--- In [email protected], "Graham Keens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Peter asked " how can one access this "timing advance facility" - > accuracy not being of much importance. " > > Unfortunately YOU cannot. It is a system used by the network to ensure > that the noughts and ones making up the signal arrive at the handset > at the correct time to be decoded with minimum errors. Their > transmission is advanced the further you are away from the cell site > to allow for a longer delay as they rush through space. > The Network operators are able to view the settings on the cell you > are using and the others your mobile can see therefore allowing them > to triangulate and locate the mobile. They do sell the service to > accredited companies who use them to provide location finding services > to worried parents, policemen etc. > If your old Diga had an engineering mode then you might have been able > to view the setting for your current cell. >
Thanks for your trouble explaining things. Seems I shall have to become a worried parent or unlock my old Diga. Regards Pete
