Best Approach
I am currently a TDMA customer and am wondering what the best approach is for me. My contract ends on August 9th and my service is really becoming unusable in my area. I am not sure what happened, but I get Analog Roam a lot and if I move (i.e. in a car), my signal will go from good to poor to dropped and then I'll get full strength again. It is as if I can't switch between towers easily.
Ironically, I got a flyer in the mail about how my service in my area is "better then ever." Greater coverage, fewer dropped calls, clearer call quality. All of which I lost, so I assume the flyer is for the GSM service
So my question is how should I handle the switch as I have 650 bonus minutes and free incoming text messages. All that I lose...
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Ironically, I got a flyer in the mail about how my service in my area is "better then ever." Greater coverage, fewer dropped calls, clearer call quality. All of which I lost, so I assume the flyer is for the GSM service
So my question is how should I handle the switch as I have 650 bonus minutes and free incoming text messages. All that I lose...
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Cingular is trying to get rid of TDMA. But to have your service degrade like you are describing is a phone issue.
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And there lies another problem right? Getting service on a TDMA phone is going to be a pain as I have the Motorola V60 which they don't have anymore.
Is that true?
Is that true?
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i would stay away from v60 as they are notorious(ie when they were new,90%of all v60 calls were for broken antennas)for equip issues.when callers called us and said "i have a motorola v60...*interrupt*lemme guess the antenna is loose, missing , broken, poor reception,etc,etc,
they look nice and have some nice features, reception and durability were NOT included...however GSM motorolas are newer and have redesigned antenna structures, they repaired/replaced probably 40% of antennas within the first 16 months
they look nice and have some nice features, reception and durability were NOT included...however GSM motorolas are newer and have redesigned antenna structures, they repaired/replaced probably 40% of antennas within the first 16 months
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The Motorola ws the biggest dog I ever sold. I am surprised you get any service on it.
Go on ebay and search for TDMA. Get a Nokia 6360 and be done with your problems.
Go on ebay and search for TDMA. Get a Nokia 6360 and be done with your problems.
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I am not so certain it is th phone. Cingular did an upgrade in my area and even told me that the service will be degrading in my area since they are usingthe towers for the upgrade. So I am thinkingit isn't the phone but the network. Coincidence my service degradation happened at the same time they did the upgrade to the gsm network - ?
Mark
Mark
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Cingular Wireless is in the process of converting the former AT&T Wireless TDMA network into the Cingular Wireless TDMA network. This work will begin now and go through the middle of 2006.
In some markets, the former AT&T Wireless TDMA subscribers will begin utilizing the orange TDMA network. In other markets, orange Cingular TDMA subscribers will begin utilizing the blue TDMA network.
Network integration activities will be taking place now through the middle of 2006.
Subscribers today normally stay on their respective blue and orange networks, and will not use other networks until their Home network signal is very weak. In that instance, the phone will drop the call and re-register on the other network.
When Cingular completes the "...
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In some markets, the former AT&T Wireless TDMA subscribers will begin utilizing the orange TDMA network. In other markets, orange Cingular TDMA subscribers will begin utilizing the blue TDMA network.
Network integration activities will be taking place now through the middle of 2006.
Subscribers today normally stay on their respective blue and orange networks, and will not use other networks until their Home network signal is very weak. In that instance, the phone will drop the call and re-register on the other network.
When Cingular completes the "...
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Thanks - that is the information I am looking for. So there is there a way now for the phone to work on both (i.e. update to the phone) or will I have to wait until 2006?
Thanks,
Mark
Thanks,
Mark
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If cingular is trying to convert everything over to GSM from TDMA, I would imagine that your problem is never going to get fixed. For one, TDMA is not used that much anymore. It sounds to me you are going to be in a situation like USCC customers. USCC used to use TDMA, at least in the midwest, and they converted their system over to CDMA. Sounds good dont it, but, if you did not switch over to the CDMA, you could remain on the TDMA part of it, but, TDMA was not being maintained or upgraded making your service next to impossible to use. So, you figure you might as well convert over to the CDMA, but when you go in to do so, you are informed that you can not stay on your current plan to do so, you have to change to the new plans. So, you ...
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The TDMA towers in that area were probably only working about 50%. In that case, they likely would have upgraded those towers to GSM. It was explained to me like a car. If you have a car from 1970 and a car from 2004 and the car breaks down, what parts are going to be cheaper? Obviously the newer parts will be cheaper. Why upgrade an old network when you can expand to bigger and better service.
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