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Old 05-12-2008, 09:57 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by apj View Post
Does anyone phone ever go back up in service .... say u start the call in 3G but then it goes down to "E" or even goes to "G" does anyone phone go back up to say a 3G from an Edge or G.
Yes, quite normal. From 3G to GSM, its called a soft handoff. And from GSM to 3G, its called a hard handoff. At first, AT&T couldn't get the hard handoff to work without dropping a call, but it has since been figured out. You get the benefit of 2 technologies, and essentially, 2 networks
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