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Cellular Phone Forum / General / GSM / July 2003850 GSM Networks
Does anyone know when 850 MHz GSM networks will be active in North America? If so, what areas will it be active first and when? Jason Cingular has already turned on an 850mhz network down in Tennesee. Stu > Does anyone know when 850 MHz GSM networks will be active in North America? > If so, what areas will it be active first and when? > > Jason Il giorno Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:19:04 GMT, "Stuart G. Friedman" <Stu.IgnoreThis@nospam.na> con una bandiera della rinata Fiorentina in mano e lo striscione "Meglio liberi all'inferno che schiavi in paradiso" nell'altra cosi' parlo': >Cingular has already turned on an 850mhz network down in Tennesee. Question: in your opinion can I have (with my sim card in the right cellphone :P) international roaming on 850Mhz of Cingular?  SignatureAndrea de Florence, PrepaidGSM Staff - ISCF online: www.iscf.info - Know 3: www.mondo3.com - Prepaid Sim Card of the "Entire World": www.prepaidgsm.net There should be no difference between 850 and 1900 as far as roaming is concerned. -- Donald Newcomb DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net Remove 'NOT' from address to reply > Question: > in your opinion can I have (with my sim card in the right cellphone > :P) international roaming on 850Mhz of Cingular? Il giorno Fri, 25 Jul 2003 08:55:47 -0500, "Donald Newcomb" <DRNewcomb@attglobal.NOT.net> con una bandiera della rinata Fiorentina in mano e lo striscione "Meglio liberi all'inferno che schiavi in paradiso" nell'altra cosi' parlo': >There should be no difference between 850 and 1900 as far as roaming is >concerned. are you sure? I think so, but I know our networks too :-/ I hope to try it very soon... :-) SignatureAndrea de Florence - ISCF online: www.iscf.info - Know 3: www.mondo3.com - Tutto sulle PrePagate GSM mondiali: www.prepaidgsm.net A US carrier makes a great deal of money off roamers. Since virtually the 850mhz carrier (ATT and Cingular) also have 1900mhz licenses, they already have roaming agreements in place with the major European carriers. Why would they knowingly turn down the revenue for calls made on their 850mhz band? Stu > Il giorno Fri, 25 Jul 2003 08:55:47 -0500, "Donald Newcomb" > <DRNewcomb@attglobal.NOT.net> con una bandiera della rinata Fiorentina [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I hope to try it very soon... :-) > A US carrier makes a great deal of money off roamers. Since virtually the > 850mhz carrier (ATT and Cingular) also have 1900mhz licenses, they already > have roaming agreements in place with the major European carriers. Why > would they knowingly turn down the revenue for calls made on their 850mhz > band? This is sort of my comment too. Of course, the carriers can screw it up any way they want. Also, I assume there will be some GSM-850 carriers (e.g. Centennial, NECCI, etc) that may only bother to set up roaming with other US & Canadian carriers. They would be looking for the roaming revenue from the AT&T and Cingular customers, rather than the international roamers. -- Donald Newcomb DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net Remove 'NOT' from address to reply > This is sort of my comment too. Of course, the carriers can screw it up any > way they want. Also, I assume there will be some GSM-850 carriers (e.g. > Centennial, NECCI, etc) that may only bother to set up roaming with other US > & Canadian carriers. They would be looking for the roaming revenue from the > AT&T and Cingular customers, rather than the international roamers. Wouldn't it make more sense for a carrier serving Podunk, Iowa to set up a roaming agreement with, say, Microcell or Rogers that serves all of Canada, than for it to not? The Canadian provider gets a small roaming area; the small US provider gets to add an entire nation to its roaming list. Jim > > This is sort of my comment too. Of course, the carriers can screw it up > any [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > than for it to not? The Canadian provider gets a small roaming area; the > small US provider gets to add an entire nation to its roaming list. Yeah. I don't think I said anything that would negate that. However, it might not pay "Podunk Cellular" to set up roaming with every carrier in, say, Belgum, when only one or two visitors from Belgum visit Podunk every year. -- Donald Newcomb DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net Remove 'NOT' from address to reply > Yeah. I don't think I said anything that would negate that. However, it > might not pay "Podunk Cellular" to set up roaming with every carrier in, > say, Belgum, when only one or two visitors from Belgum visit Podunk every > year. Indeed. I misread what you stated. Jim SGF> Cingular has already turned on an 850mhz network down > in Tennesee. Crap, now I need a /quad/-band phone :-/ - Andy. >Does anyone know when 850 MHz GSM networks will be active in North America? >If so, what areas will it be active first and when? AT&T has some GSM 850 cells in Southern California right now. SignatureMark Henderson "Heilir ?sir. Heilar ?synjur. Heil sj? in fj?ln?ta fold." - Sigrdr?fum?l OpenPGP/GnuPG keys available at http://www.squirrel.com/pgpkeys.asc HTML-only/base64 email addressed to me is automatically and silently discarded. |
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