[Artemisia] reminder/new info

[morgan wolf]

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> From: Dan Reese <dan.reese at live.com>
>To: artemisia SCA <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org> 
>Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 3:44 PM
>Subject: Re: [Artemisia] reminder/new info
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>The key words to keep in mind on that post are "compatible network." Not all companies are compatible with each other. You could literally be standing under a Verizon tower with an AT&T phone and get nothing, because AT&T uses a different technology (GSM) than Verizon does. (CDMA/LTE)
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>...just a warning...
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>> 
>> Quoting morgan wolf <morganblaidddu at yahoo.com>:
>> 
>> > the point- if you have an emergency while travelling [or at anytime,  
>> >  for that matter], even if your cell phone shows low or no signal,  
>> > try 911 anyway, there's a good chance it will work.

 
Actually, when I worked for Verizon, one of the tower techs told me that his personal AT&T phone showed signal when he was on/at Verizon towers and well outside the AT&T range, but the phone couldn't connect for a call.  He had no idea why it showed signal, but it did.  Maybe radiation?  Either way, Dan is right, although I'm not sure how the new 4G and 4G LTE stuff affects it. 

Morgan


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