SIGNAL QUESTION???
My friend has AT&T, has the SAME signal, one bar where I work, and 1 bar at my house.
I don't know how to exactly ask this...but is the at&t one bar going to be better than the verizon one bar.
VZW = samsung fascinate
At&t = IPHONE 3GS
Clear communication channels have to be working both directionsin order to hold a call. The bars on your phone only describe one direction: cell site to handset.
You could be in the middle of Montana picking up 3 or 4 bars of signal from a cell site 40 miles away transmitting at ridiculously high power and still be unable to make a call, because your handheld probably caps out at about 25 miles, even with a great antenna design and broadcasting at full power (about 1/4 watt on most digital phones). Such a design would get a few engineers fired...
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And yes I have Verizon.'Nothing but head games'
is correct.
Foreigner said:
Head games, that's all I get from you
Head games, and I can't take it anymore
Head games, don't wanna play the...
Head games
I love the whole bars argument. I've seen amazing things done with radios at 250 milliwatts on the fringe of reception. People place so much faith in the "warm and fuzzy" graphical interpretation of signal. In reality, signal fluctuates much too often to "hold onto a bar" of signal. Bars on your display are an average over time, and as you pointed out, change in appearance depending on how the manufacturer wishes them to be perceived.
I find it interesting that people with full bars rarely complain when they drop a call. I guess they assume it was the oth...
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