T-Mobile formerly VoiceStream has not supported or made available analog AMPS for at least 5 years. Analog will only be available to you to use to contact 911/112 til February 2008. After that date analog for the most part will be shut down.
[minor snip] Perhaps I should have been more clear. I used to have the voicestream available Analog roaming option. I still use the Analog part of the phone but I use the American Roaming Prepaid card to make calls though American Roaming Network. Previously I had it activated thru a prepaid service and just set my phone to forward calls to the prepaid number but that got to expencive so I check my voice mail a couple of times a day thru american roaming network and then return any calls I've missed and make the ones I need to. It works pretty well, it's $0.25 a min., and I don't have to pay just to keep it alive like with prepaid, and I don't have to carry and charge two phones. I two was kicked of the actual "T-mobile analog roaming" about 5 years ago. I do appologize for being miss leading and I thank you for the information I learned a lot. Hey what do you guys think about the sidekick Id, sidekick 3 and the t-mobile MDA which one would you want and why? Thanks again, Rob --- In [email protected], Joseph Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sep 6, 2007, at 23:49, Sirrobyn0 wrote: > > > I'm mostly just a lurker here, but I'm considering upgrading my > > phone and would like to ask a few questions from people more > > knowledgable than I about the newer equipment. First let me tell > > you what I'm using now, so you know where I'm at. I use a Nokia 6190 > > with Analog sleave and analog roaming, so you can tell I've been > > with T-mobile since the Voicestream days. > > T-Mobile formerly VoiceStream has not supported or made available > analog AMPS for at least 5 years. Analog will only be available to > you to use to contact 911/112 til February 2008. After that date > analog for the most part will be shut down. > > [minor snip] > > > What I'd like to know is the 850mhz roaming in the rural areas > > anywhere as good as the old analog roaming coverage wise? > > Off hand I'd say probably not. 850 digital reaches more places than > 1900 "PCS" but I don't think the reach is quite what analog was. > > > On the > > newer phones can you force them to search for 850mhz, and last is > > there anyway to know that you are roaming on 850mhz or does it just > > say the network name in the phone screen like when your roaming on > > 1900mhz? > > You can't "force" them into any frequency whether it's 850 or 1900. > If the signal is available to you the phone will use it if the phone > is capable of that frequency. Older phones such as the Nokia 6190 > are only capable of GSM at 1900. The display will show the operator > available to you. If there's no roaming service available to you it > may still be possible to make calls to emergency 911/112 even though > there is nothing displayed (on Nokia phones.) As to what's displayed > with T-Mobile you will see the name of the carrier. I believe it's a > little different on AT&T that their phones show "extended" or > something like that but I'm not sure about that since I do not have > AT&T service. > > > I use the Analog Roaming alot when I'm in the > > Rural areas of eastern Washington. > > If this is recently with T-Mobile using the analog sleeve I find that > hard to believe. > > I had the Nokia 5190 with the analog sleeve and was notified by > VoiceStream that they were discontinuing the service and in fact I > got a $75 credit from VoiceStream to compensate me for the money I > paid for the analog adapter that would not be of any use any more > since VoiceStream was discontinuing analog support. > - - T-Mobile-US on Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/group/T-Mobile-US _ _ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/T-Mobile-US/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/T-Mobile-US/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
