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To: Asterisk who wrote (12403)7/15/1998 5:25:00 PM
From: Bux  Read Replies (2) of 152472
 
From one Michael to another,

Yes, I think your assessment of power consumption is way off base. I am no tele-techno wizard but I do know the basics and you have neglected to consider the biggest power saving feature of CDMA in your analysis. A CDMA network utilizes active power control to insure that all signals arrive at the base station at the same strength. Since signal strength diminishes with the square of the distance, phones that are near a base station transmit at a small fraction of the power required for "old fashioned" phones.
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