accell go.mobile: [PrePaidCellPhones] Re: Verizon Wireless Buying Out Unicel (GSM) (OH GOD NO!)

Monday, August 13, 2007

[PrePaidCellPhones] Re: Verizon Wireless Buying Out Unicel (GSM) (OH GOD NO!)

Didn't the FCC originally set things up so that there were two cell
companies serving each area of the usa?

--- In PrePaidCellPhones@yahoogroups.com, Ed Cifelli <kc7mwp@...> wrote:
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> they will probably add the CDMA to the towers and eventually phase
out the GSM stuff until everyone is on CDMA.
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> Matthew Johnson <mattjohnson2005@...> wrote:
> below.
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> On 8/2/07, Earl the Pearl <i_earl_the_pearl@...> wrote: I would
assume that Verizon would add CDMA antennas to the Unicel
> towers they acquire. Verizon does not take short cuts, they are
> expensive but you get what you pay for.
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> --- In PrePaidCellPhones@yahoogroups.com, "John"
> > It seems to me that Verizon Wirless taking over would mean that a
> > degradation in service (and signal) would be imminent. Here in
> > Vermont, the Unicel signal is 90% better than Verizon Wirless signal.
> > If the Verizon Signal is low or non-existent, you can be sure that
> > Unicel has got it covered.
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> > Anyone care to comment as to what impact this "merger" is going to
> > have on GSM customers?
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> 1) Good bye GSM, hello CDMA. 2) prices will go up.
> not necessarily in that order.
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