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Posted: 5/28/2003 10:46:02 AM EDT
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My cellphone has a range of at least 5,200 miles, as tested by calling my mother in Germany just this morning :-)
Seriously though, they all range between 30 to 50 clicks line of sight (in analog mode). The best range was achieved by the old bagphones, but I don't think you can activate those old analog only phones anymore. So any tri-mode (CDMA/TDMA/Analog) phone would fulfill your needs. Check www.phonescoop.com for details. |
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Posted: 5/28/2003 10:48:39 AM EDT
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My digital Nextel (Motorola i85) does about eight miles across the desert floor. We intentionally drive across the desert until we get out of phone range.
Terrain has alot to due with the range. |
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Posted: 5/28/2003 10:53:19 AM EDT
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cell phone range? hmmmmmmmm, sounds interesting, i'd sure pay to shoot those annoying little bastards
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Posted: 5/28/2003 10:58:37 AM EDT
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I have a Nextel, Motorola i1000 plus. Service is great at least around here - Almost uninterrupted all up and down the Left Coast and east to Tucson, AZ. I rarely experience outages in urban and suburban areas as I have with others.
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Posted: 5/28/2003 11:18:02 AM EDT
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If range is an issue, you don't need a cell phone. You need a [i]satellite[/i] phone. Pretty much, if you can see the sky, you can make a call.
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Posted: 5/28/2003 11:34:16 AM EDT
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Damn! I thought you said cell phone RAGE!
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Posted: 5/28/2003 1:33:14 PM EDT
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Do you need "coverage" or "range" ? Having a phone with a ten mile range is great, but if there's not a compatible tower in your area you're screwed.
Generally in the US, you'll have better overall coverage with a TDMA based phone rather than an CDMA. A good multimode phone will have an analog option as well, but only as a secondary feature. As an earlier poster said, nothing beats the old analog phones for range. |
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Posted: 5/28/2003 1:55:49 PM EDT
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Ditto what Kar98 and TexasEd said.
CDMA / TDMA / Analog (or straight analog) with a fifteen-dollar window antenna will get you maximum legal range. [i](If space & weight aren't factors, the bag-phone isn't a bad idea either - those things really reached-out!) [/i] |
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