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> steve wrote:
> > fyi, It's the reverse, ATT was 1900.
>
> Actually, both AT&T and Cingular both have cellular 850 frequencies.
> Cingular mainly in the midwest and south and AT&T in the west,
> Northeast, and south.


Actually the vast majority of ATTWS GSM spectrum was in the 1900mhz range.

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Jack Zwick wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "MF" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>ok summary time.
>>i know cing uses 850 1900 for gsm
>>and also 850 for tdma.
>>i know 850 is more likely in rural areas, though not exclusively.
>>so with those points in mind, what would be the downside of buying a tri
>>band 900/1800/1900 gsm phone considering i live in trenton new jersey?
>>is 850 taking over?
>>will 1900 cover me with no worries?
>>sincere thanks to all who have advised ,
>>marc
>
>
> Why gamble. Do you know where you will be in 11 months?
here or uk i suppose.

In article <[email protected]>,
mf <[email protected]> wrote:

> Jack Zwick wrote:
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > "MF" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>ok summary time.
> >>i know cing uses 850 1900 for gsm
> >>and also 850 for tdma.
> >>i know 850 is more likely in rural areas, though not exclusively.
> >>so with those points in mind, what would be the downside of buying a tri
> >>band 900/1800/1900 gsm phone considering i live in trenton new jersey?
> >>is 850 taking over?
> >>will 1900 cover me with no worries?
> >>sincere thanks to all who have advised ,
> >>marc
> >
> >
> > Why gamble. Do you know where you will be in 11 months?
> here or uk i suppose.

If you dont know for sure, get a quad band phone.

Here in washington state, we had no 850 untill we could use at&t and now we
have both pretty much equally..
i have a 1900 only phone and a quadband phone and notice no coverage
differances.

"Jiu JitSuperfly" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > steve wrote:
> > > fyi, It's the reverse, ATT was 1900.
> >
> > Actually, both AT&T and Cingular both have cellular 850 frequencies.
> > Cingular mainly in the midwest and south and AT&T in the west,
> > Northeast, and south.
>
>
> Actually the vast majority of ATTWS GSM spectrum was in the 1900mhz range.
>
> --
> JJS
>
>

I just bought a triband phone on ebay GSM 900/1800/1900 and I had no
service in the Chicagoland area as most of the service is on GSM 850.
Make sure the phone you get has GSM 850/1900 and you will be fine.