I've just gotten T-Mobile and am having problems in many areas. I'd
love to know what you find out. If you have specific things I can
research, let me know. I know even less about what I don't know than
you do, so direction is useful.
Tory
On Oct 7, 2011, at 12:45 PM, Steve Smith wrote:
I'm hoping *someone* out there knows more about this than I do,
though none of the earlier discussion seemed to bring any of that out.
I took up Gary Nelson's question about Cell Towers/Coverage, my own
frustrations, and the other resulting conversations to do a little
research and see if I could learn more and maybe even fix up some of
my own problems/challenges.
I'm testing iPhone 2, 3G, 4 against ATT and T-Mobile SIMS right
now. Mostly at my house (very marginal signal if any) but will be
doing other places. I'm looking at Cell Repeaters (primarily for my
home, but maybe also mobile). I'm therefore *mostly* sorting out
GSM related issues, but there is a lot of overlap in general RF
issues, repeaters, tower locations, etc.
I started trying to write up what I know (so far) and discovered
that (as often is the case) the more I know, the more I know I don't
know. My 3rd Class Radiotelephony license from 1974 and a BS in
Physics provides just enough background to get me in trouble. I
wrote a long, rambly overview of what I know (dominated by what that
made me realize I *didn't* know) and decided most of you don't care.
So, if there are others trying to make actionable sense (or merely
slake your curiosity) about the issues of Cell Reception and the
potential use of Repeaters, ping me and we can discuss offline.
Maybe once we learn enough, one or more of us can write up a (more)
concise "lessons learned".
My long-winded ramble was useful (to me) already, as trying to
explain it to the larger crowd caused me to dig just a little deeper
than I was for more "practical" reasons. Now to get my nose back
on the practical grindstone.
- Steve
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