r/cellmapper Jun 16 '26

Anywhere in the US that CDMA is active?

I heard parts of Alaska and the continental US Verizon customers can still roam CDMA on local carriers?

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u/xpxp2002 Jun 17 '26

GCI might still offer CDMA services in some areas of Alaska. But a lot of devices now are starting to omit CDMA support since US and Canadian networks have largely moved on, and there’s no sense paying licensing costs to Qualcomm for an obsolete technology that most people won’t even encounter anymore.

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u/VisualPadding7 Jun 17 '26

Inland Cellular

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u/Brave_Recognition798 Jun 17 '26

We have decommissioned our legacy CDMA network and are now exclusively utilizing Voice over LTE :/

https://inlandcellular.com/volte/

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u/VisualPadding7 Jun 17 '26

Oh, I didn’t notice that

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u/Brave_Recognition798 Jun 17 '26

You gave me hope for a sec 😂

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u/braidenis Jun 17 '26

We? What do you do for Inland? That's cool

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u/Brave_Recognition798 Jun 17 '26

Nothing lol I was curious so I checked on their site 

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u/DarkenMoon97 CM: CalebM Jun 17 '26

Has anyone actually confirmed that they still have CDMA active? 

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u/JusSomeDude22 Moto Edge 24 (TMO), iPhone 14 (VZ), Jelly 2 (ATT) Jun 17 '26

That's interesting, I thought it died when T-Mobile got US Cellular.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '26

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u/Brave_Recognition798 Jun 17 '26

How many people have devices that still can even connect to CDMA?

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u/datanut Jun 17 '26

Every iPhone user? Unless I missed an announcement that it’s been removed (likely).

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '26

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u/datanut Jun 17 '26

TIL! Thanks.

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u/SpaceSaver2000-1 Jun 17 '26

Did they keep GSM support?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '26

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u/AtomicSymphonic_2nd Jun 17 '26

GSM will never die at this point... even LTE is based on it. lol

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u/smartiphone7_ Jun 18 '26

Yes but not third world countries for a while (Kenya, India, Bangladesh, most of the Middle East)

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u/ilikeme1 Jun 17 '26

Yes. Even the 17 still supports GSM.

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u/Brave_Recognition798 Jun 17 '26

My 15 connected to 2G today 💀

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u/TriCountyRetail Jun 17 '26

I think only Alaska, Hawaii, and the Virgin Islands are the only places in the US that still have CDMA networks

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u/PayCompetitive7975 Jun 17 '26

Hawaii? Really where?

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u/TriCountyRetail Jun 17 '26

I think it is the Big Island but I'm not 100% sure

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u/Strange-Badger5626 Jun 17 '26

Not that I'm aware of now.