Looks like the cell tower that covers our area died for like 10 minutes because of a storm. Same thing happened last week. Makes you realize how short the range on these things is because 4G couldn't connect to the second closest tower.
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@matrix You must not be in a particularly dense area. In philly at least a phone is likely to have quite a few towers they can directly ping at full power.
@freemo
It's probably because of the terrain. There are at least 3 cells right across the hill.
@matrix yea terrain will make a huge difference too.
@freemo
Yeah, we have issues receiving TV too even though the height differences in terrain here are tiny.
@matrix presumably TV is on a tall tower. so unless its far away or behind a mountain I'd suspect something else might be up.
@freemo
No, I think roof is asphalt. It's the terrain, the line to the tower is covered since we live in small valley. A second floor and pole would probably be enough to compensate
@matrix Makes sense. Might not be enough people in range to be worth the cost of a full size tower either.
I have a roof top antenna and I can an have sent signals that go around the entire earth and I can hear myself on the receive end by the time it travels full circle back to me (though admittedly this is rare). It is not uncommon however for me to be able to talk both ways over the radio from the USA to europe or father.
>I can hear myself on the receive end by the time it travels full circle back to me
How long does this take?
@anonymoose
Very short, it sounds like a subsecond echo.never more than a second unless im bouncing off the moon
@matrix @camedei456
@matrix Metal roof or metal siding?