On 11/06/16 21:49, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
The Natural Philosopher a écrit :
I *think* that 'mobile signal' means 'what kind of bitrate I can get'

No, a mobile phone!

There was no signal at all Wednesday, it ahowed up briefly and
occaisionally Thursday and has continued to improve since then. Now that
phone shows three bars and a steady connection.


As I said, that may mean no more than 'there are less phones currently
using that tower'

I have data via Three and that was rock solid / full speed as soon as
set it up.

Different tower or transmitter?


My point being that '3 bars' doesn't means 'the transmitter signal is
more or less strong; it may and does actually mean that's how good a
connection you are going to get'


My phone gets between 0 and 3 bars fluctuating all the time. Now in the
quiet evening its showing 3. Cant sustain a voice call, but will do SMS

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