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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Cingular / January 20046340i GAIT phone and service
I just switched from ATT to Cingular and was recommended to GAIT phone 6340i national service because I travel. I was considering Cingular or Verizon's Americas Choice. Anyone have and issues with this phone and the service of it being a GAIT phone. I have read a few comments that GAIT phones aren't all that but I figured I would give it a try. > I just switched from ATT to Cingular and was recommended to GAIT phone 6340i > national service because I travel. I was considering Cingular or Verizon's > Americas Choice. Anyone have and issues with this phone and the service of > it being a GAIT phone. I have read a few comments that GAIT phones aren't > all that but I figured I would give it a try. My family uses five Nokia 6340is. No complaints on the Preferred Nation plan (seems to match the current Nation plan, rather than previous "true" Nation work anywhere no extra cost), which matches Verizon's America's Choice plan. Both offer native and partner roaming at no additional cost, non-partner (anybody else) at $.79/minute. I've used my 6340i in every mode except AMPS (didn't need to make a call while I was in that coverage; hard to find in the mid-south). My wife has used hers on FIDO in Canada, and I've used TelCel GSM in Mexico. It sounds good and works fine. I'm keeping it until there isn't anymore AMPS analog. Only thing to improve it would be to put "Network Search" back on the menu (the manual mention this function, you can spot the hole in the submenus). When I travel into known Cingular PCS coverage, the 6340i is reluctant to leave good cellular partner coverage; so I power it off, then back on, to get the searching started. I've had it since December 2002, earliest family members from October (?)'02. John C. in Memphis > I just switched from ATT to Cingular and was recommended to GAIT phone 6340i > national service because I travel. I was considering Cingular or Verizon's > Americas Choice. Anyone have and issues with this phone and the service of > it being a GAIT phone. I have read a few comments that GAIT phones aren't > all that but I figured I would give it a try. Works good as a phone the internet locks up and it isn't much good as a way to browse the web, had mine since 7/2003. > Works good as a phone the internet locks up and it isn't much good as a way > to browse the web, had mine since 7/2003. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one having the problem with the wireless internet locking up and then having the phone power cycle itself. My software version 8.01.0 and technical support told me that the latest version was 8.01.5 (or something like that) and recommended that I take my phone to a service center and have it flashed. I figure it's worth a try but I was wondering if someone could please tell me if I will have to unlock my phone again (I started on AMPS and then went to TDMA back when it was rolled out but I'm kind of newbie to GSM) and whether or not I will have to redownload my custom ring tones and graphics afterwards. That way I kind of know what to expect. Other than the internet lockup problem, I am very pleased with the 6340i. Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to answer my questions. (I am also a newsgroup newbie as far as posting is concerned. Constructive critizism will be welcomed.) David GAIT is priced and offers service like ATTWS Digital One Rate or Verizon National. You pay a premium for this. I have found ATTWS Network and America's Choice on Verizon quite adequate. Cingular's GSM Nation is a cousin. Pay the extra if you need it. I have found I don't. > I just switched from ATT to Cingular and was recommended to GAIT phone 6340i > national service because I travel. I was considering Cingular or Verizon's > Americas Choice. Anyone have and issues with this phone and the service of > it being a GAIT phone. I have read a few comments that GAIT phones aren't > all that but I figured I would give it a try. > GAIT is priced and offers service like ATTWS Digital One Rate or Verizon > National. You pay a premium for this. I have found ATTWS Network and > America's Choice on Verizon quite adequate. Cingular's GSM Nation is a > cousin. Pay the extra if you need it. I have found I don't. There isn't a premium charge for the GSM/GAIT nation anymore. Having a GAIT phone makes having Cingular worth it, better coverage than Verizon's AC plan. > Having a GAIT phone makes having Cingular worth it, better coverage than > Verizon's AC plan. My experience with a GAIT phone was disaster. In the area I work, Cingular's coverage extends like an amoeba's arm (do amoebas have arms?)...ok, like a starfish's arm (ray). Coverage extends six to eight miles in outgoing directions. When you cross this line and roam into the TDMA non-Cingular area, the call gets dropped due to GSM's inability to handoff to TDMA. We all use Nokia 5165 or 3360 phones and have no problems. Which is a good lead in to another thread which I'll bring up later this evening about switching over to Verizon from sprint for my personal phone. Cingular Nation GSM is 500 minutes for $39.99. Cingular Nation multi-band is 500 minutes for $55.00. What plan do you GAIT on? > > GAIT is priced and offers service like ATTWS Digital One Rate or Verizon > > National. You pay a premium for this. I have found ATTWS Network and [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Having a GAIT phone makes having Cingular worth it, better coverage than > Verizon's AC plan. > Cingular Nation GSM is 500 minutes for $39.99. Cingular Nation multi-band > is 500 minutes for $55.00. > > What plan do you GAIT on? Cingular Nation GSM 500, $39.99 It has the TDMA option added to it, no roaming charges. Works good outside the home area where roaming is allowed. You have a nice local promotion. Good for you. > > Cingular Nation GSM is 500 minutes for $39.99. Cingular Nation multi-band > > is 500 minutes for $55.00. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > It has the TDMA option added to it, no roaming charges. Works good > outside the home area where roaming is allowed. > I just switched from ATT to Cingular and was recommended to GAIT phone 6340i > national service because I travel. I was considering Cingular or Verizon's > Americas Choice. Anyone have and issues with this phone and the service of > it being a GAIT phone. I have read a few comments that GAIT phones aren't > all that but I figured I would give it a try. I have heard at howardforums.com and eslewhere that the 6340i is a fantastic phone, with excellent voice quality and reception and a lot of features for such an inexpensive phone. You were recommended this phone because it is one of Cingular's 2 phones that can use the GSM network, the TDMA network, or the old analog network. Cingular's TDMA network is still a lot broader than its next-gen GSM network, but the GSM coverage is exploding. I have heard that it is kinda hard to specify which network you want to use with the 6340i, and that sometimes it switches networks when you don't want it to. You can read reviews of it at phonescoop.com or letstalk.com You should be very happy with this phone. GSM is exploding? Only if you stay on the interstate and don't go 5 miles off the I. I have a 6340i and use that AMPS driving all over the country in my 18-wheeler (currently in Carlisle, PA on Cingular TDMA). My phone has only been getting TDMA/AMPS for the last week. Called CS when in Brunswick, GA to have them download a new copy of the IRDB-unluckily was on AMPS there and it wouldn't download. Otherwise I've really had no problems with the phone I've had since 12/02. 500/3500 $49.99. Chris > > I just switched from ATT to Cingular and was recommended to GAIT phone > 6340i [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > You should be very happy with this phone. > GSM is exploding? Only if you stay on the interstate and don't go 5 miles > off the I. I have a 6340i and use that AMPS driving all over the country in [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > and it wouldn't download. Otherwise I've really had no problems with the > phone I've had since 12/02. 500/3500 $49.99. Agree indeed. I desired a smaller phone so I picked up a 6590i [GSM only] and tossed the 6340i in the glove box for when I'm in the outback. Lots of week GSM signals/cold spots around town. Even worse inside some buildings where the 6340i would always work. Also dropped calls where the 6340i would hand off smoothly. I think I'll pick up a used T62u for $25 on eBay. > I've really had no problems with the >phone I've had since 12/02. 500/3500 $49.99. One of our kids has the 6340I with no problems. She has had it since right after it was available in the DFW market. -- John S. e-mail responses to - john at kiana dot net |
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