Shows "SPRINT PCS" service... but no service....

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Last weekend...(07/16) I was up in the area of N. of Brunswick, ME,. on the
coast, at a place called Sebasco Harbor Resort on Casco Bay...

Strange thing happened on my phone and others there....
5 'bars' of signal indication,,,,,
No inbound call would complete...
No outbound calls would complete....
Multiple people... multiple phones....multiple brands, multiple PRLs'

Once in a while it would 'drop out' and you would be back to 'analog roam'.

Called *2 when back in a solid signal area.
Support says they have NO towers in the area,,,,(Nearest tower is 11 miles
away)
No towers are planned either...
They kicked in a trouble ticket...
Evidently some systems is identifying themselves as SPRINT.

Any other theories as to why the phone showed in "Sprint' territory?

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<larryt510@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1122174780.802571.10580@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> You were picking up pilot pollution from Sprint towers too far away to
> be of any use. Your phone could receive the signal but could not
> transmit from it because there was too much noise. This is common.
>

Thanks for the response....
Just to clarify for me....
If the towers were to far away.. why would I be indicating such a strong
signal ('5 bars')?

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On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 22:29:39 GMT, "Joe Gill"
>Thanks for the response....
>Just to clarify for me....
>If the towers were to far away.. why would I be indicating such a strong
>signal ('5 bars')?

Could it be that your phone is getting a strong signal from the tower,
but the tower isn't getting a sufficiently strong signal from your
phone???

Perhpas someone more knowledgable can clarify this, but I recall
reading here something about how Sprint towers (or CDMA towers in
general??) can be set to reject connections from phones beyond a
certain distance from the tower, regardless of the signal quality.

Joe Huber
huber.joseph@comcast.net

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This same problem happened to my friend when we were in Toronto,
Ontario. He was unable to use his phone, even though he had full bars.
I on the other hand was able to use my phone, with no problems at all.
When we got back into the states he called Sprint to find out why this
happened. It turns out he had only a Regional plan, whereas I had a
National plan.

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Every Sprint phone has the same PRL and romaing capabilities so it
wouldn't matter if you were on a regional plan or not. That sounds
like BS from customer service looking to get someone off the phone
quickly.