How can I find out GSM coverage

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SteveC a formulé ce samedi :

> I'm in Bibb County Alabama. Cingular sold me GSM phones in October that did
> not work; now I hear we have GSM; before I do this again; how do I find out
> definitively. I don't trust salesmen.

http://www.gsmworld.com/cgi-bin/ni_map.pl?cc=us&net=be

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"SteveC" <src.nospam@conklan.us> wrote in message
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> I'm in Bibb County Alabama. Cingular sold me GSM phones in October that
> did not work; now I hear we have GSM; before I do this again; how do I
> find out definitively. I don't trust salesmen.
>
> Centreville AL
>

Not sure about cingular but t-mobile has nothing there. nada.

You can look for yourself at http://compass.t-mobile.com


(for anybody who's wondering if they have tmo coverage)

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On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:32:46 +0100, Kevbert
<Kevbert.1qvp66@mobile-forum.co.uk> wrote:

>Does anyone else have a GSM phone there? Ask them if they have
>problems with coverage. You may need roaming onto Voicestream
>activated. On top of this either 850MHz or 1900MHz may not be
>available (so you may need at least a dual band phone).

You don't need to "activate" roaming. If it's there you can use it.
If however cingular covers that area it's unlikely that you'll be able
to use T-Mobile (news flash! It's been T-Mobile for three years now!)

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Not to mention the waiting time for the next available customer support rep


<ScorpionKing@attNOSPAM.net> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 20:17:14 -0500, "SteveC" <src.nospam@conklan.us>
> wrote:
>
>>I'm in Bibb County Alabama. Cingular sold me GSM phones in October
> that did
>>not work; now I hear we have GSM; before I do this again; how do I
> find out
>>definitively. I don't trust salesmen.
>>
>>Centreville AL
>>
>
> The tmobile link is great and it's the same one they use in the store.
>
> I currently have Verizon and Tmo. I have to admit that Verizon has
> the better coverage by far, but Their employees are seriously rude and
> incompetent.
>
> I'm testing TMO AGAIN, but It's been less then 24 hrs and I've already
> had one dropped call in the greater L.A. area off all places.
>
>
> --
> Scorp

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Talked to Unicel salesman; tower is new and they are adjusting it; at times
it is very strong but it seems to fluctuate a lot and one gets the Welcome
to Unicel error message a lot. Is this because they haven't dedicated many
lines to it yet?
"SteveC" <src.nospam@conklan.us> wrote in message
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> Update:
>
> Cingular GSM works (barely along) HWY 82 in Brent/Centreville now. It
> goes from 0-5 bars. I have never seen such swings so I took the plunge.
> Apparently Cingular will lease coverage from Unicel who has the towers.
> There are new towers built by Cingular that will be operated by Unicel and
> should all be up by end of the year according to Cingular salesman. I
> have a 30 day period during which I can return the phones.
>
> Day 1 has not been promising. Unicel must be working on the tower though
> it has calmed down tonight. I kept getting the message: welcome to
> Unicel; your call cannot be completed. Please try again. That was when I
> got anything at all. Since 9:15 this evening I have been able to make
> calls pretty regularly. It seems once I get on the network, I haven't
> been dropped.
>
> More later...
>>>
>>>>I'm in Bibb County Alabama. Cingular sold me GSM phones in October
>>> that did
>>>>not work; now I hear we have GSM; before I do this again; how do I
>>> find out
>>>>definitively. I don't trust salesmen.
>>>>
>>>>Centreville AL
>>>>
>>>
>>> The tmobile link is great and it's the same one they use in the store.
>>>
>>> I currently have Verizon and Tmo. I have to admit that Verizon has
>>> the better coverage by far, but Their employees are seriously rude and
>>> incompetent.
>>>
>>> I'm testing TMO AGAIN, but It's been less then 24 hrs and I've already
>>> had one dropped call in the greater L.A. area off all places.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Scorp
>>
>>
>
>