Questions about Cell Towers and GoPhones
I am currently with Metro PCS and I'm getting tired of the crappy service and mess ups they give me.
I wanted to know about the towers. If i get a go-phone will i be able to access ATT and Cingular towers? Is that the way it works with Regular Plans? So say if there was 1 cingular tower in your area before the Merge then they bought out ATT. Will i be able to use the Att tower for like more signal? Or will my phone only favor one or will it switch between the two?
Okay now onto the questions about go phones. I wanted to know if they will get the same signal strength in my area as regular phones. The coverage maps are the same for the Go Phones in my area as regular phone plans. I just wanted to know. I heard about the new 64K...
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I wanted to know about the towers. If i get a go-phone will i be able to access ATT and Cingular towers? Is that the way it works with Regular Plans? So say if there was 1 cingular tower in your area before the Merge then they bought out ATT. Will i be able to use the Att tower for like more signal? Or will my phone only favor one or will it switch between the two?
Okay now onto the questions about go phones. I wanted to know if they will get the same signal strength in my area as regular phones. The coverage maps are the same for the Go Phones in my area as regular phone plans. I just wanted to know. I heard about the new 64K...
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The only difference is they are prepaid. We don't dillute the service because your not a postpaid customer
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Thank you much!!! Cingular Service is great in my area. 4-5 bars most of the time. So you d not know about the Sim Cards?
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so if a regular has a 64K in it will the prepaid get the same strangth? Thats basically what you were saying right? If so thats great!
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Thanks thats great! So can cingular customers use both cingular and former att towers in their area?
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Cust on the New Cingular GSM system with the 64k SIM cards and a ENS phone can use both Cingular and ATTWS towers.
The phone will pick which ever is stronger.
The phone will pick which ever is stronger.
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Thats nice. So GSM ENS LOL umm do not know the terms. Does this apply to the Sony Ericsson T237 go phone on sale online for 30$?
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To be honest I don't know if the SE T237 is ENS..... GSM is just the type of tech Cingular uses. All Cingular phones sold now are GSM.
The SE T237 should be ENS since all Cingular phones should be ENS now
The SE T237 should be ENS since all Cingular phones should be ENS now
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So what does it mean exactally? Will it affect my phone's signal strength?
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You should be fine. Lol correction likes to use Cingy terms but you should be ok in your area.
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I should order mine. I will wait until tonight it will be here in 1-2 days free shipping which is pretty good and im sure they mean business days right?
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Yeah thats good. They need free shipping like that everywhere makes ordering online much better and more people will do it.
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I think it means Enhanced Network selection.
I'm not that good with Acronyms or Spelling 🤣 🤣
It means that you phone will select the best tower to pick up on. It won't care if it is an ATTWS or a Cingular tower.
With non ENS phones and without the 64k sim card your phone will pick the network it was designed for first and only go to the 2nd network if it can't conect with the 1st network.
You will not experiance this. You'll be fine
I'm not that good with Acronyms or Spelling 🤣 🤣
It means that you phone will select the best tower to pick up on. It won't care if it is an ATTWS or a Cingular tower.
With non ENS phones and without the 64k sim card your phone will pick the network it was designed for first and only go to the 2nd network if it can't conect with the 1st network.
You will not experiance this. You'll be fine
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So the Sony Ericsson T237 the current ones they are still selling online will have this? If so that would be great!
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CoolCat168 said:
So the Sony Ericsson T237 the current ones they are still selling online will have this? If so that would be great!
all phones after Nov. 15th 2004 are ENS capable.
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I think it means Enhanced Network selection.
I'm not that good with Acronyms or Spelling 🤣 🤣
It means that you phone will select the best tower to pick up on. It won't care if it is an ATTWS or a Cingular tower.
With non ENS phones and without the 64k sim card your phone will pick the network it was designed for first and only go to the 2nd network if it can't conect with the 1st network.
You will not experiance this. You'll be fine
a little bit of both...
a quick recap:
ENS means we can load balance you (tell your phone what netowrk to workk off for traffic reasons)
64k sim allows us to load balance. we can't load balance with a 32k sim because there...
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So im still fine right? The Sony Ericsson Prepaid will get the same service in my area as a regular phone? The maps are the same for my area so i do not see why not? If they are all ESN as of Nov 14 2004.
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CoolCat168 said:
So im still fine right? The Sony Ericsson Prepaid will get the same service in my area as a regular phone? The maps are the same for my area so i do not see why not? If they are all ESN as of Nov 14 2004.
what are are you in? NYC? then that would be a yes
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CoolCat168 said:
Im in Tracy California 95376 about an hour east of San Fransisco.
shouldnt be a problem at all 😎
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Shayby said:
The only difference is they are prepaid. We don't dillute the service because your not a postpaid customer
well, not entirely true. there are some areas of the country that don't show coverage on the map that is there on the postpaid map. most of the difference in coverage is west of the Mississippi. it all depends on roaming agreements with regional carriers.
but East of the Mississippi, its almost exactly the same, with a small few exceptions (west of Toledo in OH, Northwest of Chattanooga, TN, Burlington, VT, etc.)
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Yeah i noticed that. But im my area are exactally the same. Will my signal strength still be affected? If the maps are the same in my area for regular and prepaid?
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