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JEB - 30 Jan 2004 13:09 GMT

I have a Motorola V60 something. My plan with Cingular is the "old" nation
plan, no roaming, no long distance, 150 daytime minutes. Coverage is good
across the U.S. I want to upgrade my phone and perhaps take advantage of
the roll over option. Here is my dilemma, the phone and plan I have now is
the TDMA service. I talked with the cingular rep and he said, hands down, I
should upgrade to the newest technology and that I could have my pick of a
lot more phones. Currently, there are only two phones to choose from for my
service.

My question is, should I embrace the "newest" technology and drop my TDMA
phone? The rep said that once I do that there's no going back.

What do you'll think?

Thanks

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Richie - 30 Jan 2004 15:34 GMT

Yes GSM is excellent. I use it. Cingular now has 850mhz GSM service in the
Eastern USA and coverage is excellent (as far as I've experienced). You
need to get a new phone that supports the 850 mhz band.

> I have a Motorola V60 something. My plan with Cingular is the "old" nation
> plan, no roaming, no long distance, 150 daytime minutes. Coverage is good
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> Thanks

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Xzero - 30 Jan 2004 16:34 GMT

GSM is a lot better I think. You will be able to have more options wit
your phone

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Stanley Reynolds - 30 Jan 2004 18:20 GMT

> Yes GSM is excellent. I use it. Cingular now has 850mhz GSM service in the
> Eastern USA and coverage is excellent (as far as I've experienced). You
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> > Thanks

The 2 phones is a indicator that they are the Nokia 6340i and Sony Ericsson
T62U. They are 800/1900 GSM,TDMA, and AMPS phones and will cover more of the
nation than a GSM or GSM/amps phone. I would not be happy with a offer
"there's no going back" must be a reason people who took the offer want to
come back.

Stanley

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Robert M. - 30 Jan 2004 18:29 GMT

> I have a Motorola V60 something. My plan with Cingular is the "old" nation
> plan, no roaming, no long distance, 150 daytime minutes. Coverage is good
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> Thanks

If you only stay in town, then GSM can work for you. If you go out in
the country, GSM phones do not have the capability to roam on Analog
Networks, leaving you with many holes in your coverage, and no useable
phone in an emergency "out in the country".

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Anon - 31 Jan 2004 20:55 GMT

> If you only stay in town, then GSM can work for you. If you go out in
> the country, GSM phones do not have the capability to roam on Analog
> Networks, leaving you with many holes in your coverage, and no useable
> phone in an emergency "out in the country".

If you're "out in the country", cellular service is a crapshoot anyway. I
carry one GSM (only) phone and one iden (only) phone. I also carried a TDMA
phone for years. In some areas of the country, NONE of them will have a
signal. Interestingly enough, I've found the "out in the country" coverage
of GSM to be superior to both iden and TDMA so far. And that's the CURRENT
state of GSM coverage.

GSM is expanding faster than TDMA. If you can find a good deal on a GSM
plan, it is worth a shot. IMHO. Keep in mind that Cingular allows you a
trial period. So the best advice is to pick up a decent GSM phone (Nokia
3595 and Motorola T720 are both excellent) and take advantage of the trial
period. -Dave

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Stanley Reynolds - 31 Jan 2004 23:33 GMT

> > If you only stay in town, then GSM can work for you. If you go out in
> > the country, GSM phones do not have the capability to roam on Analog
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> 3595 and Motorola T720 are both excellent) and take advantage of the trial
> period. -Dave

Like so many post's it all is in where you try to use your phone. I've been
camping in north GA and looking at a cell tower and a useless cellphone,
tower was the wrong provider. No way to guess if GSM only will provide the
coverage you want till you try it. Some GSM providers are better than others
it all depends. I've only found one location where GSM is the only signal,
Curry AL. Have found lots of Alabama with no GSM service but does have CDMA,
TDMA, and AMPS. Wish their was a universal phone that would do all, the GAIT
phones are the best for universal coverage but are over kill if you never
use them outside of the limited GSM coverage aera.

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