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To: Caxton Rhodes who wrote (18917)	11/29/1998 3:52:00 PM
From: Valueman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

There are no 1900 CDMA/analog Q's, and there is not likely to be such a beast in the near future.

To: Caxton Rhodes who wrote (18917)	11/29/1998 5:48:00 PM
From: David Andersen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

I have had a Sprint Q phone for about a year. My wife needs a phone for her business so we went to Radio Shack. They handle both GTE and Sprint. We bought a Q 2700 dual mode and dual band. It is 1900 Mhz PCS and 800 Mhz analogue. The service plans for GTE and Sprint were interesting. For about $50 Sprint gives you 500 minutes of anytime, anywhere (no long distrance charges), and no roaming fees. GTE gives you 500 anytime minutes and either 200 or 300 additional off peak minutes, but long distance charges apply to all the minutes if you call long distance. The deciding factor for my wife was not the service plan, but the phone itself. The GTE service came with a Nokia phone that looks almost exactly like the old TDMA phone I used to use on CellOne. The Nokia and Qualcomm phones claimed the same battery life, BUT the Nokia phone was using an extended life NiCad. The Qualcomm phone was using a Lithium Ion. The result was that the Nokia was as comparatively heavy as a brick and the Qualcomm phone was quite light. Wife went immediately for the lighter package in her purse. When I last looked at this phone (a couple of weeks ago) the roaming charge in analogue for Sprint was $.69/minute. Per the clerk yesterday, the roaming charge has been reduced to $.39/minute. That makes roaming to analogue a bit less painful. However, I understand that if you are roaming you will be billed for long distance charges.