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cowgirl
Posts: 16
Phone Model:
Sony Ericsson T 637
Service Provider:
Cingular |
 
Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:41 pm |
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My apologies if this has been asked before. Cingular has built a tower 2 or 3 miles from my house, it appears to be finished but I am not noticing any better reception. Since I got my phone it's never worked well at my house, it gets a signal if I sit it in the window sill but I was hoping for a lot better once this tower got built. There are 2 other towers in the area a few miles away but the new one is the closest. Anyway my question is once a tower is built is it "on" immediately or does it take some time to come on? This tower has appeared to be finished for a week or two. Thanks a bunch.
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steva11
Posts: 1680
Phone Model:
w810i/pearl
Service Provider:
Rogers |
Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:06 pm |
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do you have an address?
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cowgirl
Posts: 16
Phone Model:
Sony Ericsson T 637
Service Provider:
Cingular |
Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:13 pm |
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the towers address is 5923 Hwy 305 Coldwater MS 38618, is that what you mean?
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steva11
Posts: 1680
Phone Model:
w810i/pearl
Service Provider:
Rogers |
Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:38 pm |
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I show one tower within a mile of that address. a little south from where the 305 and 306 meet, and it's fully functional.
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cowgirl
Posts: 16
Phone Model:
Sony Ericsson T 637
Service Provider:
Cingular |
Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:16 pm |
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Thanks Steva but that's pretty disappointing.
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elmo01
Posts: 2195
Phone Model:
Samsung SPH-M510
Service Provider:
Bell Canada |
Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:40 am |
try selecting a different tower...
scroll to Connect, GSM Networks then new search or select network...
may help
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cowgirl
Posts: 16
Phone Model:
Sony Ericsson T 637
Service Provider:
Cingular |
Sat Jul 22, 2006 10:43 am |
elmo, I have a SonyEriccson T637 the only option I see like this is an option to select GRPS & GSM or just GSM. What's the diff? It's set on both right now. There is no search option that I can see.
thanks.
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peryus88
Posts: 459
Service Provider:
at&t |
Sat Jul 22, 2006 10:50 am |
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GPRS just means you're using data, while GSM is what the phone uses for voice calling.
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Jadall
Posts: 389
Phone Model:
Nokia 3300,Nokia n-gage, SEt290a
Service Provider:
Cingular |
Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:21 pm |
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try resetting the phone. (turn it off and on.) also I have a tower like 2 miles form my house just the geography of the area where i live affects the reception.
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cowgirl
Posts: 16
Phone Model:
Sony Ericsson T 637
Service Provider:
Cingular |
Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:35 pm |
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I actually do try resetting the phone quite often but I just really expected this tower to impove my reception since it's a lot closer than the others in my area. Is there any way to tell how powerful this tower is or something like that? I've talked to some other ppl in the area and they all say there's been no difference in their phone signal since this tower got built.
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