--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: E5C00001 Date: 05/06/97 From: BLAKE BOWERS Time: 06:04am \/To: TOM EZELL (Read 2 times) Subj: Ukraine / GSM-900 TE> service has been extended over to Tulsa, OK, western Tennessee, a TE> small piece of northwestern Mississippi, and southern Missouri. Hmmm. Are you with Century, or SWBT? It has been real interesting to see the Cellular wars that have started up since ATT sold their system here to SWBT! --- PPoint 1.98 * Origin: KD4RME, The POINT of it all.... (1:284/99.10) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: E5C00002 Date: 05/06/97 From: BLAKE BOWERS Time: 06:08am \/To: THE REAL TOM MARKS (Read 2 times) Subj: Two Phones On (07 May 97) The Real Tom Marks wrote to Scott Currier... TR> If you switch the phone off before you switch the other one on, I TR> don't think there is any way they could do it, especially since TR> neither will be used at the same time, and that usually one of them TR> will be off. Hi Tom. Cloning of Cell phones has been off-topic in this echo for quite a while, let's take the thread to netmail please. Thanks in advance for your cooperation! Blake, Moderator, Cellular --- PPoint 1.98 * Origin: KD4RME, The POINT of it all.... (1:284/99.10) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: E5C00003 Date: 05/07/97 From: CHARLES HUNTER Time: 12:25am \/To: GEORGE ERDNER (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Ukraine / GSM-900 GE>Currently, the Qualcomm 800 is th eonly digital phone we're offering. >But the Audivox MVX855 should be available soon, as well as the new >Motorola. I'm really looking forward to the new Motorolas. From what >I've heard, they'll use the same case & universal battery format as >their Teletac & "flip" series of phones. That means that the current >handsfree kits & other accesories can stillbe used with them. I use the Qualcomm which is marked 600. It is my first digital phone and I have to tell you that it is great except for me sounding like Darth Vader when I call someone. The battery in it is great too. Charles * 1st 2.00 ~ Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!!! --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0671 * Origin: AirPower Information Services 610-259-2193 (1:273/408) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: E5C00004 Date: 05/05/97 From: BRIAN LEO Time: 08:28pm \/To: ALL (Read 2 times) Subj: NEXTEL SERVICE TR> Has anyone heard anything about it? Over here they have this plan TR> that has phones that operate as: 2 way radios, cell phones, voice mail, TR> and paging, all in one. The 2 way radios operate from the bay area TR> nearly down to LA, and are rated at 10c a minute, and there are 250 TR> minutes includded for a rate of $29.95 a month. Has anyone heard TR> agbout these plans in any other states? Yes this will be a full U.S. network soon. over 100 cities are now hooked up to it. The handset is made by Motorola and it's the iden series of equipment. In Canada this product was released with ClearNet on the last day of Sept. 1996. There are about 10,000 units now in service. It has made an impact on the wireless communication market in the business application. The Canadian and U.S. network will soon be joined up so you could 2-way radio fron L.A. to quebac city... This is a multi-function handset that is going to take some time to beat. I can even download a fax through their network! It's called "Mike" as a nickname here, maybe they will extend the name to the U.S. as well. I am a dealer for the "Mike" network with ClearNet in Ontario Canada. I hope this answers some of your questions. BRIAN LEO ... Starflight Communications for "MIKE" from ClearNet. (416) 717-1271 * Evaluation copy of Silver Xpress. Day # 198 * Silver Xpress V4.01 --- PCBoard (R) v15.4/M 5 Beta * Origin: Bits & Bytes BBS - Toronto, Ont. - (416) 532-1784 (1:250/350) (1:250/350) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: E5C00005 Date: 05/05/97 From: BRIAN LEO Time: 08:28pm \/To: BRIAN LINGARD (Read 2 times) Subj: PCS BL> may change when pcs starting gobbling up their market though. pcs will be very local and only in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec around our area. If you travel you would be out of luck for service. BRIAN LEO ... Mail Media. Do not expose to Flames! * Evaluation copy of Silver Xpress. Day # 198 * Silver Xpress V4.01 --- PCBoard (R) v15.4/M 5 Beta * Origin: Bits & Bytes BBS - Toronto, Ont. - (416) 532-1784 (1:250/350) (1:250/350) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: E5C00006 Date: 05/07/97 From: TOM COLE Time: 07:08pm \/To: TOM EZELL (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Ukraine / GSM-900 -> The toll-free area depends on your cellular carrier and how -> wel-connected they are. Here, the entire state of Arkansas is a -> toll-free area, provided that I'm in Arkansas, too. No roaming fees -> in-state (recent development) and (more recently) the roam-free servi -> has been extended over to Tulsa, OK, western Tennessee, a small piece -> northwestern Mississippi, and southern Missouri. Here in Lousiana, with Century Cellunet, I get toll free calls anywhere in my area code, as well as roam free service anywhere in the state, all of Arkansas, and a big chunk of Texas. Since that covers most of the area I travel in, I never pay a roaming fee. (G) -> -> The trend seems to be that as long as you're paying them for air time -> the companies are becoming more forgiving about roaming and some long -> distance. Where they have to tie in to the landline switches for LD -> still a sticky point, though... I make numerous calls from Tyler back into Shreveport, and all I ever pay is the direct dial rates for the LD plus my normal airtime charges. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: A.L.T. BBS Shreveport, LA (318) 687-8912 (1:380/64.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: E5C00007 Date: 05/03/97 From: CARL OWENS Time: 10:03am \/To: THE REAL TOM MARKS (Read 2 times) Subj: Nextel Serive |------------------|The Real Tom Marks wrote: TM>Has anyone heard anything about it? Over here they have this plan TM>that has phones that operate as: 2 way radios, cell phones, voice mail, TM>and paging, all in one. The 2 way radios operate from the bay area nearly TM>down to LA, and are rated at 10c a minute, and there are 250 minutes TM>included for a rate of $29.95 a month. Has anyone heard about these TM>plans in any other states? |------------------|about Nextel Service Yes, they are showing up all over the country. You will see this company as a nation wide network by the middle of 1988. The 250 minutes included in the price you stated was for the "dispatch" feature. The celular time is differently billed. I use one of their products and am very happy with the service I get. --- * Tag-X Pro v1.30 * "Anything you'd like to do?" "Yes. Go into a coma." --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: FIDONET * Spirit of St. Louis BBS * (215) 742-6606 (1:273/946.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: E5C00008 Date: 05/08/97 From: THE REAL TOM MARKS Time: 01:00am \/To: GEORGE ERDNER (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Two Phones -=> Quoting George Erdner to The Real Tom Marks <=- TRTM> I think it's pretty easy with analog phones TRTM> though, with the amount of poeple running around over here with stolen E TRTM> hpones. GE> Those are all non-authenticated phones. The new authentication GE> procedures on most new analog phones make cloning an order of GE> magnitude more difficult. The carrier I sell for won't sell ANY new GE> phones that aren't authenticated. What does authentication do? Does it like remember the original ESN and if it gets changed it won't work? Please explain about authentication. ... 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