Subj : Power outage
To   : August Abolins
From : Arelor
Date : Mon Mar 01 2021 03:41:37

  Re: Power outage
  By: August Abolins to Kurt Weiske on Sun Feb 28 2021 12:27 pm

 > Hello Kurt Weiske!
 > 
 > ** On Sunday 28.02.21 - 07:23, Kurt Weiske wrote to Mike Powell:
 > 
 >  >> Someday, we'll break down and get internet up there, and it
 >  >> won't be the same.
 > 
 >  MP>> Sounds like you should hold out as long as you can before doing so.
 > 
 >  KW> We've held out this long... The last time I went up, I
 >  KW> brought an eval Tmobile 5G hotspot from work and I was able
 >  KW> to get just enough coverage for phone and text. Not enough
 >  KW> for social networks or streaming.
 > 
 > I use a Blackberry phone as my primarily mobile data device.
 > 
 > I found out that I can get a stronger signal when I force my
 > Blackberry to the lessor 3G with my service.
 > 
 > My service supports LTE connections, but depending on where I
 > am, the signal is often lower.
 > 
 > But when I limit or force the connections to 3G max, I get full
 > bars.
 > 
 > --
 >   ../|ug

That happens often.

There are also battery savings when you switch to a lesser network for many carriers. Since the network is more solid, your
device needs to resend less information due to signal loss.

Which is the reason I used 2G a whole lot even when 4G was available in my area.

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