Re: [SAGE] ATT Phones

[Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>]

At 3:24 PM -0500 2004/01/06, Fuat Baran wrote:

>  T-Mobile told me they would unlock mine.  But when I called, I ended
>  up talking to someone at the call centre who didn't understand me.
>  Since I didn't have a burning need, I didn't pursue.

	I'm sure they made a point of not understanding you.  They 
probably don't understand any of their clients who call up asking for 
this service.

>  AT&T's GSM coverage in my home neighbourhood sucks, so I switched
>  to T-Mobile to get GSM.  I've been very happy with the coverage in
>  New York, Cape Cod, etc. as well as in London.

	Have you tried Philadelphia?  I couldn't get any GSM coverage there.

	What about away from urban areas?  How many areas are covered by 
towers that the provider owns themselves, and how many are covered by 
facilities rented from other providers?  Roaming in a different 
country is one thing, but having to rent coverage from other 
providers just to cover your own customers in what is supposed to be 
your normal coverage area, that's quite another.

>                                                  Now I've got my eye
>  on the Treo 600... I have the Nokia 6610 at the moment.  :-)

	Both look nice.  I'm looking towards the replacement for the Treo 
600, one that includes Bluetooth support, as well as a somewhat 
higher resolution screen (160x160 isn't enough, no matter how small 
you make it).

-- 
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>

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