[Boatanchors] Cell Phones

[rbethman]

List,

I did own the old "Bag Phone" at one time.  I only used it when I was 
running late to let the XYL know I was taking the ferry and the back way 
home.  The traffic in the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. area isn't too 
far behind California!  It is a nightmare.

Their current solution?  High Occupancy Toll Lanes!  We have large 
numbers that drive from as far as West Virginia to work in the District.

I guess I'm a rarity?

I can drive from Virginia all the way down to Georgia.

Yet I never have an issue with dropouts nor having a problem with 
understanding what is being said.

I had the dropout issue, including the cellphone Blackhole from Hades 
back in 2002 through 2004 when I had Sprint and the Motorola Push to 
Talk ability.  It started just on the Southern part of Virginia, and 
carried well into North Carolina.

I'm with AT&T now, and haven't had one lick of trouble since they took 
over Cingular.

I'm also highly content with my Galaxy S5.

Regards, Bob - N0DGN

On 4/9/2015 6:17 PM, Jim Haynes wrote:
>
> I have a saying that if we still had the old Bell System and Bell Labs
> your cell phone might be as big as a brick, but you would be able to
> understand what the caller is saying and there would be no dropouts.
>
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