[olug] OT: Cell Phone Recommendation

[Rob Townley]

On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Brian Roberson <roberson at bstc.net> wrote:
> AT&T coverage sucks in the west Omaha area... Just drive southbound
> 168th from dodge. I live in the 168th and center area and get 1 bar on
> my deck, and 0 coverage in my home. Unfortunately for me, AT&T is my
> companies carrier by force :(

i liked AT&T when i had them, but that was in TX and DC.

If one had to, they could build a GSM/CDMA repeater.  Googling GSM
Repeater DIY, The following one claims it can boost over a 3000 sq
meter area .
http://www.allproducts.com/ee/clearcast/10-building_repeater-l.jpg

Then the femtocell diy asterisk projects.

AT&T at least uses an open standard that you can utilize your own
hardware - i just wish they didn't charge so much for data plans.

>
> On Oct 3, 2009, at 12:52 PM, Kenny Kant <kenny.kant at running-
> config.com> wrote:
>
>> I was like you waiting for someone here in the Omaha area to come out
>> with an Android phone.  I hear that Sprint will have one out this
>> October (HTC Hero) which looks like a bad ass phone.  I however went
>> with the iPhone as well and I am NOT disappointed by the decision.  I
>> however do not agree that AT&T coverage is bad in the Omaha area.  I
>> have had nothing but great signal since I got this phone.  The
>> majority
>> of the time I have full signal everywhere I go (3G) and have not yet
>> kicked over to the EDGE network for data.  In addition for some reason
>> these phones work great inside buildings.  So I think the  AT&T
>> coverage
>> argument does not hold much weight anymore.  Now AT&T cost may be
>> another story :)    I am heading to Western Nebraska next week and I
>> will then see how AT&T holds up being stress tested :)
>>
>> Kenny
>>
>>
>> T. J. Brumfield wrote:
>>> Smoke signals are clearly the way to go.
>>>
>>> I *really* wanted an Android phone, but Verizon kept saying they were
>>> going to get one next quarter. After three quarters of them not
>>> releasing one, I broke down and got an iPhone, though AT&T is
>>> terrible
>>> in Omaha.
>>>
>>> -- T. J.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 2:00 PM,  <charles.bird at powerdnn.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm going back to teletype and ham radios :P
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------Original Message------
>>>> From: Cooper Vertz
>>>> Sender: olug-bounces at olug.org
>>>> To: Omaha Linux User Group
>>>> ReplyTo: Omaha Linux User Group
>>>> Subject: Re: [olug] OT: Cell Phone Recommendation
>>>> Sent: Sep 30, 2009 1:53 PM
>>>>
>>>> I read yesterday that Verizon will have an android phone in
>>>> October, the
>>>> Motorola "Scholes".
>>>>
>>>> Verizon has a very poor smartphone lineup right now, I'm still
>>>> using my
>>>> ancient Moto Q.
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