GSM detection/identification

[ian douglas]

Paul Buede wrote:
> the coverage isn't great in the rural areas I find myself.  When driving
> around, if out of reach of tmobile, it will say "registering" as if
> there is no sim card.  But, on the little image of the antenna, that
> shows how strong my connection is, I still have 2 bars.  Is that a bad
> guage of connectivity?


As far as I recall, TMobile only uses the higher-frequency band, (1800
or 1900? I can never remember), and probably won't drop down to the
850MHz band unless they've signed an agreement with AT&T to piggyback on
their lower-frequency network in the rural areas where you've been.

-id