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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Sprint PCS / May 2005virgin mobile 911 call
Can you make a 911 call on a Virgin moblie phone off the Sprint Network? I am under the impression that virgin mobile uses PCS CDMA only. The only other PCS CDMA carrier in the USA I know of is verizon. Sprint PCS covers all of verizon's PCS areas and more, so there is no place off of Sprint PCS' network that a virgin mobile phone will be able to make a call. >Sprint > PCS covers all of verizon's PCS areas and more, so there is no place off > of Sprint PCS' network that a virgin mobile phone will be able to make a > call. This is simply not true. Verizon does have service in areas where Sprint doesn't. The major metros are all covered by both carriers, with the exceptions of some larger cities in the Plains states where Sprint offers service but Verizon doesn't; but there are outlying areas that Verizon covers, where Sprint has nothing.  SignatureJustThe.net - Apple Valley, CA - http://JustThe.net/ - 888.480.4NET (4638) Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / sjsobol@JustThe.net / PGP: 0xE3AE35ED "The wisdom of a fool won't set you free" --New Order, "Bizarre Love Triangle" >> Sprint PCS covers all of verizon's PCS areas and more, so there is no >> place off of Sprint PCS' network that a virgin mobile phone will be >> able to make a call. > > This is simply not true. Verizon does have service in areas where Sprint > doesn't. Not the in the PCS 1900MHz band. SignatureE-mail fudged to thwart spammers. Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply. > Not the in the PCS 1900MHz band. No, probably not - Are any VM phones tri-mode or at least dual-band digital, though? SignatureJustThe.net - Apple Valley, CA - http://JustThe.net/ - 888.480.4NET (4638) Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / sjsobol@JustThe.net / PGP: 0xE3AE35ED "The wisdom of a fool won't set you free" --New Order, "Bizarre Love Triangle" I thought Virgin Mobile only used PCS and only CDMA. > No, probably not - Are any VM phones tri-mode or at least dual-band digital, > though? The Audiovox 8610 is tri-mode. Supposedly it will leave 1900 PCS mode to make a 911 call. Normally it just operates in 1900 PCS, of course (no roaming on VM.) SignatureSeth Goodman >> Not the in the PCS 1900MHz band. > > No, probably not - Are any VM phones tri-mode or at least dual-band > digital, though? Nope, they are all 1900Mhz digital only. In effect, Virgin Mobile US has eliminated the concept of roaming in association with their service, and to do so, they use phones that will ONLY search for the Sprint network (and a few outlying extended network partners). SignatureE-mail fudged to thwart spammers. Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply. |
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