I miss Cingular TDMA
Call me crazy (which I am sure you will, because you are phonescoopers and it is expected of you) but I miss the good old days when we were Cingular and when we had TDMA.
And yes, I am talking about the days when we had green screen phones that could talk, text, and browse the WAP web. In those days we had amazing coverage everywhere, and we had solid reliable phones. I know times change fast, especially in the wireless world, but still, I think cellular phones were at their best back in the good ol days of the early 2000s.
And yes, I am talking about the days when we had green screen phones that could talk, text, and browse the WAP web. In those days we had amazing coverage everywhere, and we had solid reliable phones. I know times change fast, especially in the wireless world, but still, I think cellular phones were at their best back in the good ol days of the early 2000s.
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my first phone was the 3390 on voicestream (if you don't count prepaid, which I don't.. if you do, it was the 252c)
Those were the days. I remember people with old analog/digital phones constantly dropping calls whenever their phones switched.
anyone remember the "omnipoint" commercials? They were my favorite back in the day. Parrots rock
Those were the days. I remember people with old analog/digital phones constantly dropping calls whenever their phones switched.
anyone remember the "omnipoint" commercials? They were my favorite back in the day. Parrots rock
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Hey! The 3390 was my first phone also, I loved playing snake on my phone!
So is the 3390 ?not? GSM? Just wondering, the subject is TDMA, but the 3390 takes a sim card, does TDMA also take sim cards?
So is the 3390 ?not? GSM? Just wondering, the subject is TDMA, but the 3390 takes a sim card, does TDMA also take sim cards?
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What about the 6161 with the flip? That was Boss! My favorite throwback phone was the analog Okie with the dial tone.
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As an AT&T rep they gave us a 6161 as our company phone. Most of us changed out the face to make it a 6160. Those phones were tanks. They don't make them like that any more.
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I miss the TDMA old AT&T. Such a better company then this Cungular acting as AT&T. They are destroying the name.
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Sigma1570 said:
I just miss only having 3 models to sell. So much easier back then.
I remember an old friend of mine liking the old AT&T Wireless, and owned at least 3 Nokia phones. I don't know which 3 they were, but he liked the TDMA service. He was looking at the GSM service, but wasn't hearing good things about GSM, and decided to stick with TDMA. Since Cingular bought them out in 2004, went went to Sprint, because he didn't want to be a Cingular customer, and also didn't want to be a Verizon customer either. Verizon didn't work at his house then, since I was a Verizon customer then, and still is today. Verizon does work at his place, since Verizon added 2 towers between his place.
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His friend liked TDMA phones, didn't care for GSM phones, and despised AT&T and Verizon. Weren't you reading?
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Ya I was reading. I read that he didn't like what he was hearing about at&t's gsm network which was in its infancy and that he liked TDMA networks which were matured.....so he chose sprint which isn't even a TDMA network. From what I can tell too, he didn't despise verizon, they just didn't offer service at his house. Also, I'm pretty sure his choices had nothing to do with his phone likings as you are proposing, but more of the network capabilities in his area.
Not sure what you read..
Not sure what you read..
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My one friend who had the old AT&T Wireless decided to pay the ETF to get out of his contract, since he didn't want to be a Cingular customer. At the same time, he didn't want to be a Verizon customer when he was looking for a new carrier. When TDMA was being phased out, most TDMA carriers went GSM. If he had to go CDMA, then he wanted to go with Sprint, rather than Verizon, since Verizon, like AT&T, charge too much for their service. Verizon didn't work at his place back in 2004, which was around the time I checked my phone for reception. BTW, I was the one who said Verizon didn't work at my friend's house then, but does now. Even so, he doesn't like Verizon, and any carrier that is GSM. So he went with Sprint, because it works at hi...
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