Cricket is always known in some markets the need for a tri band phone with the 850/1700/1900Mhz frequencies. As most of us in this forum should know the 1700Mhz band is part of a standard called AWS.
I read an article on phonescoop that explained the standarRAB behind AWS with the key points being:
the 2100Mhz band is used for communication from tower to phone (downlink)
the 1700Mhz band is used for communication from phone to tower (uplink)
Now what confused me is how never in any documentation have I seen a cricket tri band phone using 2100 Mhz for the downlink. This prompts me to believe if Cricket is using a type of AWS that uses both uplink and downlink within the 1700 Mhz range or is indeed using the proper standard.
Hopefully someone can clarify this so we can have a better understanding of their network.
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