Things U should know about cellular/wireless/PCS...

Things u should know about cellular/wireless/PCS...
Last updated: 4-6-2002a

Yelling DOSE NOT make you sound clearer, nor dose speaking loudly! Most likely u'll be less understandable!;

Instead, speak slower, more clearly,
If, only some of ur words are getting through, repeat the key words several times,
Don't put ur hand over the mic (usually it's a small hole, near the bottom front of the phone),
Don't talk too loudly or too softly, normal speaking voice (a little less, is usually ok).

If ur caller is saying that ur (or, if u are) braking up (it easy to do);

Try to find a 'hot spot'. This is a location that has better signal strength (more signal bars displaying).
Often, just moving a, few or several, inches will make a drastic difference,
Try somewhere that near a window, or closer to where the cell site may be (if u know),
Pull up the antenna (if ur phone has a extendable one),
Don't hold the the antenna,
Don't allow ur head-set cord to rap around, or get to close to the antenna.

If u use the phone in the car (see examples of);

Use a head-set (don't rap the cord around the antenna),
Use sum kind of clip to hold to ur dashboard,
Use an external antenna,

Use a permanent install car kit, (requires a external antenna),
Either of the above will improve ur signal and/or voice quality (I like to keep a headset in the car, because some times my (cars) noise level, its too high, and people have trouble hearing me.).

800 MHz Cellular, will almost all ways have better coverage - Will work better, than PCS types (1900 MHz); Such as, Cengular, Sprint, others...),
Cengular is probably second, and Sprint is (third) closely behind them...
Analog, often will sound better, but is almost, always, not available - but, is not secure (Can be monitored more easily),
All carriers (AT&T (MCI), Dobsen, Cellular one, Verizon, Cengular, Sprint, etc. -

All, are always, vary location dependent (In other words, Maybe at ur home Verizon will be best, but AT&T on the commute to work, and Cengular at work (for example. Werst case.). Hopefully, it's not quite that bad; but, it can be.

For rural areas - Don't select the phone, from the an Internet lists of least radiating phones, chose the higher ones (U need more RF (Power) than city areas, do),
Again, always use a head-set...
Also pse see, "What I know (not much ;=)", Local (Cent. California) "Quality of wireless service", and "Not all phones, work the same" - all on my, "wireless page"...
More to come...