| Steven M. Scharf 2005-05-19, 11:52 am |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "SteveT" <stevejoin@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,alt.cellular,alt.cellular.cingular
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: Cingular screws over AT&T Free2Go customers after merger
> It's true, Beyond Wireless now apparently wants *only* Nokia phones.
Which is strange, since they show a Motorola phone on their web site as an
available phone.
> Nothing else. So, I am apparently out of luck with BW, too, because I
> have an Ericsson phone. I was told this over the weekend and
> double-checked this a.m. The BW rep confirmed they won't activate
> Ericssons anymore, even the AT&T branded TDMA Ericssons.
> "But...but...it worked on AT&T Free2Go network and it's a tri-mode
> TDMA," I protested. "Why wouldn't it work on BW?"
> "We are using AT&T network but we are switching to Cingular towers,"
This is strange. I activated a phone with them today, and even though I am
on the AT&T/Cingular TDMA network, it shows up as "Roaming." I probably will
just let it expire. It didn't cost anything to activate it.
> she replied.
> So, that seems to be that.
> Fortunately, I found a stash of old Free2Go $10 phone cards good for
> 90-day renewal in a rundown drug store in a bad part of town. Cingular
> is committed to honor them for until they are all used up. So, I
> bought myself another year @ $40. I'll deal with the problem again
> then....
CallPlus will still activate other phones, and it will cost you $10 every
ninety days, or $40 per year. Or Nokia TDMA phones are available for
basically nothing.
I wonder when Cingular will decide to force everyone over to GSM, and shut
down the TDMA network. There are no good deals for an occasional use phone
on CDMA or GSM, so it would behoove them to get rid of TDMA.
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