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If you live near a border, and the 'foreign' network mast is closer than your 'national' one, and has a stronger signal, you might be 'roaming' while at home.
by rmc 13y ago
If you live near a border, and the 'foreign' network mast is closer than your 'national' one, and has a stronger signal, you might be 'roaming' while at home.
- mcv 13y agoThat should definitely be illegal.
- masklinn 13y agoSadly electromagnetic waves are not very handy at lawbooks.
- mavhc 13y agoThe universe cares little for your beliefs, and even less for your laws
- rsynnott 13y agoA phone can discriminate towards low signal strength cells of network A vs high strength cells of network B. Of course, the key word is 'can'; due to a lack of standardisation this will often fail to work properly for particular models.
- mcv 13y agoThat's why you don't tackle this at the electromagnetic wave level, you tackle it at the operator level. Or maybe at the phone level. Shouldn't the phone be able to recognize and prefer a local cell over a foreign one? I mean, why does my phone prefer the crappy network that I have my crappy subscription with over the much stronger networks of the competitors? Why would this stop working when I'm near the border?
- Kliment 13y agoFriend of mine lives 400m from a border. He has to call his cell provider monthly to contest the roaming charges he gets charged every month for using his phone at home. So far they've removed them every time.