GSM service in Detroit

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Mad Hatter - 24 Jun 2003 16:09 GMT

I was wondering if anyone has experience with Cingular's GSM service in
southeastern michigan. I have heard that the call drop rate is quite a
bit larger than with their TDMA service. I am excited about the
Samsung s307 phone, but am wary about the GSM service. Any
suggestions?

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James - 29 Jun 2003 21:06 GMT

> I was wondering if anyone has experience with Cingular's GSM service in
> southeastern michigan. I have heard that the call drop rate is quite a
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I have been using thr GSM service in Detroit since December. After a
rough first two months, it is been pretty rock solid. I use my phone
roughly 2000 minutes a month and don't have any issues with dropped
calls, not receiving calls, or anything of the sort. It definatly
seems better than my friends with Cingular TDMA phones. I can't speak
for the the s307, but the Moto T720, Nokia 3595, and Nokia 6800 have
all been rock solid for me. (My unlocked Nokia 6200 from AT&T works
extrememly well also.)

James

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A polish misfit - 03 Jul 2003 05:58 GMT

As far as Ann Arbor is concerned, I noticed that the GSM signal is stronger in
more places than was the TDMA. Also, the two big black holes of tdma coverage
near Gallop Park were available on the GSM with 4 / 5 bars of signal
strength...

now, as far as my kitchen -- seems like it's about the same signal.

I did get a dropped call earlier, and I noticed than it's going from GSM onto
AMPS, but no TDMA pick-up yet -- so the GSM coverage appears larger than the
GSM as far as Ann Arbor is concerned.
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