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Cingular Prepaid With Analog Phone
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| I have an old Motorola 3 watt bag phone that I want to keep in my car. I
like these old phones because of the extra power to reach a tower from rural
areas that hand held phones can't do. Will Cingular still activate these
older analog phones with a prepaid plan? A friend of mine told me that they
would only activate digital phones now. Thanks in advance.
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| JM wrote:
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> I have an old Motorola 3 watt bag phone that I want to keep in my car. I
> like these old phones because of the extra power to reach a tower from rural
> areas that hand held phones can't do. Will Cingular still activate these
> older analog phones with a prepaid plan? A friend of mine told me that they
> would only activate digital phones now. Thanks in advance.
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If I was was contemplating the same thing, I don't think I'd use the
words 'analog' or 'AMPS' because they might balk at my request. Rather,
I'd use the word GAIT for a plan option. With a GAIT account, AMPS
service is still available, assuming the ESN for your bag phone is
accurately coded to your account.
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jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'
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| Joseph 2005-06-13, 6:55 am |
| On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 13:48:41 -0400, "JM" <NONOSpam@nospam.com> wrote:
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>I have an old Motorola 3 watt bag phone that I want to keep in my car. I
>like these old phones because of the extra power to reach a tower from rural
>areas that hand held phones can't do. Will Cingular still activate these
>older analog phones with a prepaid plan? A friend of mine told me that they
>would only activate digital phones now. Thanks in advance.
cingular will not activate any analog only equipment. They may not
even activate any new TDMA IS-136 service since their goal is to put
everyone on GSM. If you already have TDMA IS-136 service you may keep
it but you may need to find a replacement handset outside of cingular.
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| machXS1@comcast.net 2005-06-13, 6:55 am |
| Celluar technology has advanced since the days when the "bag phone" was
common. Digital phones and infrastructure (e.g. base station) equipment
can receive & process signals at a much lower signal strength than
analog phones. Besides, the weakest link is usually the receiver in the
phone, not the phone's ability to transmit to the base.
If you do a lot of travel to locations that have less than ideal cell
coverage, I would consider a handset that can be connected to a car kit
with an externally mounted antenna. This will help the receiver in
situations where you are in an area with weak coverage. Also, some
providers such as Sprint PCS allow you to add, for a fixed monthly fee,
analog roaming service to your dual-band handset for off network
roaming.
Hope it helps.
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| Yes I can vouch that this guy is correct, the external antenna will make all
the difference in the world.
<machXS1@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1118629559.309445.246190@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
quote:
> Celluar technology has advanced since the days when the "bag phone" was
> common. Digital phones and infrastructure (e.g. base station) equipment
> can receive & process signals at a much lower signal strength than
> analog phones. Besides, the weakest link is usually the receiver in the
> phone, not the phone's ability to transmit to the base.
>
> If you do a lot of travel to locations that have less than ideal cell
> coverage, I would consider a handset that can be connected to a car kit
> with an externally mounted antenna. This will help the receiver in
> situations where you are in an area with weak coverage. Also, some
> providers such as Sprint PCS allow you to add, for a fixed monthly fee,
> analog roaming service to your dual-band handset for off network
> roaming.
>
> Hope it helps.
>
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| sand_island 2007-11-06, 11:49 pm |
| quote:
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posted by JM
I have an old Motorola 3 watt bag phone that I want to keep in my car. I
like these old phones because of the extra power to reach a tower from rural
areas that hand held phones can't do. Will Cingular still activate these
older analog phones with a prepaid plan? A friend of mine told me that they
would only activate digital phones now. Thanks in advance.
The is nothing like an analog Motorola Bag Phone. Of course the Cell companies don't want you to use much band width and maybe the digitals work in cities. And so what if the STATE wants to keep tabs on your calls. I have successfully connected my laptop to my Motorola 3watt!!!! It is the only kind of certain service in one third the country. That being said, I think one has to open a Canadian account to get activated or somehow get the activation connection equipment to program a new number for an account which will take the phones which will talk both analog and digital in one set.
eBay sells bag phones with a seller who picks them up at GoodWill and tells you to activate in Canada. You can also buy a Yaggi antenna for the Bag and you can talk reliably for thirty miles!!!! Ordinary little car antennas are nearly worthless for both analog or digital.
So, don't believe the other posts telling about "progress." There IS no substitute for the analog 3wat bag. Even the phone company uses them in their own trucks!!!! |
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