Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

Har!!! I got the new one yesterday though, so we are back on line down in this gray hole... ( little bit gets out) On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 8:57 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > > "Chuck" == Chuck Hast writes: > > Chuck> I just lost a microcell to

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

> "Chuck" == Chuck Hast writes: Chuck> I just lost a microcell to power surges from the wind storm we Chuck> had in Longview the other day, I called them about getting it Chuck> repaired, it is old and out of warranty guy told me he was going Chuck> to send me one, just to

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

Hello, >I'm a senior citizen who has been referred to as living "out past >Estacada, even." As a convert from Windoz(tm) to *nix I presume "do >1 thing. Do it well." Elderly relatives demand that I obtain cell >connectivity. I will cave in to their demands *IF* I can find a >hand held object

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist? - T-Mobile digression

On 12/24/2015 1:40 AM, Chuck Hast wrote: > That is good. Looks like their data offering is good. > I recently moved off dial-up, choosing connectivity via cell network. Initially I looked for a USB dongle which would loosely be a "cell modem [I required physical tethering to my laptop.] Until

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist? - T-Mobile digression

I used to do coverage studies for utilities back when they were all moving from paper to anything from a regular laptop (all but the thinkpads lasted months in a utility service truck, the thinkpads would last perhaps 2 years) to hardened devices some of which were precursors to today's tablets.

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

On 12/23/2015 7:19 AM, David Fleck wrote: > > > Just a cautionary note -- my spouse and I had basic no-contract Motorola > flip-phones until quite recently. However we have heard (and have > anecdotal data to back it up) that the no-contract phones tend to have > significantly worse connectivity.

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

On 12/23/2015 10:41 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > Elderly relatives are demanding; you are demanding. The two demands are > mutually exclusive. You need to decide which of the two are going to be > ignored or changed. > > If it is the second demand, you might look into TracPhone. That was my

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

On 12/23/2015 12:59 PM, Chuck Hast wrote: > [snip] > Here is a web site I ran onto, I had a similar request made to me. (No com- > puter stuff just a phone) and so I sent them something similar to this: > > http://www.gazelle.com/thehorn/2013/12/11/5-best-cell-phones-seniors/ A brief looks does

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

On 12/23/2015 1:20 AM, Tyrell Jentink wrote: > OK, I revise my previous answer... IF you are precluding devices capable of > getting on the internet altogether, then that boat sailed circa 2005. [snip] That date may be significant. My employer changed cell carriers about that time. Connected

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

On 12/23/2015 1:45 AM, King Beowulf wrote: > [snip] > > Now, one can get a nice minimal "feature phones" that are not activated > on a data plan, and just get a pay-as-you go, no contract voice only > plan, and turn all the other stuff off on the phone settings. The > carrier just turns off

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

On Tue, 22 Dec 2015, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm a senior citizen who has been referred to as living "out past > Estacada, even." As a convert from Windoz(tm) to *nix I presume "do 1 > thing. Do it well." Elderly relatives demand that I obtain cell > connectivity. I will cave in to their demands

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

On Tue, 2015-12-22 at 23:45 -0800, King Beowulf wrote: > On 12/22/2015 11:03 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > On 12/22/2015 11:57 PM, wes wrote: > >> I'll mail you my Samsung SGH-A107 if you want it. > >> > >> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003MW0OIQ > >> > >> -wes > > > > Thanks for the reply. > >

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

As others have pointed out I do not think you are going to find exactly what you need as far as no cpu. All of the analog stuff is gone. And the more the providers digitize the more customers they can get into a given BW so they are not going to go the backwards. In order to process those complex

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

On Tue, 22 Dec 2015, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > I'm a senior citizen who has been referred to as living "out past > > Estacada, even." As a convert from Windoz(tm) to *nix I presume "do 1 > > thing. Do it well." Elderly relatives demand that I obtain cell > > connectivity. I will cave in to their

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

I believe he's in the great state of Missouri, the "show me" state. On 12/23/2015 06:17 PM, Don Buchholz wrote: > On 12/22/2015 9:44 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I'm a senior citizen who has been referred to as living "out past > > Estacada, even." As a convert from Windoz(tm) to *nix I

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 11:03 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 12/22/2015 11:57 PM, wes wrote: > > I'll mail you my Samsung SGH-A107 if you want it. > > > > http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003MW0OIQ > > > > -wes > > Thanks for the reply. > However <*GRIN*>, it has two down-checks: >

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist? - T-Mobile digression

On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 07:38:47PM -0800, Chuck Hast wrote: > I also had to use T-Mobile in the past, their international roaming was the > pits > and very expensive, also they (not sure now) started billing you as soon as > you hit the call button on your phone. Between then and a year or more

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

On 12/22/2015 9:44 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm a senior citizen who has been referred to as living "out past > Estacada, even." As a convert from Windoz(tm) to *nix I presume > "do 1 thing. Do it well." Elderly relatives demand that I obtain cell > connectivity. I will cave in to

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

On Dec 22, 2015, at 11:03 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > On 12/22/2015 11:57 PM, wes wrote: >> I'll mail you my Samsung SGH-A107 if you want it. >> >> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003MW0OIQ >> >> -wes > > Thanks for the reply. > However

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

On 12/23/15 16:37, Louis Kowolowski wrote: > On Dec 22, 2015, at 11:03 PM, Richard Owlett > wrote: >> >> On 12/22/2015 11:57 PM, wes wrote: >>> I'll mail you my Samsung SGH-A107 if you want it. >>> >>> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003MW0OIQ >>>

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist? - T-Mobile digression

That is good. Looks like their data offering is good. On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 8:01 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 07:38:47PM -0800, Chuck Hast wrote: > > I also had to use T-Mobile in the past, their international roaming was > the > > pits > > and

[PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

I'm a senior citizen who has been referred to as living "out past Estacada, even." As a convert from Windoz(tm) to *nix I presume "do 1 thing. Do it well." Elderly relatives demand that I obtain cell connectivity. I will cave in to their demands *IF* I can find a hand held object capable of

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

On 12/22/2015 11:57 PM, wes wrote: > I'll mail you my Samsung SGH-A107 if you want it. > > http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003MW0OIQ > > -wes Thanks for the reply. However <*GRIN*>, it has two down-checks: 1. ATT has worst "customer Service" (sic) known to mankind. 2. According to Section 11 of

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

I'm fairly certain you can still walk into any carrier store (AT, Verizon, Sprint, etc), or one of the big box stores (Target, Best Buy, Walmart, Fry's), or even Radio Shack if you can still find one, and pick up a dumb phone for free with contract. The contracts can even be pretty cheap, without

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

I'll mail you my Samsung SGH-A107 if you want it. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003MW0OIQ -wes On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 9:44 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm a senior citizen who has been referred to as living "out past > Estacada, even." > As a convert from Windoz(tm) to *nix

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

On 12/22/2015 11:03 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 12/22/2015 11:57 PM, wes wrote: >> I'll mail you my Samsung SGH-A107 if you want it. >> >> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003MW0OIQ >> >> -wes > > Thanks for the reply. > However <*GRIN*>, it has two down-checks: >1. ATT has worst "customer

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

OK, I revise my previous answer... IF you are precluding devices capable of getting on the internet altogether, then that boat sailed circa 2005. I'm not really kidding... That's when Cingular and Verizon switched off their Analog towers, and forced everyone over to Digital... ALL of the