From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
      
   >It's just like the stupidity of our CDMA/TDMA/iDEN war while the world   
   >standardized on GSM.  Despite its flaws, GSM is far superior to all of   
   >the US-developed systems _and_ costs less due to economy of scale, which   
   >is why all US carriers are finally moving that way.   
      
   Oh, c'mon, GSM came later. And it was mostly Europe that decided to use an   
   international standards-making process because of the relatively small   
   countries; I don't recall any other part of the world being involved.   
      
   I have no idea why you would state it's superior. As it happens, I'm a   
   T-Mobile subscriber (using an AT&T cell phone), but sound quality isn't   
   all that brilliant and I lose coverage plenty of times when indoors.   
      
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