Re: Future GSM Cingular Coverage question

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In <c47d1fd8.0410160743.62a78452@posting.google.com > on 16 Oct 2004 08:43:33
-0700, aravind_rolands@yahoo.com (Aravind) wrote:

>John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message news:<DLxbd.17276$54.290535@typhoon.sonic.net>...
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>>
>> >If you don't mind, can you please tell me what is a GAIT phone and who
>> >carries them, service-wise?
>>
>> GAIT phones (on GAIT plans) support GSM+TDMA+AMPS. They aren't being actively
>> marketed, but can be found on the Internet (e.g., eBay) and then activated on
>> ATTWS or Cingular.
>
>I wonder why people don't get these phones much if this is the case.
>They are more expensive? I guess in order to get more coverage one has
>to have dual plans from two different providers (ATTWS AND Cingular?)
>operating concurrently. It would be more expensive, I think, but still
>useful. Am I wrong?

Yes -- ATTWS subscribers may not roam freely on Cingular.

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