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Re: Cell Phone Company Records the Tower Handling Call

Fritz Whittington (f.whittington@att.net)
Wed, 22 Dec 2004 14:15:03 -0600

On or about 2004-12-21 08:49, Dave VanHorn whipped out a trusty #2
pencil and scribbled:

> I have seen my cellphone do some bizarre things at times.

> Once, I was standing in Auburn Ca, and my phone switched to
> "roam". I was well within my home area, so I called 611 to see what
> was up ... They said I was in Chico. Look at a map.

So Chico looks to be about 100 miles away, but you've got some
elevation. Perhaps the cells along I-80 were saturated with traffic,
and the Chico tower was the closest one with capacity to spare? So
your phone would lock onto it, and then appear to be roaming.

Fritz Whittington

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. (Edgar Allan Poe, "Eleonora")

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