FAQ: How does GAIT work?

"coexist"? hihi
Do you mean that in 2004 you could go to a cingular store and buy a
tdma/amps phone and sign a tdma/amps contract? I did not think they
were doing that then.
I did not say the amps network was not maintained. I said amps service
was not offered.


John Navas wrote:
> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
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> In <[email protected]> on Sat, 27 Aug 2005
> 00:19:54 GMT, Jerome Zelinske <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> cingular will lose a lot of customers when they make them all get wcdma
>>phones.
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> That won't be happening anytime in the foreseeable future -- WCDMA is designed
> to coexist with and complement GSM, not replace it.
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>> They have been selling gsm only in all markets for years.
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> TDMA service was still being sold last year.
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>> They are not offering amps service in any places.
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> AMPS is still being maintained.
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It is a good idea to get service from the carrier that covers most if
not all of the places where you will want to use the phone. Do not rely
on roaming to meet your needs. Roaming is unreliable.


DoctorZ wrote:
> I know the 1.1M is the net for Cingular 2005Q2 but is that not close to
> the loss due to their churn?
>
> Cingular is doing great with 1.1M net compared to Verizon adding 1.9M
> net and having the lowest churn and complaint rate???? Do the math
> Cingular is going to drop to number #2 in total subscribers as early as
> 2006.
>
> Since Cingular is no longer selling anything but GSM phones in Atlanta,
> it's a FACT there is no phone coverage for hours (drive time) north
> or south of Atlanta. There is no GSM coverage in many areas, hence ZERO
> Cingular phone coverage.
>
> FCC required AMPS means my Verizon V710 will work in a Cingular
> GSM/AMPS only area, but the Cingular GSM phone can never work in a
> nonGSM area.
>
> My post was so others can avoid wasting their time and money, as I did
> for 2 months believing Cingular had anything but regional service.
>

Jerome Zelinske wrote:
> "coexist"? hihi
> Do you mean that in 2004 you could go to a cingular store and buy a
> tdma/amps phone and sign a tdma/amps contract? I did not think they
> were doing that then.

I think you need to gain a better mastery of the English language.
"Coexist" does not mean "continue to sell." AMPS-capable hardware
continues to coexist on these networks too; that doesn't mean the
carriers are still selling it.


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Those two statements were in reply to two statements by JN.
Yes, wcdma is intended to replace gsm. I am under the impression that
there is not enough band width to run both together. Maybe if cingular
was to get both 800 and 1900 in all markets, they could keep gsm on 800
and put wcdma on 1900.
I do not think that cingular was still selling tdma last year.

Isaiah Beard wrote:
> Jerome Zelinske wrote:
>
>> "coexist"? hihi
>> Do you mean that in 2004 you could go to a cingular store and buy
>> a tdma/amps phone and sign a tdma/amps contract? I did not think they
>> were doing that then.
>
>
> I think you need to gain a better mastery of the English language.
> "Coexist" does not mean "continue to sell." AMPS-capable hardware
> continues to coexist on these networks too; that doesn't mean the
> carriers are still selling it.
>
>