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- 11-27-2003, 01:59 PM #46Richard NessGuest
Re: NEXTEL vs Verizon PTT
PCS doesn't mean a damn thing. Just FORGET that term.
It's meaning has been totally blurred by all the marketing hype.
When AT&T started calling their 800Mhz TDMA "Digital PCS"
this screwed up whatever definition the term ever had.
PCS was SUPPOSED to refer to any digital services in the 1900Mhz frequencies.
NOT any particular protocol, "band", carrier, phone or whatever.
"Mark Kim" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:75sxb.239049$275.894759@attbi_s53...
>
> > Verizon, Sprint, Alltel, and a few smaller carriers all use CDMA.
>
> Don't forget that US Cellular uses CDMA as well. So PCS is actually
> just a 1900MHz Frequency Subsidiary of a particular protocol?
>
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- 11-27-2003, 01:59 PM #47Richard NessGuest
Re: NEXTEL vs Verizon PTT
PCS doesn't mean a damn thing. Just FORGET that term.
It's meaning has been totally blurred by all the marketing hype.
When AT&T started calling their 800Mhz TDMA "Digital PCS"
this screwed up whatever definition the term ever had.
PCS was SUPPOSED to refer to any digital services in the 1900Mhz frequencies.
NOT any particular protocol, "band", carrier, phone or whatever.
"Mark Kim" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:75sxb.239049$275.894759@attbi_s53...
>
> > Verizon, Sprint, Alltel, and a few smaller carriers all use CDMA.
>
> Don't forget that US Cellular uses CDMA as well. So PCS is actually
> just a 1900MHz Frequency Subsidiary of a particular protocol?
>
- 11-27-2003, 02:36 PM #48AboutdakotaGuest
Re: NEXTEL vs Verizon PTT
Richard Ness wrote:
> PCS doesn't mean a damn thing. Just FORGET that term.
> It's meaning has been totally blurred by all the marketing hype.
>
> When AT&T started calling their 800Mhz TDMA "Digital PCS"
> this screwed up whatever definition the term ever had.
>
> PCS was SUPPOSED to refer to any digital services in the 1900Mhz frequencies.
> NOT any particular protocol, "band", carrier, phone or whatever.
Actually, wasn't PCS supposed to refer to any "Personal Communications
System" no matter what frequency it was? This was even before the FCC
auctioned off 1900 blocks.
AD
- 11-27-2003, 02:36 PM #49AboutdakotaGuest
Re: NEXTEL vs Verizon PTT
Richard Ness wrote:
> PCS doesn't mean a damn thing. Just FORGET that term.
> It's meaning has been totally blurred by all the marketing hype.
>
> When AT&T started calling their 800Mhz TDMA "Digital PCS"
> this screwed up whatever definition the term ever had.
>
> PCS was SUPPOSED to refer to any digital services in the 1900Mhz frequencies.
> NOT any particular protocol, "band", carrier, phone or whatever.
Actually, wasn't PCS supposed to refer to any "Personal Communications
System" no matter what frequency it was? This was even before the FCC
auctioned off 1900 blocks.
AD
- 11-27-2003, 06:18 PM #50Peter PanGuest
Re: NEXTEL vs Verizon PTT
"Aboutdakota" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> Richard Ness wrote:
> > PCS doesn't mean a damn thing. Just FORGET that term.
> > It's meaning has been totally blurred by all the marketing hype.
> >
> > When AT&T started calling their 800Mhz TDMA "Digital PCS"
> > this screwed up whatever definition the term ever had.
> >
> > PCS was SUPPOSED to refer to any digital services in the 1900Mhz
frequencies.
> > NOT any particular protocol, "band", carrier, phone or whatever.
>
> Actually, wasn't PCS supposed to refer to any "Personal Communications
> System" no matter what frequency it was? This was even before the FCC
> auctioned off 1900 blocks.
>
> AD
>
When I was working at Sprint they used to tell us it mean Pretty Clear
Sound.
- 11-27-2003, 06:18 PM #51Peter PanGuest
Re: NEXTEL vs Verizon PTT
"Aboutdakota" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> Richard Ness wrote:
> > PCS doesn't mean a damn thing. Just FORGET that term.
> > It's meaning has been totally blurred by all the marketing hype.
> >
> > When AT&T started calling their 800Mhz TDMA "Digital PCS"
> > this screwed up whatever definition the term ever had.
> >
> > PCS was SUPPOSED to refer to any digital services in the 1900Mhz
frequencies.
> > NOT any particular protocol, "band", carrier, phone or whatever.
>
> Actually, wasn't PCS supposed to refer to any "Personal Communications
> System" no matter what frequency it was? This was even before the FCC
> auctioned off 1900 blocks.
>
> AD
>
When I was working at Sprint they used to tell us it mean Pretty Clear
Sound.
- 11-27-2003, 07:18 PM #52Bob SmithGuest
Re: NEXTEL vs Verizon PTT
"Mark Kim" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:75sxb.239049$275.894759@attbi_s53...
