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- 09-06-2003, 03:58 PM #31John NavasGuest
Re: Get Ready for a Wireless Carrier War
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In <[email protected]> on Sat, 06 Sep 2003 21:08:54 -0000,
[email protected] (Brian peterson) wrote:
>John Navas <[email protected]> wrote in article
><h%[email protected]>:
>>
>> In <[email protected]> on Sat, 06 Sep 2003
>> 15:56:00 GMT, "Paul J. Lucas" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >In alt.cellular.verizon Doru Roll <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> With WLNP the "need" for a wired phone is truly gone.
>> >
>> > Except if you happen to have SBC DSL. SBC won't just sell you
>> > DSL service: you MUST have a land-line number. You might be
>> > thinking, "Well, of course you need a land-line since DSL runs
>> > over the same copper." Except there's a difference between the
>> > copper and the *number* assigned to the copper. It's certainly
>> > possible to have DSL on a copper pair with no phone number
>> > assigned to it (I used to have this with Northpoint before they
>> > went bankrupt).
>> >
>> > And, for me, cable-based broadband isn't an option because they
>> > don't offer static IPs (not to mention cable companies'
>> > Draconian TOS policies).
>> >
>> > So, for now, I'm sorta of stuck with my land-line.
>>
>> Not really. Transfer the DSL to a number you don't care about on the lowest
>> possible cost service, and then move your current landline number elsewhere.
>I have SBC DSL, and they adv. that I have to have SBC phone service for
>the DSL to work. If I read your message correct your saying to transfer
>the phone service to another company is that right?
No, just a different number at the lowest possible SBC price.
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- 09-06-2003, 04:09 PM #32Natalie SnookGuest
Re: Get Ready for a Wireless Carrier War
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John Navas <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>
> In <[email protected]> on Sat, 06 Sep 2003 21:08:54 -0000,
> [email protected] (Brian peterson) wrote:
>
> >John Navas <[email protected]> wrote in article
> ><h%[email protected]>:
> >>
> >> In <[email protected]> on Sat, 06 Sep 2003
> >> 15:56:00 GMT, "Paul J. Lucas" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> >In alt.cellular.verizon Doru Roll <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> With WLNP the "need" for a wired phone is truly gone.
> >> >
> >> > Except if you happen to have SBC DSL. SBC won't just sell you
> >> > DSL service: you MUST have a land-line number. You might be
> >> > thinking, "Well, of course you need a land-line since DSL runs
> >> > over the same copper." Except there's a difference between the
> >> > copper and the *number* assigned to the copper. It's certainly
> >> > possible to have DSL on a copper pair with no phone number
> >> > assigned to it (I used to have this with Northpoint before they
> >> > went bankrupt).
> >> >
> >> > And, for me, cable-based broadband isn't an option because they
> >> > don't offer static IPs (not to mention cable companies'
> >> > Draconian TOS policies).
> >> >
> >> > So, for now, I'm sorta of stuck with my land-line.
> >>
> >> Not really. Transfer the DSL to a number you don't care about on the lowest
> >> possible cost service, and then move your current landline number elsewhere.
>
> >I have SBC DSL, and they adv. that I have to have SBC phone service for
> >the DSL to work. If I read your message correct your saying to transfer
> >the phone service to another company is that right?
>
> No, just a different number at the lowest possible SBC price.
>
> --
> Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
> John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>
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- 09-06-2003, 04:40 PM #33PhillipeGuest
Re: NEWS: Get Ready for a Wireless Carrier War
In article <[email protected]>,
John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:
> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>
> In <[email protected]> on Sat, 06 Sep 2003
> 18:39:19 GMT, Phillipe <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >The thing is, over in England where portability has been around for a
> >while, the AVERAGE business discount is 50%, because of the willingness
> >of businesses to change carriers.
>
> The big difference is that in England, businesses can change carriers while
> keeping the same phones (just issue new SIMs), whereas here in the USA it
> often takes all-new phones.
I thought the carriers were "locking" phones so simple SIM swaps
wouldn't work?
