| Dick C 2008-03-21, 4:33 am |
| wrote in alt.cellular.verizon
> In alt.cellular.verizon Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:
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> Ah. I suspected that, but I don't really know how it works.
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> When I connect, are there a limited number of slots open? Like the old
> days of dialup, when only x number of physical modems were hooked up at
> the ISP's digs? Does the system use someting simiar to NAT? Do I have
> a unique IP address when I connect?
CDMA does not use slots per say, but when the cell towers start to reach
saturation the data will slow. GSM uses slots, the way you are thinking.
But, as I said, there is a limit on the amount of information being
passed in and out of the towers, whether it is data or voice. And yes,
for this reason you can get faster speeds in the country. On the other
hand if you were to look at a map of cell towers in a large city vs the
country you would see an amazing difference in the number of towers. I know
ATT's map of Manhattan looks the entire island is built of nothing but
their towers.
The down side of getting data away from the city becomes a matter of
signal strength. The farther away from a tower the lower the signal
and after a point the speed degrades.
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