Re: Why GSM in such a big country like Canada ?

Article View: alt.cellular.fido

Article #47

#47

From: Helen & Mark Lade
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 14:26

25 lines
2220 bytes

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

Technical Details

Message-ID: <3ADC52D0.E535FD80@sympatico.ca>

Path:

arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!news3.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail

References:

<CABFD5B1F2CD777D.CD5FDE1048A474DD.CCD35D6B55884796@lp.airnews.net> <cCJC6.11861$W7.63061@news-server.bigpond.net.au> <3adb7f4c.6682274@news> <8v8ndtgs395egi7tbktc9lirmofruuuc9s@4ax.com> <hGNC6.680827$JT5.18112031@news20.bellglobal.com>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 10774d,f6bfd0395fb1ea2d
X-Google-Attributes: gid10774d,public
X-Google-Thread: 105fb2,f6bfd0395fb1ea2d
X-Google-Attributes: gid105fb2,public
X-Google-Thread: fb718,f6bfd0395fb1ea2d
X-Google-Attributes: gidfb718,public
X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-17 07:28:05 PST
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!news3.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail
Message-ID: <3ADC52D0.E535FD80@sympatico.ca>
From: Helen & Mark Lade <hm.lade@sympatico.ca>
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-SYMPA  (Win98; U)
X-Accept-Language: en,fr-CA
MIME-Version: 1.0
Newsgroups: alt.cellular.fido,alt.cellular,aus.comms.mobile
Subject: Re: Why GSM in such a big country like Canada ?
References: <CABFD5B1F2CD777D.CD5FDE1048A474DD.CCD35D6B55884796@lp.airnews.net> <cCJC6.11861$W7.63061@news-server.bigpond.net.au> <3adb7f4c.6682274@news> <8v8ndtgs395egi7tbktc9lirmofruuuc9s@4ax.com> <hGNC6.680827$JT5.18112031@news20.bellglobal.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Lines: 25
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 14:26:25 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.208.58.127
X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 987517585 216.208.58.127 (Tue, 17 Apr 2001 10:26:25 EDT)
NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 10:26:25 EDT
Organization: Sympatico

Reply to Parent Message