to
    > take. This is more pronounced if I have not used that particular key for a
    > while. I don't think there is a way to clean whatever contacts may be in

    the
    > key pad. I certainly will be able to live with this minor problem as long

    as
    > it doesn't get a lot worse. Charles Ranheim



    Look for a new one on ebay to replace it if need be.





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