What is the best phone for reception in rural areas?

What is the best phone available now for reception in rural areas.

Thanks,
Mike

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Mike wrote:
> What is the best phone available now for reception in rural areas.

Rural band (a Bell telephone term for 35-42 Mhz mobile phones). Sorry,
that was a humorous and kind of sarcastic reply.

On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:56:31 -0500, "Mike" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>What is the best phone available now for reception in rural areas.

Any standard phone with either (a) external high-gain antenna and/or (b)
external amplifier.

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phones that support analog signals, its not worth it, since analog signals will be phased out soon. I would get a CDMA which is good for rural areas

On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:06:35 -0500, Ace587
<[email protected]> wrote in
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>phones that support analog signals, its not worth it, since analog
>signals will be phased out soon. I would get a CDMA which is good for
>rural areas

I would get a GSM phone.

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"John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:06:35 -0500, Ace587
> <[email protected]> wrote in
> <[email protected]>:
>
>>phones that support analog signals, its not worth it, since analog
>>signals will be phased out soon. I would get a CDMA which is good for
>>rural areas
>
> I would get a GSM phone.
>

Really? We never would have known from your horribly slanted posts.


CDMA phones will offer you coverage in many areas that GSM will not.

Ace587 wrote:
> phones that support analog signals, its not worth it, since analog
> signals will be phased out soon. I would get a CDMA which is good for
> rural areas

Analog (AMPS) is not going away any time soon. In 2008, carriers are
_permitted_ to shut down their AMPS networks. In areas where digital
coverage exists they are almost certain to do so. However there are vast
areas of the U.S. where the only coverage will be AMPS for the
foreseeable future.

The best phone for a rural area will be a tri-band CDMA phone. This will
give the subscriber the most coverage. Anyone in a rural area should
ensure that they subscribe to a carrier that offers tri-band CDMA
phones. This would be Verizon, Sprint, Alltel, etc.

On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:37:54 -0600, "Scott" <[email protected]> wrote:

>CDMA phones will offer you coverage in many areas that GSM will not.

GSM phones will offer you coverage in many areas CDMA will not.

SMS wrote:
> Ace587 wrote:
>
>> phones that support analog signals, its not worth it, since analog
>> signals will be phased out soon. I would get a CDMA which is good for
>> rural areas
>
> Analog (AMPS) is not going away any time soon. In 2008, carriers are
> _permitted_ to shut down their AMPS networks. In areas where digital
> coverage exists they are almost certain to do so. However there are vast
> areas of the U.S. where the only coverage will be AMPS for the
> foreseeable future.
>
> The best phone for a rural area will be a tri-band CDMA phone. This will
> give the subscriber the most coverage. Anyone in a rural area should
> ensure that they subscribe to a carrier that offers tri-band CDMA
> phones. This would be Verizon, Sprint, Alltel, etc.

Read Aug 11 article here (stick with CDMA):

http://www.mountainwireless.com/news/

Mike wrote:
>
> What is the best phone available now for reception in rural areas.

The pay phone in front of the general store.

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On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:09:41 -0700, SMS <[email protected]>
wrote in <[email protected]>:

>Ace587 wrote:
>> phones that support analog signals, its not worth it, since analog
>> signals will be phased out soon. I would get a CDMA which is good for
>> rural areas
>
>Analog (AMPS) is not going away any time soon. In 2008, carriers are
>_permitted_ to shut down their AMPS networks. In areas where digital
>coverage exists they are almost certain to do so. However there are vast
>areas of the U.S. where the only coverage will be AMPS for the
>foreseeable future.

Carriers are actually eager to shut down AMPS, from which revenue is
rapidly dwindling, and convert the spectrum to more lucrative digital.

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On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:56:21 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
<[email protected]> wrote in <[email protected]>:

>Mike wrote:
>>
>> What is the best phone available now for reception in rural areas.
>
>The pay phone in front of the general store.

LOL

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"John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Carriers are actually eager to shut down AMPS, from which revenue is
> rapidly dwindling, and convert the spectrum to more lucrative digital.
>
> --
This is nothing but unsubstantiated opinion, not fact as John would have you
believe.

Anon E. Muss wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:37:54 -0600, "Scott" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> CDMA phones will offer you coverage in many areas that GSM will not.
>
> GSM phones will offer you coverage in many areas CDMA will not.

Very, very few, if you're talking about the U.S.. It's extremely rare to
find a place where there is GSM coverage but no CDMA coverage. Of course
dead spots are going to vary, but in terms of coverage for a given
geographic area, CDMA has far more coverage, and AMPS has even more.
Just look at the ratings for the different carriers. Verizon, which is
CDMA, is consistently top-ranked for coverage by unbiased third-party
studies and surveys.

In fact, you know how poor the largest U.S. carrier is because they felt
compelled to come out with a study that they funded, that measures a
metric that is not even related to coverage, in order to create an
advertising campaign to fight the unbiased surveys. Verizon laughed it
off, but Sprint sued.

Joe Versaggi wrote:

> Read Aug 11 article here (stick with CDMA):
>
> http://www.mountainwireless.com/news/

Love the statement, "God help you if it's a GSM phone." Of course we all
know that g-d uses a tri-band CDMA/AMPS phone when he's in the U.S..