On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 7:37 AM, Steven S. Critchfield <[email protected]>wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- > > Not exactly, I have two sprint phones And a virgin mobile hotspot. It > > seems like virgin used an older iteration of 3g as I can use the > > phones for data where the hotspot is several miles out of coverage. > > The coverage locator on their site seems to be fairly accurate. > > The version of 3g is less likely to be your problem, but antenna design > might be. > > Not to mention tower congestion can be an issue. On Cell phones, I have > seen no service cured by going into airplane mode and back out. Not certain > how much is the login process, and how much is the rebooting of the radio. > > I wonder if some towers will deprioritize your hotspot for phone usage. > > I believe that this is it. IIRC, the Virgin devices are subject to QoS on the Sprint network. Kent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. 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/nlug-talk?hl=en
