I went in search of a CLEAR tower once using a map from the Internet. I was trying to figure out why the connection kept dropping.
I never could quite locate the tower and strongly suspect its GPS coords had been fudged to prevent tampering. I'd be wary of trusting those tower maps much. On Friday, September 28, 2012 3:19:05 PM UTC-5, jtoolsdev wrote: > > There are tower maps on the Internet. I looked up the towers for the > carrier. Funny thing is I had similar dropouts from my former carrier > in that park at about the same locations and they don't have an antenna > there so maybe something else is interferring. The new carrier wanted > to put a tower dressed as a pine tree almost behind my house but the > neighbors fought it. From FCC records it appears the new tower down the > road a mile and a half was approved on the 15th. I don't know how long > it will take to be implemented. It too will be on a PG&E tower. > > On 09/28/2012 12:56 PM, bob wrote: > > > > > > 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/-/pTYCgEdsEWMJ. 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.
