Jud Hardcastle

In article <47b0f44e$0$36373$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
scharf.steven@geemail.com says...
> >>
> >> First, in rural areas, most of the smaller carriers that were not AT&T
> >> affiliates back in the TDMA days chose to move to CDMA rather than GSM
> >> because it requires less cells to cover the same area.
> >
> > "MOST?" Too broad. AFAIK with one exception all the rural TDMA/AMPS
> > carriers in Texas went/are going GSM--that exception being a carrier in
> > west Texas who had CDMA in other states--and that carrier is supporting
>
> Were those rural carriers AT&T Wireless affiliates?

No. Only relation to AT&T ex-Cingular are the roaming agreements. But
with AT&T in the big cities, medium towns and along major routes they
really have a huge influence on the smaller carriers. Especially if the
carrier is keeping the option open of selling out to AT&T in the future.
--
Jud
Dallas TX USA

 

Todd Allcock

At 12 Feb 2008 10:42:29 +0000 Dennis Ferguson wrote:


> The high cost of maintaining analog systems will likely increase as
> legacy analog systems age. In this regard, we note that "repair and
> replacement parts are becoming more difficult to locate and expensive
> to purchase, because analog equipment has been discontinued by
> manufacturers."


Maybe Verizon and AT&T will put their removed analog infrastructure up on
eBay in two weeks insuring a healthy supply of cheap used equipment for
small rural carriers! ;-)