[olug] OT: Ting

[Kevin]

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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