Maybe I just live and work under a cell tower or something but I have never had any trouble with Sprint PCS here in Gainesville. I've been surprised I almost always had at least a couple bars. But I am boring and never go anywhere so I can't say I've really paid attention at many locations. I'd say overall my cell reception has been at least as good as, and probably better than, either Detroit or Jacksonville. In both of those cities there were places where I'd just expect lousy reception and I don't know of any of those here.
I even get decent reception in the lab at work, indoors surrounded by dozens of computers and video servers. I'll have to look to see where the towers are.
- Tom Craig Birkmaier wrote:
At 7:11 PM -0400 8/5/07, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:Mind you, I rarely get a full cell. So I have no idea how far from optimum the current nets are operating. But it's not right up against the margins, in my experience.I frequently cannot connect because of network congestion. What is even more annoying is the "algorithms" that some operators use to limit traffic. Many simply drop the call after a few minutes. Talk about annoying!We live in a college town, which means that there is a phone glued to the ears of just about everyone between the age of 16 and 25 in this town. The carriers are constantly struggling to add capacity to keep up. AND THIS IS A SMALL MARKET.It is also worth noting that when disasters occur, the first thing to break down is the cellular networks, which are instantly jammed.It's very clear that in less congested areas, or in non-peak times, this efficient distribution will not occur.Such is the nature of the telephone service. The same can be said for broadcasters, if you use ratings as a guide to "spectral efficiency."Perhaps we should allow devices that can use the cell companies' "white spaces," then. Or perhaps we should allow the cell phones from each company to work on other networks. Digital phones typically do not work on other networks. I see this on metro every single day. My phone works, plenty of others don't.I would be quite happy to see a separate wireless utility in the U.S. - one that would provide bandwidth to anyone based on capacity at any given time.perhaps some day... Regards Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways:- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.
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