Originally Posted by
marktwothousand
Did AT&T ever buy out any phone networks which use CDMA or TDMA? Maybe that's what the rep was thinking when she said "2G". Perhaps AT&T is phasing out any CDMA/TDMA pockets. I know one of our GSM networks here in Canada which has a legacy CDMA network has been said to have been considering phasing out their CDMA network (Telus).
AT&T was TDMA before they introduced GSM. I was a subscriber then in Los Angeles and after there was GSM coverage they stopped maintaining the TDMA transmitters. Instead of going to GSM, I went to Verizon.