 n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
 ·Optimum Online
| FCC to the rescue? Since the FCC ordered at the beginning of August that cell phone carriers allow roaming on each others networks "on a just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory basis" that might solve some of their problems. In my case, AT&T's coverage is actually better than the coverage T-Mobile provides me due to their support of 850MHz. 850MHz covers many places in my commute where T-Mobile's 1900MHz does not. OTOH, there are many places where T-Mobile has superior service to AT&T.
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 batterupI Can Not Tell A Lie.Premium
join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ
 ·Verizon Online DSL
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said by n2jtx:Since the FCC ordered at the beginning of August that cell phone carriers allow roaming on each others networks "on a just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory basis" that might solve some of their problems. In my case, AT&T's coverage is actually better than the coverage T-Mobile provides me due to their support of 850MHz. 850MHz covers many places in my commute where T-Mobile's 1900MHz does not. OTOH, there are many places where T-Mobile has superior service to AT&T. You can roam but open your wallet.
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However, the Commission's decision to leave it up to the marketplace to set roaming prices might eventually have an impact on consumers' wallets.
»www.bpm-today.com/story.xhtml?st···029F6EET |
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 PolarBear03The bear formerly known as aaron8301Premium
join:2005-01-03 | reply to n2jtx
said by n2jtx:Since the FCC ordered at the beginning of August that cell phone carriers allow roaming on each others networks "on a just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory basis" that might solve some of their problems. Does this mean that in areas where T-Mo used to NOT have roaming agreements with AT&T, that I will now be able to roam on AT&T? Like I said above, there are many areas around here that are served by AT&T but NOT T-Mo, and I cannot roam on them (rendering my phone useless for anything other than 911).
Or does this just mean that where roaming agreements already exist, that it will be for a decent price, rather that a wallet raping?
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A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention, with the possible exceptions of handguns and Tequilla. -- Mitch Ratcliffe |
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batterupI Can Not Tell A Lie.Premium
join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ Reviews:
·Verizon Online DSL
| said by PolarBear03:Or does this just mean that where roaming agreements already exist, that it will be for a decent price, rather that a wallet raping? I quote again, *the marketplace to set roaming prices*. You can now roam on at&t for 60 cents a minute. You can't expect T-Mobile and at&t just to swap roaming as at&t has five times the coverage. |
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| reply to PolarBear03
Qwest uses the Sprint network for their wireless service, but all of the Qwest plans include free nationwide automatic roaming. Digital or analog. My wife and I share 750 minutes for about $60 a month after bundling with their phone and dsl, but never having to pay roaming fees has been a God send with all the travelling we've been doing. The coverage map for Qwest service once you figure in the roaming agreements is the best out there from what I can tell.
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