Best for reception?

"Angela" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I have just moved house and find that my current mobile (a Sony Ericsson
>W880i) doesn't work inside the house, neither do my old Motorola V3 or L6.
>In the garden it works fine, the house must have lead lined walls as my
>WiFi is hopeless too. I'm looking for a nice cheap PAYG phone that has a
>good reception. I've looked online and it's tough trying to find reviews
>of phones that even bother to mention reception. It doesn't have to have
>all the bells and whistles I intend just to use it at home (add it as one
>of my vodafone family numbers and divert my calls to it when I am home).
>Any help and advice would be gratefully received.
>
> Angela

Have you tried the other networks? When your friends come
round ask them what network they use and see if their phones
get a better signal.


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Graham. wrote:

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> Have you tried the other networks? When your friends come
> round ask them what network they use and see if their phones
> get a better signal.
>
>
and check which network transmitters are nearest to you.....

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"Graham." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Angela" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>I have just moved house and find that my current mobile (a Sony Ericsson
>>W880i) doesn't work inside the house, neither do my old Motorola V3 or L6.
>>In the garden it works fine, the house must have lead lined walls as my
>>WiFi is hopeless too. I'm looking for a nice cheap PAYG phone that has a
>>good reception. I've looked online and it's tough trying to find reviews
>>of phones that even bother to mention reception. It doesn't have to have
>>all the bells and whistles I intend just to use it at home (add it as one
>>of my vodafone family numbers and divert my calls to it when I am home).
>>Any help and advice would be gratefully received.
>>
>> Angela
>
> Have you tried the other networks? When your friends come
> round ask them what network they use and see if their phones
> get a better signal.

It's not the network it's the house. My work mobile is t-mobile, my next
door neighbour is O2 and they are no better. I really don't want to change
network as I have such a good (and very very old package) with vodafone

"BC" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Graham. wrote:
>
>>
>> Have you tried the other networks? When your friends come
>> round ask them what network they use and see if their phones
>> get a better signal.
>>
>>
> and check which network transmitters are nearest to you.....
>
> http://www.sitefinder.ofcom.org.uk/


T mobile is the closest - have the same problem with my work phone which is
T mobile

Angela wrote:

> T mobile is the closest - have the same problem with my work phone which is
> T mobile

The closest may not be the best signal.

It's easy to find out. Just get your phone to so a manual network search.

The phone will list all the networks found in signal strength order,
except that the home network will be listed first if found. Do it on
your phone to find out about the other netwoks, and on someone else's to
see where your networks really comes in the list.

Angela wrote:
>
> It's not the network it's the house. My work mobile is t-mobile, my next
> door neighbour is O2 and they are no better. I really don't want to change
> network as I have such a good (and very very old package) with vodafone
>

Eventually there will be a 'femtocell' solution for this.
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39292235,00.htm>

"Femtocells are small, cellular base stations that make use of DSL to
boost signal coverage indoors."

Not that it's off any help now - but you might have a chance of being on
customer femtocell trials if you consult T-Mobile about your problem?

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"Angela" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Graham." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "Angela" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Have you tried the other networks? When your friends come
>> round ask them what network they use and see if their phones
>> get a better signal.
>
> It's not the network it's the house. My work mobile is t-mobile, my next
> door neighbour is O2 and they are no better. I really don't want to
> change network as I have such a good (and very very old package) with
> vodafone
>
Agreed it's the house, but your solution will be to use the network
with the most usable signal in there.

I had the same problem when living in Peacehaven, Voda was non existent
and i had to give up my Voda account. T Mobile of course nowhere.

Orange / Three 2g was useable at the front of the house so i kept them

O2 turned out to be best so had to take out an O2 account

Steve Terry

"Angela" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Graham." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "Angela" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>>I have just moved house and find that my current mobile (a Sony Ericsson
>>>W880i) doesn't work inside the house, neither do my old Motorola V3 or
>>>L6. In the garden it works fine, the house must have lead lined walls as
>>>my WiFi is hopeless too. I'm looking for a nice cheap PAYG phone that
>>>has a good reception. I've looked online and it's tough trying to find
>>>reviews of phones that even bother to mention reception. It doesn't have
>>>to have all the bells and whistles I intend just to use it at home (add
>>>it as one of my vodafone family numbers and divert my calls to it when I
>>>am home). Any help and advice would be gratefully received.
>>>
>>> Angela
>>
>> Have you tried the other networks? When your friends come
>> round ask them what network they use and see if their phones
>> get a better signal.
>
> It's not the network it's the house. My work mobile is t-mobile, my next
> door neighbour is O2 and they are no better. I really don't want to
> change network as I have such a good (and very very old package) with
> vodafone

