Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 06:00:00 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@peorth.iteration.net>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GSM vs. CDMA (was: VCD (was Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ata atapi-cd.c)) Message-ID: <200101231400.f0NE00466538@mobile.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <v0422080cb69297e3d515@[10.0.1.4]>
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Brad Knowles wrote:
> At 11:11 AM +1030 2001/1/23, Greg Lehey wrote:
> > They didn't when I bought my Motorola. You don't really expect mobile
> > phone salesmen to have a brain, do you?
>
> They do have to be able to activate the phones they sell, so they
> have to have a certain minimum amount of knowledge and experience.
Nah, all they need to do is read off the serial number off the back of the
SIM card. The phone does not need to be touched as they are not
"activated".
Incidently, I find my Motorola tri-band GSM phone ("L series +" in .au,
also called the timeport in europe and the US) gets a little better signal
reception that my nokia 6190.
However, the nokia 6190 has **far** better background noise cancellation
(dual microphones) than the motorola (also dual microphone). The moment
that Nokia do a tri-band phone I'll be all over it.. The 6150 is 900/1800
MHz (which partly overlaps the 1900MHz band), so surely it should be
relatively easy to add proper 1900MHz support. But then again, the 1900MHz
frequency is run at half the power than 900/1800 (1 watt max in the US vs 2
watt elsewhere, if my memory serves me correctly) and I vaguely recall
something about protocol variations on the 1900 band relative to the rest
of the world.. But that might have been something that affects the base
stations and telco equipment due to the number portability issues here.
I'm pretty happy with GSM coverage here, but then again I live in a GSM
area (California, SF bay area). International roaming has saved my neck
a few times now (.au SIM cards in the US and vice versa - damn, tri-band
is convenient!)
Cheers,
-Peter
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