[CGUYS] cell phone recommendations

2010-04-08 Thread One Man
Any recommendations for a new cell?  Requirements are: att service and free.   From the customer reviews on their website they all sound like crap.  But I guess poor sound quality is endemic to the industry.  With thanks ...

Re: [CGUYS] cell phone recommendations

2010-04-08 Thread Chris Range
On 4/8/2010 2:12 AM, One Man wrote: Any recommendations for a new cell? Requirements are: att service and free. From the customer reviews on their website they all sound like crap. But I guess poor sound quality is endemic to the industry. With thanks ... Get one with a low SAR rating.

Re: [CGUYS] cell phone recommendations

2010-04-08 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:00 AM, Chris Range lcms0...@comcast.net wrote: On 4/8/2010 2:12 AM, One Man wrote: Any recommendations for a new cell?  Requirements are: att service and free.  From the customer reviews on their website they all sound like crap.  But I guess poor sound quality is

Re: [CGUYS] cell phone recommendations

2010-04-08 Thread b_s-wilk
Any recommendations for a new cell? Requirements are: att service and free. From the customer reviews on their website they all sound like crap. But I guess poor sound quality is endemic to the industry. With thanks ... Get one with a low SAR rating. Which would mean not getting a smart

Re: [CGUYS] cell phone recommendations

2010-04-08 Thread Chris Range
On 4/8/2010 10:28 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Which would mean not getting a smart phone. For whatever reason, smart phones radiate much more RF than do non-smart phones. Steve BOTH, smart phones AND Iphones Because, I bought two LG KG-800's via E-bay auctions, since the SAR

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone radiated power

2010-02-19 Thread John DeCarlo
For those who are Google-impaired and will no doubt complain: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-01/cell-phone-exposure-reverses-alzheimers-and-boosts-memory-mice On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 1:02 AM, John Duncan Yoyo johnduncany...@gmail.comwrote: There was a lengthy (for Popular

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone radiated power

2010-02-19 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 2:08 PM, John DeCarlo johndeca...@gmail.com wrote: For those who are Google-impaired and will no doubt complain: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-01/cell-phone-exposure-reverses-alzheimers-and-boosts-memory-mice It is funny how so many folks who have

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone radiated power

2010-02-19 Thread Chris Dunford
It is funny how so many folks who have dismissed, out of hand, any suggestion that the radiation from a cell phone has any effect upon the brain or other bodily tissues have fully embraced this finding. As Bob Park likes to say, Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize in 1905 for showing that

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone radiated power

2010-02-19 Thread rleesimon
Here you go .you should all get this thing .it's gonna cook yer brainz !! http://www.ismashphone.com/2009/01/cellmate-headset-keeps-cell-phone-at-your -ear-if-it-really-exists-that-is.html You are guaranteed to be a veritable yoyo in as little as a week (depending on how much brain you

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone radiated power

2010-02-19 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote: As Bob Park likes to say, Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize in 1905 for showing that cell phones can't cause cancer. It seems to me that cell phone-related cancer is what's mostly rejected out of hand. Mostly that

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone radiated power

2010-02-19 Thread rleesimon
http://zapatopi.net/afdb/ together with http://www.cell-mateus.com/aboutcell-mate.html ...let's start an investment fund!! -Original Message- From: John Duncan Yoyo [mailto:johnduncany...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 1:03 AM Subject: Re: Cell phone radiated power There was

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone radiated power

2010-02-19 Thread rleesimon
...you mean the name should be dumbphones ?? -Original Message- From: phartz...@gmail.com [mailto:phartz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 5:55 PM Subject: Re: Cell phone radiated power On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote: As Bob Park

[CGUYS] Cell phone radiated power

2010-02-18 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
Smart phones radiate much more power than do regular cell phones. A number of smart phones, including the Droid, radiate at powers that reach right up to the limit as set by the FCC. These power limits are imposed specifically for user safety because the RF signals used by these phones are

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone radiated power

2010-02-18 Thread t.piwowar
On Feb 18, 2010, at 10:31 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: the RF signals used by these phones are microwaves that are known to be able to damage human cells. Oh no! Here we go again. * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone radiated power

2010-02-18 Thread Stewart Marshall
Break out the aluminium helmets. I find a good metal strainer works well. Stewart At 10:21 PM 2/18/2010, you wrote: On Feb 18, 2010, at 10:31 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: the RF signals used by these phones are microwaves that are known to be able to damage human cells. Oh no! Here we

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone radiated power

2010-02-18 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:21 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: Oh no! Here we go again. Microwave RF can most certainly damage human cells. If you can defeat the safety switch, stick your hand into a microwave oven and turn it on if you think this is but an urban myth. Of course, cell

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone radiated power

2010-02-18 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
There was a lengthy (for Popular Science) article on this this month. On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 12:02 AM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:21 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: Oh no! Here we go again. Microwave RF can most certainly damage human

[CGUYS] Cell phone nos.

