A question about buying an unlocked phone to use in Dallas

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creative user - 27 Dec 2003 17:58 GMT

From what I have read in this group Dallas is GSM 850 I think. I also
thought I had read that 850 was the same at GSM 900 or I could be
mistaken? If this was the case could a tri-band phone that included
GSM 900/1800/1900 be used here in Dallas our would I have to find a
phone that also had GSM 850.

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Aboutdakota - 27 Dec 2003 20:01 GMT

> From what I have read in this group Dallas is GSM 850 I think. I also
> thought I had read that 850 was the same at GSM 900 or I could be
> mistaken? If this was the case could a tri-band phone that included
> GSM 900/1800/1900 be used here in Dallas our would I have to find a
> phone that also had GSM 850.

GSM 850 is NOT the same as the GSM 900. GSM 850 = GSM 800.

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Joseph - 27 Dec 2003 22:58 GMT

>From what I have read in this group Dallas is GSM 850 I think. I also
>thought I had read that 850 was the same at GSM 900 or I could be
>mistaken? If this was the case could a tri-band phone that included
>GSM 900/1800/1900 be used here in Dallas our would I have to find a
>phone that also had GSM 850.

GSM "850" is not the same as GSM 900. GSM "850" is in reality
cellular 800 which has been used for TDMA and AMPS for years.

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