GSM in Austin

Has anyone changed plans to GSM in Austin, TX? If so how is the service
quality?

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I have switched. Service quality is as good as or better than TDMA. Cool
new GSM phones, too! But the store I went into a week ago was very crowded.

"mack" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Has anyone changed plans to GSM in Austin, TX? If so how is the service
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cledus wrote:
> I have switched. Service quality is as good as or better than TDMA. Cool
> new GSM phones, too! But the store I went into a week ago was very crowded.
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> "mack" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>Has anyone changed plans to GSM in Austin, TX? If so how is the service
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it's been off and on all day friday and saturday. tech support says they
had a fiber optic line cut, and that it knocked out GSM and TDMA. It was
a real pain in the butt.

Cambie wrote:
> cledus wrote:
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>> I have switched. Service quality is as good as or better than TDMA.
>> Cool
>> new GSM phones, too! But the store I went into a week ago was very
>> crowded.
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>> "mack" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
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>>> Has anyone changed plans to GSM in Austin, TX? If so how is the service
>>> quality?
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> it's been off and on all day friday and saturday. tech support says they
> had a fiber optic line cut, and that it knocked out GSM and TDMA. It was
> a real pain in the butt.
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make that it IS a pain in the butt. My phone still wouldn't work this
morning, and most of today Sunday. It works sometimes, but not most of
the time. I am getting completely pissed. Why would they rely on one
single fiber optic line to serve an entire area. Shouldn't there be some
redundancy built into their network?

This is a new network. You should realize that with ANYTHING new, there
are always bumps in the road. I have Cingular GSM in New Orleans and
the system is working beautifully. There was also a problem in my area
on Fri night & Sat. You just have to take the good with the bad. It
beats having TMobile or AT&T's coverage...

Overall, I'm very happy.

Cambie <[email protected]> wrote in article
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> Cambie wrote:
> > cledus wrote:
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> >> I have switched. Service quality is as good as or better than TDMA.
> >> Cool
> >> new GSM phones, too! But the store I went into a week ago was very
> >> crowded.
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> >> "mack" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >> news:[email protected]...
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> >>> Has anyone changed plans to GSM in Austin, TX? If so how is the service
> >>> quality?
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> > it's been off and on all day friday and saturday. tech support says they
> > had a fiber optic line cut, and that it knocked out GSM and TDMA. It was
> > a real pain in the butt.
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> make that it IS a pain in the butt. My phone still wouldn't work this
> morning, and most of today Sunday. It works sometimes, but not most of
> the time. I am getting completely pissed. Why would they rely on one
> single fiber optic line to serve an entire area. Shouldn't there be some
> redundancy built into their network?
>

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