From what I hear from two different contacts at Verizon, new PRL's should be out in just a few hours...hopefully the information I got is accurate otherwise posting this was a bad idea. :badidea:
Just went from 50567 to 50603 (ACII EVDO, Treo 700p) in Grand Rapids, MI. I believe that's a new PRL#, correct me if I'm wrong.
Preferred Roaming Lists - essentially a list of Verizon & other CDMA carriers' networks from which your phone chooses when acquiring multiple signals. Keeps your phone's priorities straight Here's a pretty good FAQ from HowardForums: link
Thanks to mathwhiz, here are the changes: PRL 50579 (AC II) has been released and here are the changes compared to PRL 50558. Some changes in priority and changes from A to D/A may not be noted along with any other changes that I may have missed. An update was done to the acquisition table, and those changes are not noted here. VZW = Verizon native area - no triangle FRM = Free Roam/Extended Network - no triangle FRL = Free Roam/Extended Network Limited - flashing triangle RM = Roaming - solid triangle NEG = Negative Entry - will not roam on this provider (A) = Analog Only D/A = Digital/Analog [D] = Digital Only PCS = PCS ---------------------------------------------------------------- The following VZW areas were dropped ---------------------------------------------------------------- 01559 (A) -- Verizon Wireless CMA586A Ohio 2 - Sandusky 00276 D/A -- Verizon Wireless CMA212B Bremerton, WA 01145 (A) -- Verizon Wireless CMA379A Georgia 9 - Marion 01145 (A) -- Verizon Wireless CMA379A Georgia 9 - Marion 00319 (A) -- Verizon Wireless CMA153A Columbus, GA-AL CMA314A Alabama 8 - Lee 00443 (A) -- Verizon Wireless CMA138A Macon, GA 01139 (A) -- Verizon Wireless CMA376A Georgia 6 - Spalding 00241 (A) -- Verizon Wireless CMA261A Albany, GA 00539 (A) -- Verizon Wireless CMA155A Savannah, GA 01151 (A) -- Verizon Wireless CMA377A Georgia 7 - Hancock CMA378A Georgia 8 - Warren CMA380A Georgia 10 - Bleckley CMA382A Georgia 12 - Liberty 01153 (A) -- Verizon Wireless CMA383A Georgia 13 - Early 00181 (A) -- Verizon Wireless CMA108A Augusta, GA-SC 00465 (A) -- Verizon Wireless CMA139A Montgomery, AL CMA246A Dothan, AL CMA283A Panama City, FL CMA314A Alabama 8 - Lee ---------------------------------------------------------------- The following FRM areas were dropped ---------------------------------------------------------------- 04170 PCS FRM Sprint PCS SCAN 500B 575B 475B 675B 600B 625B 125A MTA027B Phoenix, AZ 00256 (A) FRM Alltel Communications CMA177B Battle Creek, MI 00260 (A) FRM Alltel Communications CMA193B Benton Harbor, MI 00216 (A) FRM Alltel Communications CMA094B Saginaw, MI CMA477B Michigan 6 - Roscommon CMA478B Michigan 7 - Newaygo 01338 (A) FRM Alltel Communications CMA475B Michigan 4 - Cheboygan 01332 (A) FRM Alltel Communications CMA472B Michigan 1 - Gogebic CMA473B Michigan 2 - Alger 00448 (A) FRM Alltel Communications CMA181B Muskegon, MI CMA478B Michigan 7 - Newaygo 00244 (A) FRM Alltel Communications CMA064B Grand Rapids, MI CMA479B Michigan 8 - Allegan 00374 (A) FRM Alltel Communications CMA207B Jackson, MI CMA480B Michigan 9 - Cass 00386 (A) FRM Alltel Communications CMA132B Kalamazoo, MI CMA480B Michigan 9 - Cass 01336 (A) FRM Alltel Communications CMA474B Michigan 3 - Emmet CMA476B Michigan 5 - Manistee 00116 D/A FRM Alltel Communications CMA067B Greenville, SC CMA227B Anderson, SC CMA625B South Carolina 1 - Oconee ---------------------------------------------------------------- The following RM area was dropped ---------------------------------------------------------------- 09825 [D] RM LaqTel (Trinidad and Tobago) ---------------------------------------------------------------- The following RM areas were added ---------------------------------------------------------------- 08080 [D] RM ?? 09824 [D] RM Cable & Wireless (Trinidad and Tobago) ---------------------------------------------------------------- The following FRL area was added ---------------------------------------------------------------- 06025 PCS FRL SureWest Wireless SCAN BLOCK E BTA303E Modesto, CA BTA389E Sacramento, CA BTA434E Stockton, CA BTA485E Yuba City-Marysville, CA ---------------------------------------------------------------- The following VZW area was added ---------------------------------------------------------------- 00190 PCS -- ?? SCAN BLOCKS F D C B ---------------------------------------------------------------- The following areas changed in priority ---------------------------------------------------------------- 00484 D/A FRM Rural Cellular Corporation CMA156B Portsmouth, NH-ME CMA470A Massachusetts 1 - Franklin 00057 PCS FRM Alltel Communications SCAN 350D 1025C 375D 1050C 325D 1075C BTA320D New Orleans, LA 00302 (A) FRM Alltel Communications CMA153B Columbus, GA-AL CMA376B Georgia 6 - Spalding CMA379B Georgia 9 - Marion
So it basically looks like the only 'loss' is SPCS in Phoenix, AZ. Other than that just some ALLTEL Analog in MI, but ALLTEL CDMA is said to be excellent there anyways...I wonder if VZW gets a better rate for customers roaming on ALLTEL's CDMA side, versus their AMPS side.
My guess is they are trying to get people off the amp's spectrum so the they can further limit the bandwidth allocated to it even though most customers should be using CDMA already. Could be also they are combining SIDs.
On your phone, you should be able to access the info somewhere. Mine is listed in Menu>Phone Info>Other Information>PRL but im not sure how the VZ navigator works (is that what you have on your razr?) Maybe check your documentation.
thanks. Did a *228->update on mine last night and this morning it is setting on 50603 for the PRL. It did something pretty big changes, 'cause it usually only takes a second or two. This time it took a couple of minutes.
VZW CS told me that by the 10th of every month, you should do a *228 -> update. This will keep phone up to date with PRL's and such.
I have never heard of that before... but they put out a PRL every 60-90 days from the looks of it. Everytime I call CS, they ask me to do the updates lol; My mom has no clue about this so she hasnt updated. She's in Atlanta (and never travels) and VZW phones will only work on VZW in Atlanta anyway... so a PRL update would be a moot point anyway (unless they include Sprint in atlanta, and that's not gonna happen lol)
That's what i thought until i found Verizon added a bunch of new PCS sites in the perimeter of our Cellular-band market. Your phone will not look for ANY of their own PCS-band sites unless they appear in the PRL. I gained maybe a dozen new VZW sites in our state by updating.
So bill are those PCS only sites added in Verizon's 800 market or is that in an area that Verizon has only PCS licenses?
The PCS sites closest to my house are in Elbert County where Verizon lost some of the territory to Commnet Wireless who acquired the B band license under Phase II rules. Verizon used their Qwest PCS spectrum there to add 3 suburban areas to their native coverage. In a few other sites in the mountains I'm not as sure. While they have the 850 MHz spectrum there, I was not able to 'see' the new sites until I upgraded my PRL to one that included the Verizon PCS entry for our market. What few reservations I had about Verizon coverage have abated as they continue to add new cell sites, regardless of "band". Now that Verizon has deleted Sprint in AZ, I am once again resisting the latest PRL, but recent benefits outweight that objection.
