Larry wrote:
> Anthony Guzzi <dukeofurl@sonic.net> wrote in
> news:47cddfea$0$36392$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net:
>
>> SMS wrote:
>>> I was just up in Yosemite this past weekend. AMPS is still on. It
>>> comes from Golden State Cellular. However I did notice a lot more
>>> CDMA coverage than before. The cabin we stayed at in Yosemite West is
>>> pretty far from the public road (41) and I had both CDMA and AMPS
>>> coverage. There was no GSM coverage. Ditto for MidPines, on 140 into
>>> Yosemite. I was able to get CDMA and AMPS, but no GSM at the
>>> restaurant we stopped at.
>>>
>>> Yosemite Valley has AMPS, CDMA, and GSM coverage.
>>
>> How do you determine which coverage you have in an area, and who it
>> comes from?
>>
>
> You have to read the SID numbers off the phone's hidden data pages.
> Sometimes they'll let you see them buried into the PHONE STATUS pages.
>
> On Motorola phones, you key in ##DEBUG rapidly and the G doesn't show.
> This puts the phone in DEBUG mode, at least it used to before this last
> batch. You toggled in and out of DEBUG mode with the center then left
> function keys under the display rapidly, which let you go back to the
> regular user pages. Your phone will certainly vary in how you open this
> function up and read it.
>
> Once you have this SID number, then you can look it up on:
> http://www.mountainwireless.com/sid/sid1.shtml
> and match it to location and carrier. I'm on 00156, Alltel in Charleston,
> SC.
>
> A personal question, Anthony......
>
> Are you related to the Italian Guzzis who make such wonderful motorcycles
> I've enjoyed since my youth? I had 5 Moto Guzzi motorcycles and enjoyed
> every one of them. First class machines.
>
I wish I were, but I'm not. At least, I don't think I am...
But I am Italian however.