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Re: [PLUG] Cell Phones & Computers /Nokia/Cingular?
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"M. Jackson Wilkinson" wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 01:15:53PM -0500, Paul J. Andrel, Jr wrote:
> >
> >
> > Overall I'm pretty impressed with the Sprint stuff, their on-line account
> > >maintenance is a breeze and the minutes usage is accurate and upto date
> > >and their coverage in the metropolitan areas is good. I haven't dropped
> > >off their network at all yet.
> > >
> > >Mike
> >
> > My main complaint about sprint is dead-zones in Chester and Montgomery
> > County, They were fine in Delaware County and CC. I'm with cingular now and
> > have no complaints and I had no complaints about AT&T's Digital One Rate.
> > Only down sides is to take a 8860 from AT&T to Cingular you have to get it
> > reprogrammed by cingular which has to be done in Georgia cause AT%T has
> > there phones programmed to search different band's first.
> >
> > -Paul Andrel
>
> This is the case with all services. The only phones that are truly
> cross-network are available on a beta basis in California, or big time in
> Hong Kong. That is simply the way they work, and they need to replace the
> provider chip in the phone, not simply reprogram it.
>
That's one of the advantages of GSM. You can swap out the SIM card for
another provider's all by yourself. It's kind of a moot point in this
area, as only VoiceStream provides GSM service here. But you can take
some of the GSM phones (multi-band models) out of the USA, grab a local
SIM, and use the phone for local calls.
--
Kevin Brosius
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