"Snapper" <snapper1@y7mail.com> wrote in message
news:482282b3$0$31239$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
> John Henderson wrote...
>
>> UMTS (3G) cells don't broadcast cell name (area info) data yet.
>> Any you see come from times when the phone's camped on a 2G
>> (plain old GSM) cell.
>
> That's interesting. GSM coverage where there is no NextG.

No one said that NextG covered all CDMA or GSM areas. In the same fashion
that CDMA didnt cover all GSM areas

> Not looking good for Telstra's claim about NextG being more widespread
> than its GSM or any other telco's networks, for that matter.

It looks fine. You could have been camped onto that 2G cell for 5 seconds
for all you know


> Trouble is, when I'm travelling the phone's tucked away in the pocket, so
> I can't easily see what the coverage is doing and when I was in this area
> whether or not the 3G symbol was active on the phone.

So your point is irrelevant
>
>