Monday, May 17, 2004

Wrong assumption

A conversation between myself and my cellular carrier:

Technofile:
In an advert for <carrier name> in the New York Times, it was mentioned that "service requires a compatible GSM 850 device". But some of the phones in the upgrade section of your website (for example the Motorola MPx200) are only GSM 1800/1900MHz. Are 850 MHz phones required in the New York area?

Tech Support:
Only if you want to be able to read off the 850 MHz network... The phone will still be able to read off of 1900 MHz.

Technofile:
Is the 850 MHz network any better or any different than the 1900 Mhz network?

Tech Support:
Only when it comes to going through walls. 850 works better in buildings.

Aha! and rats....

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