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Red face 29-06-2009, 02:50

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Thanks for mentioning that, I hadn't noticed the Simple Calling doesn't work on 3G - mainly because I'm rarely in areas with 3G coverage! Tonight though I'm in a town that has an excellent AT&T 3G signal - works fine on 7-11 Speakout - but the Simple Calling (US/Canada edition) won't register on 3G (fine on GSM).

I really doubt there will be any areas with 3G coverage but not 2G, but if Simple Calling ever gets data 3G would be helpful. Another use might be during a disaster, if the 3G has more capacity than 2G.
I hope they do decide to add 3G roaming on it as that will be important in the coming years after more users migrate to 3G & more sites become 3G, especially with T-Mobile's AWS sites & the whole new Bell & Telus networks coming about in Canada which will be 3G-only and could fill in some huge gaps in the Canadian GSM/UMTS footprint that Rogers never addressed, such as the Territories & Maritimes.
   
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Default Oregon-California border - Edge Wireless - 01-07-2009, 01:34

The Simple Calling sim is roaming fine today on Edge Wireless in Gold Beach, Oregon (30 miles north of California). Voicemail and balance shortcodes work OK.

Coverage map (also covers SE Idaho): Edge Wireless :: Coverage Areas

There is supposed to also be some AT&T coverage here but it doesn't exist in this part of town.
   
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Default Thanks for the addition. - 01-07-2009, 07:54

Thanks. I lived in Portland, Oregon for about 25 years ending in 2004 and I had never heard of Edge until I left.
   
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Default 08-07-2009, 01:28

3G roaming (on AT&T) worked for me yesterday, in Reno NV.
   
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Default 09-07-2009, 04:11

The Simple Calling sim roams all down US 95 in western Nevada (Reno to LV) on a network just identified as "roaming".

In some of the "urban" areas like Tonopah and Beatty it also roams on Commnet - which is suprising as the commnet website Commnet Wireless doesn't currently show any coverage in NV.
   
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Question 09-07-2009, 09:03

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The Simple Calling sim roams all down US 95 in western Nevada (Reno to LV) on a network just identified as "roaming".

In some of the "urban" areas like Tonopah and Beatty it also roams on Commnet - which is suprising as the commnet website Commnet Wireless doesn't currently show any coverage in NV.
Interesting. I wonder if anyone has made a map showing all GSM coverage in the US (not just AT&T or just T-Mobile but a vcombined map showing those & the other operators' coverage on one map). I hear from too many CDMA buffs that CDMA 'has more coverage' than GSM and it would be nice to actually see some maps & maybe stats to do a comparison. I'm guessing that even though GSM was late to the US compared to elsewhere in the world and compared to CDMA, by now the level of coverage GSM has has to be about on par with CDMA. Sure there are likely to be some spots one has coverage and the other doesn't, but that's expected.
   
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Default I wish there was a map............... - 09-07-2009, 18:16

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I wonder if anyone has made a map showing all GSM coverage in the US (not just AT&T or just T-Mobile but a vcombined map showing those & the other operators' coverage on one map).

Well, I havn't found it. If you go to GSM world for coverage maps, you will find that many of the GSM providers don't have maps. And I have never clicked through to their web sites to see if they have any there. Someone with too much time should try .

[ekit claims there are 58 GSM providers in the USA. I suspect there are less with the recent mergers. And who is Manx North America [or whatever it is called?!] I think there are a number of small providers that do provide coverage in the 'hinterlands'. It just is nearly impossible to find out about them online and only if your phone connects to them will you find out about them.

I will have a message about South Dakota and Colorado coverage in a few days.
   
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