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SteveC - 11 Jun 2005 02:17 GMT

I'm in Bibb County Alabama. Cingular sold me GSM phones in October that did
not work; now I hear we have GSM; before I do this again; how do I find out
definitively. I don't trust salesmen.

Centreville AL

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C Antoine - 11 Jun 2005 06:02 GMT

SteveC a formulé ce samedi :

> I'm in Bibb County Alabama. Cingular sold me GSM phones in October that did
> not work; now I hear we have GSM; before I do this again; how do I find out
> definitively. I don't trust salesmen.

http://www.gsmworld.com/cgi-bin/ni_map.pl?cc=us&net=be

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John Phillips - 11 Jun 2005 10:18 GMT

> http://www.gsmworld.com/cgi-bin/ni_map.pl?cc=us&net=be

I wouldn't count on that to be completely up to date at any time.

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Danska - 12 Jun 2005 05:39 GMT

> I'm in Bibb County Alabama. Cingular sold me GSM phones in October that
> did not work; now I hear we have GSM; before I do this again; how do I
> find out definitively. I don't trust salesmen.
>
> Centreville AL

Not sure about cingular but t-mobile has nothing there. nada.

You can look for yourself at http://compass.t-mobile.com

(for anybody who's wondering if they have tmo coverage)

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Kevbert - 19 Jun 2005 14:32 GMT

Danska Wrote:

> I'm in Bibb County Alabama. Cingular sold me GSM phones in Octobe
> that
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> (for anybody who's wondering if they have tmo coverage)

Does anyone else have a GSM phone there? Ask them if they hav
problems with coverage. You may need roaming onto Voicestrea
activated. On top of this either 850MHz or 1900MHz may not b
available (so you may need at least a dual band phone).
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Joseph - 19 Jun 2005 22:45 GMT

>Does anyone else have a GSM phone there? Ask them if they have
>problems with coverage. You may need roaming onto Voicestream
>activated. On top of this either 850MHz or 1900MHz may not be
>available (so you may need at least a dual band phone).

You don't need to "activate" roaming. If it's there you can use it.
If however cingular covers that area it's unlikely that you'll be able
to use T-Mobile (news flash! It's been T-Mobile for three years now!)

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ScorpionKing@attNOSPAM.net - 24 Jun 2005 16:47 GMT

>I'm in Bibb County Alabama. Cingular sold me GSM phones in October that did
>not work; now I hear we have GSM; before I do this again; how do I find out
>definitively. I don't trust salesmen.
>
>Centreville AL

The tmobile link is great and it's the same one they use in the store.

I currently have Verizon and Tmo. I have to admit that Verizon has
the better coverage by far, but Their employees are seriously rude and
incompetent.

I'm testing TMO AGAIN, but It's been less then 24 hrs and I've already
had one dropped call in the greater L.A. area off all places.

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Kentish - 29 Jun 2005 23:41 GMT

Not to mention the waiting time for the next available customer support rep

>>I'm in Bibb County Alabama. Cingular sold me GSM phones in October
> that did
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> I'm testing TMO AGAIN, but It's been less then 24 hrs and I've already
> had one dropped call in the greater L.A. area off all places.

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SteveC - 22 Jul 2005 06:19 GMT

Update:

Cingular GSM works (barely along) HWY 82 in Brent/Centreville now. It goes
from 0-5 bars. I have never seen such swings so I took the plunge.
Apparently Cingular will lease coverage from Unicel who has the towers.
There are new towers built by Cingular that will be operated by Unicel and
should all be up by end of the year according to Cingular salesman. I have
a 30 day period during which I can return the phones.

Day 1 has not been promising. Unicel must be working on the tower though it
has calmed down tonight. I kept getting the message: welcome to Unicel;
your call cannot be completed. Please try again. That was when I got
anything at all. Since 9:15 this evening I have been able to make calls
pretty regularly. It seems once I get on the network, I haven't been
dropped.

More later...

>>>I'm in Bibb County Alabama. Cingular sold me GSM phones in October
>> that did
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>> I'm testing TMO AGAIN, but It's been less then 24 hrs and I've already
>> had one dropped call in the greater L.A. area off all places.

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SteveC - 22 Jul 2005 21:21 GMT

Talked to Unicel salesman; tower is new and they are adjusting it; at times
it is very strong but it seems to fluctuate a lot and one gets the Welcome
to Unicel error message a lot. Is this because they haven't dedicated many
lines to it yet?

> Update:
>
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>>> I'm testing TMO AGAIN, but It's been less then 24 hrs and I've already
>>> had one dropped call in the greater L.A. area off all places.

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