BTW, Loved the call from Fred To The Demure Young Lady. It was a hit & highlight. The knocking over of the Cellular Phone was quite-funny. Comedy is an effective tool.
It was in 1997 when I bought an OMNIPOINT Phone in Forest Hills, Queens, in November of '97. I have been doing SMS for almost 13 years. My 1st Mobile e-mail came via my Ericsson Phone from The old Shea Stadium Mezzanine on 03/31/1998 to my Earthlink e-mail, on Opening Day. No one else with a Mobile Phone, save for OMNIPOINT Users, could e-mail or text that day.
When AT & T Wireless, before being merged into Cingular, tried GSM, I have a feeling that they were NOT Ready. Sometimes phones didn't work for days. Sure they did SMS, but their Multimedia Messaging was expensive & didn't even have Fax Mail, something the OMNIPOINT portion of T-Mobile, currently has.
OMNIPOINT was the leader. AT&T & Verizon Wireless were the followers.
OMNIPOINT had the most-advanced network of its' time & really serves as the basis of today's T-Mobile:
AT&T was part digital & part analog. Bell Atlantic-NYNEX Mobile was mostly analog. Sprint was at least building an advanced CDMA Network. I do remember when AT&T's Wireless had problems in NYC due to overloads on their network. Bell Atlantic Mobile Phones often got cloned because of the analog system. ONLY OMNIPOINT was Digital. I have even received faxes on my phone via voicemail.
Thanks for posting; I'm the parrot voice!
xronstube 2 months ago
BTW, Loved the call from Fred To The Demure Young Lady. It was a hit & highlight. The knocking over of the Cellular Phone was quite-funny. Comedy is an effective tool.
michleg 1 year ago
It was in 1997 when I bought an OMNIPOINT Phone in Forest Hills, Queens, in November of '97. I have been doing SMS for almost 13 years. My 1st Mobile e-mail came via my Ericsson Phone from The old Shea Stadium Mezzanine on 03/31/1998 to my Earthlink e-mail, on Opening Day. No one else with a Mobile Phone, save for OMNIPOINT Users, could e-mail or text that day.
michleg 1 year ago
When AT & T Wireless, before being merged into Cingular, tried GSM, I have a feeling that they were NOT Ready. Sometimes phones didn't work for days. Sure they did SMS, but their Multimedia Messaging was expensive & didn't even have Fax Mail, something the OMNIPOINT portion of T-Mobile, currently has.
OMNIPOINT was the leader. AT&T & Verizon Wireless were the followers.
michleg 1 year ago
OMNIPOINT had the most-advanced network of its' time & really serves as the basis of today's T-Mobile:
AT&T was part digital & part analog. Bell Atlantic-NYNEX Mobile was mostly analog. Sprint was at least building an advanced CDMA Network. I do remember when AT&T's Wireless had problems in NYC due to overloads on their network. Bell Atlantic Mobile Phones often got cloned because of the analog system. ONLY OMNIPOINT was Digital. I have even received faxes on my phone via voicemail.
michleg 1 year ago
i had this, 100$ digital 3000% hasel. i left when a rep refused to take a payment
TapionXG3 2 years ago
My aunt actually owns this bird now afteromnipoint sold out to voicestream
alexrg213 2 years ago
i used to work for omnipoint...great name great logo and what they offered at the time....horrible customer service though
mannysdaman 2 years ago
they got this parrot idea from disney!
nsenderoff 2 years ago
Thanks for this, I loved this Commercial, especially at the end with Parrot kicking over the Static-ey Phone XD
TailsfanTL 2 years ago 2
Flashback big time! Omnipoint actually was by far better than the typical analog carriers of the time.
BooBeeNY 2 years ago
wow, tris+ & infocell holly hell!!!!
lgw31773 2 years ago
Yeah..me too! Go George Schmidt. And, if you worked in Bethlehem..go Tris+ and Infocell!
damianinpa 3 years ago
OMG! Flashback! I worked at Omnipoint from 96-00
lgw31773 3 years ago
Of course I am the first person to comment, LOL Fred!!!
copeless1999 3 years ago