I noticed last weekend the signal strength was much better from
Lick Observatory than the last time I tried to call from up there
maybe a year ago.
Sorry, I'm not sure of the details of my phone. I just don't find
that sort of thing interesting.
Rich
> AT&T runs three, count 'em three networks in this area. UMTS (WCDMA@1900, 3G),
> GSM on 1900 and 850MHz, and TDMA. If you're in the country, one may work well,
> and another one work poorly. AT&T in their infinite wisdom, doesn't allow
> "normal" GSM accounts to roam onto TDMA or analog, which is why AT&T GSM is a
> poor choice for service in some rural area. Sprint and verizon phones allow
> analog roaming, so they work almost everywhere, albeit with degraded service
> off their CDMA2000 home networks.
>
> I have a prepaid TDMA/Analog phone that I thow $10 in airtime onto every 3
> months that I only use while observing. My regular phone is turned off, and
> only a few people have the TDMA #, and they understand that it's not for casual
> use.
>
> So, if somone wants to claim that their phone works at an observing site, it
> would be helpful if they stated wether they were roaming, the network and
> carrier, etc...
>
> Harry Waddell
>
>
> On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 18:51:37 -0700
> "Jim Bartolini" <nytgems@pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> > I hope so, since they're supposed to be part of the same network. However, my
> > wife has AT&T; and when we were on our trip a couple of week ago, there were
> > a number of areas where she could get service and I couldn't.......
> >
> > Jim ........... :-)
> >
> > ============================
> > Jim Bartolini nytgems@pacbell.net
> > ============================
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Mark Wagner
> > To: The Astronomy Connection
> > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 5:28 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TAC] Improved cell phone service at Coe
> >
> >
> > At 8/22/2004, you wrote:
> >
> > I've got Cingular........I'll have to see what I get next time I'm
> > there......
> >
> >
> > Same network at AT&T. You should have good service at Coe...
>
>
Received on Tue Aug 31 14:47:25 2004