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see, like I said, Cingular really sucks! I hate cingular, and half of Northern california doesn't like it either! Finally someone who agrees with me!


by the way, my screen name is Diddy0071, (as in Diddy Kong) not DIDDLY0071, (honest mistake, or typo I bet)


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Posted: 2002-09-06 06:21:00
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Opps
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Posted: 2002-09-06 06:39:00
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Hi, im from Switzerland and i used my T68m in Florida last december! The coverage outside the bigger cities is pretty bad. But when i had a signal it was very good with at&t. What i noticed was that the battery went much faster than here in Europe. Probably the phone needs more power to get a signal? However SMS worked fine....... So everything was fine until i got the bill from my Operator here in Switzerland! 2 weeks holiday, approx. 3 or 4 call a days, i ended up with a roaming charge of Sfr. 250.-- approx. USD 166.--. What a surprise....... Roaming is still a a golden cow for operators!!!!!!!

Cheers

Switzerland rulez

[ This Message was edited by: Flateric on 2002-09-06 12:57 ]
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Posted: 2002-09-06 11:00:00
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I was in California from August 21st to 29th. I must say that I was very happy with the reception that I got. My phone switched between ATT and Cingular and I must say that neither one seemed to be any better that the other.

SMS worked fine over there, but my friends in the UK who are on Vodafone couldn't reply to me. Other nets seemed to work fine.

As was said earlier in the thread, it was nice to get off an international flight, take my phone out of my pocket and make a call. I still have no idea what my roaming charges will be as I haven't had my bill yet. Let's hope it's a pleasant surprise.

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Posted: 2002-09-06 11:24:00
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I go roaming a lot, away from home in the U.K.

Depending on how much pull your operator has, it may be that you don't have all your home features available when you're abroad (SMS across networks, GPRS, CSD etc.).

I know that if I am on Vodafone then all my features are always available if I am roaming on Vodafone, but if I am on another network like Orange then I may lose GPRS access because Orange do not have a GPRS roaming agreement with Vodafone etc.

Generally I use Sprint in San Francisco, and it's pretty good (although roaming in the U.S. is expensive compared with most other parts of the world). Obviously, signal degrades when you leave populated areas.



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Posted: 2002-09-06 13:23:00
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flateric> on which operator are you? I also live in Switzerland. I agree it rulez!

jnonhoff> Thanks for the melody, but I have not brought the cable to the US, thought it was no use. Does Cingular offer GPRS? I don't think so since my phone doesn't show the GPRS reception icon (even not the "empty" one). As for MMS does anyone know if they will be available before December? I really would like to be able to send them. To whom I still don't know...

To ALL> Thank you for the inputs. I think it is both then. Almost everyone here has Motorola, with Nextel, the one you can use al walkie-talkie as well as cellular phones. It looks cool, but I guess companies are not that happy about it.
And the quality is not that good.

[ This Message was edited by: pinolo77 on 2002-09-06 18:10 ]
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Posted: 2002-09-06 19:10:00
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Cingular has a terrible reputation here in SoCal too. Personally, I think that is a function of Los Angeles being such a large city that it's impossible to cover the entire city with cell towers. Plus, I think that Cingular is not licensed to use AT&T cell towers so you get a lot of "SOS Calls Only" in LA. Basically, cell service in LA sucks, but it's like that with any provider you get. Might as well have a cool phone with your crappy service
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Posted: 2002-09-06 19:43:00
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I have AT&T, and I know that their coverage is bad as well, but like i said, the coverage over here in the US SUcks!! I used to have verizon with my first phone, and I thought it was the best coverage, but they charged you "hidden" fees. So, last week, I switched to AT&T, got the new T68i, (by the way, I think I'm like the only person throughout my county, and neighbor county that has the T68i, all cell phone stores sell the T68m only!) and guess what? At&T service isn't that bad either, and the plans looked great. I'm not saying that At&t is the best, but Cingular isn't, Verizon isn't, and Surewest Wireless only works in Metro Area, (by the way, that is by far the best, if your in a metro area, cheap rates , unlimited minutes for $35), but since I live in the middle of nowhere, (yeah, I know I"m country!) I have to settle for what I can get, and At&t is keeping me satisfied right Now!
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Posted: 2002-09-06 20:24:00
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@ pinolo77
I'd say that the problem is the coverage by the providers. The USA is a whole continent and it is hard to cover everywhere like I've heard it is in Europe. I sold my T68 because the reception was weak, and I blame that more on the providers than the phone.
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Posted: 2002-09-06 20:42:00
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