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Joey684 · 06-30-2003, 10:12 AM

I am moving to LA in three weeks and i am bringing an unlocked Nokia 6100 GSM triband fone with me. what is the best way to have this phone activated? what problems do u think i may encounter?

ZaphodB · 06-30-2003, 11:36 AM

If you want contract (pay-monthly) service, you have three choices in Our Fair City... Cingular, T-Mobile, and AT&T. Cingular and T-Mobile use the same towers so the coverage is identical. I have heard that if you bring a phone to Cingular, they won't force you to sign a one-year (or two-year) commitment.

T-Mobile are probably the cheapest. Cingular have the "rollover" minutes, where minutes you don't use are stored in a minutes-bank for you for up to twelve months to offset your going over your minutes. AT&T have the newest GSM system and I haven't heard a lot of great things about it.

In any case, if they give you grief, take the cheapest phone they offer and keep it as a spare... then stick your SIM into your 6100.

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ZaphodB Signal Go Down De Hole... Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Heim of Ana Posts: 3,237 Phone(s): BlackBerry 8830, LG KG800 (GSM Chocolate) Provider(s): Verizon(US) Rogers(CA) Vodafone(ES) 3(HK) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Activating my phone If you want contract (pay-monthly) service, you have three choices in Our Fair City... Cingular, T-Mobile, and AT&T. Cingular and T-Mobile use the same towers so the coverage is identical. I have heard that if you bring a phone to Cingular, they won't force you to sign a one-year (or two-year) commitment. T-Mobile are probably the cheapest. Cingular have the "rollover" minutes, where minutes you don't use are stored in a minutes-bank for you for up to twelve months to offset your going over your minutes. AT&T have the newest GSM system and I haven't heard a lot of great things about it. In any case, if they give you grief, take the cheapest phone they offer and keep it as a spare... then stick your SIM into your 6100. __________________ I can help you in English. Puedo ayudarle en español. Je peux vous aider en français. Posso aiutarli in italiano. Ich kann Sie auf Deutsch helfen. Я могу помочь вам по-русски.

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