I would say that you have even odds on problems with the towers
you're connecting to, and the phones themsevles.
Phones today are really badly made. They aren't designed to
last; hinges wear out, flimsy plastic is used for screens,
battery and sim holders aren't well made, etc etc etc.
I use T-Mobile (Tenuous Mobile!) and of the 5 or so phones
we've had, there has been a tremendous variance in the way
they operate. One had a very weak transmitter, such that I
always knew if I wandered too far away from a tower that I'd
get hung up on, and a couple were noticeably better in terms
of sensitivity, such that I know my phone will work better
in weak places than the same model phone which my wife has.
I know that T-Mobile has had problems in the past with the
tower which most of campus used in 2007. As soon as I got
out of the area the weird noises I got would just stop. All
the T-Mobile "help" disk would do was want to test my phone.
Feh.
Good luck, and try using another phone, and try to keep a
log of where these problems are. You might notice a trend
somewhere.
--STeve Andre'
On Wednesday 21 October 2009 15:05:34 Robert Kriegel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My wife and I switched our cell phone service from Sprint to Verizon
> this summer. I never thought much about coverage before because I
> got a great signal almost everywhere. I had a trimode phone and
> could even pick up calls in many places in the UP where others
> traveling with me got nothing.
>
> Our new phone service is very spotty. Lots of problems with dropped
> calls both here on campus and elsewhere in the Lansing area. I have
> regular problems with voicemail not being delivered for days. The
> phones are LG Dares.
>
> bob
>
> At 02:33 PM 10/21/2009, you wrote:
> >Sorry for the off topic, but who better to trust than my fellow IT People.
> >
> >I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed dropped calls on campus
> >using Verizon Wireless. I have never had this problem before, but I
> >upgraded my phone late this summer to the HTC Ozone and it worked
> >fine like every other VW phone that I have had over the years for a
> >couple months. The problem now is that I repeatedly drop calls, in
> >Wells Hall where my office is located.
> >
> >If I watch the signal indicator on it will report 3-4 bars and then
> >just drop away to nothing for about one second and come back to 3-4 bars.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Steve Plemmons
> >[log in to unmask]
>
>
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