Jim Dubya wrote:
> <balsofsteele@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:aHGyi.154034$F02.49213@fe09.usenetserver.com. ..
>> Jim Dubya wrote:
>>> Whenever I am traveling with co-worker from my company that have Verizon,
>>> there are many times that they borrow my Sprint phone because they either
>>> can't get a signal or they keep dropping the call. Whenever they have
>>> this problem and need to borrow my Sprint phone, I make them say "It's
>>> the Network" before I let them borrow my Sprint phone to make their call.
>> Ever thought they might say "its the asshole" when you walk up?
>>
>> Personally if you were in my car and asked me to say something so stupid,
>> you'd get removed from the vehicle. If you're REALLY lucky I might even
>> slow down before removing you.
>>
>> Its the attitude, stupid.
>>
>> PS - if you want coverage buy a nice dual band mobile ham radio rig
>> (2m/70cm) and a nice meaty amplifier and antenna. Burn a few hours
>> learning how to use echolink and you'll probably find you get much better
>> coverage with it than you do a cellphone. Of course, 1500W of FM always
>> beats 250mW of CDMA (plus the 800 band is pretty worthless, 1900 is
>> completely worthless and should only be used for overlays... PCS-only
>> carriers SUCK) :P
>>
>
> If your car was broken down on a deserted road and your Verizon phone didn't
> work and your high-powered CB Radio didn't work (that's a big TEN-FOUR good
> buddy!), you would say anything to use my working cell phone! :-)
CB? What? that'd be 27 mhz, 11 meter, full of whores, whore lovers,
and mexican/south american skip noise. Your statement proves you're not
just an asshole, you're a stupid asshole.
Actually, with an attitude like yours I'd probably say it, then call my
PBX to make damned well sure to record your caller ID, then teach it to
randomly call you all sorts of the day and night and run a recording
about how much I appreciated when you let me use your phone... Yeah
buddy, enjoy that coverage!
Last time I 'broke down' (and my last experience with dealer mechanics -
a warranty is pretty worthless if you can't trust the mechanics to do
the job right) I was out in the middle of the Davy Crockett National
Forest a mile or two south of TX-21 on FM-227. Bottom of a valley,
hotter than hell, clear skies, and turning nightfall fast. No signal in
the car, -106 *at best* outside the car, phone strung up in the air.
1xRTT worked well enough to get help via AIM, then proceeded to bs on
IRC until the wrecker arrived...
While I sat there, there was a standard copper-based underground phone
ped a few yards away from me (there were no houses for at least a mile
in any direction, maybe two). Because of this I now carry cheap phones
in the car with insulation-piercing wire clips hacked onto the phone
wire. Cheaper than a proper field service handset, and works well enough...
While I was there I checked all the channels (field service mode +
*2280x combos) for CDMA service, and my old panasonic duramax couldn't
find anything on TDMA or AMPS (Cingular was just starting to deploy GSM
at this time, not that it works any better in this location today...)
> P.S. Your conversations on those fancy CB Radios are not private. Did you
> know what other folks can hear everything that you say when you are on
> channel 19 talking to the truckers and lot lizzards? :-)
You think your conversations on any phone network are private? Unless
you encrypt it in a completely proprietary fashon, assume everybody and
their dog is listening.
> Also, PCS works very well when it is deployed well.
Yep, but tmo won't put a repeater inside my house (for free)! A side
effect of our very good thermal insulation is absolutely awful RF
penetratability. Considering theres a WISP operating about 180' from my
home (on a 150' tower) I consider this insulation a good thing. Verizon
800 generally gets better than -95 in the house. AT&T runs dual
850+1900 here. Both work great around my home, I walk inside and the
1900 immediately disappears.