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nau1977
Posts: 3 |
 
Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:28 pm |
I live (73521) 50 miles away from another city (73501) that has a lot of cell phone providers. Here we only have three, US Cellular, Sprint, and CellularOne (quality in that order). In the other city, there is Cingular, T-Mobile, Verizon, and more. The phones with US Cellular, are subpar for me. I have done some researching and have come down to T-Mobile (top pick) and Cingular. I called both the 800 numbers and the reps there say, we haven't made it there yet, and the whole spill. I could'nt get a hold of the local Tmo rep, but visited the cingular store and they said I would be able to get GSM coverage. I am wanting a nice phone, with a national plan. Would coverage matter? The tmobile map online shows my zip being in the tmobile roaming, and cingular has orange at least 100 miles around me. Am I just screw-ed, or can I actually have coverage? Can any cell phone people help me out on this? I want to make sure I get my info straight.
-Nate
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steva11
Posts: 1680
Phone Model:
w810i/pearl
Service Provider:
Rogers |
Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:55 pm |
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if you live anywhere between falcon/N Blain or S Park there is no overage in my tool for cingular.
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steva11
Posts: 1680
Phone Model:
w810i/pearl
Service Provider:
Rogers |
Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:56 pm |
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no where in altus has coverage
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nau1977
Posts: 3 |
Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:01 pm |
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So would getting tmobile or cingular be pointless? I will have to use us cellular? I know someone that has cingular, and he's from new york, but he has the national plan. one would think, if he has it, i would be able to get connected too.
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man1234
Posts: 208
Phone Model:
Sanyo Katana II
Service Provider:
Sprint |
Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:56 pm |
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ok well if you are in tmobile roaming and u want tmobile u can roam onto another network and get service with them ... trust me i have congular and im getting tmobile next ... im like an expert ... cingular = DONT GET
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steva11
Posts: 1680
Phone Model:
w810i/pearl
Service Provider:
Rogers |
Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:05 am |
cingular does not have coverage in your area. t-mobile may and if you know someone with cingular they may be roaming on t-mo. you can check the alpha tag.
if you sign up in a store 50 away from you, and they have a seperate area code, you will need to sign up with that city's area code.
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nau1977
Posts: 3 |
Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:15 am |
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Thanks all for replying. I checked on the tmo site and it said my number was eligible to be ported over. how do you know tmo is the dominant carrier over cingular? This is why i am asking. I want to know all that i can.
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steva11
Posts: 1680
Phone Model:
w810i/pearl
Service Provider:
Rogers |
Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:25 am |
cingular has larger network coverage than t-mo, just not in your area.
man1234 is no expert, just his opinion.
if your cingular friend does have reception in your area, then the only thing would be looking at plans/phones from t-mo and cing to see what you like better.
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man1234
Posts: 208
Phone Model:
Sanyo Katana II
Service Provider:
Sprint |
Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:37 pm |
[quote="steva11"]cingular has larger network coverage than t-mo, just not in your area.
that may be true but that doesnt mean cingular is better than tmobile 
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steva11
Posts: 1680
Phone Model:
w810i/pearl
Service Provider:
Rogers |
Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:33 pm |
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never said it was
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