Does Nextel have the network to support VoIP? WiDEN should support it,
but that would be a valuable deal where? Charlotte, NC? Nextel has to
have some big plans for network upgrades...
Besides, wouldn't a VoIP phone using a CDMA or GSM provider's internet
interface still need to support the underlying standard, at least to a
degree? I don't think that you can do Vision without doing CDMA. CDMA
isn't voice. CDMA is a data transmission method used by phones to handle
digital data that happens to be, usually, voice. I know that you can't
do it without supporting the underlying frequencies. 900/1800 don't
matter in the US, so we're probably talking 800/1900. Either way, the
frequencies will matter.
-mike

In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Frank Harris <frankbhX@xcompuservex.com> wrote:

The only thing AT&T Wireless markets now is how many "bars" they have.
Funny thing is that I think that advertising approach may work in
markets where they indeed to have good coverage.  It will certainly get
people in the door.

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Thomas T. Veldhouse
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AT&T hasn't had anything for years. How can thay claim to have had something
better?

Keep in mind that we are talking about AT&T not AT&T WS. They are TWO completly
seperate companies.

--
John S.
e-mail responses to - john at kiana dot net

I can't believe where all you guys have taken this thread!  I was trying
to make fun of how ATT or ATTWS would relabel useful technical terms
with obfuscating marketing terms, and you're off trying to logically
compare the nonsensical marketing terms, or what's 2G vs 3G, or worse.

AT&T has been very consistent about the concept of transparency to the user,
going back to the pre-1984 Consent Decree days.

Their vision of telephony was that the customer just had to pick up the
handset and dial the number--the rest was up to AT&T.  The customer didn't
have to know about "least cost routing" or how AT&T delivered the call to
the distant end.

They applied the same thinking to their digital service.  They were the ones
that freed users from worrying about roaming charges, with their national
One-Rate plans.  I still have a grandfathered Digital One Rate plan and it
is great.  I never concern myself with what the display says--I just make
the call and I never pay a roaming fee, as long as I am within my large home
rate area.

Same with the concept of free long distance and free nights/weekends.  AT&T
introduced them all--making it easy on the customer to manage his wireless
bills.  He just dialed and talked--and left the details to AT&T.

And how about roaming via the North American Cellular Network?  No-hassles.
Remember the analog days, when callers had to have a "Roaming Directory,"
and had to know what city you were in, before they could call you?  And Bell
Atlantic Mobile later introduced "Follow Me Roam," where the cell phone USER
had to enter a code when he entered a foreign system, and then all calls to
his number would be automatically forwarded to him.  Only problem was that
the user often did not KNOW exactly when he crossed over onto a foreign
system.  Or, if he was driving a long-haul, he might cross from one system
into another several times while on his journey.  He had no way of knowing
for sure what system he was on, because his phone simply displayed "roam."

AT&T made all that obsolete.  Callers dialed your local wireless number and,
if you were anywhere on-network, the call was delivered to you.

Transparent.  Hassle-free.  Not perfect, but well ahead of the competition.
And no burden placed on the customer to "know" anything about how the
network operated.  Just turn on your phone and dial.

Yes, designed for Verizon to be used with Vodaphone GSM in Europe.