Re: What is schedule for Cingular to start GSM service in South FL

07-24-2003, 11:14 PM

Sept 1 is the official lunch date. Told to me by a field engineer.

On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 22:41:21 -0400, "RickyD" <who@where.com> wrote:

>I am in Palm Beach County, FL. My current Family Plan contract with
>Cingular ended last week.
>I have today negotiated an attractive Family Plan with Cingular as part of
>their "retention" efforts.
>All was well until they transfered me to the Tele-Sales to get the "free"
>phones I had negotiated
>and complete the sign-up. They are the Nokia 6800 (GSM only) phones.
>I was then informed that Cingular cannot "provision" me with these
>phones "yet". They will not be able to do so until the GSM network is
>rolled-out in
>my area. I was told to expect that to happen in early Sept (2003).
>Does anyone here know if that is an accurate statement.
>I am willing to wait ~6 weeks and go month to month.
>But I will bolt to T-Mobile (who currently has GSM service in my area) if it
>is much beyond.
>Will T-Mobile and ATTWS have agreements in place with Cingular to use each
>others GSM towers ?
>TIA
>
>

07-25-2003, 05:31 PM

Thanks for the info. Sept 1 sounds good to me.
If anyone gets more info on Cingular's GSM rollout in South FL, please post
it.