850 or 900 in the Mtl/Tor corridor?

[PS]

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does anyone know if the Rogers coverage between Montreal and Toronto is
mainly 850 or 900 MHz? (the quad-band handsets still seem a bit pricey at
the moment)

thanks

 

[Guest]

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On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 08:18:35 -0500, PS wrote:

> does anyone know if the Rogers coverage between Montreal and Toronto is
> mainly 850 or 900 MHz? (the quad-band handsets still seem a bit pricey at
> the moment)

Rogers doesn't do 900, so you don't need a quad band.

Most of it is 1900, I can't say all, but my 1900 handset had coverage
every time I looked at it on my drive from Montreal to Toronto. TTYL

 

[Joseph]

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On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 08:18:35 -0500, "PS" <psbnez@hotmail.com> wrote:

>does anyone know if the Rogers coverage between Montreal and Toronto is
>mainly 850 or 900 MHz? (the quad-band handsets still seem a bit pricey at
>the moment)

No North American mobile operator uses 900 Mhz save for Cuba. In
North America only 850 and 1900 Mhz are used for GSM services.
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[PS]

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thanks for the clarification. My unlocked Ericsson T39 handset
(900/1800/1900) works great at my workplace with a Fido SIM, but couldn't
hold one bar of signal with a Rogers SIM. A colleague has great reception
at work with a Rogers SIM in a Motorola T720 (850/1900).

trying to figure out the best way to keep good reception at work, and take
advantage of coverage btwn Mtl and Tor.

Seems then I'd need an 850/1800/1900 handset (for use in Europe too)?




"Joseph" <JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 08:18:35 -0500, "PS" <psbnez@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >does anyone know if the Rogers coverage between Montreal and Toronto is
> >mainly 850 or 900 MHz? (the quad-band handsets still seem a bit pricey
at
> >the moment)
>
> No North American mobile operator uses 900 Mhz save for Cuba. In
> North America only 850 and 1900 Mhz are used for GSM services.
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>

 

[Guest]

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From the nit pickers school of useless trivea: St Pierre/Miqleun also uses
900mhz.

http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_pm.shtml

but your point is well taken.

Stu

"Joseph" <JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 08:18:35 -0500, "PS" <psbnez@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>does anyone know if the Rogers coverage between Montreal and Toronto is
>>mainly 850 or 900 MHz? (the quad-band handsets still seem a bit pricey at
>>the moment)
>
> No North American mobile operator uses 900 Mhz save for Cuba. In
> North America only 850 and 1900 Mhz are used for GSM services.
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>