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  1. #16
    Jud Hardcastle
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    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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  2. #17
    Todd Allcock
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    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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