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stephen5688

Apr 7, 2005, 3:33 PM
I live in Alabama and Cingular had said that they use the 850/1900 band in this state, so dose that mean that a overseas phone that had 900/1800/1900 will work. I mean I know it should work on the 1900 but does that mean that there will be cretin parts of my state that Cingular only had 850 and I want have any service or is it that they have 1900 everywhere they have 850 at and why would they use two different bands in the same state anyway?
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sharpie

Apr 7, 2005, 3:39 PM
they will probly be mixed the main diffrence is the 850 mhz can penetrate into buildings and such better than the 1900 you will probly not have signal in some areas other singular customers do sorry 😢
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temp

Apr 7, 2005, 3:46 PM
sharpie said:
they will probly be mixed the main diffrence is the 850 mhz can penetrate into buildings and such better than the 1900 you will probly not have signal in some areas other singular customers do sorry 😢




or he can just force his unlocked phone to roam on tmobile (that is assuming they have towers in that area)
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coldsteel

Apr 7, 2005, 5:59 PM
Or get a 64K SIM and grab the strongest tower no matter the carrier.
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Wenadin

Apr 8, 2005, 10:38 AM
This will only cause the phone to switch between the *once* ATT towers and Cingular towers, it won't help improve his reception much. Especially if he has a pre-merger phone, the 64k sim won't even work in it.
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Wenadin

Apr 8, 2005, 10:36 AM
Your reception should be fine, the two bands overlap eachother to make it so you will get reception inside buildings. It will just be not quite so good inside as outside because you don't receive the frequency that penetrates buildings.
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