Looking for a map of 1900 coverage

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I'm thinking of getting a Nokia 9300, a high end smart phone.It's a
tri-band phone, and although Nokia originally announced that there would
be a U.S. version with the 850 band instead of the 900 band, it so far
has not appeared. The problem seems to be that Nokia is unwilling to
bring it out unless one of the U.S. cell phone companies sells it, and
so far none of them has taken it up.

So I would like to know how much coverage I would get if I only had the
1900 band in the U.S. So far I have been unable to find any map showing
Cingular's 1900 coverage--or anyone else's for that matter. Can anyone
point me at a source of such information?

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"Stanley Reynolds" <nospam_stanley_reynolds@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "David Friedman" <ddfr@daviddfriedman.nospam.com> wrote in message
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>> I'm thinking of getting a Nokia 9300, a high end smart phone.It's a
>> tri-band phone, and although Nokia originally announced that there would
>> be a U.S. version with the 850 band instead of the 900 band, it so far
>> has not appeared. The problem seems to be that Nokia is unwilling to
>> bring it out unless one of the U.S. cell phone companies sells it, and
>> so far none of them has taken it up.
>>
>> So I would like to know how much coverage I would get if I only had the
>> 1900 band in the U.S. So far I have been unable to find any map showing
>> Cingular's 1900 coverage--or anyone else's for that matter. Can anyone
>> point me at a source of such information?
>>
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> T-mobile is 1900 only in the US :
> http://www.t-mobile.com/prepaid/coverage_popup.asp
>
>
Yes, t-mobile is only 1900. But the link you provided is only prepaid. Post
paid (or on a contract) is much different. The maps for the post paid is
here: http://compass.t-mobile.com/ T-mobile allows roaming on a lot of areas
that is not shown on the prepaid map. (Since prepaid people cannot roam off
of t-mobile.)

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In article <vvOdnWjK68RsUg3fRVn-sw@comcast.com>,
"Danska" <danskaNOSPAN@gmail.com> wrote:

> "Stanley Reynolds" <nospam_stanley_reynolds@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Cr2ke.18578$CR5.18448@bignews1.bellsouth.net...
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> > "David Friedman" <ddfr@daviddfriedman.nospam.com> wrote in message
> > newsdfr-BE8EC5.08364222052005@newsread1.mlpsca01.us.to.verio.net...
> >> I'm thinking of getting a Nokia 9300, a high end smart phone.It's a
> >> tri-band phone, and although Nokia originally announced that there would
> >> be a U.S. version with the 850 band instead of the 900 band, it so far
> >> has not appeared. The problem seems to be that Nokia is unwilling to
> >> bring it out unless one of the U.S. cell phone companies sells it, and
> >> so far none of them has taken it up.
> >>
> >> So I would like to know how much coverage I would get if I only had the
> >> 1900 band in the U.S. So far I have been unable to find any map showing
> >> Cingular's 1900 coverage--or anyone else's for that matter. Can anyone
> >> point me at a source of such information?
> >>
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> > T-mobile is 1900 only in the US :
> > http://www.t-mobile.com/prepaid/coverage_popup.asp
> >
> >
> Yes, t-mobile is only 1900. But the link you provided is only prepaid. Post
> paid (or on a contract) is much different. The maps for the post paid is
> here: http://compass.t-mobile.com/ T-mobile allows roaming on a lot of areas
> that is not shown on the prepaid map. (Since prepaid people cannot roam off
> of t-mobile.)

Thanks to both of you.

I was actually asking about Cingular's 1900 coverage, since I am
currently a Cingular customer. I could imagine switching to t-mobile,
but I would prefer not to. Does anyone know where I would find maps
showing what areas Cingular had 1900 coverage in.

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"Stanley Reynolds" <nospam_stanley_reynolds@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Danska" <danskaNOSPAN@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Stanley Reynolds" <nospam_stanley_reynolds@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:Cr2ke.18578$CR5.18448@bignews1.bellsouth.net...
>> >
>> > "David Friedman" <ddfr@daviddfriedman.nospam.com> wrote in message
>> > newsdfr-BE8EC5.08364222052005@newsread1.mlpsca01.us.to.verio.net...
>> >> I'm thinking of getting a Nokia 9300, a high end smart phone.It's a
>> >> tri-band phone, and although Nokia originally announced that there
> would
>> >> be a U.S. version with the 850 band instead of the 900 band, it so far
>> >> has not appeared. The problem seems to be that Nokia is unwilling to
>> >> bring it out unless one of the U.S. cell phone companies sells it, and
>> >> so far none of them has taken it up.
>> >>
>> >> So I would like to know how much coverage I would get if I only had
>> >> the
>> >> 1900 band in the U.S. So far I have been unable to find any map
>> >> showing
>> >> Cingular's 1900 coverage--or anyone else's for that matter. Can anyone
>> >> point me at a source of such information?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Remove NOSPAM to email
>> >> Also remove .invalid
>> >> www.daviddfriedman.com
>> >
>> > T-mobile is 1900 only in the US :
>> > http://www.t-mobile.com/prepaid/coverage_popup.asp
>> >
>> >
>> Yes, t-mobile is only 1900. But the link you provided is only prepaid.
> Post
>> paid (or on a contract) is much different. The maps for the post paid is
>> here: http://compass.t-mobile.com/ T-mobile allows roaming on a lot of
> areas
>> that is not shown on the prepaid map. (Since prepaid people cannot roam
> off
>> of t-mobile.)
>>
>>
> Do you know if any of that roaming is 850 ? I wan't sure so I used the
> prepaid t-mpbile only.
>
>
Yes, but it may or may not be on the maps. I can roam in a few places here
in illinois that is not on the maps. Who really knows what the coverage is
with t-mobile. From what i have heard, they allow roaming on unicel, western
wireless and dobson.
To see a list, go here:
http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/roa_uswe.shtml

just scroll down to united states. (unless your just curious. I was. LoL )