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To: Lance Bredvold who wrote (2836)	3/11/2003 9:27:43 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9255

Lance, << May I point out that Western Wireless has also been primarily a CDMA system user--I think that is true, although I've heard they still have some TDMA properties in other parts of the US. >> You are correct. By way of a little fill in, they were of course originally a decent sized 800 MHz Cellular AMPS A rural regional carrier serving some 70 markets and they picked up about 60 million 1900 MHz POPS initially in the A/B/ & D/E blocks of the PCS auctions then picked up more of DCR's returned spectrum in the in initial C block reauction. They used the 1900 MHz spectrum to build out GSM and VoiceStream with their own spectrum and their affiliates who bid in C Block, and became the second all digital network to launch in the US in February 1996 3 months after APC Sprint Spectrum launched GSM in DC/Baltimore. Western Wireless was the first carrier in the world to use AMPS/GSM dual mode dual-band handsets (supplied by Nokia) and initially intended to supply them to all new digital users but then came the acquisition of Ariel, Powertel, Omnipoint, the spin off of VoiceStream in mid 1999, the Hutchinson Whampoa funding, and the sale to DT, etc. I kind of lost track of when and how they converted their AMPS properties to CDMA and TDMA (which they started before CDMA). I presume the technology choice was made one or the other by where Stanton could get the best fill in roaming deal as an affiliate of AWS, PCS, or whomever. << What I am sure of is that they were the first trialler of CDMA1xrtt that I was aware of (in Terry, Montana) ... I did warm up my Kyocera/QCOM phone showed digital coverage which I presume to be CDMA >> I remember that. If it was a Kyocera you can be pretty sure it was CDMA. <g> Speaking of 1xRTT and Kyocera my wife's 2235 from Verizon nicely displays "1xRTT ready" in addition to the "D" for digital when it is in a 1xRTT coverage area. Our residence is 45 driving miles south of the Liberty Bell, and 55 miles north of Inner Harbor in Baltimore. We are 2 driving miles from either of 2 entrances to I-95, the major north/south easten seaboard US artery and we have no 1xRTT coverage although it is available out closer to I-95 and a bit north. Visitors to our home using PCS do not have 1xRTT coverage either. T-Mobile GPRS is available as is AWS GPRS and within the last month Cingular GPRS in 850 MHz is available, all of which frosts me since I am something of a Verizon cheerleader and I am now, as of a month ago, able to combine residential wireline service on the same unified bill as my family plan wireless service. Best, - Eric -