[Cialug] Cell Phones

[albus]

It's possible also that they are switching from TDMA to CDMA technology.
The FCC has issued changes for most of the carriers for that and the E911
changes also with GPS location in the new phones.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Champion" <dave at visionary.com>
To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Cell Phones


> Kevin C. Smith wrote:
>> An independent US Cellular Rep recently told someone at my workplace 
>> that the FCC rules changed and we need to get new phones. 
>> 
>> This smells funny to me. Any idea?
>> 
> 
> Tell him to show you the FCC rules.
> 
> The only think I can think of would be the e911 gps stuff that lets the 
> 911 operator pinpoint your location. There is something for this that 
> went into effect on 1/1/2006.
> 
> http://www.sss-mag.com/e911.html
> 
> I would suspect that this only applies to new phone sales.
> 
> -dc
> 
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