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My AT&T Plan |
santa
Joined: Feb 19, 2003
Posts: 16
From: Colorado, USA
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Hi all -
First let me thank all of you who've posted to Estato. I've been reading for a couple of months and found the information very helpful.
I'm an AT&T subscriber, and am planning on moving to a p800 as soon checkbook balance matches the price. Based on all I've read on this board, this is my plan:
Get a Siemens S46 GSM/TDMA phone from AT&T. I should be able to get this for free (haven't gotten a new phone for 2 1/2 years)
When I can afford it, buy an unlocked P800.
This would solve many of the problems ID'd on this board:
1) AT&T GSM coverage. Switch to the Siemens when I'm in Cincinatti or wherever else AT&T GSM doesn't work.
2) Unlocking. Would use the AT&T sim for the p800 in the US. Could switch other sims when outside of the US.
3) "club phone" - While not particularly cool looking, could bring the S46 with me into dangerous environments... not risking my primary toy.
Any thoughts?
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multipurpose workermonkey
Joined: Dec 11, 2002
Posts: 13
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sounds good, i'm going to try something of the same thing but try and get a t68 involved. i'm really sick of waiting for a p800 in the US. |
contaygious
Joined: Jan 04, 2003
Posts: 322
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I take my p800 to clubs all the time, why would u want to switch phones all the time? i don't think that's even possible is it because they make your service specific to one fone not just the sim card. they have u tell them the numbers off the back of your p800.
I HAVE A P800!!!!!!!!! |
ThEvil0nE
Joined: Feb 19, 2003
Posts: 2
From: NYC
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Some people just want to get the coolest gadget they can ever put their hands on. I must say, I'm one of the "gadget freaks" or as they always say... "the boys with all their toys" 
I know it would sound crazy but here's just a quick run down of the phones I got...
Nokia:7
Ericsson/SE: 4
The newest phone I got right now is the nokia 7210 and I'm again aching to get the P800. It do sound stupid but what can you do  not to forget, I ahve 3 active lines... 2 from T-Mobie and 1 from AT&T.
BUT... the good things is... the TRI-band phones are really getting in the act (pointing spclly to NO-KEY-YAH!)
TC all
ThEvil0nE
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AT&T NY +19176016068 |
isyoox
Joined: Dec 22, 2002
Posts: 14
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I have AT&T, and I am planning on getting a P800 as soon as it is released and swapping b/w it and my t68i (if I can't sell my t68i, that is). Right now, AT&T handles GSM and TDMA accounts seperately, with seperate plans, so you're not going to be able to switch networks back and forth with one plan. With strictly GSM phones and a GSM plan, it is just a matter of swapping out your SIM card. Tried out my cousin's GSM Nokia this weekend, as a matter of fact (tiny little sucker).
That puts a little kink on TDMA usage... |
santa
Joined: Feb 19, 2003
Posts: 16
From: Colorado, USA
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I'd need to get a one of their multi-band plans... that let you use both TDMA and GSM with the same phone number (only works with the S46).
I don't really want to switch phones all the time. The problem is that AT&T GSM has big huge chunks of the country that it doesn't cover. I need to be able to travel to places in the US that aren't covered by AT&T's GSM network... thus the need for the multi-band and S46. But when I'm in their GSM network, which will be most of the time, then I'd like to be able to use a P800. |
snap-hiss
Joined: Nov 06, 2002
Posts: 118
From: fair Imladris
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Where I'm at in Central PA the GSM service is great, and my plan works just fine for me ;P
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Posted: 2003-02-19 20:07
