Unfortunately it's not just a hack. They actually use different frequency bands. The T-Mobile 3G is in the non-standard 1700mhz band. The ATT 3G frequency is actually whats used around the world. How did this happen? It's because the FCC auctions those frequency bands off to providers and T-Mobile couldn't afford the 14 billion dollars for that frequency range but obviously ma-bell could.
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 12:00 AM, John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected]>wrote: > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was not trying to say that 3g is not possible with ATT. From what I > have > > read, the tmobile G1 only works with 3g on the tmobile network. Tmobile > and > > ATT use different frequencies for 3g, so even if you unlock it, there is > no > > 3g. If I am incorrect, please let me know... > > > > Chris... > > > > Yeah, looks like you're right about G1 being unlikely to work via 3G. > > Wonder if it's a hardware issue or software issue. > > In either event, probably not worth the hack. Future Google phones > might be, though. > > -- John. > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
