no roaming on Treo 600?

My son is going to buy a Treo 600 and when in the store getting more
information he was told that the Treo 600 will not be capable of "roaming".

I thought this phone was dual band so we could have roaming finally after
the fiasco with the Treo 300 being single band.

Rob?

Jim-G

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Its single band, I believe, in order to save battery power. BCA


"Jim-G" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:bWXjb.29429$gi2.2350@fed1read01...
> My son is going to buy a Treo 600 and when in the store getting more
> information he was told that the Treo 600 will not be capable of
"roaming".
>
> I thought this phone was dual band so we could have roaming finally after
> the fiasco with the Treo 300 being single band.
>
> Rob?
>
> Jim-G
>
>

It can roam on 800mhz CDMA, so it will be able to roam on Verizon, US
Cellular and Alltel, so a good majority of the US is covered at least
in roam.

Does anyone know if you can use this in conjunction with the Free and
Clear America add on?

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The Treo 600 is dual-band CDMA 800mHz/1900mHz. It should roam on Verizon,
but not T-Mobile or other GSM networks. It will not work on analog
networks.
Zane



Jim-G wrote:

> My son is going to buy a Treo 600 and when in the store getting more
> information he was told that the Treo 600 will not be capable of
> "roaming".
>
> I thought this phone was dual band so we could have roaming finally after
> the fiasco with the Treo 300 being single band.
>
> Rob?
>
> Jim-G

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In article <bWXjb.29429$gi2.2350@fed1read01>, [email protected]=20
says...
> My son is going to buy a Treo 600 and when in the store getting more
> information he was told that the Treo 600 will not be capable of "roaming=
".
>=20
> I thought this phone was dual band so we could have roaming finally after
> the fiasco with the Treo 300 being single band.
>=20
> Rob?
>=20
> Jim-G

I'll have to double-check, but I think the phone is multi-band, but=20
digital-only. No analog. 1900 and 800 MHz digital only.


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O/Siris
I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.

Boy what a screwup! I called Handspring to be advised that the phone will
NOT roam and they didn't know it until a couple of weeks ago.

Noting some say it will roam on Verizon ... I wonder since they also said
the phone would NOT work on the Verizon network.

Sad as that was a phone I really 'wanted' to have.

Thanks Guys,
Jim-G

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]=
=20
says...
>=20
> Does anyone know if you can use this in conjunction with the Free and
> Clear America add on?
>=20

A *very* good question. Since the phone *can* utilize other networks than=
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SPCS, my initial impression is that F&CA *can* be put in place. But I'll s=
ee=20
if I can get some official word on that.

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O/Siris
I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.

are there any roaming charges when roaming on digital anyway?


"O/Siris" <robjvargas@sprîntpcs.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
In article <bWXjb.29429$gi2.2350@fed1read01>, [email protected]
says...
> My son is going to buy a Treo 600 and when in the store getting more
> information he was told that the Treo 600 will not be capable of
"roaming".
>
> I thought this phone was dual band so we could have roaming finally after
> the fiasco with the Treo 300 being single band.
>
> Rob?
>
> Jim-G

I'll have to double-check, but I think the phone is multi-band, but
digital-only. No analog. 1900 and 800 MHz digital only.


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O/Siris
I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]=
om=20
says...
> are there any roaming charges when roaming on digital anyway?
>=20
>=20

Without F&CA, you pay 50=A2/min for roaming, PLUS 25=A2/min for long distan=
ce calls=20
from where you're at to wherever you're calling. Even on another digital=
=20
network.

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R=D8=DF
O/Siris
I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.

Rob... anything you get would be appreciated and in detail please.
Jim-G

> It can roam on 800mhz CDMA,
> so it will be able to roam on Verizon,


Not necessarily. Depends on what the phones PRL tells it to do, and whetrher
Sprint has roaming agreements in a given area with Verizon. It's far from
automatic.

In some areas, the fact that the Treo 600 can not do Analog roaming WILL MEAN
it can not do any roaming.

Someone at SprintPCS knows what will happen in your zipcode, but good luck
trying to get that information.

> Noting some say it will roam on Verizon ... I
> wonder since they also said
> the phone would NOT work on the Verizon
> network.


The correct statement is it "could" roam on the Verizon Network.

It is a single band, 1900 Mhz, phone, so it can not roam on 800
Mhz. FCA is not available on single band phones as the primary phone,
but maybe as an Add-a-Phone.

quik94 wrote:

> It can roam on 800mhz CDMA, so it will be able to roam on Verizon, US
> Cellular and Alltel, so a good majority of the US is covered at least
> in roam.
>
> Does anyone know if you can use this in conjunction with the Free and
> Clear America add on?
>
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> Free wireless access @ www.SprintUsers.com/wap
>

Jerome Zelinske wrote:
> *It is a single band, 1900 Mhz, phone, so it can not roam on 800
> Mhz. FCA is not available on single band phones as the primary
> phone,
> but maybe as an Add-a-Phone.
> *

I don't know where you get your information from. The Treo 300 is
single band 1900 mhz only. The 600 is dual band digital, 800/1900 mhz.
It's fully capable of roaming on Verizon for voice services.

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Call Handspring to see if you get the same story ... I called them twice
and was told the 600 would not work on Verizon's network.

"letsgoflyers81" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Jerome Zelinske wrote:
> > *It is a single band, 1900 Mhz, phone, so it can not roam on 800
> > Mhz. FCA is not available on single band phones as the primary
> > phone,
> > but maybe as an Add-a-Phone.
> > *
>
> I don't know where you get your information from. The Treo 300 is
> single band 1900 mhz only. The 600 is dual band digital, 800/1900 mhz.
> It's fully capable of roaming on Verizon for voice services.
>
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> Posted at SprintUsers.com - Your place for everything Sprint PCS
> Free wireless access @ www.SprintUsers.com/wap
>