>> > So, if you're not getting NextG where once you got CDMA, then
>> > either they aren't replacing CDMA with NG, or that the new NG
>> > cells don't have the same range as what CDMA did.
>>
>> And that lack of range could be because the phones aren't up to
>> scratch.
>
> Then it tends to make the whole exercise a tad pointless. Why bother with
> phones
> that won't work within the normal range of the towers? ie. demand that the
> phone
> providers provide phones that meet a minimum specification which includes
> reception levels?

Because not all phones are the same. Its been that way since AMPS was
around.

> Isn't the whole point of NextG to provide coverage in areas where other
> networks
> won't reach, hence why they went with 850Mhz network rather than simply

No, the idea of NextG is to provide more total coverage than the network it
is replacing (CDMA).