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Cool site to check reception, dead spots, comments, etc.
Cell Phone Carriers - Cell Phone Service and Tower Search (part of the mobiledia website) very good user tool.
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- 08-25-2006, 01:01 PM #2
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Excellent link!! Let's sticky this one... thanks!
- 09-17-2006, 03:15 PM #3Junior Member
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That is one of the better links for tower location. Unfortunately, once you locate a tower, it is hard to tell if it is a cell tower (and which provider). I drove to a local tower and saw a Cingular sign on a door. I found the same tower at that website and it said nothing in description about Cingular. However, I found a closer tower and it did say Sprint in the comments on the website. I guess everyone knows that Sprint has a website of their tower locations. I only wish Verizon and the others would do the same. The coverage maps are not that accurate. It would be nice to know where the towers are located. I can get the 7 digit FCC # that is usually on the tower gate. But this doesn't tell me if a cell phone provider uses this tower and I don't think the FCC website tells this either.
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- 09-17-2006, 03:30 PM #4Junior Member
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Also, how close would you need to be to a tower to get good reception? I am checking for the purpose of getting a wireless internet card for my laptop. THanks.
James
- 10-02-2006, 12:45 AM #5Junior Member
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Oooh, nice link!
- 05-06-2007, 01:48 PM #6
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Wow this was an excellent link! Already recommended that site to a bunch of people, and they think its cool also. Just wondering how accurate this is
- 11-21-2007, 07:47 AM #7Member
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Thanks for this link. I can use it to check the coverage for the new area I am moving to before I decide on a new carrier or if I the one I have is the best for the area.
- 11-09-2009, 10:58 AM #8Junior Member
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Very useful link
- 04-28-2010, 11:02 AM #9
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Forwarded to my all my friends... thanks!!
- 05-28-2010, 10:58 AM #10Newbie
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Nice! Thanks for sharing
- 04-19-2011, 09:23 AM #11Member
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This site is so useful. I love how you can check the reception ratings of the location your at by entering in the zip code. Also, finding the reception towers are easy too. Thanks to whoever thought of this. It should've been the carriers to provide this kind of information.
- 06-21-2011, 02:27 AM #12Banned
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- 09-11-2012, 07:15 PM #14
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This leaves me with several questions.
When the cell technology first came into being they had ads on TV trying to recruit people to put towers on their property. Remember?? I was seriously under the impression that all providers can use all towers. That was the whole point... to create a grid of transceiver points to accommodate all comers.
I went to the cellreception.com site and asked for zip=26101. My first beef is that when you ask that site for a coverage map, it just transports the surfer to the appropriate cell provider's web site for coverage maps. Both Verizon and AT&T claim great coverage along the main areas and roads of this city (Parkersburg, WV). Those maps show the strongest coverage around the downtown area, which comes as no surprise.
Yet, when you ask cellreception.com to show you the tower locations map, you see Verizon showing about ten towers scattered throughout this small metropolitan area and its outlying areas. When you ask the same for AT&T you see only two towers and the closest one is SIX MILES from downtown !!!
This just cannot be very meaningful then. I've used both Verizon and AT&T and they both have clear voice and data signals in town and around. If AT&T is constrained to the use of a tower six long miles away then there is no way in hell they could be delivering viable service here! Come on, this can't be real! Come on!
- 09-21-2012, 02:59 AM #15Sr. Member
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Very helpful link! Thanks for sharing!
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