tower scan rate of Verizon versus Sprint?

martianmarv · #1 (**permalink**) 07-10-2009, 03:58 PM

Hello. first thank you for all the great information... i love this site...

ok... question. Does anyone know the scan rate of the towers between Verizon versus Sprint? I have a meeting and I need this information to support my argument. I know I have read the info on here and I have spent a majority of this morning trying to find it. My apologies if this is a repeat. Thanks again for all the great info for the Touch Pro.

phazed · #2 (**permalink**) 07-10-2009, 06:33 PM

Somebody can correct me if I'm wrong.. but..

I think your asking the wrong question.

I believe it is the actual PHONE that initiates the cellular polling. There have been discussions about people not hearing their ringer until the 3rd or 4th ring... in which case changing the "Slot Cycle Index" to a lower number increases the polling rate of the cell sites. The default Slot Cycle Index I believe should be 2. Every step of "1" for this value adds 1.28 seconds to the base polling time. eg. If SCI is set to 2 and the base polling interval is 2 seconds.. you have ~5 seconds between polling requests.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=48775

A lower value/more frequent polling interval will increase battery usage, although most report that a lower or Zero slot Cycle Index has virtually no effect on their battery life.

Hope it helps.... If it doesnt.. check out "Slot Cycle Index".

On another note... look at PCWORLD's article http://studio-5.financialcontent.com...ge=MediaViewer

Sprint Won hands down.

phaZed

martianmarv · #3 (**permalink**) 07-10-2009, 07:10 PM

hmmm... that kinda helps. thank you.

I remember reading something in this great forum and I think it had to do with the days of overheating TP. I remember someone chimed in and gave actual values as far as the phone scanning for towers. He/she was saying that the Verizon would not get as warm as the Sprint because the Verizon didn't scan as many times as Sprint thus getting around the overheating issue.

I work for a company the implements wireless technology into our current systems.

I thank you very much for chiming in... I kinda delayed my meeting until Monday. I have been trolling the forums trying to find the actual post... haven't had any luck as of yet.