Re: voice quality on 3g vs gsm

It is alleged that planetx claimed:

> I am a verizon user and honestly I love it. But all my friends and
> family are on ATT so I am most likely going to switch. About 6months
> ago I tried a 30day trial with ATT but the voice quality was terrible.
> I live in a 3g market, but I did not have a 3g phone. So is the voice
> quality better on 3g(if you have the phone) than gsm?

That question is like asking "do you drive to work or take a lunch?"
"3G" has nothing to do with which cellular technology you're using. And
in my experience, little to do with the voice quality, though some may
disagree on that.

What matters more on voice quality is coverage strength where you are
and where the other person is, and the phones in use at both ends. You
can have a perfect signal and get lousy voice quality if you or the
other end is on a crappy phone, or you can have the best phone in the
word at both ends, but if one of you has only marginal signal, it'll
sound like crap.

Forex, without moving my location, when I upgraded from a Treo 650 to a
Treo 680, there was a marked increase in voice quality. Same carrier,
same geographic area. The phone was the only difference.

It doesn't matter if you're talking about AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon,
Sprint, or one of the smaller carriers. Check the coverage maps for
each and stay or go with the one that has the better coverage where you
spend most of your time or absolutely need the coverage.

Where "3G" really matters is when you're talking about data services.

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