Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 08:47:57 -0600 (CST) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> To: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GSM vs. CDMA Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101230841550.70221-100000@shell-1.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <94k17v$1e4m$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de>
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On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Christian Weisgerber wrote: :Duncan Barclay <dmlb@dmlb.org> wrote: : :> > Keep in mind that we're talking about one theoretical phone that :> > can supposedly get coverage anywhere in the world. The analog :> > portion would be intended for use primarily in the US, in those :> > places where you can't get GSM, TDMA, or CDMA coverage. :> :> Africa is buying up a lot of Europe's old Analog equipment. : :Analog cell-phone equipment? I don't think so. :Pre-GSM, Europe suffered a patchwork of incompatible analog networks. :That equipment has the value of scrap-metal by now. : I know that a bunch of Ex-US AMPS equipment has ended up in various bits of china, and Africa. It's cheap, eh? David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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