New to cell phones. Do all cells operate in half-duplex?

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"George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> I have a Nokia 6360 activated on the CallPlusWireless prepaid plan,
> which uses the old AT&T TDMA network.
>
> I've only used it a few times. While I am speaking, the phone cuts
> off reception from the other phone. The earpiece goes silent. So
> it works like half duplex - only one side can talk at a time.
> Actually, kinda like a speakerphone.
>
> So my questions are:
>
> Do all cell phones work this way?
>
> If not - do I have a bad phone, or an incorrect setting of some
> kind?
>
> Or is this just a TDMA thing? Or an AT&T/Cingular thing?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>

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In message <X1KOe.33$Zp.25@lakeread04> George <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>I have a Nokia 6360 activated on the CallPlusWireless prepaid plan,
>which uses the old AT&T TDMA network.
>
>I've only used it a few times. While I am speaking, the phone cuts
>off reception from the other phone. The earpiece goes silent. So
>it works like half duplex - only one side can talk at a time.
>Actually, kinda like a speakerphone.
>
>So my questions are:
>
>Do all cell phones work this way?
>
>If not - do I have a bad phone, or an incorrect setting of some
>kind?
>
>Or is this just a TDMA thing? Or an AT&T/Cingular thing?
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>

In general, most/all cell phones are full duplex.

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Correct, however, most speaker phones on cell phones are half-duplex.

"DevilsPGD" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In message <X1KOe.33$Zp.25@lakeread04> George <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>I have a Nokia 6360 activated on the CallPlusWireless prepaid plan,
>>which uses the old AT&T TDMA network.
>>
>>I've only used it a few times. While I am speaking, the phone cuts
>>off reception from the other phone. The earpiece goes silent. So
>>it works like half duplex - only one side can talk at a time.
>>Actually, kinda like a speakerphone.
>>
>>So my questions are:
>>
>>Do all cell phones work this way?
>>
>>If not - do I have a bad phone, or an incorrect setting of some
>>kind?
>>
>>Or is this just a TDMA thing? Or an AT&T/Cingular thing?
>>
>>Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>
> In general, most/all cell phones are full duplex.
>
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> Some mistakes are too fun to make only once.

In message <NwVOe.37363$Ji4.4446@fed1read03> "Mij Adyaw"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Correct, however, most speaker phones on cell phones are half-duplex.

Not just on cell phones, most speaker phones anywhere are half-duplex,
except for high end phones (typically those designed as conference room
phones) which have active echo cancellation.

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"DevilsPGD" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In message <NwVOe.37363$Ji4.4446@fed1read03> "Mij Adyaw"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Correct, however, most speaker phones on cell phones are half-duplex.
>
> Not just on cell phones, most speaker phones anywhere are half-duplex,
> except for high end phones (typically those designed as conference room
> phones) which have active echo cancellation.

Maybe 10 years ago, but not now
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