Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 13:49:46 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@peorth.iteration.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mobile phone coverage (was: VCD (was Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ata atapi-cd.c)) Message-ID: <20010122134946.P3066@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <v04220829b6914d70834a@[10.0.1.2]>; from brad.knowles@skynet.be on Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 03:42:45AM %2B0100 References: <200101211447.f0LElEk04073@mobile.wemm.org> <KAECKEJJOLGHAFGGNIKMAELICAAA.res02jw5@gte.net> <20010121145018.A73989@citusc17.usc.edu> <20010121165422.A44505@peorth.iteration.net> <v04220821b691222656eb@[10.0.1.2]> <20010121181251.B44819@peorth.iteration.net> <v04220825b6912c57be5b@[10.0.1.2]> <20010121184810.A45428@peorth.iteration.net> <20010122123518.L3066@wantadilla.lemis.com> <v04220829b6914d70834a@[10.0.1.2]>
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On Monday, 22 January 2001 at 3:42:45 +0100, Brad Knowles wrote: > At 12:35 PM +1030 2001/1/22, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> That's not the issue here. BTW, for the USA you need a three-band >> phone. That is, incidentally, the only kind of phone which will work >> just about anywhere (I'm not sure about Israel and Korea). > > Uhh, I think you need more than that. Let's count: > > AMPS/NAMPS > US TDMA (1900Mhz? 900Mhz?) > US CDMA (1900Mhz? 900Mhz?) > US GSM (1900Mhz) > European GSM (900Mhz/1800Mhz) I'm not saying "use *every* technology". Take GSM there and you have 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz. > To which you will be able to add W-CDMA, with the advent of > the 3G networks. Of course, this doesn't begin to address the needs > for analog coverage outside the US -- this is just a list of the > different technologies and frequencies of which I am personally > acquainted. I'd love to see this list get expanded. Where else are analogue technologies still in use? Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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