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Hi all,
I may have to move to Portland / Lake Oswego in Oregon for work shortly; is there a service provider with good GSM/GPRS coverage there? Or should I just chuck my GSM (P800) phone?
Thanks for any info,
C
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Posted: 2003-01-13 09:36:00
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check out AT&T wireless
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Posted: 2003-01-13 09:40:00
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Thanks Big Dawg. If anyone else has any suggestions or feedback, please throw them in here...
C
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Posted: 2003-01-13 11:22:00
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Where do you currently live? I live right outside of Lake Oswego, in a Portland suburb, right next to Lewis and Clarke College. GSM service by ATT is alright. It's good in the flat areas of town, but where I live in the SW hills it is crappy and often times I can't make a call or I'm afaid if I pick them up they will be dropped. But I know people with T-mobile who say it isnt any better.
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Posted: 2003-01-14 04:16:00
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Robert,
Thanks for your very helpful info. I currently live outside the US, but may be moving to Lake Oswego soon. I'm wondering if I should just sell my P800 here and pick up a CDMA phone there. Would you start either an AT&T or TMobile GSM account if you didn't have one already?
Many thanks,
C
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Posted: 2003-01-14 06:49:00
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Grab a couple of prepaid sims from t-mob and cingular (i don't think att has prepaid gsm yet). Cingular allows you to roam onto att in washington so they may also in oregon, which if they do will give you coverage on all three networks. At a hundred bucks, this isn't the cheapest option but you'll end up with about four hours of prepaid time and if cingular allows you to roam to att, you should be able to determine which carrier is best for you.
Good luck.
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Posted: 2003-01-14 12:44:00
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Hey Cunning Man,
Well once again Highrez is in here showing everyone that he doesn't know what he is talking about. Forget his advice about getting a pre-paid SIM from Cingular because they do not offer service in the state of oregon. It would be impossible for you to get Pre-paid service with Cingular if you'll be in Oregon. Now, AT&T does not have pre-paid SIM service at all, Tmobile however does and that may be a better option for you now considering that you would need to pass a credit check with AT&T and that may night be possible since you would be just moving to America. You would most likely need a security deposit with AT&T.. Good luck with your move! I hear Oregon is beautiful..
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Posted: 2003-01-14 15:24:00
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Thanks all for the info. I'll let you know about OR once I get there...
C
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Posted: 2003-01-15 04:51:00
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I think you've failed to invalidate my point - but you're true colors are really showing Mr. BigDawg AT&T Wireless Stock Holder. While your first suggestion was "check out AT&T wireless" I took the stance (at least in this particular thread!) of saying 'check out all the carriers and then decide which is best for you'. Ok, cingular may not have their own network pressence in oregon - and such they may not sell service in oregon but, due to that roaming agreement cingular and att have that you ATT stockholders/employees are quick to point out, cingular customers CAN (can as in I called cingular and asked can) roam onto att in oregon - though they may be paying a higher per minute rate (i don't know this either way). Thus a cingular sim purchased for use in wa or cali would give him all the information he needs to choose which carrier works best for him.
Or yeah he could always get an ATT sim cause an ATT stockholder suggested it to him, and be locked into a contract since att doesn't offer prepaid and possibly suffer through miserable service because even though another carrier may have better coverage for him he never took the time to test them out. Really who is full of it?
You say check out att wireless, I say checkout cingular cause even if they don't have a network in oregon he will still be able to judge the quality of ATT's network (confirmed by cingular) vs. T-Mobiles without being locked into a contract.
[ This Message was edited by: highrez on 2003-01-15 04:23 ]
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Posted: 2003-01-15 05:07:00
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@highrez
Hey bright boy, did you truly understand my last posting? I'm guessing that you didn't pay attention. I advised him to try Tmobile instead because he would need to pass a credit check or need to pay a security deposit with AT&T. As for your stupid suggestion of him using Cingular pre-paid, well as I had stated in which you confirmed , Cingular does not have a Network in Oregon. Yes, Cingular GSM users could possibly roam on AT&T gsm but HOW IN THE HELL IS HE TO GET A CINGULAR PRE PAID SIM. what's is he to do, go to California or Washington to get it and then try AT&T in oregon. Does this make sense you? This is why I did recommend that he use Tmobile pre-paid. I thought you would be happy that I recommended your favorite carrier.
Pay attention next time, you might learn something!
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Posted: 2003-01-15 05:55:00
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