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On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 00:46:36 GMT, "Overproof"
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"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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Now where on the East or West Coast of the Continental US is there an area
without cellular service??

Whole sections of the LIS are without service or have poor service. I've
switched phones 3 times to attain better signals. Verizon is currently the
best. It works 75% of the time.

My sympathies on having to endure such 3rd world service in a country that
lays claim to such global power. There is no area along the coast of Nova
Scotia that does not have cellular service. You must truly live in a poverty
stricken location when cellular service is so spotty as to be unavailable
regardless of the fact that you are within line of sight of heavily
populated areas.

CM


???

Cell service is land based, and for reasons that are obvious to those with any
understanding, cell towers are generally placed inland at a point where they
often reach just far enough to serve those on shore. The only reason there is
service in the LIS at all is because the signal sometimes manages to take
advantage of the clear line of site.

You must have truly, truly ****ty cellphone technology. I have a pocket
sized CDMA cellphone and I can get signal some 30 nautical miles south
of Tasmania without problems. Next bit of land is the Antarctic
continent.

Don't believe me? Ask Oz.

PDW