Lack of 900 MHz cripples phones
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>>> coverage in addition to the regular Fido 1900 band (see Steve Punter's
>>> website for his opinion). I understand that having the additional 850
>>> band may give better coverage in some areas particularly remote rural
>>> Ontario. On the other hand a phone without 900 will not be able to work
>>> at all if you try to roam in other countries, e.g. Europe.
>>
>> Umm, a phone that doesn't have 900, but does have 1800 will work perfectly
>> fine in Europe and other countries. The coverage may not be great with
>> certain providers, but it will certainly work.
>
> It's generally true that many countries have 1800 as a choice of
> networks or secondary networks. There are however some countries that
> do not have any 1800 networks and only have 900 networks (the original
> frequency for GSM.) In those countries not having the 900 band is a
> definite loss that you will notice. Some eastern European countries
> have no 1800 coverage.
I use a Fido locked Sony-Ericsson P900 (tri-band 900, 1800, 1900). Because
of the elimination of the 900 MHz band on the Rogers-Fido integrated
network, the phone has become somewhat crippled, most notably it is common
during high phone traffic periods to lose voice audio (both ways) for the
first 10 to 25 seconds after pressing "send".
I am considering replacing this phone with Sony-Ericsson's P-910A which
operates on 850-1800-1900. Any comments? In which countries won't this phone
work?
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