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Andrew Kohlsmith (lists) wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On September 25, 2008 09:01:52 am Dean Collins wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Yep you got it.... world coverage includes all the countries of the
world like USA, Canada and Mexico, and not something like USA and 212
other countries globally.
BTW I hear that Iraq also now uses CDMA (some senator shoe-horned it
into a funding bill for the war that they had to use CDMA to 'support
usa businesses'), of course that means that they now use a different
handset type to all of their neighbours....... though I hear Iran will
also be forced to implement CDMA once they are 'liberated' which should
be any day now :)
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That doesn't mean that GSM towers won't be built, it just means that the CDMA
towers will be there first.
I dunno; GSM 3G is all CDMA tech anyway.
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Yes, but it is a standard agreed upon by a large number of carriers
around the world.<br>
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Once CDMA has gone the way of the dodo in North America, I really will
miss one of my favourite scenes:-<br>
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Visiting Brit steps off plane and checks phone for messages...<br>
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Puzzled look appears as they ask "Why doesn't my phone work? It worked
fine in France/Italy/Germany/Timbuktu."<br>
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You start to explain about CDMA and their eyes open wide as they
realize they have just stepped back into the cellular stone age...<br>
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regards,<br>
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Drew<br>
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