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From: David on 4 Jul 2010 18:08 In article <elmop-1ABEE8.20595403072010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>, "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop(a)nastydesigns.com> wrote: > In article <postings-0CB017.10213104072010(a)news.bigpond.com>, > David <postings(a)REMOVE-TO-REPLYconfidential-counselling.com> wrote: > > > Strange why people are just complaining about the new phone, my 3GS has > > always dropped signal strength remarkably if I hold it with my hand > > around the top half/ > > > > The difference is that it will go from 3bars to no bars depending on how > > I hold it, and that is with a case on it > > I bet you haven't actually logged and tracked your experiences. > > Your phone will go from 3 bars to no bars sitting on a table, not > moving, with NO ONE touching it. Case or no case. > > It has nothing to do with you and how you hold the phone, and everything > to do with....AT&T. Gee whiz I doubt that. Considering I am thousands of KM away from them living in the land of Oz I think it more likely it is to do with the design of the phone. And with laying down it doesn't change David - who wonders where people get such strange ideas from...
From: David on 4 Jul 2010 18:10 In article <o3qv26ts1dmqbl8578vbq8b0lahnhsi0e6(a)4ax.com>, John Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > > > >Strange why people are just complaining about the new phone, my 3GS has > >always dropped signal strength remarkably if I hold it with my hand > >around the top half/ > > > >The difference is that it will go from 3bars to no bars depending on how > >I hold it, and that is with a case on it > > It can be normal for signals bars to fluctuate even when not touching > the phone or moving. Some phones, for example, will switch back and > forth between the signal strength of home and foreign networks. This > can be very frustrating when a foreign network has a good signal and the > home network has a poor signal, but the phone is only allowed on the > home network. John, I live in a rural area where there is only one provider, Telstra. So it is the phone David
From: John Navas on 4 Jul 2010 20:23 On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:04:50 -0700, in <4cp136pa0cel3fe6u2cogopnt6fd4fd3ic(a)4ax.com>, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl(a)cruzio.com> wrote: >On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:09:52 +0000, Larry <noone(a)home.com> wrote: >>Jeff, did you see the news where the Feds are going to give up another 500 >>Mhz for more wireless bandwidth? >Note the "federal and non-federal spectrum". That's about as vague as >any politician could make it. I would guess that includes all >spectrum. > >Never mind that any change in allocation will require ITC/WRC approval >before it can be reallocated. At best, maybe 5 years for minor >changes. > >The last and only release of federal spectrum was the shared release >of 3650-3700Mhz in 2007, a paltry 50MHz. A good deal of it is apparently expected to come from broadcasters who would voluntarily agree in return for compensation from the auction. <http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?cid=742801> -- Best regards, John "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." [Hanlon's razor]
From: John Navas on 4 Jul 2010 20:24 On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:08:13 +1000, in <postings-C1D3CB.08081205072010(a)news.bigpond.com>, David <postings(a)REMOVE-TO-REPLYconfidential-counselling.com> wrote: >In article ><elmop-1ABEE8.20595403072010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>, > "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop(a)nastydesigns.com> wrote: > >> In article <postings-0CB017.10213104072010(a)news.bigpond.com>, >> David <postings(a)REMOVE-TO-REPLYconfidential-counselling.com> wrote: >> >> > Strange why people are just complaining about the new phone, my 3GS has >> > always dropped signal strength remarkably if I hold it with my hand >> > around the top half/ >> > >> > The difference is that it will go from 3bars to no bars depending on how >> > I hold it, and that is with a case on it >> >> I bet you haven't actually logged and tracked your experiences. >> >> Your phone will go from 3 bars to no bars sitting on a table, not >> moving, with NO ONE touching it. Case or no case. >> >> It has nothing to do with you and how you hold the phone, and everything >> to do with....AT&T. > >Gee whiz I doubt that. Considering I am thousands of KM away from them >living in the land of Oz I think it more likely it is to do with the >design of the phone. > >And with laying down it doesn't change > >David - who wonders where people get such strange ideas from... It can be shown easily that many different phones will show changing signal strength in many places. -- Best regards, John If the iPhone and iPad are really so impressive, then why do iFans keep making excuses for them?
From: John Navas on 4 Jul 2010 20:25
On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:10:03 +1000, in <postings-51266D.08100205072010(a)news.bigpond.com>, David <postings(a)REMOVE-TO-REPLYconfidential-counselling.com> wrote: >In article <o3qv26ts1dmqbl8578vbq8b0lahnhsi0e6(a)4ax.com>, > John Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > >> > >> >Strange why people are just complaining about the new phone, my 3GS has >> >always dropped signal strength remarkably if I hold it with my hand >> >around the top half/ >> > >> >The difference is that it will go from 3bars to no bars depending on how >> >I hold it, and that is with a case on it >> >> It can be normal for signals bars to fluctuate even when not touching >> the phone or moving. Some phones, for example, will switch back and >> forth between the signal strength of home and foreign networks. This >> can be very frustrating when a foreign network has a good signal and the >> home network has a poor signal, but the phone is only allowed on the >> home network. > >John, I live in a rural area where there is only one provider, Telstra. >So it is the phone It can be shown easily that many different phones will show changing signal strength in many places. -- Best regards, John "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." [Hanlon's razor] |