2010-02-17 Thread One Man
Having sent my motorola razor through the wash and dry, I can't get it to work.  Now att wants to replace my cell no. as well as the phone.  what gives? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives,

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone nos.

2010-02-17 Thread mike
Did you ask them? On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:23 PM, One Man one911...@yahoo.com wrote: Having sent my motorola razor through the wash and dry, I can't get it to work. Now att wants to replace my cell no. as well as the phone. what gives?

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone nos.

2010-02-17 Thread b_s-wilk
Having sent my motorola razor through the wash and dry, I can't get it to work. Now att wants to replace my cell no. as well as the phone. what gives? They probably want to replace the SIM card in the phone or use that card in your new phone. I don't think they can legally change your

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone nos.

2010-02-17 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 2:44 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: Did you ask them? On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:23 PM, One Man one911...@yahoo.com wrote: Having sent my motorola razor through the wash and dry, I can't get it to work. Now att wants to replace my cell no. as well as the phone.

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone numbers to be made public?

2010-01-26 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Ranbo ran...@gmail.com wrote: *I suppose the emails could even be a scam to get you to call the number to remain unlisted, thereby unwittingly giving the number to some unscrupulous party. Just hope the people who were sending these emails around, including

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone numbers to be made public?

2010-01-25 Thread Ranbo
*I suppose the emails could even be a scam to get you to call the number to remain unlisted, thereby unwittingly giving the number to some unscrupulous party. Just hope the people who were sending these emails around, including to me, didn't call that number! Randall * On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at

[CGUYS] Cell phone numbers to be made public?

2010-01-21 Thread Ranbo
I've received a few emails stating that starting next month cell phone companies will be given access to personal cell phone numbers and that one must call a special number to request that your number not be given out. Can anyone verify whether this is correct or just another rumor? If the

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone numbers to be made public?

2010-01-21 Thread Chris Dunford
I've received a few emails stating that starting next month cell phone companies will be given access to personal cell phone numbers and that one must call a special number to request that your number not be given out. Can anyone verify whether this is correct or just another rumor? If the

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone numbers to be made public?

2010-01-21 Thread Tony B
Your belief that cell phone numbers are now, or have ever been, private, is mistaken. http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Ranbo ran...@gmail.com wrote: I've received a few emails stating that starting next month cell phone companies will be

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone numbers to be made public?

2010-01-21 Thread Art Clemons
I've received a few emails stating that starting next month cell phone companies will be given access to personal cell phone numbers and that one must call a special number to request that your number not be given out. Can anyone verify whether this is correct or just another rumor? If the

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone numbers to be made public?

2010-01-21 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Ranbo ran...@gmail.com wrote: I've received a few emails stating that starting next month cell phone companies will be given access to personal cell phone numbers and that one must call a special number to request that your number not be given out. Can anyone

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone numbers to be made public?

2010-01-21 Thread b_s-wilk
Not unless you want yours to be public. I wouldn't mind so much if I didn't have to pay for incoming calls, as in other countries. We get too many spam calls as it is--and have to pay for some of them too! Had to change phone numbers twice to stop getting junk calls.

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone Radiation Good for Your Brain

2010-01-07 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 1:14 AM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: Could Your Cell Phone Help Shield You From Alzheimer's? - BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/634709.html exposure to electromagnetic field prevented and even reversed brain impairment I can

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone Radiation Good for Your Brain

2010-01-07 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Personal testimony. NO effect. Stewart At 08:47 AM 1/7/2010, you wrote: I can see cellphone service providers raising their rates already, touting the health benefits of their services. Maybe they can find a link between guys keeping their cell phones in their pants pockets and the

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone Radiation Good for Your Brain

2010-01-07 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall popoz...@earthlink.net wrote: Personal testimony.  NO effect. Try setting your phone to vibrate mode. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules,

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone Radiation Good for Your Brain

