Are you *100%* certain it was using the tower you were standing next to?
On Friday, September 28, 2012 2:05:55 PM UTC-5, jtoolsdev wrote: > > I recently changed my mobile carrier to save some money. The new > carrier's signal here at the house isn't so good for data so my apps > with LVL can fail when trying to link up with Play. To me that answers > why some of my customers will get a failure (usually within the first > few days of installing since I don't check beyond that). I tell them it > may well be due to poor carrier signal and to try wifi if they can. I > use wifi instead at the house though the carrier is putting up a new > tower down the road so that problem will go away. > > What I noticed this morning on a walk at a park where that carrier has a > tower or antenna (it's on a PG&E high transmission tower) is that I got > dropouts listening to streaming radio. Walking outdoors in this > neighborhood where that tower is over 2 miles away I don't get any drops > while listening. So to the mobile wonks here why would I get dropouts > right at the tower? The phone is an unlocked Galaxy Nexus and the > carrier is 4G or HSPA. Signal was 3 or 4 bars right there at the > tower. This could be useful to know if someone argues back that the > cell tower is right next door and not connecting. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/36F4J1v4kEMJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
