On 02 Sep 2004 22:29:27 +0000, Paul Vixie wrote:
Now that AT&T has followed T-Mobile's example by screwing the pooch on my cell phone billing, and I've flung yet another SIM-locked Motorola V600 out the window of yet another moving vehicle, and am about to enter into another year long "you violated the agreement first" small claims battle, I need a new GSM provider. I'm going to buy an unlocked tri-band GSM this time. Anybody had notable (good or bad) billing and/or customer service experiences with Voicestream or any other GSM provider with native coverage in the San Francisco Bay Area?
I have had nothing but terrific customer support from T-Mobile in the Boston area. They even answer the phone! Their coverage is spotty in many areas I have travelled around the U.S., but it is improving and you can set your handset to auto-seek an available network. (They have reciprocal roaming agreements with AT&T and Cingular.). However in large parts of Maine there is NO service anywhere. Voicestream was bought by T-Mobile. You can get unlocked handsets off eBay; I bought two Motorola triband units for $80 each. Notes from my T-Mobile rep: - OUTDATED HANDSETS: -Nokia 8890: some problems -Motorola Timeport series (all except one model is triband including L7089). Larger than V series. P280 is triband but has problems -Siemens one triband model. Problems. -[JR also finds: MOT P8097 Ericson R520] - Meg says can buy in aftermarket unlocked triband (or T-Mobile/Voicestream) Ericson T68m or T68i, Mot P7389 Timeport or L7089 (buy on eBay) My daughter will take that Motorola V600! (She nags me daily to buy one for her.) Jeffrey Race