On 2008-04-03, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
> Todd Allcock wrote:
>> You're correct that international travelers would be less interested, but
>> those folks that travel that often quite possibly aren't interested in a
>> phone service that only works domestically anyhow.
>
> Perhaps, but can't Sprint roam onto other CDMA networks like Verizon
> can? The number of countries with both CDMA and GSM networks is growing,
> including India, China, Taiwan, and Israel. In Korea there is no GSM,
> only CDMA.

That last sentence is very carefully worded, so let me make one
of my own. The phone I use with AT&T GSM service also works in
just about every country I've been to, including Japan and Korea,
and lets me choose between using (usually) expensive roaming and
cheaper local service, while the phone I use with Verizon CDMA service
probably works in no more than a quarter of the countries I've been
to and can be used only for expensive roaming (Canada and Mexico
excepted).

If I had to pick just one of these I think I'd keep the AT&T service
for international travel.

Dennis Ferguson