In article <_ZZji.326$z64.60@trnddc07>,
Wes Groleau <groleau+news@freeshell.org> wrote:

> Kurt Ullman wrote:
> > Most, although from my reading on google, seems as though some
> > companies might be using a triangulation method from the cell towers.
>
> The documentation for my phone says that is
> a backup whenever the GPS reception is poor.

One of the articles I looked indicated that at least one of the
Cell Companies had decided to go with the cheaper triangulation. Having
said that, that was an article from around 2005 and market demands may
have required the addition of GPS chips in the interim. Wouldn't be the
first time the market overtook the regulators.