ATT CDPD

Mon Jul 11 17:57:46 UTC 2005

> > AT&T doesn't use CDMA... so they wouldn't be running 1xRTT. EDGE, 
> > perhaps?
> 
> Yes.  AT&T also announced plans to get into the next layer, 
> UMTS, which uses the concept of code division multiple access 
> (CDMA), but isn't the same as Quallcomm CDMA 
> (IS-95/IS-2000/CDMA2000).  I don't know offhand which of the 
> GSM-core technologies are/will be deployed by them at this 
> time, as they aren't the carrier I currently use.
> 
> (To my knowledge, however, AT&T does offer GPRS, which is 
> slow, but if using at least two timeslots, still faster than 
> IS-95 CDMA non-1X data.  8-)

Actually, you should be able to get EDGE from T or its new parent. It
has been productized for a while.

Thanks,
Christian

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"Sometimes a phone is just a phone."

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