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Coverage for brit: should I buy a new phone or just stick with my 1900mhz triband?
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| izoneiz 2005-06-21, 4:55 pm |
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I shall be residing in the zip code 93518. Any way I can check whether I
will be able to pick up the 1900mhz frequency?
IZoneIZ
Jerome Zelinske Wrote:
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> Jerome Zelinske wrote:-
> What are the frequencies in the 800 MHz band that the US FCC has
> allocated to cellular service? It is my understanding that we do not
> refer to it as the 850 MHz band because it is wider than the 10 MHz
> from
> 850 to 899 MHz.
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> Sorry I mis wrote. I meant from 850 to 859 MHz.
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> Kevbert wrote:
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> izoneiz Wrote:
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> Jerome Zelinske Wrote:-
> Your phone covers both bands used here, 800 and 1900. So unless you
> find yourself in an area where all gsm carriers on both bands have
> roaming problems with your carrier, you should not have too much
> trouble
> aside from charges.-
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> Thanks.
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> I thought in the states it was 850mhz and 1900mhz, not 800 and 1900?
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> IzoneIZ
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> izoneiz-
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> Hi,
> If you have a European Triband phone you should be OK with 1900MHz.
> In
> the States they refer to 850MHz band as the 800MHz band for some
> reason.
> It depends where you're travelling to. Most of the major cities have
> 1900MHz coverage, I've used several UK triband phones in the States
> with no problems. The coverage isn't great away from built up areas.
> California in general is good coverage, Michigan's fine, Florida can
> be
> patchy.
> Cheers
> Kevbert.
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izoneiz
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| Joseph 2005-06-21, 4:55 pm |
| On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:57:18 +0000, izoneiz
<izoneiz.1qzavg@news.cellbanter.com> wrote:
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>I shall be residing in the zip code 93518. Any way I can check whether I
>will be able to pick up the 1900mhz frequency?
wirelessadvisor.com. Of course there will be 1900 Mhz from *some*
carrier unless you're out in the middle of nowhere.
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| Joseph 2005-06-21, 4:55 pm |
| On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:57:18 +0000, izoneiz
<izoneiz.1qzavg@news.cellbanter.com> wrote:
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>I shall be residing in the zip code 93518. Any way I can check whether I
>will be able to pick up the 1900mhz frequency?
Per wirelessadvisor.com: for GSM T-Mobile and cingular.
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| Kevbert 2005-06-22, 9:55 am |
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You may be lucky. It seems Bakersfield has both T-Mobile and Cingular
1900MHz coverage. As you're slightly further east the coverage seems
to get a bit more patchy. In saying that when I travelled from San
Diego to Las Vegas I was surprised to find that there was 1900MHz
coverage all the way!
Cheers
Kevbert.
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Kevbert
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