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Re: heh No. All AT&T has to do is bump capex and they'd have these problems solved in a heartbeat. |
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 en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | A lot of this could be solved by bumping many off of GSM to 3G.
In some areas, 20MHz out of 50MHz are on 3G. Obviously they needs more.
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| I know they're trying hard with the 850MHz migration. But a half hour north of NYC -- a major population center -- I still deal with dropped calls and crap EDGE burps nearly constantly. |
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en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Well, in the past it would have been +40MHz of EDGE/GSM, and ~5MHz of TDMA AMPS.
Here in LA, (most of SoCal actually) has 45MHz of spectrum, its all
10MHz of 850MHz band on 3G
15MHz of 850MHz band on GSM/EDGE
10MHz of 1900MHz band (PCS B3) on 3G
10MHz of 1900MHz band (PCS D) on GSM
In rural areas, its not too different - sites are spread out more, and capacity isn't always as big of an issue, unless there are events (i.e. local sporting event, major holiday traffic jams)
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 dddane
join:2002-01-10
Chicago, IL | reply to Karl Bode
it's just as much an interference issue though in urban areas... |
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 GbcueAlmost P.E.Premium
join:2001-09-30
Santa Rosa, CA
kudos:8 | reply to en102
Where do you get these stats?
I want to look up other networks in other areas.
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en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | 2 places.
1 - FCC website (painful search engine)
This is a primer
»www.wirelesswavelength.com/
followed by
»wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSear···rket.jsp
using
»wireless.fcc.gov/auctions/data/maps/mta.pdf
and
»wireless.fcc.gov/auctions/data/maps/bta.pdf
for local reference
2 - Field test mode on your cell phone. iPhone has this built in, as does most WinMo, and others.
This will tell you the breakdown of what is in use on 3g vs 2g and by 850 vs 1900.
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