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From: dyer@spdcc.UUCP
Newsgroups: mod.telecom
Subject: Cellular phone background
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Date: Mon, 15-Sep-86 17:55:12 EDT
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Can anyone point me to references on how cellular phones work, how well they
work in practice, etc.?  My new GE portable unit has a programming procedure
which is filled with references to "Home System Identification", "extended
address information", "access overload class", "group id mark", "autonomous
registration" and similar jargon.

References to earlier TELECOM digests are just fine.

For locals in the eastern Mass area, which service (Cellular One or Nynex)
do you prefer?

Steve Dyer
dyer@harvard.HARVARD.EDU
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