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Need some help/advice

lrkryptonic

Oct 5, 2006, 12:58 PM
I was a long-time att customer... and recontracted just prior to the Cingular buyout. I have a Nokia 6620 with an ATT sim card and travel extensively. On 9/27, as I was driving back into my "home base" of Memphis, I lost all network coverage... Cingular was experiencing an outage, apparently related to the integration that's being celebrated here. Customer service assumed that when they fixed that problem, I'd have coverage again. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. I drove north to Indiana and have had no coverage since the disruption. It could be the phone (but that's terribly conicidental) or the sim card... but there doesn't seem to be any way to test the issue. Cingular is telling me that I can't put anything other than an att s...
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treyfoxx

Oct 5, 2006, 4:18 PM
I'm having the same problem with our new better coverage Cingular. CS explained that they shut off some of the ATT towers and that I would have to buy a new "Cingular phone and pick a "Cingular" plan. Just after I bought a new ATT Treo 650. Most of the people on this site work for one of the wireless companies, so don't wait for any sympathy. The best thing you can do is to either go to another company like Verizon. The other suggestion hurts. Bend over.

BTW there is a law suit against Cingular for just what you and I are going through.
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Tonesmoke

Oct 8, 2006, 12:45 PM
You should download and install the NokiaFree Unlock Codes calculator v3.00 (nokiafree.org) or newer and unlock your phone. Try a gsm chip from another carrier like T-Mobile or Cingular. I'm not sure what other gsm carriers are in your area, I'm on the west coast. I've used the unlock code calculator software on a few nokia phones with 100% success so far.
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lrkryptonic

Oct 9, 2006, 9:12 AM
Thank you both for the info... I appreciate your help!
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