Sprint Phone Connect 2

[digiblur]

So here's the confirmation on this box... found only on S4GRU of course!  The box supports 1900, 850 cellular, and 800SMR as confirmed by the FCC docs.  The question of "Does it use it though?" comes to light.  The answer is YES! 

 

The PRL is setup much like the iPhone5.  It scans for native PCS first, if none is found it goes to the next priority level which is 800SMR, if none is found it will scan for the CDMA roaming networks found in many of the other PRLs (VZW, Cricket, etc).  Just like the iPhone, if the device is using 800SMR it will look for PCS and switch to it if possible. 

 

I figured there would be roaming on the device as this is designed to be used as a land line in a house.  If for some reason the local site is down due to a Network Vision upgraded you would want the device to switch over to a roaming network. 

 

There you have it... pretty neat they set it up this way with the ability to use 800SMR.  Being it is a stationary device the only thing that would really affect its signal strength would be cell site breathing but the gain on the antenna is more than is found in your regular handsets.

[4ginnc]

Thanks for the breakdown digiblur.  I still haven't gone to the Sprint store yet to pick this up but plan to do so soon.  I probably would have preferred 800 first since the 1900 signal is kind of weak at our house, but with the external antenna it should be strong enough if I keep it by the 2nd story window.

[digiblur]

Thanks for the breakdown digiblur.  I still haven't gone to the Sprint store yet to pick this up but plan to do so soon.  I probably would have preferred 800 first since the 1900 signal is kind of weak at our house, but with the external antenna it should be strong enough if I keep it by the 2nd story window.

 

Make it not "see" the 1900 PCS