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Article #44Re: Why GSM in such a big country like Canada ?
From: JF Mezei
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 13:40
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 13:40
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Steve Biddle wrote: > Range isn't the big issue when you only have a phone with a TX power > typically between .6 and 2W, it's only under ideal circumstances such as > over water or flat terrain that a phone would ever be able to reach a > cellsite 70km away, 35km is even asking a lot. However, there are many regions in central australia where a hill/mountain is the sole "bump" for a very wide area. You'll often find the remaining microwave towers on those hills. So there are quite a few places where line of sight of over 35 km is quite possible. But I agree that in very flat or worse, ondulating terrain, the range would be quite limited.
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