In <bEbQj.49106$oQ4.11509@fe113.usenetserver.com> "Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> writes:
>"SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
>news:KS8Qj.3237$26.2380@newssvr23.news.prodigy.ne t...
>> Cool. Interesting that Alltel has some GSM networks.
>I believe they inherited them when they bought Western Wireless. I don't
>know if leaving some GSM capacity up was part of an ingenious plan to milk
>roaming revenue or just a contractual obligation they inherited with WW's
>system.
Whoaaaaaaa... I thought D.T. bought up Western Wireless.
Was it a split up, with some going to one and the
rest to another?
Oh, and another reason to "leave some GSM capacity up"
is to prevent the FCC, on behalf of a competitor, pulling
a "you didn't use it, now you've lost it" line.
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