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| What's the best thing to do with no-longer-needed Cingular TDMA cell phones?
Can they still dial 911 even though unactivated? (If so, they'll be
emergency phones in our cars.) Is there a secondhand market for them?
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| don't they use TDMA in Mexico still ?? Also, have a monster argument with someone in plain view near water and yell loudly about the millions they owe you and kneecaps and then throw the thing in the drink ...it's sure to impress all your friends (and ma
ybe coupla enemies too!!) ...
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<noeone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> don't they use TDMA in Mexico still ??
They still use it *here*.
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| On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:55:40 -0400, "mc"
<look@www.ai.uga.edu.for.address> wrote:
>What's the best thing to do with no-longer-needed Cingular TDMA cell phones?
>Can they still dial 911 even though unactivated? (If so, they'll be
>emergency phones in our cars.) Is there a secondhand market for them?
Well, it won't work for TDMA phones because there going to be about as
useless as a 3 dollar bill soon, but if you had old GSM phones, I take
ours down to the school, neighbors w/kids, etc....There always
breaking there's and a new sim card and a good used phone from me and
there back in business.
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| <Mark> wrote in message news:f8a1a219o7qkf64
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> On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:55:40 -0400, "mc"
> <look@www.ai.uga.edu.for.address> wrote:
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> Well, it won't work for TDMA phones because there going to be about as
> useless as a 3 dollar bill soon,
How soon is Cingular abandoning TDMA service?
Last night I tried one of the phones and found that, since it's unactivated,
it connects to "American Roaming Network." I dialed a number and got a
message, "Welcome to American Roaming Network," followed by an invitation to
enter a credit card number and pay $2.99 per minute (or some such) for a
call. I declined.
I *presume* that such a phone could still dial 911 free. Right?
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| mc wrote:
> <Mark> wrote in message news:f8a1a219o7qkf64
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> How soon is Cingular abandoning TDMA service?
2008, same time they are allowed to turn off AMPS.
> I *presume* that such a phone could still dial 911 free. Right?
Yes, as long as there is a TDMA or AMPS network available.
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| dold@XReXXBestX.usenet.us.com 2006-06-29, 7:33 am |
| mc <look@www.ai.uga.edu.for.address> wrote:
> What's the best thing to do with no-longer-needed Cingular TDMA cell
> phones? Can they still dial 911 even though unactivated? (If so,
> they'll be emergency phones in our cars.) Is there a secondhand market
> for them?
http://www. recyclewirelessphone
s.com/
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| mc wrote:
> How soon is Cingular abandoning TDMA service?
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> Last night I tried one of the phones and found that, since it's unactivated,
> it connects to "American Roaming Network." I dialed a number and got a
> message, "Welcome to American Roaming Network," followed by an invitation to
> enter a credit card number and pay $2.99 per minute (or some such) for a
> call. I declined.
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> I *presume* that such a phone could still dial 911 free. Right?
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In a word YES.
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| Jerome Zelinske 2006-06-29, 7:33 am |
| There is no major carrier in the USA that sells tdma service.
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| John Navas 2006-07-02, 3:36 pm |
| On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:16:47 GMT, Dave <daves1955@verizon.net> wrote in
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>mc wrote:
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>In a word YES.
Only where there is (still) service.
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| Nomen Nescio 2006-07-02, 3:37 pm |
| In article < b038a2haqj0l4n09qd7f
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John Navas < spamfilter0@navasgro
up.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:16:47 GMT, Dave <daves1955@verizon.net> wrote in
> <3Mkog.4642$uo.4111@trnddc07>:
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> Only where there is (still) service.
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Duh!
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| John Navas 2006-07-02, 3:37 pm |
| On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:30:01 +0200 (CEST), Nomen Nescio
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>John Navas < spamfilter0@navasgro
up.com> wrote:
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>Duh!
Please do keep up. ;)
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