Land Line Phones?

[sumdumguy]

Oh, that's the telemarketers phone.

[agchat]

Because of better bundling discounts, we switched from sasktel to bell. Before switching my drop calls were terrible, now i am not even sure if i have ever had a drop call from bell. BUT, he did tell me at bell that your phone can also be a factor to dropped calls. So since i switched phones at the same time maybe that was the problem, cause bell is using sasktels tower here anyway.

[agchat]

Oh, forgot to mention, Allis, freewheat, I do know that these cell boosters really help if you get the right type. You can get stationary and mobile ones. A good one runs you around five hundred bucks. For me and still having land line as well as fusion, it is not worth it. Never use data on my cell anyways.

[farming101]

I've seen that there is a difference between phones.
An old Nokia with a better antenna then an Iphone for eg.
Although Blackberry has fallen out of favor some say they have the best reception.

[bucket]

I am 4 miles from a tower. Have no cell service in the yard or house.

Dropped 911 calls last spring.

Was bitching about it to sasktel and the guy suggested I get a bag phone.... click.

I guess the biggest issue is you can go to a rider game and have adequate service where and where it really isn't an issue.

But out in the middle of butt**** saskatchewan where you need it....nothing.

[agstar77]

Days of land line are numbered. Buried cables are corroding and they won't be replaced. Better cell coverage is needed.

[AllisWD45]

Ag chat. Ya bought booster for the house 2 years ago for 400$. Doesn't do much but i guess you have to have a signal in the first place to be able to boost it!!

[burnt]

Both here, no data on my cell cuz half the time the signal is too weak anyway and we are about 4 - 5 miles from the Ma Bell tower, line of sight.

But a lot of people call my cell because that's what they have and then wonder why I cut up when they call me.

Call the house if you want to talk Billy, call the house.

Plus the cell phones that send faxes are so bulky they keep wrecking my shirt pocket... (-; (Yes, we do still use a fax machine)

[freewheat]

Yeah we got a booster, top of the line apparently. 450 bucks wasted. Yeah, you need some kind of service in the first place to have something to boost.

I wonder what the issue is in some areas? Can they not boost their own bloody signal?

[cottonpicken]

Off topic.

80%penetration in Africa. A child there has more information then the president of the us did in 96

[biglentil]

If its a zboost they do work well if you upgrade outdoor antenna, upgrade indoor antenna, mount outoor antenna high enough on fibreglass to get a straight view of nearest cell tower, and use rg6 instead of the rg59 coax it comes with. I went from no reception in house to full bars entire house.

[agchat]

I do know boosters have to be matched right. No expert, but talking to guy other day said his was awesome. I will get the brand and model. It was him telling me about matching it right. He had tried a couple before and said they were crap also.

[agchat]

Agstar, you are right about the buried cables. At least we have cell. The one that concerns me is Grant Devines underground power in the eighties. Sounds like that is starting to become a pain in ass. Talked to power guy one day when he was here and said underground power in yards showing up also. He claims it seems to be worse if semi traffic is crossing it in the yard, and it was not buried deep enough.

[sumdumguy]

I need 2 cell phones, an IPhone and a junky old flip phone for work - Sasktel should allow you to have more than one phone on a number, so you can have an old flip phone that you carry around to work so if you drop it of lose it, it's no big deal.

[Koldkanuck]

I never thought I would do it, but I'm dropping my land line in the New Year. The only reason I have the land line is for the occasional fax that I need to receive or send, but the fax is going to go out like the dodo bird , so why pay $600 bucks a year for the land line. I'm in a decent cell coverage area, and 95% of my calls, or people phoning me do so on the cell. The next thing to probably go, is my WiFi, since I can use my Smartphone as a hotspot in the house for my laptop, my IPad,or just use my iPhone. That's another $500 bucks a year. In a few more years, there will be something else though, hard to keep up