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Re: [OM] Infidel cell carriers and getting one up'd by the wife

Subject: Re: [OM] Infidel cell carriers and getting one up'd by the wife
From: "John A. Lind" <j-a-lind@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:33:57 -0400
Reminiscent of the problem of rural electrification -- which became a 
major infrastructure development project during The Great Depression -- 
power companies did not want to build out coverage into sparsely 
populated areas for what they deemed to be too little return!

John

On 9/21/2012 3:47 PM, Scott Gomez wrote:
> Having just been in Kenya, once again I am amazed at the sorry state of US
> cellular coverage. Folks with GSM phones were able to easily 1) buy a
> pre-paid SIM card to temporarily switch service to local service and 2) get
> full coverage even miles out in the bush, because cell towers are
> ubiquitous. Our Verizon CDMA phones were totally useless, although in this
> area, they're the only thing to have as AT&T coverage is terrible. Thanks
> to the US Congress having mandated the terms of the so-called "competition"
> between cellular transmission vendors, we here in the USA are left with
> crap coverage. In large metro areas, there are twice as many towers as
> required, thanks to two incompatible transmission methods, and in rural
> areas, no company wants to spend the money to build out coverage for what
> they deem too little return.
>
> ---
> Scott
>
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Bill Pearce<billcpearce@xxxxxxx>  wrote:
>
>> Likewise, here in the armpit of the nation, AT&T coverage is unreliable.
>> Around here Verizon and Sprint are king.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Couch
>> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 12:21 PM
>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>> Cc: Ken Norton
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Infidel cell carriers and getting one up'd by the wife
>>
>> We had very good luck with AT&T as far as coverage goes in Tacoma. In
>> Portland, not so much, a number of holes. Not long after we moved here,
>> Linda was in the Safeway shopping, on the list was beer. Linda, not
>> being a drinker wants to know what kind of beer I want. In this world of
>> cell phones life is simple, just call me from the Safeway and find out
>> what I want. - Wrong, not so simple, with AT&T we have no coverage
>> inside the Safeway! (Or a number of other places as well.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On 9/14/2012 6:31 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>>>> FWIW Ken, a couple of my old bike shop customers who moved out of the
>>>> PNW wound up with US Cellular and to a person all were pleased with the
>>>> service, hopefully you folks will experience the same.
>>> Their coverage and service are actually quite good. Their prices are
>>> not. Of course, I must recognize that we got some pretty good deals
>>> with Sprint. US Cellular has a bit of a paternalistic attitude when
>>> dealing with other carriers and with the customers. If you can get
>>> past that, it really isn't too bad. My work cell phone which I used
>>> for about 10 years was US Cellular. In all these years, there is one
>>> tiny spot on I-80 east of Des Moines which drops your calls. Very
>>> frustrating when you are on a conference call.
>>>
>>> The free incoming calls is a good offset. We'll figure out how to
>>> maximize talk time on these phones.
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