No advantage to a dual mode phone....

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IcUrdazedandconfused - 07 May 2004 16:11 GMT

Hi guys:

I had asked about a dual mode phone, so I could drop my $119.99 / 1100
min D1R plan, and go to the $74.99 / 1250 plan and only lose my analog
roaming.

Well, according to CS at AT&T this morning, if I use a dual band
phone, and want to be able to go from GSM to TDMA, I have to stay at
the D1R plan.... (Called a multinational plan now)

Anyone know anything different than what I got on first call?

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Fred - 07 May 2004 22:28 GMT

The answer you quoted on this post is the correct one.

Fred

> Hi guys:
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> Anyone know anything different than what I got on first call?

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R Moose - 08 May 2004 19:00 GMT

What's even more f.cked up with ATTWS is that they effectively don't care
about people who are in (or travel to) areas where GSM is not totally built
out (such as NW Oklahoma). It apparently is impossible to get the
advantages of GSM roaming through Cingular under the GSM America plans and
still be able to use ATTWS's native TDMA service.

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Shawn - 08 May 2004 21:06 GMT

> What's even more f.cked up with ATTWS is that they effectively don't care
> about people who are in (or travel to) areas where GSM is not totally built
> out (such as NW Oklahoma). It apparently is impossible to get the
> advantages of GSM roaming through Cingular under the GSM America plans and
> still be able to use ATTWS's native TDMA service.

All of AT&Ts TDMA towers have been overlayed with GSM.

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[ a m z ] - 09 May 2004 07:05 GMT

> "R Moose" <rpmoose@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > What's even more f.cked up with ATTWS is that they effectively don't care
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> All of AT&Ts TDMA towers have been overlayed with GSM.

Not so sure about that. There are places in WA State where you can't get an
GSM signal, but AT&T TDMA comes through. I deal with the problem
regularly -- and therefore have a multi-band phone.

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