moving from TDMA to GSM in SF (and could use a phone recom..

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i'm a former AT&T Wireless customer, and i got a letter from cingular last
week that is basically offering me 2x the minutes for the same price (new
deal: 1000 min for $40) if i switch over to GSM (2 yr contract).

AT&T's GSM network was terrible in San Francisco a couple of years ago (so
much so that i forced them to switch me back to TDMA) - is cingular's
current network any better?

also, the phones they've offered me (Samsung C207 free after rebate, and
Moto V551 for $50 after rebate) don't seem that great to me. do you think
it'd be possible to get them to cut me a deal on say, a nokia 6230 or
something? i have friends who have been able to get Sprint to kick in some
pretty good deals for them when they called - is cingular as willing to
negotiate?

any other recommendations for cheap, durable, high quality phones would be
super appreciated too -- i'll sacrifice whizbang features for good sound,
reception, and build quality (small size is good too).

thanks in advance for the help!

lalaland5000

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I am not in SF but I was a very long term ATT TDMA customer who recently
"upgraded" to Cingular GSM. I live in a major metropolitan city and thus
far I have experienced more dropped calls with GSM in the last three weeks
than I have experienced with TDMA in the last 5 years. I have tried three
different phones and there is a tremendous difference.

The rollover minutes and price was good but I really wonder about this
functionality. Now, I am assuming Cingular will add more bandwidth or
whatever they need to do really fast because as it stands, for me anyway,
there is no comparison and I wish I had not changed as this point. BTW, I
have a relative who lives in Chicago area and they alerted me before I
changed about the spotty reception. I blew them off and when for the
rollover minutes and other doodads. I hope to heaven they get this thing
tuned in better.


"Lalaland5000" <lalalandFIVEZEROZEROZERO@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:Xns96878FC926281lalaland5000bigfootc@140.99.99.130...
> i'm a former AT&T Wireless customer, and i got a letter from cingular last
> week that is basically offering me 2x the minutes for the same price (new
> deal: 1000 min for $40) if i switch over to GSM (2 yr contract).
>
> AT&T's GSM network was terrible in San Francisco a couple of years ago (so
> much so that i forced them to switch me back to TDMA) - is cingular's
> current network any better?
>
> also, the phones they've offered me (Samsung C207 free after rebate, and
> Moto V551 for $50 after rebate) don't seem that great to me. do you think
> it'd be possible to get them to cut me a deal on say, a nokia 6230 or
> something? i have friends who have been able to get Sprint to kick in some
> pretty good deals for them when they called - is cingular as willing to
> negotiate?
>
> any other recommendations for cheap, durable, high quality phones would be
> super appreciated too -- i'll sacrifice whizbang features for good sound,
> reception, and build quality (small size is good too).
>
> thanks in advance for the help!
>
> lalaland5000