On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, BK wrote:
> > I'm just bitter because I'm in North America and we
> > can't get damn cell phone systems right :)
>
> Well, the last word has not been spoken on this, so don't give up on it
> just yet ;-)
>
> Where Europe has committed itself for worse or for good to 3G and may
> still choke on it, the US might benefit from taking a wait and see
> approach. AT&T is rolling out GSM now and 2.5G may eventually become the
> gospel of the day, then combined with WiFi technology the US could be
> better off than Europe with its 3G adventure.
At least here in Canada we've had GSM for a while from Fido/CityFone, but
the network is still smaller compared to Bell Canada's CDMA net or the
massive analog coverage. OTOH, I could get GPRS if I really wanted to.
Rogers AT&T is currently in the process of replacing their existing
TDMA IS-136 digital net (which has pretty horrible call quality) with GSM.
But still, that makes *six* different systems active at the same time:
-Analog (which seems to be pooled among everyone nowadays)
-Fido/CityFone GSM
-Rogers/AT&T GSM
-Rogers/AT&T TDMA
-Bell CDMA
-Telus CDMA
-Telus iDen
Oops, I meant seven.
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