Yes, AWS was 1900 Only before the enhancements.....
For those of you who are challenging AT&T because they chose 1900 and no 850...
Just to make all of you aware...
Yes, ATT GSM was brought out on 1900 only, but the reason for that was because of the future...AT&T is not looking back in the past. The UMTS WCDMA network operates on 1900, and not 850 AT ALL. Going back to 850 would be like using your spare tire when you have a brand new one to use. What would be the point? You can only go 55 on the spare...
Just to make all of you aware...
Yes, ATT GSM was brought out on 1900 only, but the reason for that was because of the future...AT&T is not looking back in the past. The UMTS WCDMA network operates on 1900, and not 850 AT ALL. Going back to 850 would be like using your spare tire when you have a brand new one to use. What would be the point? You can only go 55 on the spare...
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ALSO, you may be thinking transition from GSM 1900 to WCDMA 1900 is very difficult, but the transition itself occurs much more easily because of spectrum allotments, and because of the bandwidth. If we were stricly GSM 850, and had to transition to WCDMA 1900, it would cost us about, uh, say, 23.4 billion dollars more than it will now...THAT is why we are 1900.
Challenge it all you want. I work for the company. I know how it works.
Challenge it all you want. I work for the company. I know how it works.
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OK, so we have 1900 MHz and its required to support data services. Whoopitydoodaafreakinday, it's not an original concept. The same applies to the digital side of things. We use the 1900MHz to support all the fancy features. That doesn't mean that the 850MHz is worse, it can just handle less functions. Fundamentally however, it will provide better service. Typically, the longer slower sine wave of the 850MHz will hit an obstruction and tend to sink through it, the shorter faster 1900MHz will just caroom off and keep on going, since both sets of spectrum use frequency modulation ther no real issue with static or call quality either. Now then we come to the reasons why carriers build 1900 MHz towers first. Number one, ultimately they w...
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