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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Cingular / October 2003Sony Ericsson T226
I just bought a sony ericsson t226 for use in the DAL market. I notice that in some parts of the metroplex, my phone goes to "Cingular Extend". Does this mean that the GSM signal is not reaching my phone in these areas or is something else going on? When they turned on GSM in Dallas/Ft. Worth, did they overlay all points, or just major ones and then plan on going back to fill in later? > When they turned on GSM in Dallas/Ft. Worth, did >they overlay all points, or just major ones and then plan on going back to >fill in later? When they turned it on they had all sites installed. Fill in will probably happen but my guess is that you are going to see the fill in in the form of the 800MHz overlay which is in process nationwide. -- John S. e-mail responses to - john at kiana dot net > I just bought a sony ericsson t226 for use in the DAL market. I notice that > in some parts of the metroplex, my phone goes to "Cingular Extend". Does > this mean that the GSM signal is not reaching my phone in these areas or is > something else going on? When they turned on GSM in Dallas/Ft. Worth, did > they overlay all points, or just major ones and then plan on going back to > fill in later? Where exactly did you see "Cingular Extend"? I'm curious to see what the 6340i on the GAIT plan shows there. So far I've only "caught" the phone back on TDMA in one area, near Cedar Hill in south Dallas. But I don't always leave it on field test (PITB) so could easily miss small areas. I really wish it had a GSM/TDMA/AMPS indicator--no it's not "needed" but it sure would have been "nice" to have.  SignatureJud Dallas TX USA > > I just bought a sony ericsson t226 for use in the DAL market. I notice that > > in some parts of the metroplex, my phone goes to "Cingular Extend". Does [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > areas. I really wish it had a GSM/TDMA/AMPS indicator--no it's not > "needed" but it sure would have been "nice" to have. Jud, I have noticed your reports of the TDMA service in Cedar Hill. I continue to get only TDMA on my T62u in Cleburne. Have you tested that area? Interestingly, once I get the TDMA signal in Cleburne, it doesn't change when I drive back to Dallas unless I turn the phone off and back on. Bob > > > I just bought a sony ericsson t226 for use in the DAL market. I notice > that [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Bob Odd. I came back through Cleburne Sunday and picked up Cingular GSM around Chalk Mountain west of Glen Rose and never lost it into Dallas. Including Cedar Hill so they may have just had a tower down before. I haven't noticed any extended delay in bumping back to GSM but then it hasn't happened that often. How long a wait before rescanning may be phone specific too. Jud Southern Denton County area. Customer service sez that I will not be charged roaming, even if it does Follow Me. We'll see. I wasn't able to see usage yet on my minutes because not all my usage has been processed. I hope that it isn't being tagged as roaming and going to outcollect processing. I won't know for several weeks till that comes back. What's strange is the phone will be in Cingular Extend at home and then switch back to Cingular while still at home. And later it may switch back to Extend. Signal quality appears to be the same however. Actually, the signal quality appears to be better when in Extend mode. > > I just bought a sony ericsson t226 for use in the DAL market. I notice that > > in some parts of the metroplex, my phone goes to "Cingular Extend". Does [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > areas. I really wish it had a GSM/TDMA/AMPS indicator--no it's not > "needed" but it sure would have been "nice" to have. > Southern Denton County area. Customer service sez that I will not be charged > roaming, even if it does Follow Me. We'll see. I wasn't able to see usage > yet on my minutes because not all my usage has been processed. I hope that > it isn't being tagged as roaming and going to outcollect processing. I > won't know for several weeks till that comes back. I've been in and around Lewisville and The Colony a lot and had very good GSM coverage every time I checked. But I'm using a GAIT phone that's anything but easy to tell which system it's on so I could be missing "pockets" where it's switching to TDMA--whereas a GSM-only phone would go to Extended. When it's showing Extended have you called 611 to see who it is? It's most likely T-Mobile but better check in case it's actually Cingular with an IRDB problem. SignatureJud Dallas TX USA It is tmobile. I'm guessing they have a roaming agreement with them and others, like Verizon? > > Southern Denton County area. Customer service sez that I will not be charged > > roaming, even if it does Follow Me. We'll see. I wasn't able to see usage [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > see who it is? It's most likely T-Mobile but better check in case it's > actually Cingular with an IRDB problem. > I just bought a sony ericsson t226 for use in the DAL market. I notice that > in some parts of the metroplex, my phone goes to "Cingular Extend". Does > this mean that the GSM signal is not reaching my phone in these areas or is > something else going on? When they turned on GSM in Dallas/Ft. Worth, did > they overlay all points, or just major ones and then plan on going back to > fill in later? I jsut asked Cingular that exact same question. They said that some of their partner networks aren't quite up to speed yet. I have a National plan, so "Cingular" and "Cingular Extend" are interchangable for me. If you have a different plan, it might have a different effect. They swear that they will have comprehensive coverage in 2 years. Maybe. |
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