Is the Cingular Salesman Giving me BS about Unlocking my old At&T Phone?

I posted this elsewere but did not get much can anyone help here?..

I am about to switch to Cingular as all my fam and friends have it. But I want to keep my Nokia 6800. I have seen that I can unlock my phone, but the salesman said you don't want to risk it because:

"when you go out of metropolitan areas the phone will look for any tower to find service, and if it finds a non-cingular tower you will get charged roaming. You see, our locked phones are locked in such a way that it does not allow the phone to use non-cingular towers. If you unlock your old At&T phone it will be free to look for other towers and you could end up with a $500 roaming bill."

Is this right?

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In <[email protected]> on Sun, 18 Dec 2005 20:31:34
-0600, caliskier <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>I posted this elsewere but did not get much can anyone help here?..
>
>I am about to switch to Cingular as all my fam and friends have it. But
>I want to keep my Nokia 6800. I have seen that I can unlock my phone,
>but the salesman said you don't want to risk it because:
>
>"when you go out of metropolitan areas the phone will look for any
>tower to find service, and if it finds a non-cingular tower you will
>get charged roaming. You see, our locked phones are locked in such a
>way that it does not allow the phone to use non-cingular towers. If you
>unlock your old At&T phone it will be free to look for other towers and
>you could end up with a $500 roaming bill."
>
>Is this right?

No.

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Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

"caliskier" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> I posted this elsewere but did not get much can anyone help here?..
>
> I am about to switch to Cingular as all my fam and friends have it. But
> I want to keep my Nokia 6800. I have seen that I can unlock my phone,
> but the salesman said you don't want to risk it because:
>
> "when you go out of metropolitan areas the phone will look for any
> tower to find service, and if it finds a non-cingular tower you will
> get charged roaming. You see, our locked phones are locked in such a
> way that it does not allow the phone to use non-cingular towers. If you
> unlock your old At&T phone it will be free to look for other towers and
> you could end up with a $500 roaming bill."
>
> Is this right?

Having an unlocked phone simply means that you can put another service
providers SIM in your phone. You do not need to worry, the salesperson is
either a liar or uninformed. If you wish to use another service provider,
then unlock the phone.

He is full of BS!

unlock it and go for it.

http://unlock.nokiafree.org

follow the insturctions.

Originally Posted by Austinman

"caliskier" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> I posted this elsewere but did not get much can anyone help here?..
>
> I am about to switch to Cingular as all my fam and friends have it. But
> I want to keep my Nokia 6800. I have seen that I can unlock my phone,
> but the salesman said you don't want to risk it because:
>
> "when you go out of metropolitan areas the phone will look for any
> tower to find service, and if it finds a non-cingular tower you will
> get charged roaming. You see, our locked phones are locked in such a
> way that it does not allow the phone to use non-cingular towers. If you
> unlock your old At&T phone it will be free to look for other towers and
> you could end up with a $500 roaming bill."
>
> Is this right?

Having an unlocked phone simply means that you can put another service
providers SIM in your phone. You do not need to worry, the salesperson is
either a liar or uninformed. If you wish to use another service provider,
then unlock the phone.

That makes the most sence to me, I was starting to think that it was the SIM card that tells the phone which towers to look for, not the phone itself.

Originally Posted by Wirelessjuan

He is full of BS!

unlock it and go for it.

http://unlock.nokiafree.org

follow the insturctions.

Thanks man I am going to try that out!

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In <[email protected]> on Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:37:14
-0600, caliskier <[email protected]> wrote:

>Austinman Wrote:

>> Having an unlocked phone simply means that you can put another service
>> providers SIM in your phone. You do not need to worry, the salesperson
>> is
>> either a liar or uninformed. If you wish to use another service
>> provider,
>> then unlock the phone.
>
>That makes the most sence to me, I was starting to think that it was
>the SIM card that tells the phone which towers to look for, not the
>phone itself.

It *is* the SIM card.

--
Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

"caliskier" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Wirelessjuan Wrote:
> > He is full of BS!
> >
> > unlock it and go for it.
> >
> > http://unlock.nokiafree.org
> >
> > follow the insturctions.
>
>
> Thanks man I am going to try that out!
>
>
> --
> caliskier
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