Informative thread on Next G :)

Submitted: Tuesday, Feb 05, 2008 at 15:35
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There has been some discussion regarding the maximum range a Next G phone and its cell are able to work at.

All the mobile phone technologies (GSM, CDMA, Next G, the old analogue) are "line of sight" if the phone can't "see" the cell then they can't talk to one-another this is simply a limiting factor of all high frequency radio communications (above about 50MHz). GSM is limited by design to about 33km, CDMA was/is line of sight and calls could often be made up to 100km or more. I wasn't sure what the limits of Next G were until today:
Next G claims range record

Now that doesn't mean you can always get these sorts of distances from your Next G phone but if you can get to a high point (especially somewhere like the Vic High Country - climb to a ridgetop etc) you're in with a good chance of hitting a far-a-way cell. Even climbing a tree or similar can help and in an emergency, if coverage is marginal, try SMS, it's small data size stands a better chance of getting through than a voice call.

Mike Harding
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