2010-01-07 Thread Fred Holmes
This is a foul plot launched by the global warmists to demonstrate that scientists really do report what they find, even when it doesn't agree with expectations. Fred Holmes At 01:14 AM 1/7/2010, t.piwowar wrote: Could Your Cell Phone Help Shield You From Alzheimer's? - BusinessWeek

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone Radiation Good for Your Brain

2010-01-07 Thread Stewart Marshall
Smiling Bob? Stewart At 10:01 AM 1/7/2010, you wrote: This is a foul plot launched by the global warmists to demonstrate that scientists really do report what they find, even when it doesn't agree with expectations. Fred Holmes At 01:14 AM 1/7/2010, t.piwowar wrote: Could Your Cell Phone

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone Radiation Good for Your Brain

2010-01-07 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I have (it is always set to ring and vibrate as I cant hear that well.) I am a lost cause. Stewart At 10:02 AM 1/7/2010, you wrote: Try setting your phone to vibrate mode. Steve Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone Radiation Good for Your Brain

2010-01-07 Thread rleesimon
Now I understand why I have a good memory... like a rodent!! -Original Message- From: Fred Holmes [mailto:f...@his.com] Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 11:02 AM Subject: Re: Cell Phone Radiation Good for Your Brain This is a foul plot launched by the global warmists to demonstrate that

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone Radiation Good for Your Brain

2010-01-07 Thread tjpa
On Jan 7, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Stewart Marshall wrote: Where as I do not try and use it that much, keep my conversations short etc. and I remember stuff going way back. (Like an elephant) Or you think you are remembering stuff, but are actually just hallucinating.

[CGUYS] Cell Phone Radiation Good for Your Brain

2010-01-06 Thread t.piwowar
Could Your Cell Phone Help Shield You From Alzheimer's? - BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/634709.html exposure to electromagnetic field prevented and even reversed brain impairment

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone

2008-06-14 Thread Tom Piwowar
Wal-mart has a selection also. I have seen the greatest variety of pay-go phone options at WalMart. Phones typically come with 10-15 minutes of air time included. I would expect the best thing to do is buy the phone in Montana because the phones sold in the store will probably have reasonable

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone

2008-06-14 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Another thing is to go to these companies websites and look over their coverage map. They will usually show you where they cover or allow you to put in a zip code and determine coverage. Not all cell phones offer the same coverage. What works in your neck of the woods might not work so well

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone

2008-06-14 Thread Tony B
I doubt large parts of Montana actually have any cell coverage. If they're going camping, they'll need a satellite phone. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone

2008-06-14 Thread Richard P.
Agreed. You can also search for coverage. Here's one interesting example: http://cellphones.lovetoknow.com/Cell_Phone_Service_Area_Comparison Richard P. I doubt large parts of Montana actually have any cell coverage. If they're going camping, they'll need a satellite phone.

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone

2008-06-14 Thread Jordan
Yes, I checked coverage for a bunch of carriers. Some have no coverage, and some cover the towns and highways pretty well. Tony B wrote: I doubt large parts of Montana actually have any cell coverage. If they're going camping, they'll need a satellite phone.

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone

2008-06-13 Thread mike
Grocery stores here sell ATT phones or go phones etc for 15 bux and then you can buy a card for 20-100 bux for minutessome phones you can buy for 30 and they come with minutes. Wal-mart has a selection also. Mike On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Jordan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A Friend

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone [was: Signs of the arrival of FIOS]

2008-04-20 Thread b_s-wilk
No. Don't replace the 6010. It's the best basic phone you'll find. It's almost indestructible--except when you drop it into a Big Gulp like Cavan did. It has very good reception, is very reliable. The only thing missing is speaker-phone feature, but the headphone is also very good. The only

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone [was: Signs of the arrival of FIOS]

2008-04-19 Thread Tom Piwowar
I use the T-Mobile plan. While the T-Mobile 1000 minute card expires in 365 days the unused minutes roll over when you buy another 1000 minute card before it expires. The 1000 minute card costs $100. Plus after you buy your first $100 you get golden rewards extra minutes added to the 1000

[CGUYS] cell phone

2008-04-18 Thread Henry Bruhl
TRACFONE: I recently purchased a year's service with several hundred minutes for $65 on Ebay. _ Use video conversation to talk face-to-face with Windows Live Messenger.

