Re: Cell phone reception questions

In article <_dS5g.6292$An2.2116@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Dave" <noway@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


I will differ with that statement. I have 5 phones on my family plan.
They were all Nokia's until recently when I "upgraded" two phones to
Sony Ericsson Z520a's. The only reason for the switch was the added
Bluetooth capability. Both my daughter and I drive through the same
rather marginal signal areas. On _occasion_ the Nokia phones would
drop a call when driving through these areas. We have found that it is
totally impossible to use either of the Z520a's at all when in these
areas. If you wife is with me, I use her Nokia instead when in these
areas.

--
-Ernie-

So basically, you are driving through areas where there is really no cell
coverage.

Actually the coverage is very good through most of the area in question.
There are two short stretches where the road goes around a hill where
the signal becomes questionable.

BUT, because you have some Nokia handsets, you are still able to
make calls, much of the time.

I don't usually make calls when in that area, but if I were on a call
with the Nokia I would tell the person I was talking to that we might
get cut off. About 7 out of 10 times I would make it through the area
without losing the call. Now with the Ericsson I always get cut off.

Yup, that would agree with my experience.
Nokia handsets rock! As far as reception goes, every other handset
manufacturer is tied for third place. There is nobody close enough to rank
second to Nokia!!!

However, The network is still the most significant factor in determining
reception at any particular location. Either an area is covered well, or it
isn't. If it isn't covered well, simply changing the handset is not going
to make a significant difference. If you INSIST on wasting money trying to
fix a poor network by using a different handset on it, your only reasonable
option is to switch from (whatever) to a Nokia brand handset. IF THAT
DOESN'T WORK, you should switch providers. (like you should have done to
begin with)

But 9 times out of 10, the first thing you should try to improve reception
is to switch providers. Switching handsets is a waste of time, and probably
a waste of money, as well.

I would hardly switch providers every time I found a 100 foot stretch of
road where they didn't have an ultra strong signal - get real.

--
-Ernie-

"There are only two kinds of computer users -- those who have
suffered a catastrophic hard drive failure, and those who will."

Have you done your backup today?
.

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