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Date:      Sun, 21 Jan 2001 22:31:31 -0600
From:      "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@iteration.net>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@iteration.net>, Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Mobile phone coverage (was: VCD (was Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ata atapi-cd.c))
Message-ID:  <20010121223131.C45892@peorth.iteration.net>
In-Reply-To: <20010122135650.Q3066@wantadilla.lemis.com>; from grog@lemis.com on Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 01:56:50PM %2B1030
References:  <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]> <20010121211008.A45892@peorth.iteration.net> <20010122135650.Q3066@wantadilla.lemis.com>

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On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 01:56:50PM +1030, Greg Lehey scribbled:
| On Sunday, 21 January 2001 at 21:10:08 -0600, Michael C . Wu wrote:
| > You can find out more about W-CDMA and 3G phones in
| > the Artech House Publishers' "Mobile Communications Series" of books.
| > I have the entire collection. :)
| 
| I've been looking at web pages, and it doesn't sound to me that 3G is
| a new transmission technology, just something that climbs on the back
| of one.  Is there any reason why it should be tied to CDMA and not to
| GSM?

It is not a very new technology.  However, I should point out to you
that GSM is a totally different layer from CDMA.  CDMA handles
the transmission, GSM is more like our authentification scheme.

| > There are less regulation and much greater demand for the technology
| > in Asia.  In many Asian countries, (.jp, .tw, .hk, .sg), it averages
| > to two or three cell phones for the entire population.
| 
| Nonsense, I've seen dozens of mobile phones in cramped places.  I'd
| guess that just about everyone has one.  Are you thinking of Bhutan or
| Aden, maybe?

I know it is true for Japan and Taiwan at least.

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