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I've noticed no changes on my GTE cell phone nor on my SkyTel pager. Brad wrote: > > I have a AT&T cell with paging.. > Both services appear to be functioning just as they always have. > Alpha pages reach me within a minute of sending the email. I have > never had any fast busies or "no circuits available" related > messages. Call processing does vary quite a bit from when I am on the > south-west side of Denver (work) and from the south-east side where I > live. > I recently drove from Denver to Sydney, Nebraska with service just > about the entire way. A co-worker with sprint-PCS tells me that his > cell has _improved_ in quality recently (ie - better signal strength > in basement, etc). > > But what I hate most about my cell, is that when I am working and > nobody is bothering me, then my computer screen starts to wiggle from > the interference from the phone, I know a call is coming in and just > about throw my phone out the window every time... Just one of those > things I guess. > > Take care all. > > -Brad > > Ryan Tucker wrote: > > > > On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Deepak Jain wrote: > > > Poor signal strength, unusually high number of fast busies when trying to > > > reach local and long distance land lines. High delays in call processing, > > > Higher than normal numbers of automatic redials on call-initiation. > > > > > > This in areas like Tyson's Corner, South Beach, New York City, and > > > surrounding areas. > > > > That's weird. For what it's worth, things have been improving for me in > > the Rochester NY region. I can now keep my phone in my pocket in my > > upstairs bedroom without losing signal, pages come through within about 10 > > minutes instead of the half hours of weeks past, and my stereo's reception > > of local non-commercial stations is much improved. > > > > I've just been blaming it on the lack of leaves on the trees, but maybe > > all the good propogation is accumulating up here ;-) -rt > > > > (p.s.: cellular provider is Cellular One [800MHz TDMA], pager is pagenet > > [two-way], non-commercial radio stations are WBER, WRUR, and WITR) > > > > -- > > Ryan Tucker <[email protected]> Unix Systems Administrator > > NetAccess, Inc. Phone: +1 716 756-5596 > > 3495 Winton Place, Building E, Suite 265, Rochester NY 14623 www.netacc.net -- North Shore Technologies Corporation - Steven J. Sobol, President & Head Geek 815 Superior Avenue #610, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, USA Phone +1 888.480.4NET [email protected] http://NorthShoreTechnologies.net Owned and loved by the dogs of Jaymist Chinese Shar-Pei, Montville, Ohio :) Alcohol and calculus don't mix.. Never drink and derive.
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