verizon
Verizon Steps It Up
2007/11/18 15:07 Filed in: Journal
Cell phone coverage in this area has been
touch-and-go. One reason I have not switched to
AT&T (and the iPhone) is because AT&T's
coverage in this area is very poor. Verizon, on the
other hand, has quite good coverage. Even from remote
locations in the Shawnee National Forest, I can
usually get a signal.
At home my coverage has been good, but not exceptional. I usually have had analog reception, maybe one or two bars. There are spots in the house and around here where, if I stood there too long, my signal would drop out. Sometimes turning my chair 45 degrees, or scooting 12 inches one way or the other, would bring back a signal that had started to go south.
However, this weekend, for some inexplicable reason, I am suddenly getting three, even four, bars — and EVDO digital. I'm not sure what Verizon did, but I sure hope it lasts! I haven't tested it outdoors or anywhere else yet.
UPDATE: While talking to my mom on the phone, it reverted to analog. I thought maybe it had been temporarily just "stuck" on EVDO because I was in town recently. But when we finished talking, it switched back to EVDO again. That's never happened before. So I'm still waiting to see how this unfolds.
At home my coverage has been good, but not exceptional. I usually have had analog reception, maybe one or two bars. There are spots in the house and around here where, if I stood there too long, my signal would drop out. Sometimes turning my chair 45 degrees, or scooting 12 inches one way or the other, would bring back a signal that had started to go south.
However, this weekend, for some inexplicable reason, I am suddenly getting three, even four, bars — and EVDO digital. I'm not sure what Verizon did, but I sure hope it lasts! I haven't tested it outdoors or anywhere else yet.
UPDATE: While talking to my mom on the phone, it reverted to analog. I thought maybe it had been temporarily just "stuck" on EVDO because I was in town recently. But when we finished talking, it switched back to EVDO again. That's never happened before. So I'm still waiting to see how this unfolds.
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