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Article #50Re: Recommendations for cellphone
From: Stanley Cline
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 22:47
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 22:47
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On 1 Apr 2001 17:56:25 GMT, Peter Jensen <jensen@cc.gatech.edu> wrote: >sell). You can get it as an option (i.e. hardware add-on for Nokia >51xx and 61xx, don't know about others), but I've never felt the The only phones that are compatible with Powertel's analog roaming are the Nokia 5190 and 6190 (with analog module) and the Ericsson CF888. I don't think that Ptel even sells the CF888 anymore... The other problem with Ptel's analog roaming is that there are MANY areas where they have no analog roaming agreements, meaning that you can't receive calls in those areas and must use a credit card to place calls at $2/min. I used to use Ptel but after having no service in New Orleans (now resolved) and Lafayette, LA (still a problem), I switched to Verizon. >need. Lots of my friends complain about Sprint, but it still seems to Sprint's *coverage* is very good in Atlanta (especially compared to other cities such as Chicago) but they have had a lot of problems with voicemail as of late. -SC -- Stanley Cline -- sc1 at roamer1 dot org -- http://www.roamer1.org/ ... "Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. There might be a law against it by that time." -/usr/games/fortune
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