How many networks can you access at home?

[Airb330]

Originally Posted by Etorres777

With my AT&T Wireless phone (Samsung x426) I can access the following:

Sad part about this, sometimes Telefonica MoviStar has a stronger signal (at my home outside the city limits) than my AT&T Wireless and it's across the border in another country

Lol that stinks! Isn't MoviStar also CDMA? I know in Puerto Vallarta, everyone had Telcel TDMA or GSM, a few had IUSACELL(CDMA), which I used with my nokia--worked well, but I was around many cell towers with little signal, so obviously Telcel was much better.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by bobolito

What is IMMIX? Is that a carrier?

Immix is the former Conestoga Wireless GSM 1900 in central PA (State College, Reading)

[Matt]

I don't have 850 on my phone, so no Cingular for me. I can see TM and AWE (barred)

[Fire14]

I am in Union County NJ and i get:
AWE
T-Mobile (Barred)

[weldor]

Originally Posted by UNCCJester

Anyway to get to a menu or hack of some sort on my 6340? I remember the 6340i users being able to do a little more than me, but it's been so long that I can't remember anymore..I've been kinda outta the loop for awhile now

Aparently this is top secret info. as I have asked about being able to check other providers on my Aud. 8600 and no one will answer me.

Mabe you have to have two to four hundred posts after your name.

I have never had a 6340i so can't help you out, sorry

[Yahoo!Man]

In my Zip Code of 24571 (Lynchstation, VA and Lynchburg, VA also in Altavista, VA) i have AT&T TDMA Prepaid with a Nokia 1260 and can pick up the following:

Suncom TDMA (best digital signal for Lynch Station -- which is in the middle of nowhere - closest town is an hour away which is lynchburg -- small town had good coverage there in lynchburg)

Verizon Analog for Lynchurg Station -- pretty good for voice but NO data services avalible and for a minute or 30 seconds it read Roaming Digital (called 611 and it WAS verizon) i did not know verizon had tdma

AT&T Home (suprisingly) for AltaVista great coverage, but i don't know how since Suncom give ATT coverage ????, but the phone read ATT

US Cellular (very poor TDMA in Lynchburg -- only on them for about a minute)

US Cellular (good AMPS in Lynchburg Station -- only on them once again for about 2 mins) - no data avalible

Alltel Analog in Lynchstation near Lynchburg -- pretty poor coverage

This was about a year and a half ago... so things could have and probably have changed

[Etorres777]

Originally Posted by Airb330

Lol that stinks! Isn't MoviStar also CDMA? I know in Puerto Vallarta, everyone had Telcel TDMA or GSM, a few had IUSACELL(CDMA), which I used with my nokia--worked well, but I was around many cell towers with little signal, so obviously Telcel was much better.

No, MoviStar is GSM. When I'm in Cd. Juarez (right next to El Paso, Texas), I can roam on either one, they both have great signal in Juarez, but sad to say, Telcel GSM has A LOT more coverage in the middle of no where than MoviStar. I usually take a road from Juarez to Santa Teresa, New Mexico, and Telcel is strong until my AT&T kicks in LOL. It really does suck, I KNOW! I hope that Cingular and AT&T start building some towers or making some more roaming aggrements to fill in the 'v' gap that I happen to live on the border line of coverage and no coverage. If I got north of my front yard, I have NO COVERAGE, getting deeper into the 'v' gap. I've heard that they steal numbers and charge them up the . Is this true?

[Pedal2Medal00]

T-Mobile 1900
AT&T GSM 1900
AT&T TDMA 800?
AT&T Analog
Verizon Digital
Verizon Analog
Nextel
Sprint PCS
US Cellular (soon)
Cingular (soon)

[bobolito]

Originally Posted by Matt

I don't have 850 on my phone...

Then get yourself a non-handicapped phone!

[Airb330]

Torres, I am almost positive Movistar was CDMA at one point. What about that PegasoPCS (SPrint affliate, CDMA 1900). I've heard about them, but have never seen them in Puerto Vallarta, Matzalan, or Ixtapa. Hopefully, I'll get to Mexico sometime soon again, and then I'll have GSM and excellant Telcel coverage.

How dumb is IUSACELL for a name, especially for a Mexican carrier? Movistar is an odd too, what is that supposed to mean? I know they are in Spain and maybe other European countries, though mostly bought out from Vodafone.

