Michigan roaming on Dobson Cellular One?

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klugja@hotmail.com - 06 Jul 2005 04:11 GMT

We went to Presque Isle campground (the mouth of the Preque Isle River)
in Porcupine Mountains state park in Michigan.

A Dobson Cellular One TDMA phone said Dobson Cellular One, and I placed
many calls. The T-Mobile phone said no access. I forgot to ever do a
network search. Apparently we are not allowed to roam on Dobson in the
UP of Michigan?

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Dan - 06 Jul 2005 05:33 GMT

> We went to Presque Isle campground (the mouth of the Preque Isle River)
> in Porcupine Mountains state park in Michigan.
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> network search. Apparently we are not allowed to roam on Dobson in the
> UP of Michigan?

no access as in actually getting a signal but not placing the call or just
no network/ sos calls only?

i do believe that up that way, it might be 850mhz roaming. Don't quote me on
it, but im pretty sure it is.

if it was, you would need a 850mhz phone. (iffy, depends. what phone do you
have?).

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Mike Schumann - 06 Jul 2005 11:16 GMT

Did your T-Mobile phone have 850 GSM capability?

Mike Schumann

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klugja@hotmail.com - 08 Jul 2005 04:03 GMT

I have a T616 with 850MHz. The phone said "no access", which is
different from no service. It had many (at least 3 or 4 bars). The
phone says Cellular One in MN in Dobson areas, and makes calls just
fine. Isn't the UP of Michigan a new Dobson area?

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Steve Sobol - 19 Jul 2005 01:56 GMT

Has Dobson completed their GSM conversion yet? If they're only TDMA, you're SOL.

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rocky - 19 Jul 2005 10:25 GMT

> > We went to Presque Isle campground (the mouth of the Preque Isle River)
> > in Porcupine Mountains state park in Michigan.
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> Has Dobson completed their GSM conversion yet? If they're only TDMA, you're
> SOL.

I would have left the fone at home and enjoyed the moment.

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