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I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: Buck
Date: February 20, 2019 10:25AM
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Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: Lux Interior
Date: February 20, 2019 10:35AM
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Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: 3d
Date: February 20, 2019 10:37AM
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Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: Sarcany
Date: February 20, 2019 10:46AM
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Buck
Amazing but I hadn't heard it. All I knew was that CDMA is better, but the rest of the world has GSM.
Just bought 2 iPhones XR under the but one get one deal. No trade in value for the 5S
Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: Golfer
Date: February 20, 2019 11:07AM
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Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: Buck
Date: February 20, 2019 11:31AM
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Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: February 20, 2019 12:20PM
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Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: timg
Date: February 20, 2019 12:48PM
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Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: numbered
Date: February 20, 2019 12:58PM
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Sarcany
CDMA is not better. It's old and clunky and power-hungry and it's very hard to switch between cellular providers with a CDMA phone.
Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: davester
Date: February 20, 2019 01:25PM
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Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: Carm
Date: February 20, 2019 01:53PM
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Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: numbered
Date: February 20, 2019 01:56PM
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Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: C(-)ris
Date: February 20, 2019 01:56PM
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Golfer
Out in rural Iowa CDMA is better than GSM, has a much longer range. AT&T and other GSM carriers don't have service on our area, it's all CDMA only. US Cellular dominates in our area.
Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: February 20, 2019 02:20PM
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Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: 3d
Date: February 20, 2019 02:39PM
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C(-)ris
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Golfer
Out in rural Iowa CDMA is better than GSM, has a much longer range. AT&T and other GSM carriers don't have service on our area, it's all CDMA only. US Cellular dominates in our area.
Rural is probably the only use case for CDMA at this point. But any advantage CDMA has can be covered by extra towers.
Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: Golfer
Date: February 20, 2019 02:42PM
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C(-)ris
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Golfer
Out in rural Iowa CDMA is better than GSM, has a much longer range. AT&T and other GSM carriers don't have service on our area, it's all CDMA only. US Cellular dominates in our area.
Rural is probably the only use case for CDMA at this point. But any advantage CDMA has can be covered by extra towers.
Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: deckeda
Date: February 20, 2019 03:47PM
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Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: 3d
Date: February 21, 2019 04:52AM
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deckeda
I hope this results in an upgrade of some kind. Our rural town of ~4000 people is Verizon Land. If you don't have Verizon service you can't use a cellphone of any kind.
Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: February 21, 2019 06:26AM
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Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: deckeda
Date: February 21, 2019 09:53AM
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Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: Winston
Date: February 21, 2019 08:14PM
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davester
Coverage all went to @#$%& when the switch was made from analog to digital. It's never recovered, especially in rural areas. These days you can drive most of the way across Nevada without seeing a bar. In the olden days you could often pick up an analog signal out in the middle of nowhere.
Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: February 21, 2019 09:46PM
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Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: GeneL
Date: March 11, 2019 04:48AM
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Lux Interior
Really?
How quickly is this going to happen?
I don't like that I can't use data while on a call with CDMA.
Re: I wasn't paying attention - Verizon going all GSM
Posted by: Winston
Date: March 11, 2019 09:26AM
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GeneL
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Lux Interior
Really?
How quickly is this going to happen?
I don't like that I can't use data while on a call with CDMA.
I don't get that???
I can look up on google or do other searches or phone uses (calendar, contacts or Maps) while on my Verizon Note CDMA phone.
So what do you mean?