You ignorant little flag waving anonymous patriot you.
No, you were not at all first when it comes to celluar phone technology. This is not the same story that we saw with TV and NTSC vs. PAL. You are not "advancing with the improvements", you are still struggeling with your pathetic backwards cell phone systems that you developed in the '90. Now I see big ad campains for text messages on the tv here, hello! If your cell phone companies got their head out of their ass 10 years ago and headed for GSM, your country would be closer to industrialized nation by now.
Talk about coverage, take a look at Norway with 4.5 million people living in a relatively large country. (Average population density is less than half of the US, one 1/7 of the density of Illinois)
The coverage there is almost complete, in every little fjord, by two different companies with GSM. For the very few that are not covered by GSM you have an analog alternative, NMT-450, introduced in 1980 and covered the whole country already by 1985.
I am afraid I have to disappoint you, the US is the followers in this game, not leaders.
The US is truly the third world country when it comes to celluar technology. (Compared to the Nordic countries and even Britain ie.)
Your coverage sucks big time, roaming charges is out of this world and your selection of celluar phones are laughable. When I go into a cell phone shop here in the US, it's like going back 5 years in time.
And what is it with you merkins and the flat rate and "free" minutes stupidity. Is it such a strange concept that the users that actually use the service pay for it.
No, give us GPRS and some competition, that'll take care of my communication needs on-the-road for years. In GPRS you pay per MB transferred, you can be online all day. Perfect for SSH terminals and such.
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You ignorant little flag waving anonymous patriot you.
No, you were not at all first when it comes to celluar phone technology. This is not the same story that we saw with TV and NTSC vs. PAL. You are not "advancing with the improvements", you are still struggeling with your pathetic backwards cell phone systems that you developed in the '90. Now I see big ad campains for text messages on the tv here, hello! If your cell phone companies got their head out of their ass 10 years ago and headed for GSM, your country would be closer to industrialized nation by now.
Talk about coverage, take a look at Norway with 4.5 million people living in a relatively large country. (Average population density is less than half of the US, one 1/7 of the density of Illinois) The coverage there is almost complete, in every little fjord, by two different companies with GSM. For the very few that are not covered by GSM you have an analog alternative, NMT-450, introduced in 1980 and covered the whole country already by 1985.
I am afraid I have to disappoint you, the US is the followers in this game, not leaders.
The US is truly the third world country when it comes to celluar technology. (Compared to the Nordic countries and even Britain ie.)
Your coverage sucks big time, roaming charges is out of this world and your selection of celluar phones are laughable. When I go into a cell phone shop here in the US, it's like going back 5 years in time.
And what is it with you merkins and the flat rate and "free" minutes stupidity. Is it such a strange concept that the users that actually use the service pay for it.
No, give us GPRS and some competition, that'll take care of my communication needs on-the-road for years. In GPRS you pay per MB transferred, you can be online all day. Perfect for SSH terminals and such.