E220 and 900Mhz

[sitnet]

Hey guys

Ok so a while ago I started a thread about CellC reception in Pretoria. A few members told me I would not get reception because the E220 doesn't support the frequency that CellC's new 21Mb network uses. But I know that CellC uses the 900Mhz frequency and according to THIS FAQ the E220 does support 900Mhz GSM.

And I have put my CellC card in my Nokia 5800 with basically the same frequency support as the e220 and got 3G reception on CellC.

So please enlighten me if I will be able to get up to 7.2Mb/s support on CellC with my E220 modem.

 

[Ockie]

There is a big difference between 900mhz GSM reception and 900mhz UMTS reception. The two require seperate hardware respectively.

So to answer your question, you will definately not be able to use Cell C 3G on this modem as its 3G transceiver or whatever its called does not support 900mhz UMT reception.

 

[Gtx Gaming]

you will get edge.

 

[Sebastian.s1994]

According to cellc, their network has UMTS in both 900mhz and 2100mhz. The E220 supports 2100mhz UMTS and wil get cellc 3G. 900mhz will just have a better coverage area.

 

[Ockie]

According to cellc, their network has UMTS in both 900mhz and 2100mhz. The E220 supports 2100mhz UMTS and wil get cellc 3G. 900mhz will just have a better coverage area.

2100mhz is only deployed at selected sites where more capacity is needed. Majority of sites for now will only be 900mhz....that is as per Mr. Lars @ the mybb conference.