On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:02:05 -0700, SMS <[email protected]>
wrote in <[email protected]>:

>Dick wrote:
>
>> What about roaming in the U.S.? We travel a lot. Is 900 GSM ever
>> used here?

>No.
>
>In the U.S., the primary GSM and CDMA band is 800 MHz (sometimes called
>850 MHz for GSM) and the secondary, less desirable band, is 1900 MHz,
>also called PCS.

Both bands are primary and equally desirable.

>In Europe and Asia, the primary band is 900 MHz, and the secondary is
>1800 MHz. It'd be a pain to have to find a European or Asian carrier
>that is at 1800 MHz. They exist in some countries, but the coverage is
>usually not as good.

1800 actually works quite well in many places.

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Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>


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