--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: F5G00006 Date: 04/17/98 From: WAYNE MORRELL Time: 03:23am \/To: DAVID HABANEC (Read 1 times) Subj: One2One (WAS: UK Cellular Networks) Hello David. 16 Apr 98 19:18, David Habanec wrote to Wayne Morrell: DH> The phone sounds faulty, get it tested. As I said before there's no point the phone is 100% OK. Regards, W. ... "Bother" said Pooh, as he realised Piglet was undercooked. --- FMail/386 1.22 * Origin: The Last Outpost, Brighton, UK. (2:440/20.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: F5G00007 Date: 04/18/98 From: DAVID HABANEC Time: 12:34am \/To: WAYNE MORRELL (Read 1 times) Subj: UK Cellular Networks Yo Wayne Morrell, are you receiving me ? Friday, 17 April 1998 03:21:02, Wayne Morrell was sitting on cloud 9 discussing: UK Cellular Networks with David Habanec DH>> It might be a fault with the phone, maybe you should get it DH>> tested in a service centre. WM> No point, I know the phones 100% OK. Hmm, well you don't really know unless you get the phones tested. -=> Yourz, David Habanec <=- IRC : DALnet #fidonetuk InterNet : http://dhabs.home.ml.org E-mail : xchat@most-wanted.com .!. The die is cast. (proverb quoted by Julius Caesar). --- Terminate 5.00/Pro * Origin: Swiftcall enter your PIN (2:440/20.4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: F5G00008 Date: 04/22/98 From: STEVEN KRUETZMANN Time: 06:44am \/To: IAN SINGER (Read 1 times) Subj: Cellular tricks? -> Nope. Fido is incompatable with anything else in Canada. I believe its -> also at a different frequency and their coverage in Toronto is terrible. -> Walk into a store and you lose signal, go below ground and you lose it. -> I upgraded to their most expensive Erickson and returned it within a -> week and it took 10 weeks to get a refund. Clearnet is much much -> better, but when its in analog mode the battery is only good for 8 -> hours. Perhaps it's a catch-22, eh? great deal but lousy coverage? I'm with Bell Mobility's analog service, and I love the service I get, the reception, everything. My fathers trying to convince me to go on FIDO, but I heard that programming the phonw is a pain in the rea... The reason I chose bell over Cantell/At&t and anyone else is because I trust Bell they do a great job with my local service, I'd guess they'd do good with my mobile stuff. And they do, with the occasional problems.. write back, eh? Steve --- Platinum Xpress/Win/Wildcat5! v2.0 * Origin: The Horizon Bulletin Board 905-855-7934 (1:250/348) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: F5G00009 Date: 04/22/98 From: IAN SINGER Time: 12:47am \/To: STEVEN KRUETZMANN (Read 1 times) Subj: Cellular tricks? -> Lets say I have a FIDO phone. If I decide to discontinue the service -> with FIDO, can that phone be used for Bell Mobility or Cantel AT&T -> service? Nope. Fido is incompatable with anything else in Canada. I believe its also at a different frequency and their coverage in Toronto is terrible. Walk into a store and you lose signal, go below ground and you lose it. I upgraded to their most expensive Erickson and returned it within a week and it took 10 weeks to get a refund. Clearnet is much much better, but when its in analog mode the battery is only good for 8 hours. --- PCBoard (R) v15.23/M 5 * Origin: FidoNet * IDS Place * 905-608-1903 56.6Kbs FTS/QWK (1:250/462) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: F5G00010 Date: 04/23/98 From: IAN SINGER Time: 02:13am \/To: STEVEN KRUETZMANN (Read 1 times) Subj: Cellular tricks? Re Fido -> Perhaps it's a catch-22, eh? great deal but lousy coverage? Trouble is that Fido is at a higher frewuency than Clearnet so inherantly its much more line of sight. I started off with their Nokia as the display was more readable but its earpiece volume was too low. Switched to the Erickson as overall it was better. Physically its much smaller but thats offset by fact that the antenna is not retractable. -> FIDO, but I heard that programming the phonw is a pain in the rea... Didnt have any problems -> The reason I chose bell over Cantell/At&t and anyone else is because -> I trust Bell they do a great job with my local service, I'd guess -> they'd do good with my mobile stuff. A few years ago the reason I was with Cantel vs Bell was that Bell had no coverage south of Lakeshore in Etobicoke. I just could not get a signal. What I dont like about the Clearnet Qualicum phone is that when you slide it into your pocket the jog button rolls, and then when it rings pressing any key will not answer as first of all you have to press clear to put it back into default standby mode on the display. My battery charger broke the first time so they replaced it. Then I complained about blocked incoming numbers not showing in recent call list so they said it was defective and replaced phone. Turns out they should not have done. Then they came to my office and reflashed it to latest ROM as I told them Sony said that would fix the blocked number problem (it didnt), then about 4 months later the backlight died so they replaced the phone again. The other point Clearnet does not mention is that yes billing is by the second, and yes there is no minimum call duration BUT the call duration