Are any of them going to be flip phones? God I hate the regular Nokia phones. Actually I hate non-flip phones in general.Quote:
Originally Posted by ImaNihilist
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Are any of them going to be flip phones? God I hate the regular Nokia phones. Actually I hate non-flip phones in general.Quote:
Originally Posted by ImaNihilist
I doubt you'll see Qwest going anywhere anytime soon.. they control most of the west. Then again I never thought the titan that is BellSouth would go down either, so who knows.Quote:
Originally Posted by ImaNihilist
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Also, Cincinnati Bell will probably never sell out to anyone just because I think people in Cincinnati enjoy being "special" and having their own phone carrier.
AT&T bought Bell South today for 67 billion dollars.
I have to vote for T-Mobile because here in germany they basicaly have a monoply.
I hate my service though, but i voted before i saw that last option.
I have cingular because most of my family and friends have it, and the service is absolutely terrible pretty much anywhere in Texas. Calls are consistantly dropped after 10-15 minutes, and it's often very difficult to understand people because the signal is so bad (even though my phone says it has 5 bars? ***?). Text messages sometimes take 30+ minutes to get through. The call quality is often bad even when I'm calling someone on a land line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soul Assassin
The price is great (I have like 10k rollover minutes, so no worrying about going over), but I'm about fed up with the service.
this makes no sense :/Quote:
Originally Posted by Soul Assassin
GSM is 2G (2nd generation). The rest of the world is on 3G now (3rd generation).Quote:
Originally Posted by idiotekniQues
yes but 3g technology is cdma-based.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soul Assassin
in fact both 3g routes are cdma based.
saying cdma is a band-aid is incorrect. cdma is the future of all wireless - just with 2 different implementations.
therefore also saying 3g is better than cdma does not make sense either.
Not exactly. Most of the world still runs on GSM with the exception of North America and a couple of East Asian countries.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soul Assassin
3G is neither CDMA nor GSM.
The biggest issue with CDMA is for those who travel. It is quite limited on where it can be used.
One big plus for GSM is that it uses a SIM for account information so that one can easily switch between them to have a local number where ever they may be. A prepaid SIM can be purchased almost anywhere.
GSM is THE global standard, albeit 2G. The "new" 3G global standard is UMTS, which uses W-CDMA. While W-CDMA is based on the CDMA stand protocols, it's actually the successor for GSM networks, NOT CDMA networks (ie. Verizon).
Verizon's CDMA network isn't actually a 3G network. At best, it's 2.5G just like GSM with EDGE.
The 3G successor for existing CDMA networks (Verizon) is actually EV-DO.
CDMA is not the future of wireless. CDMA is a dead road. W-CDMA is. W-CDMA is what existing GSM networks are being upgraded to.
I suspect that this confusion in naming is why they created the term UMTS. UMTS is the future of wireless. UMTS is sometimes called 3GSM.
UMTS = Universal Mobile Telecommunications System = international standard for voice, data, audio and video transmission to wireless devices worldwide.
I've had cingular for about 4 years now with no complaints
I've been using nextel for 4 years now, and have enjoyed the free incoming minutes, but with verizon having free incoming and 900 minutes I may change.
umm ev-do is based on cdma. Evolution - Data Optimized. what is it an evolution of? cdma. it is not a revolution, an evolution - ie, it is based on cdma.Quote:
Originally Posted by ImaNihilist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EV-DO
"EVDO
Evolution Data Only/Evolution Data Optimized is an "evolution" of CDMA networks that is based on the 1xRTT standard, providing faster wireless data transmission speeds of 400K bit/sec. to 700K bit/sec. with a theoretical peak of 2.4M bit/sec. Verizon Wireless and Sprint Corp. in the U.S. were rolling out the service in early 2005, connecting to laptops via a plug-in card"
http://www.verizonwirelesspr.com/eng...uctos/evdo.php
---------and w-cdma is too - while wcdma is different, its foundations lie in cdma (edit: you did say that as well)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EV-DO
"W-CDMA is based on the Direct Spread CDMA technique"
"W-CDMA also uses the CDMA multiplexing technique, due to its advantages over other multiple access techniques such as TDMA, and has many similarities to the Qualcomm standards. Indeed, Qualcomm receives royalties due to the unavoidable use of its patents and research in the implementation of the CDMA multiplexing technique in W-CDMA. However W-CDMA is more than a multiplexing standard. W-CDMA is a complete set of specifications, a detailed protocol that defines how a mobile phone communicates with the tower, how signals are modulated, how datagrams are structured, etc."
and btw, GSM is based on TDMA technology more than antyhing else. the only dead end technology is GSM/TDMA.
while i understand that wcdma is the upgrade path for gsm - that does not change the fact that their future upgrade path is based on cdma technology. that is why i made that statement.
all 3g technologies are based more closely on cdma as we know it today - qualcomms techonolgy - than anything else. ev-do is an evolution of it, thus it is more closer to cdma than wcdma - but in the end....
cdma IS the future of wireless - anyway you cut it.
ua549 - check it
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=861815
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Once AT&T acquires BellSouth it will gain total control of Cingular, the nation's largest wireless company. Over time, AT&T plans to drop the Cingular brand name to focus exclusively on its own name, people familiar with the situation said.
As a shareholder of all the companies (I owned original Ma Bell shares), I'm very familiar with the buyout and future plans. I'll be happy to be an AT&T customer again since I hate the Cingular moniker.
It was AT&T that deployed the first 3G cellular service in the USA a few years ago, not Cingular. Perhaps now they'll get back on the deployment fast track.
since i live in the UK, it would be Vodafone (tied in with Verizon in the US)
love the customer service, for example, gave me a free upgrade to the Samsung D600 for free since my contract end date conincided with the launch of the phone.
they also decreased my monthly tariff and upped my deal which in effect gives me up to 3800 free off peak minutes or 200 free peak minutes, i can mix and match.
woot!
I hate T-Mobile. :mad:
I have had Cingular for 7 years now. Always worked great till I moved to North L.A. - and got a new Sony Ericcson K750i phone - now it is so-so service. :(
Tracfone!!
Rogers Canada ;) https://www.sharkyforums.com/
i like nextel...however the coverage in my area is horrible.
This is old, but Verizon rulez the house. Best hands down.
My neighbor got himself an iphone... and he actually has to LEAVE HIS APARTMENT AND GO OUT TO THE STREET TO TALK ON IT.
AT&T FTL.
That's what my next door neighbor has to do with her Verizon service while I get AT&T and T-mobile service indoors (2 bars). Towers for every provider are located within a mile of our location.
It's all about location when it comes to reception quality.
Verizon is no better or worse than any other provider when the signal is strong.
That said, the model of the handset has a lot to do with reception and voice quality.
When I'm in a rural area or off shore, I replace the stub antenna on my Moto V-635 with a longer antenna and am rewarded with much better reception.
I am pretty surprised at Verizon's strong showing in this informal poll. Given that Verizon and AT&T have roughly the same size consumer base I would assume they would score roughly the same but AT&T is down with the rest. I haven't seen any recent consumer reports ratings.