[82289] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: ATT CDPD
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kuhtz, Christian)
Mon Jul 11 13:59:32 2005
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:57:46 -0500
From: "Kuhtz, Christian" <christian.kuhtz@bellsouth.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
> > AT&T doesn't use CDMA... so they wouldn't be running 1xRTT. EDGE,=20
> > perhaps?
>=20
> Yes. AT&T also announced plans to get into the next layer,=20
> UMTS, which uses the concept of code division multiple access=20
> (CDMA), but isn't the same as Quallcomm CDMA=20
> (IS-95/IS-2000/CDMA2000). I don't know offhand which of the=20
> GSM-core technologies are/will be deployed by them at this=20
> time, as they aren't the carrier I currently use.
>=20
> (To my knowledge, however, AT&T does offer GPRS, which is=20
> slow, but if using at least two timeslots, still faster than=20
> IS-95 CDMA non-1X data. 8-)
Actually, you should be able to get EDGE from T or its new parent. It
has been productized for a while.
Thanks,
Christian
--
"Sometimes a phone is just a phone."
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