I should have mentioned the older two band phones... analog and digital when the systems were being changed and adapted , here's where the confusion might have been. This is what I was referring to. During that time, when analog was slowly being phased out... over a few years, and digital was being introduced, the analog band, and I did not ask the frequency, was very strong, and covered Many miles from one remote 14K summit to a tower way in the distance. At that time, the lower frequency 700 on VZ was able to penetrate to my house from the tower... much stronger than the 2100 AWS now being sent in my direction.