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An observation: I live in Ottawa and manually switched my phone to
the Rogers network once I heard I could roam on it for free. One:
whereas I can just dial the 7 digit number for a local call while on
the Fido network, you have to dial the 10 digit number while roaming
on Rogers, as if you were really roaming (ie from out of town).
Second: During busy periods (Saturday, Sunday night), I get 'Network
Busy' when trying to roam on the Rogers network all night. When I
switch back to the Fido network, I can make the calls (but do
occasionally get a 'Network Busy' there as well). I have no idea how
roaming works, but is it possible for them to set up the network to
give preference to some users (ie their subscribers) over others
(roamers, Fido customers)?
nospam <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message news:<41A18F8B.60CA52C5@nospam.net>...
> From what I read before: the GSM transmitter can force your phone to switch
> if the tranmistter is getting congested. So, not only signal level controls
> it, but also how many users are registered on a certain transmitter.
>
> Also, some users may never see switching because their phones don't support
> the necessary frequencies for both Rogers & Fido...
>
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> repatch wrote:
>
> > Umm, that's the point. In the past you didn't have access to Fido's
> > network, so for all intents and purposes Fido's network didn't exist. Now
> > you do, so all of a sudden you have more signals available to you,
> > switching is an obvious side effect of this.
> >
> > On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:59:38 -0500, Testy wrote:
> >
> > > Well, no switching has taken place since the day after the take over. I
> > > figure it was just the NEW DOG peeing on the tree to establish his
> > > territory.
> > >
> > > Testy
> > >
> > > "repatch" <repatch42@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > > news
an.2004.11.11.19.31.44.221963@yahoo.com...
> > >> On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 13:12:14 -0500, Testy wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Doesn't explain why the network changes when I am in exactly the same
> > >>> position.
> > >>
> > >> With radio signals something like a car passing in front of your house
> > >> can cause one signal to be stronger then the other. It's the nature of
> > >> radio. TTYL
> > >>
> > >>