Re: difference between the voice quality of "1x" phone to the voice quality of older CDMA

"Roopinder Randhawa" <roopmail@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<Z15Bb.375414$pT1.134299@twister.nyc.rr.com>. ..
> Is there really a (substantial) difference between the voice quality of "1x"
> phone to the voice quality of older CDMA phone.
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> Is it better or worse? Also if worse is there a tweak to force it into a
> different voice codec?

I have yet to discover anyway to tell if 1x is even being used for
voice. I know it can be, but my Verizon sources have told me it's only
being used for data here in SF California. Some of the phones come out
of the box detecting the 1x network and displaying 1x and some don't,
but that sure doesn't mean it's used. Kind of like the unsupported GPS
feature. It's displayed but not supported with the E911 base equipment
yet, at least around here.

So unless someone has a Verizon 1X voice map, a news article about 1x
voice deployment on Verizon or a debug menu to check during a voice
call, I'm not yet convinced it's being used widely, except for fast
data connections and to light up that 1x icon on the some handset
displays.

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David