OT Re: Cell phone opinions/options

[dsr at tao.merseine.nu (dsr at tao.merseine.nu)]

On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 10:51:26AM -0500, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
> At some point, all systems will be digital.  AMPS/analog will go away.
>  Then it will be CDMA coverage vs GSM coverage.   Plus, AMPS offers no
> security - your number can be cloned if someone listening captures the
> appropriate info from your phone.   CDMA and GSM have inherit
> security.
> 
> How often has anyone gone to the middle of nowhere and actually
> received a usable analog signal?   It would be interesting to compare
> signal capability on an analog system in the middle of nowhere vs a
> ham radio signal to the nearest repeater, or even simplex.
> 

In far north Vermont, St. Albans by name, my T-Mobile phone is
useless, but a Verizon tri-mode phone falls back to analog and
is barely usable.

I don't know about ham signals, but there are lots of SW weather
radios and VHF marine radios in use with no problems.

-dsr-