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Article #19Re: Why GSM in such a big country like Canada ?
From: Al Klein
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 02:53
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 02:53
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On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 02:14:37 GMT, "repatch" <repatch@my-deja.com> posted in alt.cellular: >> >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 No. A 'cell' in space sees a hemisphere with a radius (from the point directly under the cell) of 12,500 miles. That's the coverage of a satellite phone 'cell'. -- Al - rukbat at optonline dot net
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