A method for controlling access of a mobile station (102, 103) to one of a High Rate Packet Data and a CDMA 2000 3G1X wireless communication network comprising: determining, by a mobile station, to convey an access message to a network; receiving, by the mobile station an overhead message; waiting, by the mobile station and for a time period based on a wait for the overhead message, to convey the access message; and determining, by the mobile station, one or more of whether to convey the access message, subsequent to the waiting period and when to convey the access message subsequent to the waiting time period, comprises: generating a random number; scaling the random number based on a time period corresponding to a wait for an overhead message to produce a scaled random number; and determining one or more of whether to convey the access message and when to convey the access message based on the scaled random number and wherein determining whether to convey the access message based on the scaled random number comprises: comparing a value associated with the time period corresponding to a wait for an overhead message to a time threshold; when the value associated with the time period is less than the time threshold, determining whether to convey the access message based on the random number; and when the value associated with the time period is greater than the time threshold, determining whether to convey the access message based on the scaled random number. determining, by a mobile station, to convey an access message to a network; receiving, by the mobile station an overhead message; waiting, by the mobile station and for a time period based on a wait for the overhead message, to convey the access message; and determining, by the mobile station, one or more of whether to convey the access message, subsequent to the waiting period and when to convey the access message subsequent to the waiting time period, comprises: generating a random number; scaling the random number based on a time period corresponding to a wait for an overhead message to produce a scaled random number; and determining one or more of whether to convey the access message and when to convey the access message based on the scaled random number and wherein determining whether to convey the access message based on the scaled random number comprises: comparing a value associated with the time period corresponding to a wait for an overhead message to a time threshold; when the value associated with the time period is less than the time threshold, determining whether to convey the access message based on the random number; and when the value associated with the time period is greater than the time threshold, determining whether to convey the access message based on the scaled random number. generating a random number; scaling the random number based on a time period corresponding to a wait for an overhead message to produce a scaled random number; and determining one or more of whether to convey the access message and when to convey the access message based on the scaled random number and wherein determining whether to convey the access message based on the scaled random number comprises: comparing a value associated with the time period corresponding to a wait for an overhead message to a time threshold; when the value associated with the time period is less than the time threshold, determining whether to convey the access message based on the random number; and when the value associated with the time period is greater than the time threshold, determining whether to convey the access message based on the scaled random number. comparing a value associated with the time period corresponding to a wait for an overhead message to a time threshold; when the value associated with the time period is less than the time threshold, determining whether to convey the access message based on the random number; and when the value associated with the time period is greater than the time threshold, determining whether to convey the access message based on the scaled random number.