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echo: cellular
to: THE REAL TOM MARKS
from: CHARLES HUNTER
date: 1997-06-19 09:49:00
subject: Re: calling party pays

 ZM> What is PCS? I have a feeling that something like this may have ben
 ZM> proposed here but I'm not sure whether it is the same system. Could
 ZM> you  enlighten me?
TR>I know of two PCS systesm in the US, one is Sprint, and one is Nextel,
  >they both use digital phones that only work on THAT systems carrier.  You
  >can't use another systems cell sites, so if you are in an area without 
our
  >carriers cell sites, your out of luck on getting range.
I recently picked up some ATT literature in Pittsburgh.  They are 
calling their system PCS; but it seems to be merely a digital phone on 
the cellular One cellphone system.
Charles
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