Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 08:46:14 -0600 From: "John Musielewicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] US cellphones
Hi Raymond GSM is not very widespread in the US so depending on where you move you may not have it. CDMA is much more widespread along with analog. With a dual band CDMA and analog phone I have national cellular coverage. I don't expect decent national GSM coverage for years yet. What I would do is pick up a CDMA triband phone off ebay on the cheap like a motorola StarTac ST7868 or Motorola V60i ( I have the V60i and love it) and then depending on how many minutes you need either sign up for prepaid cellular or a years contract with a compoany that offers CDMA coverage in your home area- CDMA has the best security and battery life. I would stay away from ATT because of the poor signal and connections. In my personal experience and observations Verizon gives a better signal, connection, and coverage than Sprint, Tmoblie, Virgin Mobile(?only seen one comparison here), Cingular, Cell 2000 and others but that depends alot on the area. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 6:23 AM Subject: [LIB] US cellphones > Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 22:23:43 +1000 > From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: US cellphones > > Hi all! > > Whilst we're on the subject of cellphones (I guess this is still on-topic > given the amount of time my Libretto spends talking on it instead of me!), > perhaps those of you in the US can give me some advice. I'm most probably > going to be in the US in about a year or so (yea I'm thinking ahead here) > and I know virtually nothing about the US cellphone market (apart from what > one can gather by browsing the major carriers' websites for about 2 hours > and getting lost in the fineprint) ... generally, is it better value for > money (on the low-end plans) to have your own cellphone then just pay the > carrier for service or is it better value buying a subsidized cellphone > with the carrier? > > I ask as my cellphone contract in Australia is up for renewal ... I'm sorta > torn between buying new carrier-subsidized US compatible cellphone > (SonyEricsson T68i) here or sticking with my current (non-US compatible) > cellphone for a year then buying one from a carrier in the US in a years > time ... > > The deal I'm eyeing here is pretty decent, at least by Oz standards ... > $30AUD($15USD) a month over 2 years buys a SonyEricsson T68i (bluetooth > compatible ... which I might well pair up with a bluetooth card for my > Libby ... anyone tried doing such a thing and have any experiences with > it?) with $30AUD of 'free credits' per month (which works out to be about > 40 free voice minutes or 1.4 meg of GPRS traffic) plus free-calling options > (under one option, any calls after 9pm to other mobiles nationwide are > completely free for instance). How does this compare in real terms with > similar plans in the US? > > > Cheers! > > - Raymond > > --- > > > /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ > | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | > | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | > | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| > | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | > | ICQ: 31756092 | Libretto IRC channel #Libretto on DALNet! | > \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ > > > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives > > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
