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Hello:

Looking at getting Circular's GSM service but I'm not happy with the
tiny phones they and all the others offer, having an 8 year old Motorola
analog flip phone (yes, still) as my backup service. However, I need to
know that the GSM phone I purchase on Ebay will work on their New
England system. Is there a list somewhere??

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> I need to
> know that the GSM phone I purchase on Ebay will work on their New
> England system. Is there a list somewhere??
>
>

You could ask Cingular what phones they support but if the GSM phone is
unlocked ( or not sim locked to another carrier ) and covers the right band
800Mhz or 1900Mhz it should work. You will need a new Cingular SIM card and
because you don't mind big, look at the world / multi band phones.

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On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 18:25:59 GMT, "G.I.O." <tfg1@mindspring.com>
wrote:

>Hello:
>
>Looking at getting Circular's GSM service but I'm not happy with the
>tiny phones they and all the others offer, having an 8 year old Motorola
>analog flip phone (yes, still) as my backup service. However, I need to
>know that the GSM phone I purchase on Ebay will work on their New
>England system. Is there a list somewhere??

As long as it's capable of GSM 850 and GSM 1900 you will be good to
go. If it was used on a system other than cingular's it will have to
be unlocked before you can use it on cingular.

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In <Xns95858CF8F7ED3trashstanleyreynold@216.196.97.142> on Sun, 17 Oct 2004
13:55:47 -0500, Stanley Reynolds <trash_stanley_reynolds@yahoo.com> wrote:

>because you don't mind big, look at the world / multi band phones.

World / multi-band phones are no larger than more limited phones (e.g.,
Ericsson T39m).

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Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>