Ok thanks for that, sorry I am very ignorant as you can see as we do not have CDMA in the UK. But it sounds like it has some advantages too. Thanks for clearing that up.
Chris On 13 Jan 2011, at 16:48, Scott Granados wrote: > Actually that's a pretty ignorant comment. > > CDMA has lots of advantages over GSM. First, CDMA has power adaptation. > This means if you're near the cell or in clear range the transmitter uses > less output than say in low signal settings. The cell tower also has this > funtionality. > > You can use fewer towers, CDMA has much better propegation characteristics > than GSM and while the cost of a GSM cell is lower than CDMA the higher > number of Cell sites required by GSM more than offsets any cost increase by > the CDMA gear. > > CDMA has better priority control. This means emergency services can use CDMA > and have a higher call priority than say average users so that in the event > of natural disasters or public emergency the first responder calls will > complete ahead of average users. > > CDMA cell hand off is more efficient. This means that you tend to drop your > session less swapping cells than with GSM. > > Latest revisions of CDMA support sim cards called ROOM cards so you can swap > phones easily. (not available in the US yet to my knowledge) > > CDMA call quality is far better than the current GSM / UMTS standard. More > CODECS are available and unlike GSM take advantage of variable bit rate > technology. Look at EVRC or SMV to learn more about this. > > It's not as cut and dry as you'd make it.:) > > On Jan 13, 2011, at 12:41 AM, Chris Moore wrote: > >> God! sounds crap! Why the hell would anyone want CDMA then? God bless the >> french for inventing GSM, who invented CDMA? So if you were on a phone >> call, would you not receive push notifications until you hung up the call? >> On 13 Jan 2011, at 08:28, Sarah Alawami wrote: >> >>> No worries. I'm learning too. CDMA only 1 signal or data stream can get in >>> at a time so let's say you are deaf and you make a phone call. that's a >>> data stream. your captioning software is another. that cannot work as >>> that's 2 data streams. >>> >>> on a gsm network I can have my email, my captioning program, my twitter, my >>> texts and my phone call running and no issues as long as the network does >>> not mind. lol! >>> >>> S >>> On Jan 12, 2011, at 11:44 PM, Chris Moore wrote: >>> >>>> Sorry for coming across a bit thick here. But firstly I am unable to open >>>> that URL to read the article and secondly we don't have CDMA over here in >>>> the UK. Why do CDMA phones cause problems for users who are hard of >>>> hearing? Would using something like a Phonak Bluetooth streamer get >>>> around the issue? What are the advantages of CDMA over GSM? >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> On 13 Jan 2011, at 04:16, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>>> >>>>> Why would they be on a CDMA network in the first place then? If I was >>>>> hard of hearing, I would find this to be a big deal and would do >>>>> research. And you have 30 days to get out of your contract so, the blame >>>>> would be on them if their stuck in a contract on a carrier that uses CDMA. >>>>> >>>>> JMO >>>>> >>>>> Ricardo Walker >>>>> rwalker...@gmail.com >>>>> Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 >>>>> Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jan 12, 2011, at 11:06 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> lol. I'm not the one that came up with the subject line but what about >>>>>> those that cannot afford to switch as they are locked in to a contract. >>>>>> I'm just surprised that no one discovered it until now. I'm not hard of >>>>>> hearing at all, Ok maybe a bit, but yeah I guess using an app on VZ that >>>>>> would alow closed captionaing on the iphone during a phone call would be >>>>>> close to impossibil. >>>>>> On Jan 12, 2011, at 7:31 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I don't mean to sound like a jerk but, what do you mean? This has >>>>>>> always been the case for CDMA. Its not exclusive to the Verizon >>>>>>> iPhone. So why would something which is the status quo be impact full? >>>>>>> The hard of hearing will do what they been doing, use GSM until LTE is >>>>>>> fully deployed. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ricardo Walker >>>>>>> rwalker...@gmail.com >>>>>>> Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 >>>>>>> Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jan 12, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> How will this impact those of us with hearing troubles? read more: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://ow.ly/3COMr >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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