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Date:      Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:36:43 +0100
From:      Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
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:  <v04220803b691cb3727c9@[10.0.1.2]>
In-Reply-To: <20010122134946.P3066@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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At 1:49 PM +1030 2001/1/22, Greg Lehey wrote:

>  I'm not saying "use *every* technology".  Take GSM there and you have
>  900, 1800 and 1900 MHz.

	But as I have repeatedly said, GSM really just isn't any kind of 
a real player in the US.  It is not today, nor will it ever likely 
be.  In the US, GSM coverage is limited to a few of the largest 
cities on just a single carrier, and that's about it.

	If you want to get coverage elsewhere in the US, you have to use 
other technologies, such as AMPS/NAMPS, TDMA, and/or CDMA.

>  Where else are analogue technologies still in use?

	They're still in use over here.  If you can find an old analog 
phone, they'll still work.  I don't know how much longer the old 
analog network will remain in place, but for now it is still 
available.

--
   These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy
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Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>


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