| Steve Sobol 2005-05-27, 10:55 pm |
| Larry W4CSC wrote:
quote:
> Not true in Charleston, SC. Inside my local WalMart, on a fresh VZW phone,
> within 1/2 mile of an AMPS/CDMA Alltel tower and within SIGHT of a CDMA PCS
> Sprint tower, the phone says NO SERVICE, because Verizon has a very weak
> signal in the Oakbrook section of Summerville, SC, and the VZW PRL forbids
> the phone from roaming IN-MARKET to a carrier that works....no VZW nearby
> tower.
>
> While loaning a lady my trusty old V60i on Alltel, I asked her if I could
> test dialing 911 on her NO SERVICE new Verizon phone. Her call to her
> husband on Alltel was perfect. My call to 911 resulted in the phones no
> service warning tones and it NEVER SEARCHED for Sprint or Alltel because
> both are on the exclusion list of the phone's PRL...same as her regular
> calls.
So naturally you filed a complaint with the FCC, then? Not allowing 911
calls is against the law.
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