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Article #15Re: Why GSM in such a big country like Canada ?
From: Mark L. Lade
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 20:47
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 20:47
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the concept being, get a tower tall enough, and CDMA will get you anywhere the tower can see.... Globalstar uses IS-95 for its satellite up and downlink.... M repatch wrote: > > Yes I have, but not many people consider that to be a traditional PCS > network. And even with that you won't go 12500 miles alone the Earth, that's > into space. TTYL > > "Helen & Mark Lade" <hm.lade@sympatico.ca> wrote in message > news:3ADC52D0.E535FD80@sympatico.ca... > > he isn't, ever hear of globalstar? > > > > M > > > > repatch wrote: > > > > > > "Al Klein" <nxyrva@ivyyntrarg.pbz> wrote in message > > > news:8v8ndtgs395egi7tbktc9lirmofruuuc9s@4ax.com... > > > > On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 23:24:08 GMT, felstead1@spamless.optushome.com.au > > > > (David Felstead) posted in alt.cellular: > > > > > > > > >On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 21:37:12 GMT, "GrantB" <grant@spice.girls> wrote > > > > > > > > >>does anyone know the real coverage capability of a CDMA cell? Is it > over > > > the > > > > >>horizon? If so, what is the latency? What is the power requirement > for a > > > > >>handset? > > > > > > > > >Telstra was flogging a magic figure of 'up to 120km' from each cell. > > > > >Not sure how or why though, sorry. > > > > > > > > Depends on the height of the cell. If the cell is high enough, the > > > > range is 12,500 miles. > > > > > > I hope you're kidding there. TTYL
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