[73774] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OT- need a new GSM provider
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Rhett)
Thu Sep 2 21:07:37 2004
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 18:06:13 -0700
From: Joe Rhett <jrhett@meer.net>
To: "william(at)elan.net" <william@elan.net>
Cc: Paul Vixie <vixie@vix.com>, nanog@merit.edu
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On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 04:54:48PM -0700, william(at)elan.net wrote:
> In my opinion GSM is really overrated and not seriously well deployed in US,
> consider CDMA providers, at least internet access would be faster
> (and typically cheaper) if you're using smartphone.
That used to be true, but has fast fallen away out here in Cali.
Motorcycle racetracks are out in the boondocks, and are often the last
places to get good cell coverage. About a two years ago GSM phones started
having better coverage than CDMA even at those locations, at which point I
gave up and went GSM ;-)
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Joe Rhett
Senior Geek
Meer.net
