Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 18:00:36 -0800 From: Rob <europax@home.com> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> Cc: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GSM vs. CDMA Message-ID: <3A6E3744.F5490EFE@home.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101230841550.70221-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>
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David Scheidt wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > > :Duncan Barclay <dmlb@dmlb.org> wrote: > : > :> > Keep in mind that we're talking about one theoretical phone that > :> > can supposedly get coverage anywhere in the world. The analog > :> > portion would be intended for use primarily in the US, in those > :> > places where you can't get GSM, TDMA, or CDMA coverage. > :> > :> Africa is buying up a lot of Europe's old Analog equipment. > : > :Analog cell-phone equipment? I don't think so. > :Pre-GSM, Europe suffered a patchwork of incompatible analog networks. > :That equipment has the value of scrap-metal by now. > : > > I know that a bunch of Ex-US AMPS equipment has ended up in various bits of > china, and Africa. It's cheap, eh? > > David > And I hear the basestations are controlled by 80286's running Linux :) Rob. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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