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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Cingular / March 2005GAIT for GSM
I notice Cingular has two features "GAIT for GSM" and "GAIT calling areas" What is the difference? Phil > I notice Cingular has two features "GAIT for GSM" and "GAIT calling areas" > What is the difference? > > Phil I don't know but that may be why a few people have not been able to get it to work correctly - they may be missing one of the features. Just as a pure guess from the wording alone, the first might be the main feature that allows an ESN to be entered & recognized on the account while the 2nd might cause a GAIT database to be downloaded instead of a GSM-only one.  SignatureJud Dallas TX USA as of 26 march the GAIT options have disappeared from the system according to CS. Darn. > as of 26 march the GAIT options have disappeared from the system > according to CS. > > Darn. Nationwide? What idiot is doing the thinking at Cingular? It will be at least another year if not two before all the small carriers in Texas convert to GSM. I was planning on switching from a GAIT plan to a GSM w/GAIT plan in order to get GPRS/EDGE on a PDA-phone but guess I'll be keeping my 6340i if they're going to play games. SignatureJud Dallas TX USA >> as of 26 march the GAIT options have disappeared from the system >> according to CS. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > w/GAIT plan in order to get GPRS/EDGE on a PDA-phone but guess I'll be > keeping my 6340i if they're going to play games. You can still provision GAIT access with a GSM plan from a retail store. I do it all the time. SignatureJJ http://www.cingular.com http://www.texaspowerhouse.com http://www.txmma.com Like cingular cares what some small carriers in texas do and when? No, they don't. Neither do most of cingular's customers. > Like cingular cares what some small carriers in texas do and when? No, > they don't. Neither do most of cingular's customers. Cares? Apparently not but they "should" be caring--if they fully drop all GAIT options before most of the small carriers have converted then they could be pressured to reduce the "official" map coverage which they wouldn't want to do. By whom you say--Verizon for one would love to rub it in that Cingular wouldn't really have national coverage anymore. Compare the data map to the normal national map and you'll discover those "small" carriers actually cover a huge amount of area - where Cingular has no presence whatsoever. Some of us actually need coverage away from the metroplexses and interstates--certainly not "most" but a significant number need true nationwide not just "cities over 50k". SignatureJud Dallas TX USA In Iowa all cellular providers are all CDMA here they are all US Cellular, Verizon Wireless, MidWest Wireless Western Wireless (Cellular1), Great Lakes of Iowa (Cellular1), Cellula 29 Plus, Lyrix Wireless. Only 1 provider will do GSM on 1900 MHz PCS that is Western Wireless. If you need GSM coverage it will have to be from a PCS provider. No GSM at 850 in Iowa. T-Mobiles affilate Iowa Wireless has great rural GSM coverage in th northeast quadrant of the state. Other than that Freeways and Metros in Iowa are covered by T-Mobile an Cingular. TDMA Coverage is in all Cellular markets in Iowa since US Cellular Western Wireless and Great Lakes of Iowa use it. So if you are a Cingular customer and need to do traveling in areas i Iowa where there is no GSM you need a GAIT phone to pick up the TDM signal > In Iowa all cellular providers are all CDMA > here they are all US Cellular, Verizon Wireless, MidWest Wireless, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > If you need GSM coverage it will have to be from a PCS provider. > No GSM at 850 in Iowa. A good portion of Western Wireless's GSM coverage is at 850 mHz, including some areas also covered by 1900. TH Tropical Haven Wrote: > A good portion of Western Wireless's GSM coverage is at 850 mHz, > including some areas also covered by 1900. > > THWhat I understood was most of the GSM network they have T-mobile gav them 10 MHz licenses to build a GSM network at 1900 so T-mobile an all other GSM phones could roam. I am told there are a few areas bu not many were WW put GSM on there Cellular network (850) at dealer i Southern Utah last fall. Is this incorrect You listed several carriers as having both CDMA and tdma, USCellular, Western Wireless and Great Lakes of Iowa. I find that unusual. > You listed several carriers as having both CDMA and tdma, > USCellular, Western Wireless and Great Lakes of Iowa. I find that unusual. US Cellular and Western Wireless migrated their own users to CDMA. I'm not sure about USCC, but Western Wireless still operates their TDMA network for roamers, in addition to a GSM overlay. So, Western Wireless operates AMPS, TDMA, CDMA, and GSM in most of their markets. The only thing Western is missing is iDEN. TH Cingular cared about none of these issues when they terminated GAIT in GA/NC Cingular stopped being a national provider months ago. > > Like cingular cares what some small carriers in texas do and when? No, > > they don't. Neither do most of cingular's customers. > > Cares? Apparently not but they "should" be caring--if they fully drop > all GAIT options before most of the small carriers have converted then > they could be pressured to reduce the "official" map coverage which they [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > away from the metroplexses and interstates--certainly not "most" but a > significant number need true nationwide not just "cities over 50k". >>as of 26 march the GAIT options have disappeared from the system >>according to CS. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > w/GAIT plan in order to get GPRS/EDGE on a PDA-phone but guess I'll be > keeping my 6340i if they're going to play games. Actually, if you find a Sony Ericsson T62u, which has GPRS, you should be able to use GPRS/EDGE with a PDA phone. I used to use GPRS on my Preferred Nation TDMA plan after I got the SE T62u, and I was using it on a GSM only phone. TH > >>as of 26 march the GAIT options have disappeared from the system > >>according to CS. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > TH You mean switch my current GAIT plan to a T62U first, then activate GPRS, then stick the SIM in a new PDA phone? That's an idea I had't considered. SignatureJud Dallas TX USA Jud, I tried to send a private email but somehouw I didn't translate your email address correctly. If you decide to go this route I have a T62u my wife has stopped using. Remove "nospam" from my address to send a private email. I'm in Addison. Bob Walker >> >>as of 26 march the GAIT options have disappeared from the system >> >>according to CS. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > GPRS, then stick the SIM in a new PDA phone? That's an idea I had't > considered. |
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