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Old 11-08-2007, 03:05 PM
David W Studeman
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Default Re: voice quality on 3g vs gsm

planetx wrote:

> I am a verizon user and honestly I love it. But all my friends and
> family are on ATT so I am most likely going to switch. About 6months
> ago I tried a 30day trial with ATT but the voice quality was terrible.
> I live in a 3g market, but I did not have a 3g phone. So is the voice
> quality better on 3g(if you have the phone) than gsm?


3G has absolutely nothing to do with voice. While it is true with Verizon
and Sprint that CDMA is also used for voice, for the rest of the planet,
GSM is used for voice. Data can be GPRS/EDGE or in the case of 3G and
better, UMTS/HSDPA. For some reason, when I talk to people on Sprint and
Verizon, they sound like they have marbles in their mouths but I honestly
do not know that it is not a lot of really bad handsets out there or the
technology itself. Maybe I should buy a bag of marbles and join the fun.
Can you hear me now? Yes but Damn!


Dave

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