CaTech,
There certainly is a noticeable difference in voice quality from TDMA vs. CDMA. TDMA phones are notorious for breaking up during midstream conversation. Whether this is due to inteference, weakness in design, power, whatever, it exists and pisses people off all over the world.
BUT, not being able to call or receive calls is not entirely a function of the limitations in TDMA. Might not be close enough to a cell tower, that is all.
In Los Angeles, Sprint has many pockets of no service and weak signals. They're getting better, but they're still there. AT&T, on the other hand, has excellent signal, nearly everywhere you go in the LA area. I presume they have better cell site coverage.
I have a friend who it took a while to convince to buy Q last year. He eventually relented and bought Q, but only after fighting tooth and nail with me, arguing Q was a bad investment, because 'Sprint phones suck.' He was rabid about his argument and fought vigorously because he couldn't get calls practically ANYWHERE with his Sprint CDMA phone.
I told him, based on HIS experience in LA, that was the case, but that is not the case in much of the country.
Since last year Sprint has gotten better, but they still have a bit of site buildout to do in LA.
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