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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Cingular / October 2005Central Wisconsin
This summer I was in central WI (between Oshkosh and Portage) and encountered a fairly large area with no signal. Calling Cingular got me nowhere fast, just "we don't have service there." Of course last year with my old Nokia (non-GSM) phone it was no problem. Now I have a v551 and no signal. My brother in law has a v180 and he claims that he complained and something was changed- a code to put into his phone?- but he doesn't remember what it was, but he now can use his phone in the same town. Any ideas, suggestions? I have to return there at the end of the week. The local "guy" in town suggested looking for a used phone that would take my sim but not be a gsm phone. If that would work, any suggestions? Thanks, Paul >... The >local "guy" in town suggested looking for a used phone that would take my >sim but not be a gsm phone. ... There isn't such a thing.  SignatureBest regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES: John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular> > [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE] > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > There isn't such a thing. Sure there is - they just don't sell them any more. GAIT phones, such as the Nokia 6340i, work on analog, TDMA and GSM. They take a SIM chip, but do all three. You can find them on eBay. I wish I hadn't given mine away. The only problem with those is getting Cingular to activate a GAIT SIM. They've gotten pissy about it. Jim Burks > This summer I was in central WI (between Oshkosh and Portage) and > encountered a fairly large area with no signal. Calling Cingular got me [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Paul I can't speak for cingular but up that way us t-mobile users roam on einstein pcs. (which seems to cover the areas you mentioned. ) For others, do you guys roam at all on einstein pcs? What comes up when you use http://compass.t-mobile.com ? I know what your thinking.. Why?? Well, if it's listed as roaming up there, its einstein pcs. If it's in compass, it's 1900mhz most of the time.. > The > local "guy" in town suggested looking for a used phone that would take my > sim but not be a gsm phone. If that would work, any suggestions? That won't work. SIM's only work in GSM phones. >This summer I was in central WI (between Oshkosh and Portage) and >encountered a fairly large area with no signal. Calling Cingular got me [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Specifically what part of Wisconsin are you in? Through Wisconsin, I find that I had more coverage with my GSM phone than I did with my TDMA phone. I roamed either on Einstein PCS or i wireless where Cingular coverage was not available. TH I was in Wautoma, thirty miles west of Oshkosh. There are other carriers there and yes, I thought I should be able to roam, but there was no signal. Going west, I set the phone to alert when the signal dropped or picked up. It was spotty all the way from Wautoma to the Minnesota border. FYI, i had no trouble all the way up in Bemidji, MN. Paul > >This summer I was in central WI (between Oshkosh and Portage) and > >encountered a fairly large area with no signal. Calling Cingular got me [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > TH t-mobile's roaming maps shows iffy coverage in that town. (and i mean iffy. einstein pcs, 1900mhz) http://web.danboy.com/wisconsinroam.JPG Why wouldn't the phone just roam to another network? No roaming charges apply. What does roaming mean if not connect to another network? > This summer I was in central WI (between Oshkosh and Portage) and > encountered a fairly large area with no signal. Calling Cingular got me [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Paul Was in Rhinelander in the North Woods over the summer with my V551 and had no problem. May be your phone is not set up right... > This summer I was in central WI (between Oshkosh and Portage) and > encountered a fairly large area with no signal. Calling Cingular got me [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Paul Check out the map at Cingular.com- Rhinelander is secure in the middle of a big ol' solid Cingular area. If I was still going up to Mercer I would have been good to go.... but try going north of Fond Du Lac (Oshkosh) and then going west, pretty much all the way to Minnesota; the no signal and we don't care area far outweighs the no signal and we will get there eventually area. Paul PS- this weekend I hit a couple of spots in Wautoma which had a usable signal. Is this a sign of things to come or do cell phone signals bounce like AM radio signals- there was a heavy cloud cover virtually all weekend. My cell also reset the time ahead four hours for almost one whole day-which I figure has to be somewhere near Greenland since Sweden is 7 hrs ahead of the US. > Was in Rhinelander in the North Woods over the summer with my V551 and had > no problem. May be your phone is not set up right... [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > > Paul >PS- this weekend I hit a couple of spots in Wautoma which had a usable >signal. Is this a sign of things to come or do cell phone signals bounce >like AM radio signals- ... Not the latter, so probably the former. SignatureBest regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES: John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular> >Check out the map at Cingular.com- Rhinelander is secure in the middle of a >big ol' solid Cingular area. If I was still going up to Mercer I would have [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > I'm not exactly sure how the signals work with reflections, but I find in rural parts of North Dakota, signal is much better on cloudy days in winter when there's snow than any other time. I've noticed signal is better when cloudcover is present versus clear skies, signal is better with no foliage on the trees, and signal is better with snow versus without snow. The winters are long enough there that you can test all if you want. TH |
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