Cingular cell phone service - The 8525 is going to eBay

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The 8525 is going to eBay

karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net

2007-04-14, 3:33 pm

I wasted 6 hours today fighting with this thing.

Windows menus are illogical and unpredictable.

Support was unable to get Internet connectivity working.
They kept wanting to blame it on the 8525. So I switched my
SIM back to my W600i, and it wouldn't connect to the Internet either,
proving the problem was at Cingular's end.
After three more calls, someone figured out
"Oh we need to set up a PROFILE for you on our end"

Then 3G coverage is totally unpredictable in Houston, TX, and not at
all what Cingular's coverage maps show, so without warning you're
dropped back to slow or hyperslow speeds.

What was cute was to turn on "Wireless Lan" and then drive along any
freeway and see all the "unsecured" networks popup from many hotels
and motels that one could connect to via WiFi.

John Navas

2007-04-17, 10:33 am

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:24:30 GMT, karlkrandall@sbcglob
al.net wrote in
< 74a223lo4nf4h1n0rire
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>What was cute was to turn on "Wireless Lan" and then drive along any
>freeway and see all the "unsecured" networks popup from many hotels
>and motels that one could connect to via WiFi.

Many of which are protected by login systems.

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karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net

2007-04-17, 10:33 am

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:04:55 GMT, John Navas
< spamfilter1@navasgro
up.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:24:30 GMT, karlkrandall@sbcglob
al.net wrote in
>< 74a223lo4nf4h1n0rire
rt8l2gbs3eif73@4ax.com>:
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>Many of which are protected by login systems.

Not that I saw Saturday.

John Navas

2007-04-17, 12:33 pm

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:10:23 GMT, karlkrandall@sbcglob
al.net wrote in
< iqo923hhv1vftno83e1h
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>On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:04:55 GMT, John Navas
>< spamfilter1@navasgro
up.com> wrote:
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>Not that I saw Saturday.

You tried connecting to the Internet? Which hotels and motels?

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Q>

karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net

2007-04-20, 10:33 am

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:24:30 GMT, karlkrandall@sbcglob
al.net wrote:

>I wasted 6 hours today fighting with this thing.
>
>Windows menus are illogical and unpredictable.
>
>Support was unable to get Internet connectivity working.
>They kept wanting to blame it on the 8525. So I switched my
>SIM back to my W600i, and it wouldn't connect to the Internet either,
>proving the problem was at Cingular's end.
>After three more calls, someone figured out
>"Oh we need to set up a PROFILE for you on our end"
>
>Then 3G coverage is totally unpredictable in Houston, TX, and not at
>all what Cingular's coverage maps show, so without warning you're
>dropped back to slow or hyperslow speeds.
>
>What was cute was to turn on "Wireless Lan" and then drive along any
>freeway and see all the "unsecured" networks popup from many hotels
>and motels that one could connect to via WiFi.

Sold !! $445.

Todd Allcock

2007-04-20, 3:33 pm

At 20 Apr 2007 15:12:08 +0000 karlkrandall@sbcglob
al.net wrote:

> Sold !! $445.

Congrats! That and another $155 will buy you an iPhone with fewer
features! ;-)

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karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net

2007-04-20, 3:33 pm

On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:30:28 -0600, Todd Allcock
< elecconnec@AmericaOn
Line.com> wrote:

>At 20 Apr 2007 15:12:08 +0000 karlkrandall@sbcglob
al.net wrote:
>
>
>Congrats! That and another $155 will buy you an iPhone with fewer
>features! ;-)
>
>
>

You're assuming I'd have to pay full retail, and that I only had one
8525 to sell; both incorrect.

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