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Do you know where your nearest base station is?

Discussion in 'GENERAL Wireless Discussion' started by Telekom, Aug 23, 2011.

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Do you know where the nearest base station is?

  1. Yes

    20 vote(s)
    80.0%

  2. No

    4 vote(s)
    16.0%

  3. What's a base station?

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  1. Telekom

    Telekom Bronze Senior Member
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    As in the subject. Do you know where the nearest base station (antenna) is?
     
    #1 Telekom, Aug 23, 2011
  2. TelcomJunkie

    TelcomJunkie Bad Handoff Investigator
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    Yes, yes I do!
     
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    #2 TelcomJunkie, Aug 24, 2011
  3. JFB

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    Yes, I can see it clearly from the backyard.
     
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  4. bobolito

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    Not me.... I live in an edge where sometimes I pick up one or another
     
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    #4 bobolito, Aug 24, 2011
  5. larry

    larry Sprint loyalist and former mod
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    Easy. I can see it from the bedroom upstairs.
     
    #5 larry, Aug 25, 2011
  6. QLR

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    Yes... It's about four tenths of a mile from home
     
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  7. charlyee

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    Yes, half a mile due South. I can see it from my backyard.
     
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    #7 charlyee, Aug 25, 2011
  8. josephd

    josephd Tomorrow is another day.
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    No I do not. I know there is one close by, but it is not close enough for me to see it.
     
    #8 josephd, Aug 26, 2011
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    Yes, in my home office. It is an AT&T Micro Cell. There is no tower close enough to give me service any other way.
     
    #9 rjniles, Aug 28, 2011
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    That is counter to what the poll was asking. A base station is an antenna attached to a tower or on a rooftop.
     
    #10 Telekom, Aug 28, 2011
  11. rjniles

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    Sorry if I offended:confused.:nono:
     
    #11 rjniles, Aug 28, 2011
  12. AnthroMatt

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    There is one site about 1/2 mile due south of my house. Another one about 1 mile to the SW of my house. The one that is about a mile away is "special" to me because I did the archaeology at the site of the tower while it was being built.
     
    #12 AnthroMatt, Aug 29, 2011
  13. KyleAndMelissa22

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    I can see my local Verizon tower 1 mile away to my south (I force my phone to use that mostly).
    And a tall AT&T tower looms over my property less than ¼ mile away.

    My local Alltel (Allied Wireless) tower is 3 miles north, and can be seen up my street
    thru the trees in the winter (when theres no foliage).
     
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    #13 KyleAndMelissa22, Sep 1, 2011
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    Verizon bought Alltell long time ago
     
    #14 Verizonftw, Sep 2, 2011
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    KyleAndMelissa22 Woot Woot, Splat !!!
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    Not in my area, they were divested in overlapping markets, and bought out by ATNI in parts of 6 states, the rest went to AT&T.

    I'm still an Alltel customer, and little has changed except ownership & management of the markets. Check them out: Alltel Wireless
     
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    #15 KyleAndMelissa22, Sep 2, 2011
  16. sis651

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    Yes, it's about 1.5 KM south. But sometimes my phone insists on registering on a base station 23 KM north. :D
     
    #16 sis651, Sep 4, 2011
  17. Steve B

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    I can see mine (monopole) from my bedroom window. LOL Its in the corner/backyard of a nearby church's parking lot.
     
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    #17 Steve B, Sep 4, 2011
  18. Telekom

    Telekom Bronze Senior Member
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    Well, I guess that means that people can't complain about a cell antenna inside the church :)
     
    #18 Telekom, Sep 5, 2011
  19. Steve B

    Steve B Bronze Senior Member
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    Probably not, LOL. Its nice having a tower so close by.
     
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    #19 Steve B, Sep 5, 2011
  20. jerry 12

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    Yes it is a U.S. Cellular tower less than a half mile from me and i can see it from my yard.
     
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    #20 jerry 12, Sep 7, 2011
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