I know OKC isn't exactly small but the timing of this market getting the 3g 850 is odd.
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I know it sounds odd to you, but I can assure you there are significant number of AT&T wireless subscribers in Oklahoma City. I'm sure my friend with his iphone will be pleased.
I checked an iphone in atlanta when they fired up the 850Mhz here, and the coverage actually got better. No jumping between 3g and edge, and it got about 2mbps down avg.
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Oh so that 2mbps wasn't a one time speed huh? Your saying that's avg? Damn it I can't wait for 850 3G to come to Las Vegas?
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well, i used a speedtest app on a friends iphone, did like 5 tests, and that was the avg of those.
Somewhere around howell mill. I don't know, maybe they actually did improve the network here, or his phone was the only iphone connecting to that cell tower.
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Man, you're really obsessed with seeing that Las Vegas 850 aren't you?
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Well it's not that far from the end of 2009 already! I'm just sick of ATT not being ambitious like Verizon is with they're network!
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You mean like upgrading it?
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Yeah, they're just not as ambitous as Verizon. Upgrading the 3G network should have been a whole year ago.
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Hmm, I haven't noticed any drastic improvement in signal or speed. I use a Nokia N95 btw.
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dont worry im also waiting in line for 3G in iowa.
someday 😢
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Is it the timing of the 3G or the 850 that seems odd to you? I thought going forward (from February) most new markets would have 850.
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irockash said:
I thought going forward (from February) most new markets would have 850.
Why February?
AJ
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I meant February of this year, but I think it may have been earlier. Whenever the analog networks began shutting down.
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Nope. The AMPS sunset date was last year -- February 18, 2008. And, by that point, AT&T had already reduced AMPS bandwidth to token levels. So, it was not elimination of AMPS bandwidth that has allowed deployment of W-CDMA 850; rather, it is reduction of GSM 850 bandwidth.
AJ
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Thanks for clearing that up.
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I would think there were larger markets to receive the upgrade.
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OKC is pretty big, i know that OKCs market is mainly AT&T. but yeah.. im glad we have 850Mhz. Finally someone recognizes oklahoma city lol
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