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| Thread ID: 42017 | 2004-01-29 09:11:00 | Kinda OT: Telecom Txting network | csinclair83 (200) | Press F1 |
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| 211114 | 2004-01-30 00:44:00 | To send a concatenated message (i.e. a message longer than 160 characters), both the sending handset and the receiving handset must support EMS. As far as I'm aware, the network is irrelevant. As far as the networks go, Telecom's CDMA system is arguably superior from a purely technical perspective, but GSM has practical advantages because of the fact that it is more widely used on a global basis. Think back to the days when VHS was competing with Beta: Beta was believed to be the superior technology but these days everyone uses VHS because it's more widely used. |
Alasta (1420) | ||
| 211115 | 2004-01-30 00:59:00 | thats true however cdma is more widely used as i stated because most of the owrlds armed forces use it for communication, howver the vodafone network system is more widely used in the consumer market, hopefully this time we will not see a repeat of the VHS BETA war and this time may the far superior system actually come out on top | robert6655 (5176) | ||
| 211116 | 2004-01-30 03:52:00 | The armed forces use CDMA as a standard for comunications but they dont use the CDMA mobile phone standard. Because there are very few places in the world that use CDMA. GSM are winning the mobile war world wide.That is a fact. In many countries they are overlaying the CDMA system with GSM! Then moving there customers to the GSM system. Also the US army had ordered mobile GSM base stations! The telecom $10 deal is good,but tends to attract pre pay customers.And customers that have a low spend anyhow. | andrewc (1143) | ||
| 211117 | 2004-01-30 04:33:00 | Well I think it is irrelevant that CDMA is used all over the world, but yes, technically speaking, the Telecom network is indeed more technologically advanced and superior to the vodafone one. I get this information from someone quite high up in the chain, so don't just pretend I'm assuming. Anywho, I dislike vodafone. Many people only like it because of their advertising, and this is where telecom is a let down. They need to get their marketting act together. |
Growly (6) | ||
| 211118 | 2004-01-30 05:25:00 | Anyway, I dislike advertising. It seems that there is an idea around that image is more important than substance. If an organisation exists to provides a service, they should spend the money (they get from their customers) on performing the service, not on creating the image that they perform the service. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 211119 | 2004-01-30 07:57:00 | > Is it playing up now? > as last nite between 9pm and 10pm and tonight since 8pm its been lagging txts by > 20mins sometimes 30mins and even got a few txts a hour after they were sent.... > > whats going on? is it only me having the problem or is it a nz problem? There was an article on this a while back - can't remember where, but it made a good read. In a nutshell it said that TXT Messaging has the ability to be instantaneous (or pretty close to it) but it is not advertised as that. Therefore providing you can send/receive text messages the Telco are fulfilling their part of the deal - because it isn't advertised as instant, should their network become loaded they have the right to hold messages in a queue until such a time where their network isn't so congested. |
cyberchuck (173) | ||
| 211120 | 2004-01-30 08:36:00 | >last month i sent $1,200 worth of txts...so damn i gotta thank them for this... $1200 worth of texts @ 20 cents a text = 6000 texts = 193 per day (during Dec - 31 day month) = about 12 an hour (if you sleep for 8 hours a day) = one every 5 mins whilst awake. You ARE getting value for money there Chris!! J :D |
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