SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in news:458e92bf$0$68997
$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net:

> It's not just the growth, it's the installed base as well. CDMA is the
> leading technology in the U.S., with well over half the existing users.
> Nokia is writing off a total available market of more than 100 million
> users in the U.S. alone.
>
>

NTSC is the "installed base" of analog TV in the US as well....It's the
worst TV system on the planet with only 525 lines vs 800 or more for
everyone else.

We've done it again, by the way! ATSC is the DTV system America has
settled on. Compared to the European DTV standard, it sucks just as bad as
NTSC but is cheaper to deploy and more profitable to sell....any questions?

Just because it's deployed in the USA, doesn't mean it's any good or "the
best".

Why does this thread have so many defenders of our crazy oddball digital
schemes? Wouldn't it be nice to have a phone you can crawl on a plane with
in Atlanta and fly to London or Paris and it just works? I think that
matters more than what modulation scheme it's using.

Of course, it does take a little getting used to good service in Europe.
They have REPEATERS!