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True
story. A number of years ago, I purchased a Verizon phone in a major city
in Tennessee (shouldn't be hard to guess, there ain't too many of them).
As I used it the first few days around Nashburg, my calls kept getting
dropped. I was finally disgusted enough to call Verizon Customer Service
(another of those oxymorons) and complained.
She
said, 'well you're probably too far from the nearest tower'. I told her I
doubted it, because I'm standing here and looking at one. 'Oh', she said,
'that's the problem...your too close to the tower'.
I
guess, in between two towers, there must be a 'sweet spot' about 2' wide where
reception is great!
Chuck Jensen
I've used an
iPhone for several years now flying all around the country. It's usually
very difficult to get any coverage at all unless you are very close to a
city. The exception was in NW OK. For some reason, I've always
gotten great service out in the middle of nowhere there not close to any towns
or citys......go figure. As far as the 3G service it's nearly
useless. I will see a good signal that shows 3G, but can hardly ever get
enough throughput to be usable, and certainly not usable for stuff like
weather radars etc. About the only thing I have been able to use on a
very limited basis is text messages. On a side note, I used a
Verizon phone for a few days and was able to use it for text messages and
making and receiving calls very easy in a wide area. The ATT network is
pretty pathetic coverage compaired to Verizon. Just make sure you
are using the phone while VFR. It's not legal using it during IFR
flight.
I recently used a Zulu headset with bluetooth interface with
my iPhone and was quite impressed. Sorry but the Bose are still a LOT
more comfortable. I expect to see the Bose with bluetooth soon to
compete though.
Ron
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Original Message -----
From: "Greenbacks, UnLtd."
<N4ZQ@comcast.net>
To: lml
Subject: [LML] Re: iPhone
Date:
Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:29:19 -0500
I'm curious whether any of you
have experience with an iPhone in the
air. How about internet access at
various altitudes through their ATT
service?
Thanks
Angier
Ames
N4ZQ
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