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At the frequencies of IS-95 the radio horizon is a hard limit, the signals
will not go past it. TTYL

"GrantB" <grant@spice.girls> wrote in message
news:cCJC6.11861$W7.63061@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> 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?
>
> "Zeldus" <no@email.com> wrote in message
> news:CABFD5B1F2CD777D.CD5FDE1048A474DD.CCD35D6B55884796@lp.airnews.net...
> >
> > Hello !
> >
> > I know the situation is different in Europe than in America or
> Australia...
> > GSM is a European standard originaly built in 1991 for the European
market
> > and for European customers / countries... Western Europe is pretty
smaller
> > than USA + Canada whith much more population, so GSM is more adapted
here
> > (cell size are smaller because of much more customers in a given area).
> >
> > For larger countries with less people/customers, GSM is not the most
> adequat
> > cell system because of it's cell size limitation (35 kms or 70 kms with
> > special configuration). I remember Australia moved to CDMA because of
> > problems of coverage in remote places with GSM (impossible to build a
> > correct network with so little size GSM cells). Now they have CDMA, they
> get
> > much better coverage in remote places...
> >
> > So, why Canada, (similar to Australia for size/population) is doing the
> > opposite ??
> >
> > Zeldus
> >
> >
>