AT&T: iPhone to Get MMS September 25
Once they move all data to 850 MHZ things will be better.
Besides, I'm not even sure that's possible. You could put GSM on one band and WCDMA (3G) on the other band, but I don't think you could split it up by voice vs. data. (Keep in mind that both GSM and WCDMA support both voice and data.)
Also, while 850 reaches farther, allowing one tower to cover more area, that's irrelevant in dense urban areas where the towers are tightly spaced (assuming they're spaced correctly, which can be an issue.) In fact, in most a...
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Jayshmay said:
So Rich your saying that in a metro area that ATT has a lot of bandwidth in the 1900 band someone could potentially be getting better speeds than someone who lives in one of the cities with 850 3G?
Potentially, sure. Ideally, if a carrier is using all of their spectrum optimally, then more total bandwidth in a city means it's less likely that the network will get overcrowded and slow down for people. It shouldn't matter too much which band as long as the network is designed properly. For the most part, bandwidth is bandwidth.
Of course it's not really that simple. You need radio equipment for each technology and each band at each tower site in order to do that. AT&T ran into trouble ...
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The 850 is going to put less strain on a particular frequency and should improve signal strength, however.
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