-=> George Erdner said to Al Feyen about, Digital Question <=-
 AF> We are coming to the end of our cell phone contract, and my
 AF> wife has been told my some co-workers that a Digital cell
 AF> phone would be much better.
 AF> My question is:  What about roaming?
 GE> If you get a hybrid Digital/Analog, roaming shouldn't be a problem. If
 GE> there are no digital towers of the same type as your phone, you can
 GE> still connect analog. The two hybrid versions I'm most familiar with
 GE> are the TDMA system that AT&T Wireless (The Cellular One franchisee in
 GE> some parts of the country) and the CDMA system that Bell Atlantic
 GE> Wireless just introduced. Either system works fairly well, though TDMA
 GE> phones often sound pretty bad if the towers are full.
 GE> If you want to be able to roam, forget Sprint's PCS system for the
 GE> time being. Someday it might be installed and working all across the
 GE> country. Today it doesn't.
 GE> But your wisest course of action might be to simply swith carriers.
 GE> Since you already own a cell phone, and can drop your current service
 GE> with no penalty, the other carrier in your area would probably pay you
 GE> a nice little bribe to switch, especially if you go through an
 GE> authorized agent instead of direct to the carrier. You can also
 GE> leverage the bribes being offered by the other carrier to get your
 GE> current carrier to give you some kind of "incentive" to renew your
 GE> contract.
 GE> Here in Pittsburgh, savvy cell phone users bounce back and forth
 GE> between Bell Atlantic and AT&T every year or so. It pays off in the
 GE> long run.
Thank you.
We will take your good advice in to consideration.
 
Blessed Be
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