I live in the official hinterland ...pop 1100. And I tried fones from the big4 ...no dice for tmo or next/spr (even with an antenna on a tower right behind our town hall <1mi away) ...verizon had some signal, but ATT gives me 5 bars at my desk (so I can ramble on all day) and at my kitchen table (so I can read the local paper and check my email) as well as at my recliner chair (not 5 bars sadly, but enough to make calls and look up the tv schedule on zap2it) all this on my trusty old original RazrV3 phone !!
-----Original Message----- From: Rev. Stewart Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 6:17 PM Subject: Re: US is access loser I am not sure what it is with many of you and cell phones but my signal and reception and clarity are pretty darn good. I live in just this side of the hinterland and we have a very hilly area (Antennas are placed on the high points) Even in many supposedly rural areas I have good coverage and signal and call quality. There are a few areas where we loose signal. Usually because of no antennas (Like on Federal property) or low lying areas. But my wife can talk to my son as he drives home and he lives in the boonies. Part of the problem is phones. Some of these neat slick thin phones have lousy antennas. (I have friends who sell them and the tell me these things) My son had a RAZR and the reception was abominable. He now has a Q and he has no problems. Stewart At 05:02 PM 6/30/2008, you wrote: >I've tried to use my landline as much as possible. I've got AT&T "more >bars in more places" except Cupertino and my 50+ year old wood frame >construction house apparently. Unless "bars" refers to drinking >establishments, which is what I generally need when I have to try to >make a phone call and can't get a signal (or when I have to call >Comcast about my poor internet connection). > >The only downside to using my landline is when I use the cordless, I >can't get very far down the block before the signal drops out and the >longest RJ-11 cable I can find is about 100'. :-) > >Larry Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
