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Member since January 13, 2007

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    Rick Mahn

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  1. Comment - Free T-Mobile Hotspot for Vista Users

    (Jan 25, 2007 - 10:30 AM)

    Very interesting. I'd still like to see a confirmation on this news bite though. This is definitely a PR move by Microsoft. T-Mobile WiFi is around $30/month in the U.S., so if this is a permanent freebie, it's worth $360/yr.

  2. Comment - No Longer Cingular, The Transition Begins to AT&T

    (Jan 13, 2007 - 11:11 AM)

    Well, what goes around, comes around. Strange, a few short years ago, Cingular had a mediocre reputation on quality and customer service. Of course AT&T Wireless was at the absolute bottom of the list for wireless carriers at the time. To have these carriers merge and become the largest was no big surprise, but the transformation from mediocre service and support to fairly respected took a great deal of work in a short time.

    Yeah, they have coverage issues in some areas, but hey all carriers do - whether you experience it or not. Traditionally the 1900 GSM band used in the US are rather poor for penetrating buildings so both Cingular and T-Mobile have issues with this problem depending on the structure of the building and the proximity of the closest tower. However, the new 850 band will help to solve this as it is rolled out (the old AT&T was on an 800 TDMA band).

    For nostalgia's sake, it's nice to see 'ma bell' around yet. Kind of like I expect to see IBM around in one form or another for the rest of my life - don't know why, 'cause I don't use their products much.

    -Rick