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What is Ramcell of Oregon?
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| Mij Adyaw 2006-07-18, 12:33 pm |
| What type of technology do they use? Are they CDMA?
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| Isaiah Beard 2006-07-18, 3:33 pm |
| Mij Adyaw wrote:
> What type of technology do they use? Are they CDMA?
Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if all they offer is AMPS. They MAY
offer CDMA, as Verizon listed them at one time as extended network.
Just tried calling one of their stores. All the salesperson could tell
me is that they offer "Motorolas," but could not tell me model numbers
or anything else about their network. And based on their website
(www.ramcell.com), which doesn't list rate plans or phone models, this
is very much a mom & pop operation, or at least a combined purchase of
three mom & pops in different states.
They also offer paging, too. Charming.
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| Mij Adyaw 2006-07-18, 10:33 pm |
| Does anyone still use pagers? I haven't seen a pager on anyone in years.
"Isaiah Beard" < sacredpoet@sacredpoe
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> Mij Adyaw wrote:
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> Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if all they offer is AMPS. They MAY
> offer CDMA, as Verizon listed them at one time as extended network.
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> Just tried calling one of their stores. All the salesperson could tell me
> is that they offer "Motorolas," but could not tell me model numbers or
> anything else about their network. And based on their website
> (www.ramcell.com), which doesn't list rate plans or phone models, this is
> very much a mom & pop operation, or at least a combined purchase of three
> mom & pops in different states.
>
> They also offer paging, too. Charming.
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| Notan 2006-07-18, 10:33 pm |
| Mij Adyaw wrote:
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> Does anyone still use pagers? I haven't seen a pager on anyone in years.
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I, for one, belong to a rather *large* medical community that, among others,
still uses pagers, extensively.
Notan
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| Mij Adyaw 2006-07-18, 10:33 pm |
| Why? do they function where cell phones don't function reliably?
"Notan" <notan@ddress.thatcanbespammed> wrote in message
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> Mij Adyaw wrote:
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> I, for one, belong to a rather *large* medical community that, among
> others,
> still uses pagers, extensively.
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> Notan
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| Notan 2006-07-18, 10:33 pm |
| Mij Adyaw wrote:
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> Why? do they function where cell phones don't function reliably?
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> <snip>
You got it!
(Ours are all two-way pagers... Helpful where phones don't get a signal,
and where voice communication is impractical.)
Notan
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| Frank Harris 2006-07-19, 4:33 am |
| See a description of Ramcell near the bottom of this page:
http://cell.uoregon.edu/best/index.html
Mij Adyaw wrote:
> What type of technology do they use? Are they CDMA?
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Frank Harris in San Francisco with a A920
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| Isaiah Beard 2006-07-20, 10:33 am |
| Isaiah Beard wrote:
> Mij Adyaw wrote:
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> Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if all they offer is AMPS. They MAY
> offer CDMA, as Verizon listed them at one time as extended network.
My mistake: Ramcell just listed some "specials" on their website. In
Kentucky, they are offering a Nokia 2260 on prepaid serice for $79.99
The Nokia 2260 is an AMPS/TDMA handset. So, evidently, Ramcell is
AMPS/TDMA. Yikes!
Still no actual plan pricing on their site, however.
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| Joel Kolstad 2006-07-25, 3:33 pm |
| "Mij Adyaw" <mij@TheBitBucket.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone still use pagers? I haven't seen a pager on anyone in years.
They're still used by plenty of medical and military personnel. In fact, you
can find military contracts out there soliciting the development of new ones.
The idea is that paging is cheaper and works over a wider area than cell
phones do. For the military, it's also much simpler to deploy (cell sites are
actually quite complicated things).
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