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Cell Phones & carriers

Mar 13, 2005 5:35PM PST

I my be old fashend but why change what works ever time something new comes along,My old Ericson Gf628 is pushing 20 and exept for a battery now and then it still works and has a longer range than most cell phones that belong to those that I now that have Phones so why change it ??

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Old Phone
Mar 14, 2005 11:20AM PST

Simple, eventually your provider will no longer support that phone requiring you to upgrade someday.

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Mar 14, 2005 4:50PM PST

As GSM 900 is our only service more than 2km from town which has a CDMA outlet and most of that is ownly 2years old thats why my car still has a external ariel. I think Ive got at least 10 more years.And will see then unless it stops.

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Why Change What Works
Mar 18, 2005 2:10AM PST

Simply put, don't. Birdman is right... to an extent. There are times that carriers will no longer support a phone or a system, but that doesnt happen often, more times than not, it is because people are under the impression that if thier contract expires they will not get cell phone service, this is a myth. Others are just persuaded not by misinformation per say, but by creative advertising.

Truthj be known the best system ever out was the analog system, however because of strain and expenses it led to lower battery life, and higher costs.

But like the expression goes they dont build them like they used to. For example the Nokia 5100 series phone was probably the best series on the market and arguably still on the market although it has evolved so much it looks totaly different.

If you have a handset that you like, and it works for you hold it as long as you can. But if you ever think you want to change I would recommend staying with a nokia. They have a very old world style of thinking, which is if its not broken dont fix it. They are fairly easy to use, sturdy phones, and well tested.

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Nokia/Ericson
Mar 18, 2005 10:26PM PST

My old phone is a Ericson Ga628 and yes made in Sweeden not china [Have not seen a nokia out of a shop so cant say what thay are like] We all have Ericson phones my wife has a A3618 and the Kids use R600s we had only one dealer here till about 95 & was one of the frist bigital phones sold to the public in australia & for its frist 5 years mostly use with the converter box in the car as a satphone or a inernet connection not a cell phone,was good when we went to town but as the network has opened up it is now only a cell phone & Ive removed the 2nd antaner off the car but I kept the box & line of sight antaner on becouse the boost to the connection is about 10 to 12 times i.e from the top of a hill a range of 50/60 miles and not many phones can do that.
And with a Lam cable run our to the car can still use it as a back up internet connection if only at dial up rate & that would improve if the tower up the road had more bandwidth.