[Etorres777]

Originally Posted by Airb330

Torres, I am almost positive Movistar was CDMA at one point. What about that PegasoPCS (SPrint affliate, CDMA 1900). I've heard about them, but have never seen them in Puerto Vallarta, Matzalan, or Ixtapa. Hopefully, I'll get to Mexico sometime soon again, and then I'll have GSM and excellant Telcel coverage.

How dumb is IUSACELL for a name, especially for a Mexican carrier? Movistar is an odd too, what is that supposed to mean? I know they are in Spain and maybe other European countries, though mostly bought out from Vodafone.

It might have been, which is odd for a company going from CDMA to GSM. It's odd. Now i'm curious but, it is a GSM. My phone is strictly GSM. Telcel GSM is the BEST in Mexico. IUSAACEL is a very strange name, it sounds like I USA CELL LOL! A name is a name. I wonder if American wireless providers will ever own or own part or all of a cell company in other countries. If there is, post, i'm curious LOL.

[Airb330]

I do know BellSouth (40% Cingular) owns many CDMA carriers down in Latin America. Verizon owns some of IUSACELL, hence why it's CDMA I'd guess. ATT used to own part of ATT Rogers (TDMA/GSM) in Canada....I think they just sold it. Sprint PCS has something to do with Pegaso PCS...if that even exists in Mexico anymore. I'm going to try to research the Movistar thing. I just remember them being CDMA for some reason when I was in Matzalan....in Spring 2002.

[Airb330]

This seems to explain some:

http://www.wirelessadvisor.com/forum...read.php?t=769

It seems they are switching to GSM, since Movistar Spain owns them, which is obviously GSM. Pegaso PCS seems to be part of Movistar now, and Pegaso was PCS CDMA. Pegaso's website takes me to Movistar, so my assumption makes sense. Looks like GSM will be dominate in Mexico.

[ballazck]

Originally Posted by Yahoo!Man

In my Zip Code of 24571 (Lynchstation, VA and Lynchburg, VA also in Altavista, VA) i have AT&T TDMA Prepaid with a Nokia 1260 and can pick up the following:

Suncom TDMA (best digital signal for Lynch Station -- which is in the middle of nowhere - closest town is an hour away which is lynchburg -- small town had good coverage there in lynchburg)

Verizon Analog for Lynchurg Station -- pretty good for voice but NO data services avalible and for a minute or 30 seconds it read Roaming Digital (called 611 and it WAS verizon) i did not know verizon had tdma

AT&T Home (suprisingly) for AltaVista great coverage, but i don't know how since Suncom give ATT coverage ????, but the phone read ATT

US Cellular (very poor TDMA in Lynchburg -- only on them for about a minute)

US Cellular (good AMPS in Lynchburg Station -- only on them once again for about 2 mins) - no data avalible

Alltel Analog in Lynchstation near Lynchburg -- pretty poor coverage

This was about a year and a half ago... so things could have and probably have changed

Verizon haa never had TDMA. They are CDMA and AMPS. Anyways at my house i used a Verizon LG VX3100. I can get Sprint Digital by dialing *22805 and Alltel Digital by dialing *22801. The Sprint an Alltel singnal at my house are weak and unusable.

[bobolito]

Verizon has bought some small TDMA networks and converted them to CDMA in the past. That's how they made it into Puerto Rico. During the transition, they had to offer TDMA service in those areas for a while. I wouldn't be surprised if they still have some small chunk of spectrum still using TDMA for any left over customers in those markets.

[bobolito]

Originally Posted by Airb330

ATT used to own part of ATT Rogers (TDMA/GSM) in Canada....I think they just sold it.

They haven't sold their stake in Rogers yet. Here are some fresh news that will clear some doubts....



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AT&T Wireless may sell Rogers Wireless stake
Fri Sep 3, 2004 07:11 PM ET
LOS ANGELES, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Canada's Rogers Communications Inc. (RCIb.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday it had reached an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc.(AWE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) that could lead to the sale of AT&T Wireless' entire stake in Rogers Wireless Communications Inc.(RCMb.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) .
Under the letter agreement, Rogers Communications has the right of first refusal to buy 48.6 million shares of Rogers Wireless at a price of C$36.00 or less per share but is not required to do so.

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