Cell service sucks big time???

[food4u]

The local tower is 3 miles(as the crow flies)from me. Out going calls go through local tower but my incoming calls are coming of the tower on the other side of Lake Diefenbaker so I get charged long distance on them... Sasktel still cannot figure out why I am complaining...

[mbdog]

Thinking out loud....how many would pay more for better service....like they had. Games being played???

[oneoff]

In the words of Saktel it is called "congested" towers.

With a demand growth in traffic use of 5% per week one should be able to grasp the magnitude of the problem.
And assuming that carriers could ever get caught up to current demand; just imagine that the situation would immediately degrade again as everyone (and a host of additional uses and users) jump on board.

Problem is with cost and scarcity of additional frequencies with cell telephone and data service. Only fibre optic cable is currently scalable; and rural Sask isn't about to get that in this lifetime.

LTE is for cities. Need a whole slough of additional shorter range towers; so don't see that option soon for rural areas much farther out than city limits.

And the other limited (but maybe viable) options don't get any attention; although the Western Producer did just publish an article about a service which can extend fibre optic service in about 8 mile radiuses.

Too bad our elected representatives can't read; or not be relied on for necessary changes or maybe even get out of the way so some progress could be made.

[malleefarmer]

same problems south of the equator

[blackpowder]

What's your rates down there?
My last bill $85 for unlimited nationwide calling and 1GB data. texting, call display, and voicemail. taxes, fees, etc.
This has improved a lot in the last year. But don't dare go over data etc.
Hired mans bill more. $25 $.25/min. For overseas.$94/5Gb $5/250mb over limit. Unlimited national.

[agchat]

This fusion internet now is run off 4G LTE. You actually have a assigned cell number, and the bill comes with your cell bill. They told me when they hooked mine up that it is still a line of sight, and trees can interfere.

[sll91]

I switched to Bell and I've been impressed so far. Paying about 70 bucks a month for everything and i haven't had a problem with service yet.

Long range radio's are way more reliable for harvest if you're having issues with receiving texts on time.