[olug] OT: Ting

Kevin sharpestmarble at gmail.com
Sat Apr 5 20:19:29 UTC 2014


Yeah, you gotta watch where you are when you're at Southroads. Get too far
back in the cave and you may as well be underground
On Apr 5, 2014 1:34 PM, "Jon Larsen" <jon at jonlarsen.us> wrote:

> I was having lunch at John's Grecian Delight in southroads on Thursday
> and I had a 3G signal on my personal cell on Ting/Sprint, but my Verizon
> work phone had no connection.
>
> On 04/05/2014 09:22 AM, Dan Linder wrote:
> > <old man time>
> > When I worked at the IPRevolution.net (Now CoSentry?) datacenter in
> > SouthRoads Mall quite a few of us had Sprint pre-dating our location
> there.
> >  In the 3+ years there, Sprint was the only carrier that was able to get
> a
> > signal through the thick walls and ceiling/floor in that area.  We always
> > joked that it was a security feature, but I think it had more to do with
> > the cell tower located in the back of the parking lot - probably just
> > through sheer force of power the signal made it through.  (Though I'm
> > pretty certain my battery was draining more quickly having to send it's
> > signal back through the concrete...)
> > </old man time>
> >
> > To Kevins point, at that time it was only 3G coverage so if the newer
> > phones have optimized their radios for 4G and/or dropped the 3G
> completely
> > that may account for the loss of signal.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 9:01 AM, Kevin <sharpestmarble at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 7:48 PM, unfy <olug at unfy.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> although I do think Bob's Fitness (old Southroads mall) was a dead spot
> >>> (unconfirmed).
> >>>
> >>
> >> Can refute. I have not problems with coverage when I'm in that area; I
> work
> >> in that same building. I think I get only 3G coverage there, but I don't
> >> have a problem with the speed of the mobile data I get there. Voice
> quality
> >> there is also quite sufficient for all calls I make there.
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