Ditto on weird SF cell phone service.

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by Another Scott

10/7/02 12:26:51 PM

Ditto on weird SF cell phone service.

A few weeks ago I was on the 25th floor of the Renaissance Parc 55 hotel in SF, standing by the window. I had a full-stength signal (according to the phone meter) on my Sprint PCS phone. But it would often take 3 attempts to make a call, and when I had a connection quite often I'd lose the call somewhere in the middle.

I don't have problems like this around DC - if I have a strong signal, I have no trouble with dropped or unconnected calls.

Something's mighty messed up out there in the cell phone towers/etc....

Cheers,
Scott.

Is the US aproach to cellular technology better? - (ben_tilly) - (19) - Oct. 6, 2002, 01:55:21 PM EDT

Damn you, Red Baron! - (CRConrad) - (2) - Oct. 6, 2002, 03:01:40 PM EDT

Call it "trained intuition" :-) -NT - (ben_tilly) - Oct. 6, 2002, 03:40:41 PM EDT

It's "Curse You", Red Baron! -NT - (gdaustin) - Oct. 6, 2002, 09:18:18 PM EDT

The US has an approach? - (pwhysall) - (2) - Oct. 6, 2002, 03:06:05 PM EDT

Yes, they do - (broomberg) - Oct. 6, 2002, 03:17:51 PM EDT

Yes. It is called a "free market". - (ben_tilly) - Oct. 6, 2002, 03:39:16 PM EDT

OT: Haven't seen his name for a while. - (Another Scott) - Oct. 6, 2002, 04:27:28 PM EDT

actuallyy it doesnt really matter as the future doesnt care - (boxley) - (1) - Oct. 6, 2002, 04:34:17 PM EDT

Yes it does matter - (Arkadiy) - Oct. 7, 2002, 10:40:25 AM EDT

European model is a victim of its own success - (warmachine) - Oct. 6, 2002, 06:52:47 PM EDT

He's too nice to GSM - (tonytib) - Oct. 6, 2002, 07:22:39 PM EDT

He missed the point about GSM. - (static) - Oct. 7, 2002, 06:43:30 AM EDT

I'm not convinced - (tuberculosis) - (6) - Oct. 7, 2002, 10:53:59 AM EDT

Not quite how I read it - (Arkadiy) - Oct. 7, 2002, 10:58:27 AM EDT

Ditto on weird SF cell phone service. - (Another Scott) - Oct. 7, 2002, 12:26:51 PM EDT

Yes, but it's likely Euro companies will lose leadership - (tonytib) - (3) - Oct. 7, 2002, 05:19:31 PM EDT

So who's had leadership for the last 5 years? - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Oct. 8, 2002, 06:02:48 AM EDT

Different experiences - (tonytib) - (1) - Oct. 8, 2002, 07:40:05 PM EDT

That says it rather well. - (static) - Oct. 9, 2002, 02:14:20 AM EDT

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