RE: cell phones out in the booners

Unfortunately all old 3 watt phones (bag phones) are analog phones. The
service providers want users to use digital phones. They tell customers it
is to provide more services. (Caller id, call waiting, text mess. and
others)The truth of the matter is digital service can handle much more call
volume in a cell sight than analog. Most analog phones will work in most
areas but the phone company's policy is to reduce analog service as much as
possible. Digital phones use much less power thus improving battery life. A
digital phone only transmits or checks in a cell sight once and stands buy
until a call is directed to it. An analog phone is constantly transmitting
it location to the cell sight to receive calls. There are other factors such
as reduced power to transmit sound because digital phones only sample a
sound wave and transmit the info using less power and so on. Cell sights are
much closer now in pop. areas and the reduced power phones work ok for most
customers.
What I would suggest is to hang on to your old 3 watt bag phone for
emergencies. Most people don't know that if you dial 911 (or the emergency
number for your area) this call is mandated by the FCC to be a free call and
carriers are required to direct this call to the emergency services. They
don't spend the time and money to verify billing info. What that means to us
is you can use any phone that has had service before (even if it currently
doesn't have a service contract from a provider as long as it was programmed
correctly at one time) will make a "911" call. Some service providers will
even let you make a credit card calls to any number but be ready for some
high costs. What I do is keep a 3 watt bag phone at home and in my toy to
use for emergencies and have my regular phone for calls. Just remember that
911 services may not be able to call you back if you get disconnected or
know who you are by billing info. Remember to identify yourself and your
location first. Because a 3 watt phone transmits and receives so much
farther they may have more of a problem finding you by your signal or what
cell location you are using. I have in the past set up equipment to remote
areas for customers using directional antennas and you would be surprised
how far you can get service. You can test a phone to see if it can make a
911 call by dialing 911 and when emergency services answers, don't hang up
when they answer because they will think it is a dropped emergency call and
start looking for you. Just tell them you tried to call 611 (service info
number) and must have made a misdial. Of course you shouldn't do this too
much and tie up the lines. I hope this helped and if there is anything I can
help you with drop a note.

Ps . Dutch , drop me a note I Tried emailing you directly but had a prob.

Scott
86 Sunrader 21 ft
Ex us cell Agent ( I paid 948.00 for my first moto flip phone  and that was
a deal then... bag phones were $600. Those were the good old days!


-----Original Message-----
From: toyota-campers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:toyota-campers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of bill guldager
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 8:45 PM
To: toyota-campers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [toyota-campers] cell phones out in the booners

i have been a watcher for several years and have gotten a lot a good 
advice and am looking for a cell phone answer . i have service through 
cingular and have a old 3 watt cell phone that gets out when others do 
not but all cell phone company's have wished me to get rid of it . if i 
have to change to one of these 3/10th of a watt cell phones and stay 
with cingular (my company' service ) then i am looking for the tiny 
cell phone that reaches out that extra bit . i am willing to put 
external anntenna's on my cars and toyota motor home ( sunrader ) but 
want to get a phone that works to connect most of the time . i live in 
the willamette valley (coburg oregon ) and when i go to bend oregon i 
only lose signal on one corner when others with small phones lose it 
just out of springfield . can i hear from others the good / the bad / 
the ugly / the do not connect phone company . i have told cingular that 
if i am in another phone company's cell phone area that i still with to 
get out even if i have to pay access fees . phone service without 
access is no good .i do not have the money for satellite service .  
please email me off line or on the toyota-camper site as i am looking 
for good positive info on cell phone's  that reach out in the booners . 
thank you a head of time . 






 
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