The 3g radio chip operates at that frequency... so not worth hacking.


On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 10:14 AM, John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 2:36 AM, Dino K <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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.
> >
>
>
> That's what I'm getting at. Is it a limitation in hardware, firmware
> or software. If firmware or software there's hope for setting the
> frequency. If hardware, forget about it.
>
> -- John.
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