[nylug-talk] Fwd: Re: [linux-58] OpenMoko & the Neo1973 (iPhoneKille

[Alex Pilosov]

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, Ajai Khattri wrote:

> Well CDMA (as used by Sprint and Verizon) != GSM
> 
> The USA bringing up the rear in cellular standards, as usual.
dont confuse openness of carriers vs quality of standards themselves

gsm is the suck, as far as frequency reuse and bit density per mhz go. 
(gsm = tdma, like amps/namps). the only reason euros are all gsm is 
because it was illegal for 10 years to run anything non-gsm

-alex