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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Cingular / January 2005new to group / new to cingualr / simple question please
hi, i am new to cingular as was wondering how to change phones. i have the sony they gave me, but i really don't like it much. can i buy my own new gsm unlocked tri band phone and just take the sim card out of my sony and put it in the new phone? or is there some sort of programming you have to go thru with cingular? sorry if question is lame. marc If you purchase a unlocked tryband phone, the answer would be yes. Be sure it covers the US frequencies Chip > hi, > i am new to cingular as was wondering how to change phones. i have the sony [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > sorry if question is lame. > marc is this us freqs? Triband GSM 900/1800/1900 marc > If you purchase a unlocked tryband phone, the answer would be yes. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> sorry if question is lame. >> marc 1900 is important in US, but cingular also uses 850 in alot of areas.. specially ones that were only at&t before the merger. you have to find out where you live to beable to tell if you have to have 850 to work with cingular. > is this us freqs? > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >> sorry if question is lame. > >> marc new jersey marc > 1900 is important in US, but cingular also uses 850 in alot of areas.. > specially ones that were only at&t before the merger. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> >> sorry if question is lame. >> >> marc fyi, It's the reverse, ATT was 1900. > 1900 is important in US, but cingular also uses 850 in alot of areas.. > specially ones that were only at&t before the merger. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > >> sorry if question is lame. > > >> marc > fyi, It's the reverse, ATT was 1900. Actually, both AT&T and Cingular both have cellular 850 frequencies. Cingular mainly in the midwest and south and AT&T in the west, Northeast, and south. D > > fyi, It's the reverse, ATT was 1900. > > Actually, both AT&T and Cingular both have cellular 850 frequencies. > Cingular mainly in the midwest and south and AT&T in the west, > Northeast, and south. Actually the vast majority of ATTWS GSM spectrum was in the 1900mhz range. -- JJS Here in washington state, we had no 850 untill we could use at&t and now we have both pretty much equally.. i have a 1900 only phone and a quadband phone and notice no coverage differances. > > > fyi, It's the reverse, ATT was 1900. > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > -- > JJS I just bought a triband phone on ebay GSM 900/1800/1900 and I had no service in the Chicagoland area as most of the service is on GSM 850. Make sure the phone you get has GSM 850/1900 and you will be fine. I think I read in this group some time ago, that Cingular will go to 850 all over the US. bamp > 1900 is important in US, but cingular also uses 850 in alot of areas.. > specially ones that were only at&t before the merger. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> >> sorry if question is lame. >> >> marc it seems to me , cingular offers phons that do not have 850. just 900 1800 1900. how could this be? just because i live in new jersey? > I think I read in this group some time ago, that Cingular will go to 850 all > over the US. [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >>>>>sorry if question is lame. >>>>>marc > it seems to me , cingular offers phons that do not have 850. just 900 > 1800 1900. how could this be? > just because i live in new jersey? In the past, Cingular had offered phones without 850. However, because Cingular (and much of ATTWS) has a large national footprint in that frequency range, all new Cingular branded phones will include 850. Many world phones can be purchases in 900/1800/1900. T-Mobile and various other GSM 1900 providers do offer phones without 850. Cingular's world phones generally have 850/1800/1900 or 850/900/1800/1900. I hope this clears up some confusion. Cingular and AT&T mostly ran TDMA over their 850 networks and GSM over their 1900 networks. When they overlayed GSM into the TDMA areas they utilized the 850 where they could. Hence this is why they intially only had 1900 GSM phones. They only have certain A/B cellular licenses in certain areas. Where they have no Cellular (850) license they will use a PCS license (1900). ok summary time. i know cing uses 850 1900 for gsm and also 850 for tdma. i know 850 is more likely in rural areas, though not exclusively. so with those points in mind, what would be the downside of buying a tri band 900/1800/1900 gsm phone considering i live in trenton new jersey? is 850 taking over? will 1900 cover me with no worries? sincere thanks to all who have advised , marc > Cingular and AT&T mostly ran TDMA over their 850 networks and GSM over > their 1900 networks. When they overlayed GSM into the TDMA areas they > utilized the 850 where they could. Hence this is why they intially only > had 1900 GSM phones. They only have certain A/B cellular licenses in > certain areas. Where they have no Cellular (850) license they will use > a PCS license (1900). > ok summary time. > i know cing uses 850 1900 for gsm [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > sincere thanks to all who have advised , > marc Why gamble. Do you know where you will be in 11 months? >>ok summary time. >>i know cing uses 850 1900 for gsm [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Why gamble. Do you know where you will be in 11 months? here or uk i suppose. > >>ok summary time. > >>i know cing uses 850 1900 for gsm [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Why gamble. Do you know where you will be in 11 months? > here or uk i suppose. If you dont know for sure, get a quad band phone. Have you had the phone for less than 30 days ... if so you can get a different one from Cingular. ___________________ Ann Motorola V551 iPAQ 4355 iPAQ 3850 > hi, > i am new to cingular as was wondering how to change phones. i have the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > sorry if question is lame. > marc more than 30 days. like 60. wish i thought of it sooner. > Have you had the phone for less than 30 days ... if so you can get a > different one from Cingular. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >>sorry if question is lame. >>marc |
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