>
> > Verizon, Sprint, Alltel, and a few smaller carriers all use CDMA.
>
> Don't forget that US Cellular uses CDMA as well. So PCS is actually
> just a 1900MHz Frequency Subsidiary of a particular protocol?
>
No, it's just a frequency, that 3 different protocols use ...
Bob
- 11-27-2003, 07:18 PM #53Bob SmithGuest
Re: NEXTEL vs Verizon PTT
"Mark Kim" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:75sxb.239049$275.894759@attbi_s53...
>
> > Verizon, Sprint, Alltel, and a few smaller carriers all use CDMA.
>
> Don't forget that US Cellular uses CDMA as well. So PCS is actually
> just a 1900MHz Frequency Subsidiary of a particular protocol?
>
No, it's just a frequency, that 3 different protocols use ...
Bob
- 11-27-2003, 08:33 PM #54WindsorFox[SS]Guest
Re: NEXTEL vs Verizon PTT
Stevie Ray wrote:
> Mark,
>
> Great link. They said that Sprint works as well as nextel. Can anyone
> confirm or deny this?
>
> Steve
>
Assuming you can find someone else that has it. It's likely that
the largest majority of true "business" users will stay with the
NexTel unless Sprint severely undercuts on cost.
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- 11-27-2003, 08:33 PM #55WindsorFox[SS]Guest
Re: NEXTEL vs Verizon PTT
Stevie Ray wrote:
> Mark,
>
> Great link. They said that Sprint works as well as nextel. Can anyone
> confirm or deny this?
>
> Steve
>
Assuming you can find someone else that has it. It's likely that
the largest majority of true "business" users will stay with the
NexTel unless Sprint severely undercuts on cost.
--
Check out the gaming & computer forums at the [SS] clan site.
http://www.shamikaserver.com
Horsepowered.com is full of dorks and wanna bes...
- 11-27-2003, 09:31 PM #56Mark KimGuest
Re: NEXTEL vs Verizon PTT
I don't know if Nextel has any plans to deploy 1900MHz frequency since
they only invest whatever is stable for the majority customer base....
Bob Smith wrote:
> "Mark Kim" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:75sxb.239049$275.894759@attbi_s53...
>
>>>Verizon, Sprint, Alltel, and a few smaller carriers all use CDMA.
>>
>>Don't forget that US Cellular uses CDMA as well. So PCS is actually
>>just a 1900MHz Frequency Subsidiary of a particular protocol?
>>
>
> No, it's just a frequency, that 3 different protocols use ...
>
> Bob
>
>
- 11-27-2003, 09:31 PM #57Mark KimGuest
Re: NEXTEL vs Verizon PTT
I don't know if Nextel has any plans to deploy 1900MHz frequency since
they only invest whatever is stable for the majority customer base....
Bob Smith wrote:
> "Mark Kim" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:75sxb.239049$275.894759@attbi_s53...
>
>>>Verizon, Sprint, Alltel, and a few smaller carriers all use CDMA.
>>
>>Don't forget that US Cellular uses CDMA as well. So PCS is actually
>>just a 1900MHz Frequency Subsidiary of a particular protocol?
>>
>
> No, it's just a frequency, that 3 different protocols use ...
>
> Bob
>
>
- 11-27-2003, 09:38 PM #58JRWGuest
Re: NEXTEL vs Verizon PTT
[email protected] wrote:
> PCS means 1900 MHz - just the frequency range. It implies nothing
> about the modulation method, etc.
That's what I thought too, so when I saw AT&T claiming PCS on 800 MHz,
I thought they were a little liberal in their terminology. Eventual
research showed that PCS generically refers to an enhanced
communications service (my words as I don't recall the exact wording)
such as SMS.
This was like seven years ago - about the same time Sprint hit
the Dallas market. I believe AT&T is all 1900 MHz here now.
- 11-27-2003, 09:38 PM #59JRWGuest
Re: NEXTEL vs Verizon PTT
[email protected] wrote:
> PCS means 1900 MHz - just the frequency range. It implies nothing
> about the modulation method, etc.
That's what I thought too, so when I saw AT&T claiming PCS on 800 MHz,
I thought they were a little liberal in their terminology. Eventual
research showed that PCS generically refers to an enhanced
communications service (my words as I don't recall the exact wording)
such as SMS.
This was like seven years ago - about the same time Sprint hit
the Dallas market. I believe AT&T is all 1900 MHz here now.
- 11-27-2003, 09:58 PM #60Thomas M. GoetheGuest
Re: NEXTEL vs Verizon PTT
"Mark Kim" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:rjzxb.133436$Dw6.571233@attbi_s02...
> I don't know if Nextel has any plans to deploy 1900MHz frequency since
> they only invest whatever is stable for the majority customer base....
>
Nextel uses two-way radio frequencies, not telephone frequencies. I am
not sure, but I don't think that there is any spectrum for two-ways in 1900.
--
Thomas M. Goethe
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