Same location, 2 phones, one Digital the other Analog, Why?

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Mark - 25 Aug 2003 00:46 GMT

We were driving back from vacation going thru Delaware, I think somewhere
between Georgetown & Bridgeville, I have an LG VX4400 that switched to
analog (about 1-2 bars) while my wife's VX6000 showed a digital signal (1x),
about 1-2 bars (me driving she riding shotgum).

Why would the 4400 go to analog when there was a digital signal available?

While the VZW Website recommends doing a *228 from your "home digital
coverage area" would doing that in the area where I'm physically located be
beneficial (for that area)... (I know I know... it would be really difficult
to do a *228 in an area where I'm not physically located...<grin>)? With
AC, exactly what is my "home digital coverage area" when the coverage is
pretty much all across the country?

-Mark

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David L - 25 Aug 2003 09:55 GMT

"Mark" <mspam@yahoo.com> wrote in article
<P7c2b.17569$2Y6.5299515@news2.news.adelphia.net>:

> We were driving back from vacation going thru Delaware, I think somewhere
> between Georgetown & Bridgeville, I have an LG VX4400 that switched to
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>
> -Mark

Don't PRL update out of your home area, but if you do... please post
what happens;)

Well, my phone often shows a digital signal even when it's unusable. It
will switch to analog to complete the call. This saves battery life. If
the tower is too far off I can still get 4 bars digital but the handset
does not have the power to reach BACK to the tower. The signal going OUT
is the weak link and handsets are limited by design (and the FCC).

Since the 6000 can't switch to analog what else would it show?

What counts is if a call can be made, not what the display shows. The
display has little correlation to making a call or any usable info for
that matter.
A better test would be to force your phone FCN 00000 IIRC, to digital
only and then try to call out on both phones. Try slowly walking into a
fringe area (garage, canyon, country road) either while talking or
trying to make calls out. Which performs better? I'm curious if a 1x
connection makes a difference and where.

Then switch over to automatic allowing the 4400 to access the analog
network, where both phones have lost digital coverage and see if there
are any advantages.

-
David

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