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

"David L" <davidlind@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> "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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
>

I was told, but am unsure if I can believe, that the entire VZW network
has been converted to 1x and that if your phone has 1x, it will take
advantage of it. It is supposed to double network voice capability as well
as provide faster data. I do know I wasn't able to get a picture out from a
location that wasn't showing as roaming or extended network using 1x and had
to use qnc instead. That would imply that all of VZW is not yet 1x in my
area.

I also use Alltel in Tampa, FL area and most of their stuff is 1x and
they say the handsets are using it. Again, the issue is that it adds
capacity, so there is a motivation for the carriers to implement it. In most
cases, they can change some equipment at the tower and they are good to go.
The new stuff is backward compatible and it saves the costs of new towers,
transmitters and fights with neighborhood associations.

One issue I have not been able to get resolved is whether 1x data has
any roam capability. No one can provide an answer at either Alltel or VZW.
My suspicion is that there isn't.


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Thomas M. Goethe