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I have to figure out where the 20 new Treos we plan to buy will and won't
work for e-mail & voice. Therefore, I'm trying to determine the percentage
of territory (not people) covered by SPCS and Cingular, both in my home
state and in the lower 48 states.
I also wish to differentiate between analog/digital (voice) and native
('on-net') digital only (so I can see where data services will work) The
latter is a radically smaller area.
The commonly available maps only show analog and digital combined, and you
have to drill down, market by market, to obtain the native (i.e.,
non-roaming) digital coverage, in those locales where it's available at
all.
If anyone here has done such mapping or calculations, or read of recent
published reports of same and can source the report, I surely would
appreciate it.
My educated guess is that Cingular's data coverage is much broader than
SPCS's, as when I look at the native digital coverage of SPCS, compared to
what they claim for voice in those markets, the native digital coverage of
SPCS is much less than their voice coverage area (obviously roaming onto
other carriers, as SPCS has no analog of their own), whereas Cingular says
everyplace they have AMPS, they have GSM now.
Your evidence-based findings and sources will be truly appreciated.
Thank you kindly.
I have to figure out where the 20 new Treos we plan to buy will and won't
work for e-mail & voice. Therefore, I'm trying to determine the percentage
of territory (not people) covered by SPCS and Cingular, both in my home
state and in the lower 48 states.
I also wish to differentiate between analog/digital (voice) and native
('on-net') digital only (so I can see where data services will work) The
latter is a radically smaller area.
The commonly available maps only show analog and digital combined, and you
have to drill down, market by market, to obtain the native (i.e.,
non-roaming) digital coverage, in those locales where it's available at
all.
If anyone here has done such mapping or calculations, or read of recent
published reports of same and can source the report, I surely would
appreciate it.
My educated guess is that Cingular's data coverage is much broader than
SPCS's, as when I look at the native digital coverage of SPCS, compared to
what they claim for voice in those markets, the native digital coverage of
SPCS is much less than their voice coverage area (obviously roaming onto
other carriers, as SPCS has no analog of their own), whereas Cingular says
everyplace they have AMPS, they have GSM now.
Your evidence-based findings and sources will be truly appreciated.
Thank you kindly.