I'd say that, at least at the moment, the NextG network needs a lot of work done on it.
I live in the Adelaide hills, halfway down a valley with quite tall hills all 'round, so mobile reception at home is a particular problem. I rememebr when I was a kid, my mother had one of the old bricks on analog, and was able to receive calls without a problem. When I originally got a mobile, I was on GSM, and had no signal whatsoever at home, although eventually as time went on I was able to get just enough to send an SMS (This being if I placed my mobile in certain places in my room, no kidding.) Since I eventually gave good ol' CDMA a go, I haven't gone back, but I must admit, the service is going steeply downhill very quickly. About two years ago, I was able to make and receive calls without a problem from home without a problem, as well as at WGC, Jamestown, Sedan, Cambrai, Truro, etc. By this time last year, I was able to receive a phone call if I was lucky, but good luck trying to make one, but was till able to send an SMS. Now, I can only send an SMS if the wind is blowing in the right direction (Yes, seriously =P). In my opinion, that alone shows just how bad the network is getting. I'm assuming that they've severely reduced / stopped funding for the CDMA network or something along the lines, because the network is getting that bad in other places as well (Just out of Jamestown there's little or no signal, at WGC the signal is intermittent, etc.). But, just to stir a bit of shit, my brother got a NextG phone a while ago, and doesn't have any signal whatsoever at home (My father also got one, and he loses mbile signal above 1000 feet, wheras the CDMA averages loss around 7000feet =\) Frustrated much? Dion Baker. On 01/12/2007, Graeme Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I realise that very few of the exalted pilots on this forum suffer the > ignominy of outlanding, however it would be interesting to hear from any > who have had cause to use a mobile phone on NextG from a remote location. > For the last few years, my CDMA has proved reliable in contacting the > Club from the odd paddock, but recently that service appears to be > shrinking as the advertising for NextG increases. > Cheers > Graeme > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > -- <Nafoi> In our high school library, at the librarians desk there was a pair of scissors for students to use, to stop people from stealing them the genius had tied them to the leg of the desk with a piece of string.
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