Tim’s World

Ok well I’ve been using Nextel phone service for a year and a half now, and all of a sudden I do not have a signal in my house. So I called Nextel and after being transferred 6 times from customer service to tech support to Corporate Accounts back to customer service, I finally got to why my phone does not receive a signal in my own home. Apparently the Sprint / Nextel merge is now final, while my Nextel phone uses IDEN (Integrated Digital Enhanced Network) technology the Sprint network uses CDMA ( Code division multiple access) and now that the merge is final the Sprint / Nextel cell towers are being “retuned”. Which means in Sprint Speak, switching from IDEN to CDMA, which also effectively renders a regular Nextel phone useless near any “retuned” cell tower. So in order to receive “full” compatibility Sprint now offers hybrid phones that use both IDEN and CDMA. hmmmm. Ok I say “what do I do to get the service back that I once had”?? Sprint says that since my contract does not expire until June ‘08 that they could give me a discount……. the phone is “regularly” $499.99 but for me LOL they can give it to me for $299.99. hmmmm. So I have a pretty new phone that doesn’t work on the new “retuned” cell towers and now I have to pay I HAVE TO PAY? 299.99 x 2 (my wife also has the same problem with her phone) to “get back to normal” SERVICE??????? I spent 3 hours talking to various ” stupoidvisors ” managers, corporate office, account specialists, etc….. to all have them confirm that due to the ” UPGRADED RETUNED” TOWERS, it would cost me 599.98 to use my phone like I’ve always had. So I gave up. and thought about my options for a while then had an idea !! Call Sprint / Nextel back and talk to Tech support. Talked to a guy named Alex. Alex understood my dilemma from the start, read all the pages of notes that previous experts had written, laughed and told me to hold on. A few moments later he advised me that 2 new ic902 hybrid phones were enroute to me via UPS. WOW, 3 hours on phone with customer care specialists and a tech guy fixed the problem in less then 15 minutes. Well, that’s freaking amazing. Phones get delivered tomorrow. Thanks Alex!! Of Course its no IPHONE but it’ll work.

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Good Morning and welcome to Tim’s World!! This is about my third attempt to start and maintain a Blog. I hope I am more sucessful this time than in the past. My cousin Ben helped me get it going and I’m very appreciative to that. In this attempt I will try to discuss my indulgance in digital photography, digital video and my computing life !! Will try to post at least once a week if not more!