Cingular now offers a 500/5000 Nation plan with rollover for $55.00 (I also
plan on upgrading to the Sony Ericsson t62u GAIT phone).  Would the only
difference between my current Nation plan and the new one be the rollover
and extra night & weekend minutes (at an added $5/month)?  In other words,
would I still be able to roam on all of the outside networks that I am able
to roam on with my current plan?

Be very careful. Cingular Nation was a better plan in the past,
in terms of roaming. They only offered it for a very short
time (though they made a really big deal about the lack
of restrictions).

Now the terms read:

"When the network of the Cingular preferred roaming carrier is
unavailable, customer may reach an intercept service allowing
the use of a credit card to pay for roaming. Calls requiring
the use of a credit card or operator assistance are additional
and do not apply to package minutes."

See if you can find out exactly who the preferred roaming
carriers are. Are they only GSM carriers or a combination of
TDMA and GSM and AMPS carriers? If you are in an area covered
by Cingular GSM or TDMA but where there is no Cingular signal,
can you roam to another carrier? I.e. if you are in California
and can't get a Cingular GSM signal, do they let you roam onto
AT&T's TDMA and AMPS networks, or are you out of luck?

I don't think you'll have any choice but to change to the newer
version of the plan if you move over to the GAIT phone, and the
only phones you can get with that plan are GAIT phones.

Steve
http://sfbacell.com
San Francisco Bay Area Cellular Carrier Comparison

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<< I have an old Cingular Nation plan - it is the 500/3500 for $49.99 plan.  
Cingular now offers a 500/5000 Nation plan with rollover for $55.00 (I also
plan on upgrading to the Sony Ericsson t62u GAIT phone).   >><BR><BR>

Get the GAIT phone and keep the awesome True Nation plan...   I just did that
today myself ---  do not give up the "no roaming", ever feature of the true
nation plan, it's just too worth it.  I have never roamed in the U.S.  and once
in Canada I used the phone all over (for a total of 39 calls for roughly 120
minutes and the roaming charges in Canada only equalled roughly an $18 charge).

On the preferred nation you will roam and they will extract pounds of flesh
from your account.

You can keep the True Nation plan and upgrade to the GAIT phone  (and if you
are saavy with the customer service people, they will perk you for retention).

Don't give up that awesome plan unless you plan to keep the phone in just GSM
areas.

my 2 cents :-D
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