Midwest history question

When Ameritech Cellular first went digital, was it TDMA or CDMA?

If it was TDMA, then the Chicago market had to be converted to CDMA when it
was spun off to GTE, which soon folded into Verizon Wireless.

OTOH, if it was CDMA, then everywhere except Chicago had to convert to TDMA
to be merged into what became Cingular.

Just curious.

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David S wrote:
> When Ameritech Cellular first went digital, was it TDMA or CDMA?

It was TDMA in Cleveland, so I assume it was also TDMA in Chicago.

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On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 21:01:22 -0800, Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> chose
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>David S wrote:
>> When Ameritech Cellular first went digital, was it TDMA or CDMA?
>
>It was TDMA in Cleveland, so I assume it was also TDMA in Chicago.

Thanks. I went straight from my original Ameritech analog mini-brick to a
VZW Kyocera.

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Steve Sobol wrote:
> David S wrote:
>> When Ameritech Cellular first went digital, was it TDMA or CDMA?
>
> It was TDMA in Cleveland, so I assume it was also TDMA in Chicago.

AFAIK our first phones with Ameritech Cellular, LGC-330W phones, were CDMA.
Can't say as that was when they first went digital, but they were that way
from the time we joined up until they got subsumed by GTE and then Verizon.

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On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 01:35:57 -0600, clifto <clifto@clifto.com> chose to add
this to the great equation of life, the universe, and everything:

>Steve Sobol wrote:
>> David S wrote:
>>> When Ameritech Cellular first went digital, was it TDMA or CDMA?
>>
>> It was TDMA in Cleveland, so I assume it was also TDMA in Chicago.
>
>AFAIK our first phones with Ameritech Cellular, LGC-330W phones, were CDMA.
>Can't say as that was when they first went digital, but they were that way
>from the time we joined up until they got subsumed by GTE and then Verizon.

Well, then we have conflicting answers...

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"David S" <dwstreeter@spamisnaughty.att.net> wrote in message
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> Well, then we have conflicting answers...

.....Steel Cage Match ????...

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