Quad band?

my understadning you need a tri band if you go to the usa. anyone tell me
what a quad band is or how it might be of use to me
tia

"Mike" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> my understadning you need a tri band if you go to the usa. anyone tell me
> what a quad band is or how it might be of use to me
> tia
>
>
>

you never hear of Google?

"Mike" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> my understadning you need a tri band if you go to the usa. anyone tell me
> what a quad band is or how it might be of use to me
> tia

Quad band literally means four (4) bands. Most people come across the term
when it is used to describe a GSM mobile phone. The GSM standard originated
in Europe, where mobile phones occupy two frequency bands: one in the
900-MHz range and one in the 1800-MHz range. When GSM technology crossed the
Atlantic to the Americas, it was impossible to reuse the same European
frequency bands since those had already been allocated to other devices by
the FCC. Hence, a different pair of frequency bands were made available for
GSM use: the 850 and 1900-MHz bands.
In summary, a quad-band mobile phone is used to designate a phone that can
operate in the following GSM frequency bands:

Band 1 = 850 MHz
Band 2 = 900 MHz
Band 3 = 1800 MHz
Band 4 = 1900 MHz

me@privacy.net declared for all the world to hear...
> my understadning you need a tri band if you go to the usa. anyone tell me
> what a quad band is or how it might be of use to me

Quad band handsets can pick up 850MHz networks in the USA. This will
give you superior performance over a tri-band handset. 850MHz signal can
reach further than the more traditional 1900MHz networks currently
deployed across the USA.
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Regards
Jon

Mike wrote:
> my understadning you need a tri band if you go to the usa. anyone tell me
> what a quad band is or how it might be of use to me

You can never have too many bands on your mobile. The more the better!
Not sure what compromises this makes with the reception on the handheld
itself.

Jon wrote:
>
> Quad band handsets can pick up 850MHz networks in the USA. This will
> give you superior performance over a tri-band handset. 850MHz signal can
> reach further than the more traditional 1900MHz networks currently
> deployed across the USA.

The problem is that a lot of the smaller regional providers deploy
850MHz as well. For example, in North Michigan there is pretty good
coverage on 850MHz provided by Dobson Cellular - but no UK operator
roams with them.

I will just like to add that a quad band phone will give you significant
advantage only if you are roaming with your UK carrier. Since Cingular
uses both bands, and Tmobile is primarily a 1900 ONLY carrier, if you
choose to buy prepaid card here in the US using your triband, just make
sure you go with tmobile. If roaming with your triband, and you happen
to be roaming on cingular, coverage will be spotty in most places,
because your phone is lacking the 850 band. It's best to manually
select tmobile network in this case.




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mrcamp

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> "Mike" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:12ivkf1ovm663c7@corp.supernews.com...
>> my understadning you need a tri band if you go to the usa. anyone tell
>> me
>> what a quad band is or how it might be of use to me
>> tia
>>
>>
>>
>
> you never hear of Google?
>

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