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- 02-12-2008, 11:22 AM #16Jud HardcastleGuest
Re: Tired of AT&T / Cingular Wireless?
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> >>
> >> First, in rural areas, most of the smaller carriers that were not AT&T
> >> affiliates back in the TDMA days chose to move to CDMA rather than GSM
> >> because it requires less cells to cover the same area.
> >
> > "MOST?" Too broad. AFAIK with one exception all the rural TDMA/AMPS
> > carriers in Texas went/are going GSM--that exception being a carrier in
> > west Texas who had CDMA in other states--and that carrier is supporting
>
> Were those rural carriers AT&T Wireless affiliates?
No. Only relation to AT&T ex-Cingular are the roaming agreements. But
with AT&T in the big cities, medium towns and along major routes they
really have a huge influence on the smaller carriers. Especially if the
carrier is keeping the option open of selling out to AT&T in the future.
--
Jud
Dallas TX USA
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- 02-12-2008, 11:48 AM #17Todd AllcockGuest
Re: Tired of AT&T / Cingular Wireless?
At 12 Feb 2008 10:42:29 +0000 Dennis Ferguson wrote:
> The high cost of maintaining analog systems will likely increase as
> legacy analog systems age. In this regard, we note that "repair and
> replacement parts are becoming more difficult to locate and expensive
> to purchase, because analog equipment has been discontinued by
> manufacturers."
Maybe Verizon and AT&T will put their removed analog infrastructure up on
eBay in two weeks insuring a healthy supply of cheap used equipment for
small rural carriers! ;-)
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