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Konfucius - 12 May 2004 22:42 GMT

After debating on the switch to another service provider and new phone
because Fido absolutely sucks in my northeast Toronto apartment suite, I
decided to call up Fido to see what they had to say.

The rep was really nice and offered me a Nokia 6340 dualband free of charge.
That was Friday. Now it's Wednesday, picked up the phone from the post
office and I called Fido up right away to setup my new SIM card. THIS PHONE
IS HUGE! IT'S ALSO A REFURB! (I got a little nostalgic when I opened up the
box to see how small phones are these days in comparison) Now I have two
blocks on my phone and it's still using PCS. Yay! If I walk a little bit
further away from the window, it switches to ANALOG.

I guess they solved my problem, but the crappy part is that if I do end up
chatting on ANALOG, I get billed 20cents a minute on top of my $45plus plan.
OUCH!

Now I'm still curious if the new Sony-Ericsson Z600 has above average
reception. Has anyone purchased one yet? What are your thoughts?

[[[Konfucius]]]

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Steve Dud - 13 May 2004 04:29 GMT

i believe the t616 will fix everything for you
the 850 band really helps out with reception, more than doubled my
reception!

Steve

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AndrewH - 13 May 2004 06:23 GMT

What 850MHz?

Obviously you are using Rogers or some US Carrier, who have designed
their system for 850MHz, and then overlayed 1900MHz on it, which
explains why for you 850 is better..

Microcell has no 850 and designed the system for 1900. Yes, if you use
Rogers, 850 will most likely be better, but if you use Rogers, why are
you posting here?

I don't think there is any evidence that systems that were designed for
1900 from the ground up are any better or worse than 850

Andrew

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Cellular Unlocker - 13 May 2004 09:12 GMT

> I don't think there is any evidence that systems that were designed for
> 1900 from the ground up are any better or worse than 850

Most scientists would tend to disagree with you on this point. The lower a
frequency, the better it penetrates obstacles. So, 850Mhz definitely does
help out for bad reception, but there are other ways around this kind of
problem. A good trick Fido uses is to install signal repeaters to
artificially "penetrate" buildings and obstacles. Just needed to clarify
that.

CU

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Kwantlen Student - 25 May 2004 06:41 GMT

The lower the frequency, the better to bend around or reflect off.

The higher the frequency, the better to penetrate through things.

Except for when the wavelenght is the same size at the water droplet, ie
microwave ovens.

> > I don't think there is any evidence that systems that were designed for
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Steve Dud - 13 May 2004 14:35 GMT

actually my t616 is on rogers (fido model unlocked) and im using a t68i on
fido... i assumed the better reception on my rogers was due to the t616
having 850, i appologize if i have insulted you or fido by posting here even
though i also have a rogers sub as well as a fido sub

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repatch - 13 May 2004 14:51 GMT

Umm, ya, if Fido HAD 850, it doesn't, therefore there is no point mentioning
it.

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