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freeny Oct 14th, 2004 02:34 AM

cingular in Kauai?
 
Has anyone used Cingular Nation on Kauai. Looking at their coverage map you can't tell if the island has service.

iceeu2 Oct 14th, 2004 04:41 AM

freeny...not sure if Cingular Nation and Cingular Wireless are the same, but if they are...our Cingular service worked great on Kauai.

kamahinaohoku Oct 14th, 2004 05:25 AM

Did you try calling Cingular and asking them?

Suzie Oct 14th, 2004 07:39 AM

With all these questions lately on cell service in HI I have a question about cell towers. Do the cell companies have to disguise their cell towers like they do around here? Some of the towers look like giant trees. I understand that calls to the mainland would go via satellite but what about local area calls?

here_today_gone2Maui Oct 14th, 2004 09:40 AM

As I posted omn another thread, calling Cingular may not get you the best or even correct answer tothis question. My mother called Cingular to switch to a nation plan before leaving for Maui and was told that her phone wouldn't even work here, so there was no reason for her to change her plan. She was a bit miffed to find that her phone worked just fine here.

Cingular is my carrier. I have been with them since they absorbed my previous carrier. I am on perpetual roaming, but since I have a Nationplan, no worries. They once had service here in Hawai`i, but traded their Hawaiian licenses in a swap with with AT&T a few years ago. They are now in the process of buying AT&T wireless and will soon be back in the Hawaiian marketplace. But until then your phone will work fine; you will be roaming on AT&T or T-Mobile, depending on where you are. They operated on GSM with a TDMA overlay.


Kal Oct 14th, 2004 11:21 AM

Alohaaaa,
We have Cingular and never have had a problem on Kauai except for the usual dead spots in the hills and valleys.


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