[mythtv-users] Wifi

[Leo Butler]

Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk> writes:

> Leo Butler <leo.butler at member.ams.org> wrote:
>
>> In fairness, Simon, when I lived in the UK, I noticed RF interference in
>> ways that just do not occur in North America.
>> 
>> I couldn't pass my mobile phone (a high-end Nokia) within 1.5m of my FM
>> radio, due to the loud and awful interference. That same phone did not
>> generate that interference on a similar FM radio in the US.
>> 
>> I won't speculate on the source of the difference, I'm sure there are
>> others on the list better qualified.
>
> What type of network were/are you on in the US ?
>
> Over here we have used GSM for quite a while - which is a digital signal that causes quite distinct interference in electronic equipment (not just radio).
> Analogue mobile just doesn't cause the same sort of interference. Ah,
> looking it up
> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_industry_in_the_United_States)
> it seems that Verizon and Sprint use CDMA - while AT&T and T-Mobile
> use GSM.

Well, if that wiki is correct, then it was GSM in both the UK and US.

>
> It's also why (unless you have an expensive multi-mode phone) you can't always switch between networks (and keep your phone) like we can over here.

Yeah, it was a cold-water bath when I saw how uncompetitive the US (and
worse, Canadian) cell-phone markets are in comparison to the
UK. Equipment/standards shenanigans are only part of it.

Leo