I am not referring to data roaming, only voice
On Jan 20, 10:21 pm, Ed <[email protected]> wrote:
> I drove from Minneapolis to Memphis and back over the holidays and my
> T-Mobile G1 was happy to automatically roam all over the place (I
> actually ended up disabling roaming on the way back to prevent
> unwanted charges). Also, I used tetherbot successfully with my laptop
> (while riding as a passenger, of course) while driving from St. Louis
> to Kansas City.
>
> On Jan 20, 9:44 pm, al74 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Something is wrong with your phone or settings. My G1 roamed
> > automatically with no issues on my latest trip from Boston to Maine.
>
> > > > On Jan 20, 2009, at 1:56 PM, calif1961 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Ladies and Gentlemen at Android Dev.,
> > > > I purchased a G1 from T-mobile the day after release.I like the
> > > > unit. However, it has come to my attention that this is not a cell
> > > > phone. I am not sure how to categorize it. Every "cell phone' I have
> > > > owned in the last 10 years has an automatic roaming feature enabling
> > > > the user to receive calls coast to coast with little interruption.
> > > > Regardless of carrier, reciprocal agreements exist allowing a T-mobile
> > > > or At&T , Verizon etc.. customer to roam on other carriers networks
> > > > thereby creating a virtually seamless mobile communication
> > > > experience. I have gone into detail in my explanation for the purpose
> > > > of illustrating that not once in ten years, with different carriers ,
> > > > different cell phone makers and the like, has anyone ever told me to
> > > > go to my phone settings and manually select a different carrier
> > > > each time my phone is out of range of a T-mobile cell tower, which
> > > > happens frequently in metro areas as well as when traveling cross-
> > > > country. This is entirely unacceptable for a cell phone , it may be
> > > > acceptable for a laptop whilst
> > > > sipping a Latte' at the local coffee house , but cannot be workable
> > > > with a cell phone. BlackBerry phones roam, My wife has one. Not once
> > > > in our recent visit to Louisiana did my wife notice her phone was
> > > > without service. My G1 however, was without service for several hours
> > > > apparently. I missed numerous calls, and would not have noticed
> > > > but for my wife who was receiving calls from people who could not
> > > > reach me. No missed calls log, no voicemail notification....no email
> > > > for several hours because I " neglected" to check my phone every few
> > > > minutes to see if I needed to manually try and connect to another
> > > > network because I was out of range of T-Mobile. I challenge any of you
> > > > to try and use this phone as a primary cell phone while traveling. It
> > > > is not possible. I have complained to T-Mobile and their official
> > > > version is that the "phone" is intended to work this way. Can you
> > > > imagine what will happen when all the fools like me figure out why
> > > > they are missing their calls? I intend to broadcast this far and wide.
> > > > This is absolutely irresponsible to represent this as a cell phone. It
> > > > is not. It cannot be used by grown ups who intend to actually be
> > > > reached when traveling even a short distance from home. My wife's
> > > > phone grabs AT&T often inside the city limits of Houston Texas in
> > > > areas poorly served by T-Mobile. By the way, The official word
> > > > from G1 support is that this was intended to work this way and that
> > > > since it was a "Google" software dev. team
> > > > in charge, we shouldn't expect you guys to understand how cell phones
> > > > work. I was actually told this by a T-Mobile Supervisor. I was also
> > > > informed that there will be no patch or fix in the near future.
> > > > Believe me if this is the case , I will be sure to make lots and lots
> > > > of noise about this. Fix it or get ready to lose lots of people to
> > > > unlocked I-phones. I cannot believe you guys didn't do your homework.
> > > > This is only one of many many many flaws in the design of this thing.
> > > > I understand some bugs. New software, new platform...I get it. You
> > > > guys missed the basics, that's just poor quality testing and design.
> > > > Come on , a cell phone that can't auto select another network when out
> > > > of range......pleeeeaasse!
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