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Jules
PostPosted: 2008-06-28 16:16:48
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I have a tri-band phone (6230i) and last time I was in Florida I had
trouble using a Cingular sim and I had to use a T-mobile sim instead.

The Cingular sim would make calls but not receive them, however it
worked fine in a quad-band phone. I guessed they were using part of
the 850mhz (?) band for controlling calls on the 1900mhz band.

Now I see Vodafone Uk are showing on their website that you only need
a tri-band phone to use Cingular in Florida. Is this right? I think it
might be a mistake.

Jules


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I have a tri-band phone (6230i) and last time I was in Florida I had
trouble using a Cingular sim and I had to use a T-mobile sim instead.

The Cingular sim would make calls but not receive them, however it
worked fine in a quad-band phone. I guessed they were using part of
the 850mhz (?) band for controlling calls on the 1900mhz band.

Now I see Vodafone Uk are showing on their website that you only need
a tri-band phone to use Cingular in Florida. Is this right? I think it
might be a mistake.

Jules


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Doctor Bob
PostPosted: 2008-06-28 16:35:33
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While I was dreaming about my next Hawaii visit v1uvnas6qg1c@4ax.com>, Jules wrote
>I have a tri-band phone (6230i) and last time I was in Florida I had
>trouble using a Cingular sim and I had to use a T-mobile sim instead.
>
>The Cingular sim would make calls but not receive them, however it
>worked fine in a quad-band phone. I guessed they were using part of
>the 850mhz (?) band for controlling calls on the 1900mhz band.
>
>Now I see Vodafone Uk are showing on their website that you only need
>a tri-band phone to use Cingular in Florida. Is this right? I think it
>might be a mistake.
>
>Jules

-=--=

A friend of mine just got back from Florida (month ago) and he borrowed
my Cingular sim.
Using a tri-band phone he didnt get a signal all week!

Depend where you are I suppose?

Bob.


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Steve
PostPosted: 2008-06-28 16:39:59
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On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:16:48 +0100, Jules wrote:

>I have a tri-band phone (6230i) and last time I was in Florida I had
>trouble using a Cingular sim and I had to use a T-mobile sim instead.
>
>The Cingular sim would make calls but not receive them, however it
>worked fine in a quad-band phone. I guessed they were using part of
>the 850mhz (?) band for controlling calls on the 1900mhz band.
>
>Now I see Vodafone Uk are showing on their website that you only need
>a tri-band phone to use Cingular in Florida. Is this right? I think it
>might be a mistake.

GSMworld.com shows that in the USA, Cingular (now owned by, and
branded, AT&T of course) operates both 850 and 1900 GSM (2G) networks.
The coverage in Florida looks fine on both. So you should have been
OK.

T-Mobile-USA only has a 1900 network

A quad -band phone is invariably best for the USA and Canada, but
tri-band is OK too.


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Steve
PostPosted: 2008-06-28 16:39:59
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On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:16:48 +0100, Jules wrote:

>I have a tri-band phone (6230i) and last time I was in Florida I had
>trouble using a Cingular sim and I had to use a T-mobile sim instead.
>
>The Cingular sim would make calls but not receive them, however it
>worked fine in a quad-band phone. I guessed they were using part of
>the 850mhz (?) band for controlling calls on the 1900mhz band.
>
>Now I see Vodafone Uk are showing on their website that you only need
>a tri-band phone to use Cingular in Florida. Is this right? I think it
>might be a mistake.

GSMworld.com shows that in the USA, Cingular (now owned by, and
branded, AT&T of course) operates both 850 and 1900 GSM (2G) networks.
The coverage in Florida looks fine on both. So you should have been
OK.

T-Mobile-USA only has a 1900 network

A quad -band phone is invariably best for the USA and Canada, but
tri-band is OK too.


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Steve
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On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:16:48 +0100, Jules wrote:

>I have a tri-band phone (6230i) and last time I was in Florida I had
>trouble using a Cingular sim and I had to use a T-mobile sim instead.
>
>The Cingular sim would make calls but not receive them, however it
>worked fine in a quad-band phone. I guessed they were using part of
>the 850mhz (?) band for controlling calls on the 1900mhz band.
>
>Now I see Vodafone Uk are showing on their website that you only need
>a tri-band phone to use Cingular in Florida. Is this right? I think it
>might be a mistake.

GSMworld.com shows that in the USA, Cingular (now owned by, and
branded, AT&T of course) operates both 850 and 1900 GSM (2G) networks.
The coverage in Florida looks fine on both. So you should have been
OK.

T-Mobile-USA only has a 1900 network

A quad -band phone is invariably best for the USA and Canada, but
tri-band is OK too.


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Steve
PostPosted: 2008-06-28 16:39:59
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On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:16:48 +0100, Jules wrote:

>I have a tri-band phone (6230i) and last time I was in Florida I had
>trouble using a Cingular sim and I had to use a T-mobile sim instead.
>
>The Cingular sim would make calls but not receive them, however it
>worked fine in a quad-band phone. I guessed they were using part of
>the 850mhz (?) band for controlling calls on the 1900mhz band.
>
>Now I see Vodafone Uk are showing on their website that you only need
>a tri-band phone to use Cingular in Florida. Is this right? I think it
>might be a mistake.

GSMworld.com shows that in the USA, Cingular (now owned by, and
branded, AT&T of course) operates both 850 and 1900 GSM (2G) networks.
The coverage in Florida looks fine on both. So you should have been
OK.

T-Mobile-USA only has a 1900 network

A quad -band phone is invariably best for the USA and Canada, but
tri-band is OK too.


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Steve
PostPosted: 2008-06-28 16:39:59
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On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:16:48 +0100, Jules wrote:

>I have a tri-band phone (6230i) and last time I was in Florida I had
>trouble using a Cingular sim and I had to use a T-mobile sim instead.
>
>The Cingular sim would make calls but not receive them, however it
>worked fine in a quad-band phone. I guessed they were using part of
>the 850mhz (?) band for controlling calls on the 1900mhz band.
>
>Now I see Vodafone Uk are showing on their website that you only need
>a tri-band phone to use Cingular in Florida. Is this right? I think it
>might be a mistake.

GSMworld.com shows that in the USA, Cingular (now owned by, and
branded, AT&T of course) operates both 850 and 1900 GSM (2G) networks.
The coverage in Florida looks fine on both. So you should have been
OK.

T-Mobile-USA only has a 1900 network

A quad -band phone is invariably best for the USA and Canada, but
tri-band is OK too.


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