Welcome to Ryan's Wireless Info Site

Hosted on Ridge by the Trideja Digital Creativity Network.


Here in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, we currently have a choice of three wireless voice communications providers, including Rogers AT&T Wireless, Telus Mobility, and Microcell Communications (Fido). Telus Mobility has since acquired ClearNet, and now operates more than five wireless networks in westen Canada. These include their original 800Mhz Analog, 800Mhz Digital, 1900Mhz Digital, the 1900Mhz Digital from ClearNet, and of course, the MiKE service from ClearNet. The latest Dual Band phones with the latest PRL's (09 & 42011) will use any of them interchangably, except of course MiKE.

A short while back, I had the opportunity to use each network extensively and give my own opinion on each. I tried to be as unbiased as possible, although my testing of each network has left me with a preference for service using on CDMA. You will find most of the information here is Relevant to my phone (A Motorola Digital StarTAC), and their network (CDMA).

  Recent Site Changes & News
  • Nov. 17: The last of the old Clearnet Network appears to have been taken offline.
  • Nov. 6: A Press release announces all canadian wireless providers to co-operate in mobile originated SMS.
  • Oct. 24: Added StarTalk info to Software Page.
  • Oct. 24: Added Motorola MO-SMS Docs to Firmware Page.
  • Oct. 24: Added 2 more bugs in 7574, 1 more flex, and info on 7582 to firmware page.
  • Oct. 18: New Telus/Bell/Aliant Roaming Agreement announced: Telus & Bell Press releases, and FAQ.
  • Oct. 05: Added 3 FLEX entries to Startac Firmware Revisions Page.
  • Oct. 02: Added "Telus Mobility Keeps 13K Vocoder on their Service Lines" to Vocoders page.
  • Oct. 01: "Forced EVRC on Telus now live in BC" article added to Vocoders page.
  • Sep. 26: Added write-up and beginnings of FLEX info table info to Firmware Revisions page.
  • Sep. 26: Telus in BC possible forcing EVRC added to Vocoder page.
  • Aug. 28: Added Firmware 6764 for ST7860W.
  • Aug. 21: Added a new bug in StarTAC firmware 7574: Unable to send new phonebook entries to phone using TrueSync.
  • Aug. 21: Corrected Band descriptions in at+css? on AT cmd set page.
  • Aug. 21: More site reworking - now using CSS to reduce file sizes.
  • Aug. 16: Added Firmware 7574 to FW Revisions Page for ST7868W. (Up.Browser 4.1!)
  • Aug. 16: 1940# and 68# in testmode will show FLEX version. (Believed to control activation of new features in newer firmware)
  • Aug. 16: Rearranged & Cleaned up site formatting a bit, fixing broken links and typos.
Old i-Web News
CDMA General Technical Information
Motorola CDMA Digital StarTAC

 

Clearnet MiKE
Rogers AT&T
Links
mobile.trideja.com

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Last Modified: November 17, 2001
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