- 09-06-2003, 07:21 PM #34norelprefGuest
Re: NEWS: Get Ready for a Wireless Carrier War
On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 15:48:35 GMT, "Paul J. Lucas"
<[email protected]> said:
>
> But, at least with Sprint, they won't activate a phone they
> didn't originally sell for their service on their network.
>
> - Paul
I thought all carriers had that policy.
- 09-06-2003, 07:46 PM #35Paul J. LucasGuest
Re: NEWS: Get Ready for a Wireless Carrier War
In alt.cellular.verizon norelpref <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 15:48:35 GMT, "Paul J. Lucas"
> <[email protected]> said:
>>
>> But, at least with Sprint, they won't activate a phone they
>> didn't originally sell for their service on their network.
Verizon will activate any tri-mode phone.
- Paul
- 09-06-2003, 07:49 PM #36Paul J. LucasGuest
Re: Get Ready for a Wireless Carrier War
In alt.cellular.verizon John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> In <[email protected]> on Sat, 06 Sep 2003
> 15:56:00 GMT, "Paul J. Lucas" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Except if you happen to have SBC DSL. SBC won't just sell you
>> DSL service: you MUST have a land-line number. You might be
>> thinking, "Well, of course you need a land-line since DSL runs
>> over the same copper." Except there's a difference between the
>> copper and the *number* assigned to the copper. It's certainly
>> possible to have DSL on a copper pair with no phone number
>> assigned to it (I used to have this with Northpoint before they
>> went bankrupt).
>>
>> And, for me, cable-based broadband isn't an option because they
>> don't offer static IPs (not to mention cable companies'
>> Draconian TOS policies).
>>
>> So, for now, I'm sorta of stuck with my land-line.
>
> Not really. Transfer the DSL to a number you don't care about on the lowest
> possible cost service, and then move your current landline number elsewhere.
Uhm, but the point was to get rid of the land-line entirely,
not to move it elsewhere.
- Paul
- 09-06-2003, 09:44 PM #37Lawrence G. MaykaGuest
Re: NEWS: Get Ready for a Wireless Carrier War
"norelpref" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 15:48:35 GMT, "Paul J. Lucas"
> <[email protected]> said:
> > But, at least with Sprint, they won't activate a phone they
> > didn't originally sell for their service on their network.
> I thought all carriers had that policy.
My understanding was that the GSM carriers (T-Mobile, AT&T Wireless, and
Cingular) will indeed activate an arbitrary GSM phone. However, each of these
carriers SIM-locks each phone it sells or gives away itself, in order to help
ensure sufficient service revenue to offset the phone's price subsidy.
Does anyone have contrary information?
- 09-06-2003, 10:01 PM #38Male BombGuest
Re: NEWS: Get Ready for a Wireless Carrier War
Not totally true there are TDMA tri-mode phones. Also trying to get
another carriers phone activated can be a ***** as you may need the lock
code and the previous carrier may not release it. Go buy a SPCS trimode
CDMA phone and see how it goes getting it activated on VZW... MB
"Paul J. Lucas" <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> In alt.cellular.verizon norelpref <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 15:48:35 GMT, "Paul J. Lucas"
> > <[email protected]> said:
> >>
> >> But, at least with Sprint, they won't activate a phone they
> >> didn't originally sell for their service on their network.
>
> Verizon will activate any tri-mode phone.
>
> - Paul
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- 09-06-2003, 10:08 PM #39Steven J SobolGuest
Re: NEWS: Get Ready for a Wireless Carrier War
In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Male Bomb <[email protected]> wrote:
> Not totally true there are TDMA tri-mode phones. Also trying to get
> another carriers phone activated can be a ***** as you may need the lock
> code and the previous carrier may not release it. Go buy a SPCS trimode
> CDMA phone and see how it goes getting it activated on VZW... MB
Ahhhhh, but I have come up with an easy way to social-engineer the MSL
code from Sprint's customer service reps.
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- 09-06-2003, 10:33 PM #40Mike CalleryGuest
Re: NEWS: Get Ready for a Wireless Carrier War
Your entirely correct. For the most part, you cannot take a Sprint or
Verizon phone and switch carriers with them. There are ways to re-burn the
chip to make it work, but no one is going to tell you that - they are all
going to require a new phone.
