Re: Midwest history question

On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 21:01:22 -0800, Steve Sobol <sjsobol@xxxxxxxxxxx> chose
to add this to the great equation of life, the universe, and everything:

>David S wrote:
>> When Ameritech Cellular first went digital, was it TDMA or CDMA?
>
>It was TDMA in Cleveland, so I assume it was also TDMA in Chicago.

Thanks. I went straight from my original Ameritech analog mini-brick to a
VZW Kyocera.

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