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Old 05-19-2008, 07:17 AM
Horry
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Default Re: Cell Info Not Updating on a NextG phone

On Tue, 13 May 2008 21:17:50 +1000, Kwyjibo wrote:

>
> "Michael" <michael@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:n%2Wj.527$IK1.16@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
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>> "Kwyjibo" <kwyjibo@ozdebate.remove.com> wrote in message
>> news:KLSdnYtQYpQCrLjVnZ2dnUVZ_qHinZ2d@westnet.com. au...
>>>
>>> "Michael" <michael@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:gM8Vj.9070$ko5.3356@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>>>
>>>> "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.
>>>
>>> Lie.

>>
>> Please post proof where anyone advised "if you are covered by CDMA, you
>> will always be covered by NextG"

>
> From the Telstra marketing brochure:
> "to guarantee that consumers have the same or better coverage than CDMA"
>
> If I was covered by CDMA prior to the switch off but aren't covered by NextG
> now, it's clearly not "the same" coverage, is it fuckwit.


It could, arguably, be "better" coverage though. It's very subjective.
Which is the reason, of course, why no-one should rely on marketing
brochures.



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