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MikeFa · 10-05-2005, 1:17 AM

I bought tri -band phone GSM 900/1800/1900 and it doesn't work as good as my previous phone. Is the problem that I don't have 850 MHz?

xikle · 10-05-2005, 2:21 AM

Possibly, it depends on where you are and what phone it is. Where I am (Arkansas) Cingular uses 850 so if I got a tri-band phone without the 850 the phone wouldn't work here.

Jay2TheRescue · 10-05-2005, 8:36 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeFa

I bought tri -band phone GSM 900/1800/1900 and it doesn't work as good as my previous phone. Is the problem that I don't have 850 MHz?

In my area the Cingular orange network appears to be mostly 850, and the blue network appears to be mostly 1900. If you had a triband phone here you would only be able to acccess half of the network, and at that the 1900 band is shared with T-Mobile so that's part of the bandwidth that you can't even access. A 1900 triband phone would give very poor service in my opinion.

steveu452 · 10-05-2005, 1:12 PM

A while ago there was a post (which of course I can't find) that showed a map of Cingular's 1900 MHz coverage, and a map of their combined 850/1900 MHz coverage. The difference was remarkable.

Depending on where you are and how much you travel, you may lose a great deal of coverage with 1900 MHz only.

They also say that 850 MHz penetrates buildings better, if that matters to you.

josephd · 10-05-2005, 7:29 PM

This is what I found if it helps

http://www.cingular.com/download/GPRS_coverage_leg.pdf

steveu452 · 10-10-2005, 3:07 PM

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Originally Posted by steveu452

A while ago there was a post (which of course I can't find) that showed a map of Cingular's 1900 MHz coverage, and a map of their combined 850/1900 MHz coverage.

I think this might be what I was thinking of:

http://www.cellguru.net/1900.htm

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steveu452 Fresh Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 25 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Is GSM 1900 enough for cingular? A while ago there was a post (which of course I can't find) that showed a map of Cingular's 1900 MHz coverage, and a map of their combined 850/1900 MHz coverage. The difference was remarkable. Depending on where you are and how much you travel, you may lose a great deal of coverage with 1900 MHz only. They also say that 850 MHz penetrates buildings better, if that matters to you.

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