| Thomas T. Veldhouse 2006-12-12, 10:33 am |
| In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Andrew267@gmail.com <Andrew267@gmail.com> wrote:
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> What is your metro area, wireless carriers perform some better than
> others in Markets? It is my Understanding that Verizon, Sprint, &
> T-Mobile all being CDMA use the same towers, However cingular is
> on a TDMA network and would have 1/3rd the towers of the other
> carriers if this is true and would also show less dropped calls due
> to network capicity although TDMA only holds 8 switchs per
> circut vs CDMA holds 64 switchs per circut. Could be good could
> be bad but if it were not for churn Cingular would be at full network
> capacity.
What that heck have you been reading?
T-Mobile is and always has been GSM, not CDMA. Verizon and Cingular have some
legacy AMPS service that they maintain. Verizon and Sprint are
CDMA(CDMA2000). Cingular is mostly GSM, with legacy TDMA as well as the
mentioned AMPS.
T-Mobile - GSM
Cingular - GSM, TDMA, AMPS
Verizon - CDMA, AMPS
Sprint PCS - CDMA (and AMPS roaming)
Nextel - iDEN
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