rontaki
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I have T-Mobile, about 5 years ago reception was almost non-existant on my property. Reception improved greatly around the same time PG&E started cutting trees down en masse. Coincidence??
Pros and Cons of allowing Cell Tower on Property?
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I have T-Mobil for work and Verizon for property management.
Often the performance will vary even when side by side…
No rhyme or reason.
Surprising in a metro with millions and in a city with 460,000 population to find neighborhoods without service.
More surprising is a few weeks back I was in Nevada and had excellent coverage yet sparsely populated.
Often the performance will vary even when side by side…
No rhyme or reason.
Surprising in a metro with millions and in a city with 460,000 population to find neighborhoods without service.
More surprising is a few weeks back I was in Nevada and had excellent coverage yet sparsely populated.
ponytug
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Perhaps a combination of easier to install towers (I.e. more towers), coupled with better range due to fewer obstructions?
We have zero bars here on AT&T, and T-mobile, despite what the coverage maps say. Verizon is occasionally one bar, so not enough to be worthwhile.
The signal from towers has significant ground effects and reflections, so in hilly terrain, signal strength can vary substantially in fairly short distances, as many here know first hand.
All the best, Peter
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My boss at work was really annoyed when I did not pickup…
She said I’m on call 24/7 and my answer… it was not a problem when we carried pagers.
She did not believe me so I invited her to see for herself…
She quickly understood I was in a dead zone and working out back was even worse… she found she had no coverage…
For fun every so often I enter my address to the coverage maps and it always comes back not available… 4 homes up or down the road service available.
She said I’m on call 24/7 and my answer… it was not a problem when we carried pagers.
She did not believe me so I invited her to see for herself…
She quickly understood I was in a dead zone and working out back was even worse… she found she had no coverage…
For fun every so often I enter my address to the coverage maps and it always comes back not available… 4 homes up or down the road service available.
ponytug
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Nice to have trusting bosses...
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It was very challenging at times… I was even fired once for not immediate returning a page…
I was returning a rental lift gate truck for work racing the clock and knew if I was not back in the yard by closing the hospital would be on the hook for another rental day but also my vehicle would be locked in the yard overnight…
It took 30 minutes to return the truck and return to work… where I was fired.
That night I booked a ticket to Europe but not paid… 10:30 the next morning the CEO called and asked if I was coming to work and I said you fired me last night…
She ask if I was willing to give up my career just like that and I said you were very clear…
I didn’t go to Europe and returned to the job…
The dire problem… a vendor showed up a day early for a job walk and I could not be immediately reached.
The result was a hospital use only phone being issued to me… it was fine as long as I had coverage but my home being basically a dead zone created a new problem…
In 35 years under various owners I have seen a lot…
I was returning a rental lift gate truck for work racing the clock and knew if I was not back in the yard by closing the hospital would be on the hook for another rental day but also my vehicle would be locked in the yard overnight…
It took 30 minutes to return the truck and return to work… where I was fired.
That night I booked a ticket to Europe but not paid… 10:30 the next morning the CEO called and asked if I was coming to work and I said you fired me last night…
She ask if I was willing to give up my career just like that and I said you were very clear…
I didn’t go to Europe and returned to the job…
The dire problem… a vendor showed up a day early for a job walk and I could not be immediately reached.
The result was a hospital use only phone being issued to me… it was fine as long as I had coverage but my home being basically a dead zone created a new problem…
In 35 years under various owners I have seen a lot…
SouthernSky
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I’d have gone to Europe.
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In hindsight I would have chosen different… do have a good admin now but lots of off site mgmt involved.
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Ya gotta watch those people who love to fire people.
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I was fired 3 times from an electrical contractor here in Idaho years ago. I was one of only 2 journeyman electricians he had, and state required ratio of 1 journeyman for every three apprentices at the time. He would get fined for not having a journeyman on site.
So each time he came crawling back to beg me to come work for him again. Each time i got a raise.
He was such a jerk, most every other journeyman knew about him and refused to work with him.
The final straw was after he came threatening to fire me cause i told the guys to take 20 min break and get out of the sun. It was over 100° and we were installing light pole bases on an asphalt parking lot. I was operating the backhoe. He came out screaming at me for letting them take a break. I stood up, threw the keys down, got in my rig and drove home.
I applied to the union the next day and was assigned to a hospital work crew making nearly 2x the pay. Only issue is it was Washington state, so commute was alot longer.
Turned out it was best move i ever made. The bastard called to apologize a few days later, i told him to go stuff it.
So each time he came crawling back to beg me to come work for him again. Each time i got a raise.
He was such a jerk, most every other journeyman knew about him and refused to work with him.
The final straw was after he came threatening to fire me cause i told the guys to take 20 min break and get out of the sun. It was over 100° and we were installing light pole bases on an asphalt parking lot. I was operating the backhoe. He came out screaming at me for letting them take a break. I stood up, threw the keys down, got in my rig and drove home.
I applied to the union the next day and was assigned to a hospital work crew making nearly 2x the pay. Only issue is it was Washington state, so commute was alot longer.
Turned out it was best move i ever made. The bastard called to apologize a few days later, i told him to go stuff it.
