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VZW service in Idyllwild, CA

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SlobbyDon

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May 4, 2002, 4:33:10 PM5/4/02
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In the past, cell service has been hit and miss in mounatin communities.
Does anyone know how well Idyllwild, CA is covered. I am on Single Rate
West.


ChipState

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May 4, 2002, 6:30:01 PM5/4/02
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In article <aAXA8.80529$zN.43...@twister.socal.rr.com>, "SlobbyDon"
<slobb...@hotmail.com> writes:

I'd run up there for ya but I've got yard work to do. LOL

~~~ Philip ~~~
"The Grass is Greenest
Over The Septic Tank"
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Victor Peng

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May 5, 2002, 6:37:12 PM5/5/02
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My experience teaches me that it's mostly analog between the bottom of the
hill to idylwild. AT&T and Cingular has no signal a little bit up the hill.
once you hit idylwild though, you get full digital signal on VZW. There is
2-3 bar service (half-service?) on Cingular. I forgot what AT&T gave
though. My Experience w/ VZW in mountain communities in Califorinia (both
Socal and Norcal) have been better than with Cingular and ATTWS thus far.


Victor


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FLUG PoP

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May 6, 2002, 1:25:34 PM5/6/02
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My experince has been ATT analog but good luck in finding a ATT phone(in the
store) that will allow you to switch to analog. I found a TDMA timeport that I
hooked up that allows me to use analog


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Al Klein

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May 6, 2002, 11:14:24 PM5/6/02
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On 06 May 2002 17:25:34 GMT, flu...@aol.comNOSPAM (FLUG PoP) posted
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>My experince has been ATT analog but good luck in finding a ATT phone(in the
>store) that will allow you to switch to analog. I found a TDMA timeport that I
>hooked up that allows me to use analog

Any of the Timeports or newer StarTACs are TDMA/analog phones.
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Al - rukbat at optonline dot net

FLUG PoP

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May 7, 2002, 2:32:41 AM5/7/02
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>Any of the Timeports or newer StarTACs are TDMA/analog phones.
>--

Yes they are but the ones you can normaly buy you can't force your phone to
analog. ATT takes the feature out

SlobbyDon

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May 12, 2002, 6:37:47 PM5/12/02
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I just got back from Idyllwild. I had a four-bar signal all the time
and no problems at all. I also have the same strong signal at home in
San Diego, but still have a lot of dropped calls due to Mexican
interference.

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ChipState

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May 13, 2002, 1:38:01 AM5/13/02
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In article <%8CD8.31809$M7.12...@twister.socal.rr.com>, "SlobbyDon"
<slobb...@hotmail.com> writes:

>
>I just got back from Idyllwild. I had a four-bar signal all the time
>and no problems at all. I also have the same strong signal at home in
>San Diego, but still have a lot of dropped calls due to Mexican
>interference.

Hey, I was up there myself last Tuesday. From Banning I had a "useable signal"
until I lost sight of the desert. From there on, anytime I got sight of
Hemet/San Jacinto valley, I would get a useable signal. Passing thru
Idlywild... 4bars without a hitch. Heading down the hill to Hemet was mostly
useable signal with only a small dead spot or two. I did get a ROAMING signal
nearing the bottom of the hill... about 4 miles east of Hemet that lasted for
about 1 mile.

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