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Was just wondering,...about Seattle,..gsm & gprs ?
Whats the coverage (gsm-network) like there ? Anything You guys can recommend ? Companies ???
I'll be going to Seattle for some months from around November,..and theres a chance that I will actually be moving to Seattle too
It all of course depends on different stuff,..e.g. work and so on,..but I hope that I'll be able to move "over there"
Jan
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Posted: 2002-07-17 21:40:00
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shawnmccall9 Posts: > 500
I'm in the middle of the country...and excited to hear about an engineer such as yourself coming to the states...I bet Bill Gates personally sought you out to integrate cool stuff into the MS lineup
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Posted: 2002-07-18 00:50:00
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Seattle has 3 GSM carriers, more than most US markets.
1.
http://www.attws.com
2.
http://www.cingular.com
3.
http://www.t-mobile.com or
http://www.voicestream.com
I live in Portland, the next major city to the south. Seattle is a beautiful city, but automobile traffic has become horrible there in the last ten years. My best piece of advice to you would be to find a residence as close to your work as possible or study the transit system so you have a short bus ride if you won't be driving.
My mobile carrier is VoiceStream (soon being renamed T-Mobile). They have a great rate plan if you don't do a lot of traveling. I have 3000 voice/ CSD minutes, 350 SMS, and 1 megabyte GPRS for USD$53.
Right now, VoiceStream has way cheaper GPRS rates than the other two carriers at the moment. For instance, the same three dollars for 1 megabyte with VoiceStream would cost sixty dollars with Cingular.
HaHa Attws.com lists the Nokia 5165 in their "latest phones" on their website. I'd hardly call the 5165 a "latest phone"!
[ This Message was edited by: gomichaelkgo on 2002-07-18 00:09 ]
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Posted: 2002-07-18 01:03:00
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$3.00/ megabyte = voice stream
$60.00/ megabyte = cinguLar?
im payin $2.00/ megabyte and $.03/kb extra.
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Posted: 2002-07-18 02:50:00
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Shawn > Thanks man
Actually I'm not an engineer,..but hardware designer. But then again I do know a lot about the "interior" as well
Michael > Okay nice...thanks ! Actually my little-sister's married to an american (from Hawaii),..they live just outside Seattle,..my brother in law is a system-programmer/engineer, working for one of Paul Allen's companies (the guy from Microsoft).
And my mother and father are moving overthere too in october/november.
I have though about Microsoft, maybe something with Pocket PC, user-interface designs maybe ?
My brother in law is looking through my papers/resume/CV right now.
I sure hope,..that I'll be able to find something,..as its pretty impossible here in Denmark
And with my whole family over there,..and also some friends,...I dont really have any reason for staying here.
Still its pretty hard looking for work,..when you're sitting xxxxx miles away from it all,..thats why I will be travelling to Seattle anyway in november.
Although it would be nice to have a job, before I got there
It wouldnt have to be the "dream-job" from the beginning,..just something to start with, hehe.
Jan
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Posted: 2002-07-18 18:46:00
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@rj: By
this description of the cingular data plans in Washington, it would be $60 monthly for 1 meg of GPRS since 500k costs $30.
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Posted: 2002-07-18 19:56:00
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@rj, Istream or GPRS data with Voicestream doesn't have any one-time activation fee of $25 plus tax and surcharges, Cingular has it and it even needs a one-year contract. ha! my plan is only $29.99 and i have 1mb of Istream data or 500txt msgs free included with my plan. you gotta admit it man, Cingular plans sucks big time, hehehe
peace
Addie
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Posted: 2002-07-19 07:43:00
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dat's for data/rim wireless handheld. i stream is the same as GPRs that's offered by cingular. $2.00/Megabyte and $.03 per overused kilobyte. there are packages also and it includes SMS. =]
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Posted: 2002-07-20 00:06:00
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for a while i shut up when i saw waddie posted FREE directory assistance / 411
but then again i just saw her SHOCKED coz she got charged by making them calls to 411 =]
lol. once again, that's the DATA connect, not GPRS. GPRS is called wireless internet express. betta check it again =]
PEACE
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Posted: 2002-07-20 00:14:00
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also, CINGULAR doesnt have an ACTIVATIOn charge for GPRS. that's only for a handheld device. GPRS is free to add and be cancelled from your postplan. =]
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Posted: 2002-07-20 00:16:00
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