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OneSolution - 28 Oct 2003 05:26 GMT

Is Cingular on 850 in Dallas? My Nokia 3650 won't pick up Cingular while my
friend's free Nokia prepaid does ...

Thanks,
Santosh

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Dan W. - 29 Oct 2003 00:02 GMT

> Is Cingular on 850 in Dallas? My Nokia 3650 won't pick up Cingular while my
> friend's free Nokia prepaid does ...
>
> Thanks,
> Santosh

The Nokia 3659 is 900/1800/1900....It does not have the ability to
pick up the 850 band.

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Todd Allcock - 29 Oct 2003 04:23 GMT

> > Is Cingular on 850 in Dallas? My Nokia 3650 won't pick up Cingular while my
> > friend's free Nokia prepaid does ...
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> The Nokia 3659 is 900/1800/1900....It does not have the ability to
> pick up the 850 band.

However, there is a feature-equivalent Nokia 3600 which is 850/1900
rather than 900/1800/1900 like the 3650.

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Ren? - 30 Oct 2003 07:28 GMT

> Is Cingular on 850 in Dallas?

Unlikely. Btw, my 3390 started to pick up Cingular GSM in east Texas a
couple of weeks ago; whereas it only picked up TMO and ATT previously.
Doesn't mean it /works/ on the other networks, but it sees them.

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OneSolution - 30 Oct 2003 23:59 GMT

Yea, well, I tried it a few minutes ago and my friend's free ATT Nokia GSM
phone sees Cingular, ATT and TMO while my Nokia 3650 sees only ATT and TMO.

So now I'm curious as to why my phone won't see Cingular.

> > Is Cingular on 850 in Dallas?
>
> Unlikely. Btw, my 3390 started to pick up Cingular GSM in east Texas a
> couple of weeks ago; whereas it only picked up TMO and ATT previously.
> Doesn't mean it /works/ on the other networks, but it sees them.

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John Cummings - 31 Oct 2003 10:46 GMT

> Yea, well, I tried it a few minutes ago and my friend's free ATT Nokia GSM
> phone sees Cingular, ATT and TMO while my Nokia 3650 sees only ATT and TMO.
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> > couple of weeks ago; whereas it only picked up TMO and ATT previously.
> > Doesn't mean it /works/ on the other networks, but it sees them.

Your Nokia 3650 doesn't have the 800(850) MHz band that Cingular is
using. Your friend's phone most likely is 800/1900 MHz GSM, while
yours is 900/1800/1900 MHz GSM.

John C.

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About Dakota - 31 Oct 2003 19:31 GMT

> Is Cingular on 850 in Dallas? My Nokia 3650 won't pick up Cingular while my
> friend's free Nokia prepaid does ...
>
> Thanks,
> Santosh

http://people.ku.edu/~cinema/wireless/regions.html

It looks like Cingular has quite a few cellular (850) licenses in Texas.
This does not guarantee that Cingular uses 850, but it's a strong
possibility.

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