Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 00:26:46 -0600 From: "John Musielewicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] US cellphones
Hi Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 11:05 PM Subject: Re: [LIB] US cellphones > Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 15:04:41 +1000 > From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] US cellphones > > Hi John, > > > >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. > > Hmm ... looks like I should load up some coverage maps of these carriers > and have a look ... If you thinking GSM- definately. I am pretty sure AT&T Wireless has the best nationwide GSM coverage so you might want to look at them first. > > > >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) > > I'm always a bit wary of buying secondhand phones ... round here at least > they have problems with people stealing phones then selling them on ... is > that as big a problem in the US or do the carriers disable the phones > themselves (as well as the simcard) pretty quick when they get stolen? > If the owner reports them as missing the carrier will disable and track them immeadiately. > > > 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. > > OK I'll have a look ... I guess my problem here is that US CDMA phones > aren't compatible with the CDMA network in Oz and vice versa whereas I can > use the same GSM phone in both countries ... How about a satellite phone:)? Motorola makes a nice small one that runs 1000 US that works on the Iridium network and you'd be able to use that throughout the world!!! 500 minutes a month only costs 500 dollars US a month:). > > > >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. > > K I'll have a look at those then! > > > Thanks for the advice! Anytime! > > - Raymond > John > --- > > > /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ > | | "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 **************************************************************
