Larry what I ment by the service area not a good any more....When They came out with the big news of no more roaming charges with At&T/Cingular..I found that my gate phone (Siemens S-46)
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was no longer able to use other companys. (Verison, Voice Stream, etc.) It would receive a singnal, but when I tryed to use it I always got a recording that it was not reconized by their system. If you would like my phone,(free) with charger, and car charger e-mail me. You would need to use your sim card, and send it in to Siemans, They did tell me to send it in for repair, but I have no idea what the cost would be. Also I could not be with out a phone for any time. It is out of contract so that is not a worry, The phone is about 1 1/2 years old. I had a 2 year contract, but changed phones during that time.