NY NJ COVERAGE WITH OWN TOWERS

November is going to be an exciting month for all wireless cusomers. The
number portability will be in effect, which will increase competition
and lower prices. Also happening in Nov. - MMS messaging will be
implemented for Cingular customers. I think the number portability will
spawn a lot of new goodies so the service providers can "lure" their
competitors customers to switch. Good times...



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Sony Ericson T616/Cingular
Sony Clie TG-50
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John Navas <[email protected]> wrote in article
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> In <[email protected]> on Thu, 24 Jul 2003 17:56:46
> -0400, "Leshka" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> >Just now talked to customer care and the guy said that in November Cingular
> >will start their OWN GSM towers along NY \ NJ area. Seems like no more loosy
> >T-Mobile coverage for cingular customers.
>
> As I understand the joint venture between Cingular and T-Mobile, that would
> have to be in areas not covered by the joint venture; e.g., not NYC.
>
> >P.s. Someday my phone will work in my basement
>
> I doubt it.
>
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> Best regards,
> John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/> HELP PAGES FOR
> CINGULAR GSM + ERICSSON PHONES: <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

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In <[email protected]> on Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:18:25 -0000,
[email protected] (David Knell) wrote:

>November is going to be an exciting month for all wireless cusomers. The
>number portability will be in effect, which will increase competition
>and lower prices. Also happening in Nov. - MMS messaging will be
>implemented for Cingular customers. I think the number portability will
>spawn a lot of new goodies so the service providers can "lure" their
>competitors customers to switch. Good times...

Yep -- nothing like a healthy dose of competition!

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

I guess $69.95 for a $300 phone seems too expensive, but again with this
phone and a Nation Plan for Northern NJ(this time I checked
Teaneck/Englewood) with rollover mins and NW mins, ie: for $55, 500
anytime mins w/rollover, 5000 NW
mins, LD and no roaming charges. More mins are even cheaper. It
wouldn't matter which tower or carrier you connected, no additional
charges would accrue. You would have to switch to this plan to get this
capability. This is where you would have coverage:

http://onlinestore.cingular.com/weba...ap_6_30_03.htm

I've had this same coverage with the 6340i since Dec. 14 and I go all
over the country in my 18 wheeler in my job. Couple of months ago I was
up in your neck of the woods at the Fort Lee Hilton just before the GW
Bride. At CW Post Campus NYU at Brookville on LI and the Westchester
Marriott in Tarrytown. No problems with coverage.

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Joe Versaggi <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> Chris Russell wrote:
>
> >Get the Nokia 6340i and you don't have to worry about coverage. It is
> >800/1900 TDMA, 850/1900 GSM and 800 AMPS. Online for Northern NJ
> >(Newark/Rutherford) they are offering the old Preferred Nation plan and
> >coverage area along with new lower prices and rollover minutes for the
> >Nation Plan with the 6340i. On the other hand in my market (Detroit)
> >they state that the new lower price w/ rollover mins. is not compatible
> >with the 6340i, it is a GSM only Nation plan now.
> >
> I almost did that by "relocating" to Southern Jersey, getting a 6340i
> for $0 and Preffered National. That plan was pulled about a month ago.
> That phone in North Jersey costs $70, so forget it. Furthermore, when it
> goes has to go to TDMA mode and does not strike a Cingular tower, the
> corporate roaming agreement that would apply to a TDMA-only phone does
> not apply with a GAIT phone, and the customer gets hit with a roaming
> charge. For my purposes, I do not want roaming charges while travelling
> though God's country, such as on I-86 or NY-417 in the Southern Tier of
> NY, or in flyover country somewhere on Amtrak's national route system,
> and they are not there yet.
>

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"John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In <[email protected]> on Thu, 24 Jul 2003
17:56:46
> -0400, "Leshka" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Just now talked to customer care and the guy said that in November
Cingular
> >will start their OWN GSM towers along NY \ NJ area. Seems like no more
loosy
> >T-Mobile coverage for cingular customers.
>
> As I understand the joint venture between Cingular and T-Mobile, that
would
> have to be in areas not covered by the joint venture; e.g., not NYC.
>
> >P.s. Someday my phone will work in my basement
>
> I doubt it.
>
Cingular operates 850 MHz TDMA networks in three central NJ counties that
are also covered by the joint venture. These counties are also adjacent to
Cingular's Philadelphia 850 MHz TDMA / 850-1900 GSM network. Cingular will
overlay 850 GSM in these three counties. Target launch is late November.