Sprint wins in this category, my opinion, because you can pretty much find a
Sprint phone on eBay, get it home and hit the Sprint website to change your
phone over to a new model.
Switching between carriers with the same phone, however, isn't going to
work.
"Male Bomb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Not totally true there are TDMA tri-mode phones. Also trying to get
> another carriers phone activated can be a ***** as you may need the lock
> code and the previous carrier may not release it. Go buy a SPCS trimode
> CDMA phone and see how it goes getting it activated on VZW... MB
>
> "Paul J. Lucas" <[email protected]> wrote in article
> <[email protected]>:
> > In alt.cellular.verizon norelpref <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 15:48:35 GMT, "Paul J. Lucas"
> > > <[email protected]> said:
> > >>
> > >> But, at least with Sprint, they won't activate a phone they
> > >> didn't originally sell for their service on their network.
> >
> > Verizon will activate any tri-mode phone.
> >
> > - Paul
>
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- 09-06-2003, 11:41 PM #41Male BombGuest
Re: NEWS: Get Ready for a Wireless Carrier War
Yeah didn't you have a huge problem with a 6185 nokia? Was there a
problem with the PRL? MB
Steven J Sobol <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Male Bomb <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Not totally true there are TDMA tri-mode phones. Also trying to get
> > another carriers phone activated can be a ***** as you may need the lock
> > code and the previous carrier may not release it. Go buy a SPCS trimode
> > CDMA phone and see how it goes getting it activated on VZW... MB
>
> Ahhhhh, but I have come up with an easy way to social-engineer the MSL
> code from Sprint's customer service reps.
>
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- 09-07-2003, 12:45 AM #42Steven J SobolGuest
Re: NEWS: Get Ready for a Wireless Carrier War
In alt.cellular Male Bomb <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yeah didn't you have a huge problem with a 6185 nokia? Was there a
> problem with the PRL? MB
There was a problem with VZW's computers refusing to put a PRL on the
phone because they didn't recognize its (Alltel) ESN. The phone does run
fine on VZW's network; Comtel Cellular, a VZW authorized retailer in
the Cleveland area, used to sell them at their kiosk at the Great Lakes
Mall.
I did note that the 6185 did have fewer signal issues running on Alltel,
even though the store tech flashed the phone with VZW firmware. (At least
I assumed they did. If not, that might partially explain the phone's
poorer performance on VZW's network.)
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- 09-07-2003, 05:44 AM #43jerGuest
Re: Get Ready for a Wireless Carrier War
Brian peterson wrote:
> I have SBC DSL, and they adv. that I have to have SBC phone service for
> the DSL to work.
True. It's not a tariff issue, it's a technical issue. SBC's DSL
service connects through the same equipment the supplies their voice
service.
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- 09-07-2003, 09:35 AM #44Group Special MobileGuest
Re: NEWS: Get Ready for a Wireless Carrier War
On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 21:21:34 -0400, norelpref <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 15:48:35 GMT, "Paul J. Lucas"
><[email protected]> said:
>>
>> But, at least with Sprint, they won't activate a phone they
>> didn't originally sell for their service on their network.
>>
>> - Paul
>
>I thought all carriers had that policy.
No they don't. T-Mobile, cingular and I believe Verizon will let you
use any compatible equipment on their systems. The GSM carriers don't
have any control saying you can't use any compatible device (even
though AT&T will claim that you cannot use any other GSM phone on
their network.)
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- 09-07-2003, 09:36 AM #45PDA ManGuest
Re: NEWS: Get Ready for a Wireless Carrier War
Getting a phone unlocked in Europe etc, is like walking into a store and
buying a cig cord adapter.
"Phillipe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
> >
> > In <[email protected]> on Sat, 06
Sep 2003
> > 18:39:19 GMT, Phillipe <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >The thing is, over in England where portability has been around for a
> > >while, the AVERAGE business discount is 50%, because of the willingness
> > >of businesses to change carriers.
> >
> > The big difference is that in England, businesses can change carriers
while
> > keeping the same phones (just issue new SIMs), whereas here in the USA
it
> > often takes all-new phones.
>
> I thought the carriers were "locking" phones so simple SIM swaps
> wouldn't work?
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