Re: How well do cell phones really work?

From	Dean Hoffman <dh0496@win*&dstr$%em.net>
Newsgroups	alt.home.repair, alt.cellular
Subject	Re: How well do cell phones really work?
Date	2015-06-04 21:20 -0500
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Mayayana wrote:
>   Even though I read that watching a movie
> | on the NJ turnpike didn't work so well, surely phone call coverage is
> | complete??
> |
>
>    It depends on where towers are, and the US
> is a big country. I have relatives in NH/VT who
> can't use their cellphones from home. Parts of
> NJ are rural.
>    In cases I've tried to use my Tracphone in bad
> spots in VT, which can use any of 3 networks,
> I think, and it also gets no signal. The phone
> company maps show lots of gaps in coverage, yet
> I know they're overstating what they do cover
> because their maps show coverage in areas
> where I know there is none. So I'm guessing that
> they fudge it by doing something like marking an
> area covered if there's some coverage with, say,
> 20 miles.
>
>    I think that people living on their phones is mainly
> an urban phenomenon.
>
>
    You might be surprised.  Farmers use theirs quite a bit.
They can order supplies, check the weather and markets etc.

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Re: How well do cell phones really work? Dean Hoffman <dh0496@win*&dstr$%em.net> - 2015-06-04 21:20 -0500
  Re: How well do cell phones really work? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2015-06-05 00:28 -0400
    Re: How well do cell phones really work? "Dean Hoffman" <dh0496@windstream.net> - 2015-06-05 19:08 -0500
      Re: How well do cell phones really work? rbowman <bowman@erewhon.com> - 2015-06-05 22:08 -0600
        Re: How well do cell phones really work? "Dean Hoffman" <dh0496@windstream.net> - 2015-06-06 06:05 -0500
          Re: How well do cell phones really work? rbowman <bowman@erewhon.com> - 2015-06-06 21:23 -0600
  Re: How well do cell phones really work? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2015-06-06 09:11 -0400
    Re: How well do cell phones really work? Uncle Monster <unclemon@gmail.com> - 2015-06-06 06:50 -0700
      Re: How well do cell phones really work? "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> - 2015-06-06 12:17 -0400
        Re: How well do cell phones really work? Uncle Monster <unclemon@gmail.com> - 2015-06-06 10:13 -0700
          Re: How well do cell phones really work? trader_4 <trader4@optonline.net> - 2015-06-06 15:22 -0700
          Re: How well do cell phones really work? "Ralph Mowery" <rmowery28146@earthlink.net> - 2015-06-06 18:42 -0400
            Re: How well do cell phones really work? Uncle Monster <unclemon@gmail.com> - 2015-06-06 17:12 -0700
              Re: How well do cell phones really work? rebel <anot@her.day> - 2015-06-06 19:29 -0500
                Re: How well do cell phones really work? Uncle Monster <unclemon@gmail.com> - 2015-06-06 19:01 -0700
                Re: How well do cell phones really work? rebel <anot@her.day> - 2015-06-06 21:26 -0500
                Re: How well do cell phones really work? Uncle Monster <unclemon@gmail.com> - 2015-06-06 19:35 -0700
                Re: How well do cell phones really work? rebel <anot@her.day> - 2015-06-06 21:51 -0500
                Re: How well do cell phones really work? Uncle Monster <unclemon@gmail.com> - 2015-06-06 22:26 -0700
                Re: How well do cell phones really work? rebel <anot@her.day> - 2015-06-07 20:13 -0500
    Re: How well do cell phones really work? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2015-06-07 23:51 -0400

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