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#1 perfectpassion

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Posted 16 September 2009 - 07:17 PM

I seem to have had sooo many people that I didnt't meet because I couldnt get a phone signal or messages were taking hours to reach me or send. I would rather not have had a phone at all to be honest.... I came home with a load of txts saying "where are you I'm at the garden stage/cider bus/campsite???"

My tentmate is on the same network as me (vodaphone) and we were sitting side by side in the tent and she could message and I couldnt!

So I am no technical wizzard but does anyone have any suggestions or tips so that next year I dont have this problem?

And dont say throw your phone away lol!

And just to show how inept I am this post has gone up twice ....

Edited by perfectpassion, 16 September 2009 - 07:29 PM.


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Posted 16 September 2009 - 07:33 PM

Vodafone? Who are they?
I'm on Orange and been to last 3 EOTR festies and always had a signal.......my advice is move to orange in time for next year :D

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Posted 16 September 2009 - 07:47 PM

I'm on T-mobile so i'm used to having no signal.
Especially anywhere west of Bournemouth.

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Posted 16 September 2009 - 07:56 PM

I'm on Orange and been to last 3 EOTR festies and always had a signal.......my advice is move to orange in time for next year laugh.gif


Thanks x

Edited by perfectpassion, 16 September 2009 - 07:57 PM.


#5 Lauz_Abbott

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Posted 16 September 2009 - 08:10 PM

im with o2 and had signal most of the time but it kept saying network busy alot when i was trying to get hold of my friends

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Posted 17 September 2009 - 07:15 AM

It wasn't as simple as signal/no signal I don't think. I'm on 3 and had full signal on occasion and none at all on others, and other people I met on different networks had the same inconsistency. So I think there was some sort of bandwidth issue. Are there special arrangements made to try and give signals in such a remote area?





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