"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber...@comcast.net> writes: >Unruh wrote: >> "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber...@comcast.net> writes: >> >>> Harlan Stenn wrote: >>>> The time on my cellphone is routinely more than 3 seconds off of GPS time. >> >>> Is your cell phone "CDMA"? Other technologies, there are several, may >>> not require the precise timing that CDMA does! >> >> It will be hard for them to get CDMA in London, or Paris, or in fact >> anywhere in the world except >> N America. >>
>Being a citizen of, and resident in, the U.S.A. I tend to supply answers > relevant to the U.S.A. AFAIK, Harlan is also a citizen and resident. >As I mentioned, there ARE other technologies. Technologies ofter than >CDMA are used both here and abroad. Verizon Wireless is one of the >largest service providers here and they use CDMA. But since the OP about whom this whole thread is all about seems to be with a worldwide company, the answer may be less relevant for him. >So far, my CDMA phones have been able to make and receive calls >everywhere I've been since I bought my first digital phone. I guess you don't travel much. >FWIW, I believe that Japan and Korea also use CDMA. Different frequencies etc. I believe. I think neither US nor European phones word there. But I have never been there to try. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
