Cingular says T62u won't work with GSM?

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 02:17:43 -0000, [email protected] (William Bray)
wrote:

>Sorry old man, but I must hold a different opinion. Seattle is high
>rise city, both in apartments and in office buildings. A huge structure
>can actually block a radio signal, especially with these weak cell
>phones. Lynnwood has far fewer high rises and much less cellular
>traffic, and they have an abundance of cell towers.

Nonsense. Seattle is not all that much high rise. In the downtown
area of course you're going to have high rise. Most of Seattle is not
downtown.

>Group Special Mobile <look@signature_to.reply> wrote in article
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>> On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 02:44:03 -0000, [email protected] (William Bray)
>> wrote:
>>
>> >I travel to Seattle every weekend. I recently got two T62U phones
>> >through Cingular. (Talk about hassles!) Cingular and AT&T come in very
>> >well in this area. Downtown Seattle can be the pits for any cell phone
>> >user, especially inside buildings- with the GAIT phone I get at least
>> >two bars where I used to get nothing. I would recommend living in
>> >Lynwood rather than Seattle as you get much better in house signals
>> >there.
>>
>> Nonsense. Whether you live in Lynnwood or Seattle doesn't make any
>> difference. What does make a difference is where the nearest cell
>> site is located. If you think there's only one cell site in all of
>> Lynnwood or one cell site in all of Seattle you are deceived.
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On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 02:29:13 -0000, [email protected] (William Bray)
wrote:

> A second reason I do not recommend living in Seattle is a
>much higher crime rate. Car theft is almost a hobby down there.

Why don't you mention a large city where car theft is *not* a problem?
That would be a fairer comparison. I don't think you can do it.
Bigger cities have bigger city problems. It's been that way for a
*long* time.

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Very true, but NW Cingular will honor both TDMA and GAIT contracts made
with Cingular headquarters- until you decide to change the plan. I had
this chat with a gentleman from AT&T. Cingular honors my GAIT phones on
the same family plan that I started out with on GSM. The office staff
commented that AT&T customers do not know Cingular policies very well.
Seattle does honor GAIT contracts, but you might want to change your
phone number into a local area code before moving. 425 is the most
common area code with 206 running in second place. 306 for areas north
of Everett.

[email protected]am (Chris Russell) wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> I think if you go to the website, you will see that GAIT phones will
> only be serviced on Cingular Superhome Family Talk and Nation Plans (not
> the GSM Nation Plan). These are the old Nation Plans from TDMA markets
> where GAIT phones were first marketed. Click on the terms for each plan
> at the bottom of each plans pricing to see the phones covered. This
> info was the same in Detroit and OKC, OK. Currently in Seattle only GSM
> plans are being offered-no GAIT phones.
>
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> Chris
>
> Please respond on Usenet or Phonescoop.com
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> [email protected] (Daniel) wrote in article
> <[email protected]>:
> > My wife and I are with Cingular, and have been for some time now. My
> > wife has an old Nokia TDMA something or other, and I've got a T62u
> > that I upgraded to a few months ago because my Nokia was crapping out.
> >
> > My wife's phone is needing replacement, and we're considering
> > switching to GSM. We spoke with a rep yesterday that implied that if
> > we moved to a GSM plan and got my wife a new phone, my phone would
> > have to be upgraded as well. I thought "bull" and we left. The
> > location was basically a table in the back corner of a local
> > (non-chain) office supply store, and the rep didn't seem particularly
> > knowledgeable.
> >
> > Is there any reason at all why switching to a GSM plan would cause my
> > T62u to stop working? I thought that was the whole point of having a
> > GAIT phone.
> >
> > Also, how is Cingular up in the Seattle area? We'll be moving there
> > in about nine months and I don't want to get stuck in another two year
> > agreement if they suck up there. (currently in Stillwater, OK)
> >
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> > Daniel
>
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