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Wouldn't they use the same towers that they use now?
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If there's room on the tower sure.. but there might not be room on all the towers if the tower is already shared. Plus if there's a gap in coverage on GSM between two towers that didn't exist with CDMA, then they'll have to add another tower, which isn't always easy or cheap.
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Originally Posted by Azure
How are the Rogers towers with GSM different from the Telus towers that have high speed in rural areas?
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Different technology. GSM and CDMA do things very differently. All of Telus' towers are CDMA, to talk to a GSM phone they have to add hardware to the tower and elsewhere in their system (and add more towers if the coverage isn't sufficient).
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Originally Posted by Azure
Also, according to the Rogers site, the red area was for 'voice and text messaging'....and the yellow areas was for 'high speed internet access.'
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Well the graph for the red says "EDGE" which means data as well. Maybe just a way it's written up? Or maybe they don't guarantee EDGE in the red areas so they just list voice and text.
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They never pointed out that you can still get internet in certain rural areas. I actually don't know if you can, because the Rogers tower in our area does not have it. Therefore, there are very few Rogers customers around here. Most people go with Bell or Telus due to high speed browsing.
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And that's true of a good # of rural areas.. but I have a friend who bought a Rogers internet stick because Telus's internet doesn't work in his area, and I've been to a good # of areas in that red and have had a data connection no problem (and been to a few where I got only voice).
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Originally Posted by Azure
And, outside of rumors, is there even any confirmation that Telus will be going with GSM? If Apple has a iPhone that will be HSPA capable, why even develop a GSM network?
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HSPA is part of GSM.
EDIT: Too slow lol.