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone [was: Signs of the arrival of FIOS]

2008-04-18 Thread Tom Piwowar
They're owned by Tracfone, and yes, they're still around. Phone/plan choice depends on how much you will use the phone. Net10 is 10 cents a minute, so is T-Mobile. Net10 and Tracfone minutes expire after 60-90 days; T-Mobile 1000 minute card expires in 365 days. There's lots of prepaid

[CGUYS] Cell phone [was: Signs of the arrival of FIOS]

2008-04-17 Thread b_s-wilk
Tom, in DC Economy 1 service costs $6.00 a month. No bells and whistles and you pay 6 cents a call. Local calling only. With taxes and surcharges that's no more than $12.00 a month. Thanks Eric. My Mom is in New York and we have spent many hours talking to Verizon/MCI trying to get her

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone [was: Signs of the arrival of FIOS]

2008-04-17 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
There used to be NET10 phones not sure if they are still around. Stewart At 08:54 AM 4/17/2008, you wrote: Cell phone doesn't have to be large, just simple to use and easy to read. My dad got his first cell phone a couple of years ago. He's 88, but he's also an engineer. He went to K-Mart

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone [was: Signs of the arrival of FIOS]

2008-04-17 Thread b_s-wilk
Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: There used to be NET10 phones not sure if they are still around. They're owned by Tracfone, and yes, they're still around. Phone/plan choice depends on how much you will use the phone. Net10 is 10 cents a minute, so is T-Mobile. Net10 and

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone [was: Signs of the arrival of FIOS]

2008-04-17 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
At one time you could buy a $100 card or similar with Tracfone and get a years activation. Stewart At 11:57 PM 4/17/2008, you wrote: Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: There used to be NET10 phones not sure if they are still around. They're owned by Tracfone, and yes,

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone

2008-04-15 Thread Jeff Miles
By the way, I just found an add for that cell phone I mentioned in another thread. It is in a Shell time share magazine. It's called the Jitterbug. The cheapest price listed in the add is $10/mo. But it also says call for their lowest price. 1-866-540-0297. I have no affiliation with them.

[CGUYS] Cell Phone problems

2007-09-13 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
We have talked over cell phone companies before and I have always been happy with mine up until yesterday. I have a family plan with Verizon, which I have had a few years. Earlier this year I upgraded both my wife's and mine cell phones, which required a new two year contract. We also have

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone problems

2007-09-13 Thread Christopher Range
Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: We have talked over cell phone companies before and I have always been happy with mine up until yesterday. I have a family plan with Verizon, which I have had a few years. Earlier this year I upgraded both my wife's and mine cell phones, which required a new

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone problems

2007-09-13 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Well that is partly the problem. It seems that Verizon assumes all phones when you sign an agreement on the main line. I thought it was only on the main line not the subsidiary lines. (My number holds the contract, not the subsidiary numbers.) Not only that usually there is a penalty if

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone problems

2007-09-13 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
Rev. Stewart Marshall We have talked over cell phone companies before and I have always been happy with mine up until yesterday. snip I understand that a bunch (hundreds? thousands?) of people got letters from Sprint/Nextel(??) saying Gee, thanks for your business. But your business has been

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone problems

2007-09-13 Thread Christopher Range
Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Well that is partly the problem. It seems that Verizon assumes all phones when you sign an agreement on the main line. I thought it was only on the main line not the subsidiary lines. (My number holds the contract, not the subsidiary numbers.) Not only that

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone problems

2007-09-13 Thread mike
If you got a second or third phone etc 6 months into the contract, you'd probably suddenly have a two year contract upon adding the new phone. Good luck. Telcos, cellular as well as land line are able to write laws by themselves knowing our reps will just pass them along. Like Tom says, write

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone problems

2007-09-13 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
In America partially. In Europe you do not have plans, nor contrasts, nor buy phones from the cell company. As I understand it incoming calls are also free. They are used to a whole different system that seems to work better than ours, but then again it does not need to cover as much

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone problems

2007-09-13 Thread John covici
Only way I have ever heard of is if you can find someone else to take the line Verizon will transfer and if I remember rightly you will no longer be responsible. There are some websites which can help you look, celltradeusa.com is one if I am remembering the name correctly. on Thursday

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone problems

2007-09-13 Thread Sue Cubic
At 08:22 PM 09/13/2007 -0500, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote I do not think they will want me bad mouthing them, but they were pretty snotty when I talked with them. Like to use legalese. I wonder what the initials FCC would say to them. Or Attorney General's Office? Sue