John R. Yamamoto-Wilson wrote:
> On Apr 27, 3:29 pm, Jim Breen <jimbr...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Apropos of "au", a quick-and-dirty US-style CDMA system was whipped
>> in by one Australian telco (Telstra) some years ago, using
>> infrastructure
>>recycled from its older AMPS analogue network. It was mainly put in
>>to keep country people quiet, because the GSM network with its 27km
>>max cell-radius didn't have the reach of pure analogue systems. That
>>CDMA network is being turned off *tomorrow* to create space for its
>>expanding WCDMA service (marketed as "Next G").
> 
> Any chance of a reposting of this in a language I understand? ;-)

No. ;(

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