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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Sprint PCS / July 2006What is Ramcell of Oregon?
What type of technology do they use? Are they CDMA? > What type of technology do they use? Are they CDMA? Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if all they offer is AMPS. They MAY offer CDMA, as Verizon listed them at one time as extended network. Just tried calling one of their stores. All the salesperson could tell me is that they offer "Motorolas," but could not tell me model numbers or anything else about their network. And based on their website (www.ramcell.com), which doesn't list rate plans or phone models, this is very much a mom & pop operation, or at least a combined purchase of three mom & pops in different states. They also offer paging, too. Charming.  SignatureE-mail fudged to thwart spammers. Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply. Does anyone still use pagers? I haven't seen a pager on anyone in years. >> What type of technology do they use? Are they CDMA? > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > They also offer paging, too. Charming. > Does anyone still use pagers? I haven't seen a pager on anyone in years. > > <snip> I, for one, belong to a rather *large* medical community that, among others, still uses pagers, extensively. Notan Why? do they function where cell phones don't function reliably? >> Does anyone still use pagers? I haven't seen a pager on anyone in years. >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Notan > Why? do they function where cell phones don't function reliably? > > <snip> You got it! (Ours are all two-way pagers... Helpful where phones don't get a signal, and where voice communication is impractical.) Notan > Does anyone still use pagers? I haven't seen a pager on anyone in years. They're still used by plenty of medical and military personnel. In fact, you can find military contracts out there soliciting the development of new ones. The idea is that paging is cheaper and works over a wider area than cell phones do. For the military, it's also much simpler to deploy (cell sites are actually quite complicated things). >> What type of technology do they use? Are they CDMA? > > Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if all they offer is AMPS. They MAY > offer CDMA, as Verizon listed them at one time as extended network. My mistake: Ramcell just listed some "specials" on their website. In Kentucky, they are offering a Nokia 2260 on prepaid serice for $79.99 The Nokia 2260 is an AMPS/TDMA handset. So, evidently, Ramcell is AMPS/TDMA. Yikes! Still no actual plan pricing on their site, however. SignatureE-mail fudged to thwart spammers. Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply. See a description of Ramcell near the bottom of this page: http://cell.uoregon.edu/best/index.html > What type of technology do they use? Are they CDMA? SignatureFrank Harris in San Francisco with a A920 |
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