iPhone on the road

[David P. Henderson]

On 01 Jul 2007, at 08:33, Charles Dyer wrote:

> Gez, man, do the cell phone companies _hate_ Vermont or what? I can  
> get one or two bar reception in the middle of the God-damn  
> Everglades! The official T-Mobile (and the official Cingular) map  
> shows only thin lines of coverage centered on roads such as I-75  
> (Alligator Alley) and US 41 (Tamaimi Trail) but you can get a  
> signal at places where the official map says there's no coverage at  
> all, in areas where the only way in is by airboat or swamp buggy. I  
> can get a signal where the only local inhabitants are fish,  
> 'gators, panthers, raccoons, and mosquitos (especially mosquitos)  
> but you can't get a signal at work?! Someone needs to have a little  
> chat with the local cell phone people... Maybe we could loan you a  
> few 'gators to give 'em an incentive.

Of course, you are overlooking a major geographical difference  
between the Everglades and Vermont. Namely, that the Everglades are  
_flat_ while Vermont (from the french for green mountains) is quite  
mountainous. :)

Dave
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