Re: iphone reception

ed wrote:

all cell phones get 'spotty reception on occasion', but i've never
known someone to carry a 'backup' phone (i do know plenty of people
with more than one line (business / personal), but that's different).

Actually I do know people that carry one, at least in their vehicle. In many parts of the country you'll have coverage with a CDMA or CDMA/AMPs phone, where no GSM coverage exists. I found this to be the case as recently as August 2008. In urban areas it's usually not a problem but in rural areas it's a very real issue.

If you expect to travel to places like Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, and much of Montana, Utah, Idaho, Alaska, and Wyoming you should take along a back-up phone that works on CDMA and AMPS networks.

For $30, plus $2.50/month you can have a back-up phone that works on Verizon and other CDMA and AMPS networks. And yes AMPS is alive and well in large parts of the U.S. and Canada.

See "http://prepaiduswireless.com/";.

Now what I've never seen is someone carrying a back-up GSM phone for a GSM phone that doesn't have good reception. The difference in reception is usually pretty small these days since almost no phones still have external antennas.

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