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Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18!

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From Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk>
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Subject Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18!
Date Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:41:50 +0100
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In article <5279488112see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid>, Russell Hafter
News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> wrote:
> In article <527942ea8ctim@invalid.org.uk>, Tim Hill
> <tim@invalid.org.uk> wrote:

> > My HTC Desire was a free upgrade from a SonyEricsson Experia X10
> > phone - another free upgrade I would rather forget. The opposite of a
> > smartphone. A stupidphone. Worse that my old w800i.

> > To be fair, I do pay a little more for 500MB of data which I used
> > nearly all of last month.

> Obviously not the £3.54 a month (ex VAT), but increased to £3.77 a
> month (ex VAT) in January, contract I am on then. That came with no
> phone (or data) at all.

No, that wouldn't do because I use my phone a lot.  ;-)

> And there are far too many places where the mobile signal is just not
> reliable, like home, or my partner's family home in Oxfordshire, or my
> sister's house just a few miles up the road from you, Tim.

> Even in the middle of London, I often find that even though the phone
> claims there is plenty of signal, I either cannot make a call, or the
> call quality is roughly equivalent to that of the cold calls from India
> trying to persuade me to download their malware onto my computer.

Hmm. I drive up-and-down the country regularly, and across it, even down
to the pointy bit in the bottom left-hand corner as well as the big smoke
and don't see the widespread problems with reception others do. At home
my phone uses one of several masts, which is why the front of the house
is in Woburn or High Wycombe, whereas the back is somewhere else.
Apparently. Being near a motorway probably helps.

I can use my phone when others struggle or can't use theirs. I even have
better reception than some permanent vehicle phones, even when I am
sitting in the vehicle. It's not that my current phone is particularly
good, as all my phones seem better than others'. The only common
denominator in all this is that I have always been with O2.

I do experience two blind spots though: one is in a tiny village in Oxon,
the other a tiny village in Salop. Oddly enough I am quite happy to be
out of reach in both though Latitude still registers my location so I
think that may go via wifi. In fact, both places have good wifi so I
could use Skype for calls if I had to. :-)

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Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Ron Briscoe <ron.briscoe@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-03-11 21:18 +0000
  Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-03-11 22:31 +0000
  Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-03-12 08:23 +0000
    Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-03-12 15:46 +0000
      Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-03-12 17:15 +0000
        Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-03-13 07:12 +0000
          Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-14 05:15 +0100
            Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-03-14 08:26 +0000
              Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-03-14 09:49 +0000
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-03-14 11:48 +0000
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-17 20:54 +0100
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-03-17 21:14 +0000
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Dev <spam-addy@no.spam.invalid> - 2012-03-17 22:54 +0000
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 00:45 +0100
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Dev <spam-addy@no.spam.invalid> - 2012-03-18 09:25 +0000
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 15:36 +0000
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 16:52 +0100
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! (OT) Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 16:40 +0000
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! (OT) "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 17:56 +0100
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! (OT) Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 20:12 +0000
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! (OT) Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-18 21:05 +0000
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! (OT) Brian Jordan <brian.jordan9@btinternet.com> - 2012-03-18 22:40 +0000
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 11:07 +0000
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 14:39 +0100
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-03-20 13:32 +0000
              Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-14 14:56 +0100
      Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-14 05:09 +0100
        Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-03-20 11:34 +0000
    Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Ollie Clark <usenet@ollieclark.com> - 2012-03-29 10:38 +0000
      Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Brian Jordan <brian.jordan9@btinternet.com> - 2012-03-29 11:52 +0100
      Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-03-29 15:29 +0100
        Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-29 21:50 +0200
          Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-03-30 08:53 +0100
            Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-30 17:57 +0200
        Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-03-31 22:17 +0100
          Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-03-31 23:06 +0100
            Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-03-31 23:24 +0100
            Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-03-31 23:43 +0100
            Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-04-01 05:51 +0000
              Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-04-04 07:11 +0100
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-04-07 12:16 +0100
              Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-04-07 12:16 +0100
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-04-12 12:42 +0100
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-04-12 20:08 +0100
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-04-13 12:46 +0100
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-04-12 21:50 +0100
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-04-13 00:16 +0100
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-04-12 21:53 +0100
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Alan Dawes <alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-04-13 09:40 +0100
                Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-04-13 09:49 +0100
          Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-03-31 23:18 +0100
            Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-03-31 23:41 +0100
              Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-04-01 11:26 +0100
            Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Alan Dawes <alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-04-01 11:32 +0100
              Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-04-01 14:41 +0100
          Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-04-01 01:01 +0200
            OT (Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18!) Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-04-07 13:54 +0100
              OT (Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18!) Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-04-07 20:16 +0200
                Re: OT (Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18!) Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-04-07 19:50 +0100
      Re: The good, the bad and the RO 5.18! Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-03-29 20:28 +0100

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