2009/4/23 Geoffrey Mendelson <geoffreymendel...@gmail.com>: > That's because there are three different networks involved here. > Orange runs 3 networks. a 900mHz GSM (voice and data up to 14.4kbps if > they allow it), 1800Mhz (voice, 14.4k data and higher speed data > (GPRS?) ) and a 2.1gHz 3G network. The 900 mHz network covers all of > the State of Israel and the territories, for legal reasons it does not > cover the PA (nudge, nudge, wink wink). The 1800 mHz network has a > shorter range for each cell and covers less. With the shorter > wavelength there are more "dead spots". The 3g network is similar to > the 1.8gHz network in coverage, I have no idea about the number of > cells.
I'm not going to dispute Geofrrey's (proved) knowledge when he speaks of something, but my personal experience in the last four weeks of visiting Israel is that once I got the Orange 3.5G SIM in a Nokia E71 (quad-band, I think it's 850/900/1800/2100) and paid 80 NIS for 5Gb I managed to receive data signal wherever I went in Israel (between Ashdod/Mazkeret-Batya to Megido and Beit-Lechem Haglilit). Speed is also very good, as far as I can tell it's better than what I get in Australia. Maybe because their data network is not overloaded yet? One thing I think that I noticed is that the battery runs faster too - I have to refill it every day in order to have enough juice to finish the next day. In Oz I can run for almost a week without refilling the battery. I guess that maybe it has to do with fewer towers which require the phone to increase its own signal strength, but I'm not an expert. --Amos _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
