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Moved To D.c. Area. Need To Get Phone. Need Advice. Thanks guys... Also an update. My phone is a K-JAM (so its QUAD BAND ) I am thinking of going with cingular cause they give me a 6% discount since I am a foreign government employee. Also the guy said he would wave the 1 year contract activation fee and no deposit. its the $89.99 bundle (1350 mins with roll over, evening and weekends free, text messages, 1MB email/website etc.) I guess thats good. In canada they have evenings and weekend free from 7 or 8 ( i use to have 6) but here in the states they have 9pm (that sucks!!!) Oh well we will see...I will keep you guys updated
Moved To D.c. Area. Need To Get Phone. Need Advice.
Moved To D.c. Area. Need To Get Phone. Need Advice. I live in Falls Church, and basically hit all the points in the DC Metro area in a week. Cingular has been pretty reliable for me, I've been notcing my service being iffy, but thats because with the merger and all of the tower work. Cingular and Verizon are about toe to toe in DC. If you take the Metro (our subway system) alot, Verizon does work on it. But if you want a GSM phone, Cingular is the way to go. I recommend you stick with Nokia or Sony Ericsson, I've had nothing but back luck with Motorola's... plus I think their menus are slow and software inferior. Also pretty sure you can start month-to-month with Cingular... I did when I first signed a few years ago.
Moved To D.c. Area. Need To Get Phone. Need Advice. Muggs, T-Mobile and Cingular are both GSM. T-Mobile only operates on the 1900 MHz band while Cingular operates both 850 and 1900 MHz (hint, more coverage without roaming). T-Mobile will roam to 850 if the phone is so equipped. The Jam has two flavors of phones. 900/1800/1900 and 850/1800/1900. I'm not sure which you go. If you got the former it would not matter if a carrier works on 850. You can't use it. I have T-Mobile and I'm fine with it in most places except Farmland, Iowa. Get 3 miles away from I-80 and you can't get a thing there... I'd call a carrier customer service number and ask if they have month to month plans without a phone. Tango Uniform
Moved To D.c. Area. Need To Get Phone. Need Advice. Well, I finally got my phone. The guy from W.I. did send it overnight. :-) Now I am still deciding, should I go Cingular or T-mobile. Crap. Hard decision. I just dont want to commit to a 2 year plan. 1 year would be good.
Moved To D.c. Area. Need To Get Phone. Need Advice. I'm a couple miles from you. I'm just north of where Lands End comes up from Braddock (southeast "corner" of SR). I have no idea about GSM and T-mobile. I want a phone that works. I don't have a land line. But I also only receive maybe 3 calls per week, so I'm not a cell phone fanatic as many people around here probably are. Keep us posted.
Moved To D.c. Area. Need To Get Phone. Need Advice. Hey SkwerlG I live near the plaza (blockbuster etc.) My company is paying for the monthly plan, however it is GSM the phone I HOPE TO GET SOMETIME SOON. So if I get dead zones I can always go to T-Mobile, they provide GSM too right? I JUST WANT MY PHONE MAN...THATS IT.
Moved To D.c. Area. Need To Get Phone. Need Advice. Yep, Muggs, I live IN South Riding. My dead zones are on Old Lee Rd at Braddock. Then, just south of Braddock on Pleasant Valley. My service fades in and out while I'm in my house. My very greatest sympathy regarding not getting your phone. If you get another phone, and still use Cingular, I'd be greatly curious to see if you have my two most annoying dead spots. Best wishes!
Moved To D.c. Area. Need To Get Phone. Need Advice. Don't forget to visit www.bbb.org and let them know of your pleasure with Wireless Imports. Tango Uniform
Moved To D.c. Area. Need To Get Phone. Need Advice. Thanks SkwerlG. I live in near South Riding so thats why I am asking. too bad about the dead zones, but my job has a deal with cingular and i think they will pay for it too.... I am still VENTING ON WHY I HAVENT GOTTEN MY PHONE FROM WIRELESS IMPORTS. ITS BEEN MORE THAN 12 DAYS!!!!!!! HAVE TO CALL THEM TOMORROW TO CANCEL IF THEY HAVENT GOTTENT IT.
Moved To D.c. Area. Need To Get Phone. Need Advice. Hi Muggs, welcome to Loudoun County. I've lived here for 3 years. I had to get Cingular because at that time, they were the only provider with a tower in my area. Now I think all the providers have towers. I am SICK of Cingular. I have a dead zone between my home and work and another on Pleasant Valley Rd. on the way to I-66. It's SO frustrating. Plus the Fairfax Co Parkway is a deadzone for several miles south of I-66. AND, though I don't go there often, huge parts of Vienna are dead for me, too. I called Cingular the other day to see when my contract is up. When they asked why I wanted to cancel, I told them about the dead zones near where I live, and they said it was because I have a 2 year old phone and there are plenty of towers in my area. I'm hugely dubious of it. The woman went on to explain that when she upgraded her phone, she can get all the way to the stop sign on a road she used to get no service before. Boy, that convinced me to upgrade with Cingular.... NOT! So I'm strongly thinking of Verizon and a an E815 phone. They say I can try it out for 2 weeks and can cancel with no penalty. Can anyone give me a reason not to go with Verizon? Two co-workers had Sprint and they each had troubles with billing. TIA.
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