srats from the time you press send if the call is answered, eg it rings for one minute before someone answers and you talk for one second you get builled for 61 seconds. With Fido that would bill as 1 second. --- PCBoard (R) v15.23/M 5 * Origin: FidoNet * IDS Place * 905-608-1903 56.6Kbs FTS/QWK (1:250/462) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: F5G00011 Date: 04/23/98 From: STEVEN KRUETZMANN Time: 09:28am \/To: IAN SINGER (Read 1 times) Subj: Cellular tricks? -=> Quoting Ian Singer to Steven Kruetzmann <=- Hi, Ian! IS> Trouble is that Fido is at a higher frewuency than Clearnet so IS> inherantly its much more line of sight. I started off with their IS> Nokia as the display was more readable but its earpiece volume was too IS> low. Switched to the Erickson as overall it was better. Physically its IS> much smaller but thats offset by fact that the antenna is not IS> retractable. My father's phone doesn't work in the bowling alley near his place. It's really annoying, because it's not too far underground. Oh well....even when I'm in a grocery store near my place, the reception SUCKS!!!! Oh well. I don't mind the service I get, and the long distance servuce I get is pretty good... IS> A few years ago the reason I was with Cantel vs Bell was that Bell had IS> no coverage south of Lakeshore in Etobicoke. I just could not get a IS> signal. that's pretty rough. I guess cellular telecommunications have really evolved since they became mainstream. This little phone I got is the best little gadget I bought in such a long time. i have this flipphone simply because I don't want any of the buttons to be accidentally pushed in case of anything. The flip keeps the phone's buttons safe....*grin* Also, if someone calls, all I have to do is open the flip, and everything's OK... Take care! Steve ... Don't hit me, Mr. Moderator... I'll go back on topic... I swear! ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 [NR] --- Platinum Xpress/Win/Wildcat5! v2.0 * Origin: The Horizon Bulletin Board 905-855-7934 (1:250/348) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: F5G00012 Date: 04/17/98 From: CHARLES HUNTER Time: 08:44am \/To: BJORN KRISTIANSEN (Read 1 times) Subj: Sprint vs Primeco BK>But how is their coverage anyway? I've heard it's poor outside the bigger >cities? Only because it is next to non existent outside of the cities. That's why I use the dual band phone. CHARLES HUNTER * 1st 2.00 #9124 * Real men don't set phasers on stun... --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0671 * Origin: AirPower Telnet://airpower.dyn.ml.org 610-259-2193 (1:273/408) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: F5G00013 Date: 04/24/98 From: JAMES BENDALL Time: 11:51pm \/To: IAN SINGER (Read 1 times) Subj: Cellular tricks? Hallo Ian! 22 Apr 98 00:47, Ian Singer wrote to Steven Kruetzmann: ->> Lets say I have a FIDO phone. If I decide to discontinue the service ->> with FIDO, can that phone be used for Bell Mobility or Cantel AT&T ->> service? IS> Nope. Fido is incompatable with anything else in Canada. I believe its Can I just ask what a Fido phone is? (I'm in the UK so we don't know about these things). -- *JamesB* --* james@the-axiom.demon.co.uk --* --- * Origin: The Axiom : 01242-693785 : (2:253/9) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: F5G00014 Date: 04/25/98 From: IAN SINGER Time: 10:35pm \/To: JAMES BENDALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Cellular tricks? -> Can I just ask what a Fido phone is? (I'm in the UK so we don't know -> about these things). Sure. You have them, kind of. Fido is a brand name of a service provider and all their TV ads have dogs in them and say that YOU are the master. Its a PCS and is GSM vs CDMA that the Clearnet brand uses vs TDMA that the other national provider uses. We have all these competing standards here in Canada. They sell the phone for $40-300 and charge you $40 a month for 400 min airtime billed in one second increments. They also advertise that as its GSM its works around the world and it comes with a smart card which is a little plastic microchip that stores your phone number and phone book. Its smaller than teh gold chip on teh prepaid BT phones. BUT as the GSM here is not the same as in England what you have to do is rent a new phone when you get to Europe and put the smart chip in it. Their actual digiatl coverage is only in Toronto Vancouver and Montreal and at the start of the year tehy introduced dual mode (digital/analog) mode phones. --- PCBoard (R) v15.23/M 5 * Origin: FidoNet * IDS Place * 905-608-1903 56.6Kbs FTS/QWK (1:250/462) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: F5G00015 Date: 04/14/98 From: WAYNE MORRELL Time: 11:08pm \/To: RUPESH PATRE (Read 1 times) Subj: UK Cellular Networks Hello Rupesh. Stardate 06.04.98 00:39, Captain Rupesh Patre was beamed aboard to discuss UK CEllular Networks with All: RP> Its just that I am looking to buy a mobile phone for the first time RP> and need some advice in choosing the most suitable network. My advice is to steer clear of One2One whatever you do, I've had nothing but hassell with them, Regards, W. --- FMail/386 1.22 * Origin: Heart Of The Ocean, Brighton, UK. (2:440/20.1)