[Boundless]

> ... there are still occasions when you can't make
> a simple phone call.

And as often as not the whiners are probably the problem,
because they are often also the NIMBYs who won't let the
cell companies improve their coverage by erecting more
antennae, even when disguised as bald eagle nests.

At our rural spot, with line-of-sight to multiple
towers with cell stubbies on them, I can sit motionless
and watch the sig strength wander up and down, digital
drop back to analog and reverse, and even occasional
switching to "roaming" mode indication (we don't actually
pay any roaming, but it means we lost the primary carrier).
Are we just in an overlap area between cells? Is our
carrier having maint issues? Who knows.

Glad to see that TV news is down where it belongs.

[OldArmy94]

We were having significant problems with our Sprint PCS service and decided to cancel after Sprint couldn't fix the problems (and we gave them 2-3 chances). They, of course, proceeded to charge us $400 in cancellation fees. We fought and fought AND fought them and finally got the fees waived.

[sionnsar]

At our rural spot, with line-of-sight to multiple towers with cell stubbies on them, I can sit motionless and watch the sig strength wander up and down, digital drop back to analog and reverse, and even occasional switching to "roaming" mode indication (we don't actually pay any roaming, but it means we lost the primary carrier). Are we just in an overlap area between cells?

The T-Mobile signal in our house used to be very weak; one could use a cellphone on one side of the house (if you didn't move) but not the other. We switched to Motorola phones the same time they put up a new tower, and for months observed much the same as you, except that we never went to "roaming." We submitted reports to T-Mobile, and somewhere along the way they fixed it. I can tell which tower I'm connected to, but we no longer get bounced back & forth when active.

[don-o]

And as often as not the whiners are probably the problem, because they are often also the NIMBYs who won't let the cell companies improve their coverage by erecting more antennae, even when disguised as bald eagle nests.

One in my family is getting one thousand dollars a month for a tower on their property. My sister hates that it ruined her view out her kitchen window, but that is guaranteed income forever.

And, it does not look like an eagle nest. Maybe Pop should have negotiate harder.