Perhaps you could use an external aerial, perhaps adapt a vehicular kit
for domiciliary operation?
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"Angela" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I have just moved house and find that my current mobile (a Sony Ericsson
>W880i) doesn't work inside the house, neither do my old Motorola V3 or L6.
>In the garden it works fine, the house must have lead lined walls as my
>WiFi is hopeless too. I'm looking for a nice cheap PAYG phone that has a
>good reception. I've looked online and it's tough trying to find reviews
>of phones that even bother to mention reception. It doesn't have to have
>all the bells and whistles I intend just to use it at home (add it as one
>of my vodafone family numbers and divert my calls to it when I am home).
>Any help and advice would be gratefully received.
>
> Angela
>

I've owned and borrowed a few phones to try in weak areas on all the
networks except T-Mobile, the best was a cheap Siemens who don't seem to
make phones any more, but Sony are pretty good for reception usually.
Cheap Nokias aren't good. The 900Mhz networks ,O2 and Vodaphone, are
usually best for penetrating buildings. If you get reception outside but
not inside then you'll likely need an external aerial.

"Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Angela" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>I have just moved house and find that my current mobile (a Sony Ericsson
>>W880i) doesn't work inside the house, neither do my old Motorola V3 or L6.
>>In the garden it works fine, the house must have lead lined walls as my
>>WiFi is hopeless too. I'm looking for a nice cheap PAYG phone that has a
>>good reception. I've looked online and it's tough trying to find reviews
>>of phones that even bother to mention reception. It doesn't have to have
>>all the bells and whistles I intend just to use it at home (add it as one
>>of my vodafone family numbers and divert my calls to it when I am home).
>>Any help and advice would be gratefully received.
>> Angela
>
> I've owned and borrowed a few phones to try in weak areas on all the
> networks except T-Mobile, the best was a cheap Siemens who don't
> seem to make phones any more,
>
The Siemens SL42 was quite good, it had a protuding aerial,
get a used unlocked one on ebay for around 30quid

Motorola make the best phones for weak signal performance
(not the cheap ones)
>
> but Sony are pretty good for reception usually. Cheap Nokias aren't good.
> The 900Mhz networks ,O2 and Vodaphone,
> are usually best for penetrating buildings.
>
But 1800MHz goes through slots like windows better
>
> If you get reception outside but not inside then you'll likely need an
> external aerial.
A car kit with external gain aerial with a 12 volt PSU would be a solution.
What was popular was the Nokia CARC91 car kit with a Nokia 6130i,
the external aerial could be put up high and outside.

Steve Terry

Steve B wrote:
> Vodaphone

ARRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

THE LONGEST RUNNING NETWORK IN THE UK

THE NUMBER 11 MOST RECOGNISABLE BRAND IN EUROPE

YET.

YOU.

STILL.

*****.

IT.

WRONG.

On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:15:46 UTC, xCx <[email protected]> wrote:

> Steve B wrote:
> > Vodaphone
>
> ARRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>
> THE LONGEST RUNNING NETWORK IN THE UK
>
> THE NUMBER 11 MOST RECOGNISABLE BRAND IN EUROPE
>
> YET.
>
> YOU.
>
> STILL.
>
> *****.
>
> IT.
>
> WRONG.

Arguably, they should have *****ed it correctly to start with...
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Bob Eager <[email protected]> wrote:

[re: Vodafone, Vodaphone]
> Arguably, they should have *****ed it correctly to start with...

Excellent point!

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"xCx" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Steve B wrote:
>> Vodaphone
>
> ARRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>
> THE LONGEST RUNNING NETWORK IN THE UK
>
> THE NUMBER 11 MOST RECOGNISABLE BRAND IN EUROPE
>
> YET.
>
> YOU.
>
> STILL.
>
> *****.
>
> IT.
>
> WRONG.


It doesn't come under the definition of *****ing, it's not in Webster's.
I suppose O2 should have a subscript 2 as well but even they don't use it
all the time.

xCx wrote:
> Steve B wrote:
>> Vodaphone
>
> ARRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>
> THE LONGEST RUNNING NETWORK IN THE UK
>
> THE NUMBER 11 MOST RECOGNISABLE BRAND IN EUROPE
>
> YET.
>
> YOU.
>
> STILL.
>
> *****.
>
> IT.
>
> WRONG.

Just shows what a load of bollocks marketing and branding is then ?

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