The Off Topic Topic

[Syt]

[Ideologue]

Sprint in Cincinnati. Used to be awesome service but it has degraded a bit and my bill keeps going up. Only thing they've still got going for them is unlimited data.

Sprint's pretty rotten.  At myy new place--about a half mile from downtown Columbia, and an affluent middle class neighborhood with pretty high population density and lots of businesses, definitely not in the boonies somewhere--service works maybe 10% of the time (including the time I was here checking it out).  I think it has something to do with the terrain more than the location, but it's really crap.

Also, no 4G in Columbia at all.  Unlimited data in theory is great but when it's actually highly limited by the system in practice one can't help but feel a little ripped off.

[Admiral Yi]

[mongers]

Just thought I'd check the origin and different meanings of a word, was just about to click in the google box to search for it, when I thought no, so I half stood up and reach 4 feet to one of the dictionaries on the nearest bookcase ! :gasp:

That's not happened in several years, how the old ways died. 

[Ideologue]

That's good.  Proper diction is important when sending a telegram.

[Ed Anger]

That's good.  Proper diction is important when sending a telegram.

By auto gyro to Siam.

[Razgovory]

I'm still not seeing it.

[Admiral Yi]

Taxes filed!

[mongers]

That's good.  Proper diction is important when sending a telegram.

By auto gyro to Siam.

One of the pioneers of autogyros is still flying, an RAF wing commander who did the stunts in the James Bond film.   

[CountDeMoney]

Used to be awesome service but it has degraded a bit and my bill keeps going up.

I certainly hope you're not surprised in the least about that.

[mongers]

Why does cellphone services so often suck in the US ?

Generally I have a signal wherever I go in the country, saving one or two places, usually below the big high voltage powerlines. 

My current provider seems to charge me about 6c a call, no contract. 

[CountDeMoney]

Why does cellphone services so often suck in the US ?

Big country.  Difficult to daisy chain cell towers, particularly in rural areas;  hell, even urban areas it's tough.  Lots of blind spots.

[PDH]

Places like Wyoming are just big empties.  The only really reliable tower coverage outside of towns here is along the interstates.

[Ideologue]

Why does cellphone services so often suck in the US ?

Big country.

Indeed.  Your dreams may stay with you, like a lover's voice, but bars, not so much.

[mongers]

Why does cellphone services so often suck in the US ?

Big country.  Difficult to daisy chain cell towers, particularly in rural areas;  hell, even urban areas it's tough.  Lots of blind spots.

No doubt.

I wonder if CDMA vs GSM plays a role in this issue ?