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Originally Posted by nautica2450
I was tethering my laptop yesterday and TWICE i was able to receive incoming calls while i was connected thru internet sharing. i was downloading the latest ep of LOST when the call came thru, and i was expecting it to loose the connection to my d/l and make me start all the way over... but it never did. i was able to accept my call which only lasted maybe 1-2 mins but it also continued to d/l and i was still able to browse at the same time. i almost didnt even realize what was happening until halfway thru the conversation and then i was like OMG how am i talking, d/ling and browsing all at once?!
when i get home i'll be trying again, but i just havent seen anyone else report this yet. i know there were many questions as to if this were possible, but never any answers. Well son, i got my answer. I hope this will work for others, it surely cant just be me.
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That sounds really interesting, especially considering how CDMA technology works. The reason we (normally) can't browse the web and talk at the same time is because of how EVDO is configured. Either your data, or voice travel on a single channel. ATT (WCDMA and GSM) opens an additional channel when you want to use data while on voice call. This is why as far as network optimization goes, CDMA is so much more efficient then GSM. I will ask my buddy who works for Qualcomm and worked on this project more about this anomally.
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