On Sun, 23 Jan 2005, Steve Sobol wrote: > Mike Burger wrote: > > > You have to keep in mind, though, that T-Mobile (and its predecessors, > > Voicestream, etc) and Sprint never had analog service (although Sprint's > > phones would work on Verizon's analog network). > > Sprint most likely forced roamers to use analog because then they could say > "our digital connection is better".
Actually, Sprint just hasn't built out much in the way of rural networks for their wireless system. Probably never will. > Over the past year or so, however they've inked more and more digital roaming > agreements with other carriers, and you're more likely to roam digital in > many > places where Sprint doesn't have their own coverage. Combined with the fact > that they now offer a roaming option for $5/month (use up to 50% of your > monthly airtime roaming for the one flat fee), they're now much more usable > outside the major cities. Most likely with Verizon, since they're really the only other CDMA network out there. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a message of: subscribe
