BH cell phone service

[iceturkee]

what are you bhn guys hearing? last update i received was an april rollout. i'm on a list of potential customers who want to be notified beforehand. but no call yet.

just wondering how steve's bird is?

[josem3]

May be a similar deal like AT&T with Cingular customers?
If the price will be the same or close, I don't believe a major change in the competition. Will see.

[iceturkee]

i understand the service is with sprint. most of the cable companies signed this deal (i don't remember how long ago). anyhow, part of it is you can watch cable tv on your phone.

i'm curious what, if any, rollout deals on the phones will be?

[jcarrera]

...part of it is you can watch cable tv on your phone.

Well, that sure should use up some minutes!!

[korsjs]

sprint is a stong company for cellular. the customers in tampa and other brighthouse areas are going to benefit.

[casper04]

well... I've been testing the cell phone service since Nov.... I actually love it. I have the LG fusic phone which is perty much like an ipod/phone. Also, the BHN tv service on the phone which works great. They also have an email feature for roadrunner which is cool. But since i dont use RR, I downloaded gmail on to the phone which i like alot more... I love google. There's also google maps for the phone which is awesome. It does everything from directions to a satellite view... and u can zoom in perty close. I think anyone can get that... if u go to google maps through ur phone

As for the date... I'm one's sure, my testing period was supposed to end in Jan, and the service was supposed to be partially released in Feb... but it got delayed.... alot, i guess
last i heard was some time in may.... never know, they don't give us much info

[iceturkee]

yeah, because i got on the call list in january for the partial february rollout.

as for an actual date, my source directly asked the cell phone team and they said april. she called me again last week, said she checked with them again and nothing had changed. so we might be looking at late april/early may!

[razorphreak900]

I know some of you only have gone thru the testing etc...but what will this bhn cellphone service come with??? will it be cheap, will it come with any good offers...like unlimited minutes or something? like metropcs.com, if its gonna be like any other carrier what is the point of bhn doing this???...all i can think of, is the convenience of having the cellphone bill together with bhn..witch to me thats pointless in some ways lol.........

[iceturkee]

razor, please see post number 6. casper has been testing....

[jcarrera]

On the future BHN cell service, how will it work when outside the local area? In other words, whose towers will their phones use (a clue to the coverage)?

And will there be roaming charges? The no-fee nationwide service I currently have with Cingular (making calls to US anywhere and using phone anywhere) is important.

I would really like to see a bundle of cable/internet/VOIP/cell with a major discount for doing everything with them--and not just a teaser rate either.