[Mobilepartners] Poor cell reception

[Matthew D Sullivan]

Hello David et al;.

The efforts to get a Sprint/Nextel cell tower up are still in the midst, from what I gather, were in the final stages of the legal portions. There is also efforts to get an AT&T Cell tower on campus very soon.. These things take time and unfortunately with Sprint/Nextel, it's been nothing short of tiresome. 

David, has your group tried T-Mobile's UMA service? This service would allow you to take advantage of the WiFi network here at MIT, which would supplement the lack of cell coverage. It's by no means a total solution but may be something to look into. This service is also a FREE ad-on to MIT users, under the MIT Discount plan with T-Mobile.

Information regarding the service can be found here > http://support.t-mobile.com/doc/tm23449.xml

We have tested and currently use the BlackBerry's with this functionality and it works very well, especially in places like the basement. 

Best,
Matt Sullivan
                
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-----Original Message-----
From: mobilepartners-bounces at MIT.EDU [mailto:mobilepartners-bounces at MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of David J. Broderick
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 1:04 PM
To: mobilepartners at mit.edu
Subject: [Mobilepartners] Poor cell reception

We have tried to use a number of cell phones here in building 4

Nextel, Verizon, and ATT (iPhones) all get terrible reception here in the basement of the Infinite Corridor. In fact, our cell phones are useless here in our own office.

There was a long standing promise of an antenna installation on Building 16.

I gather that this never happened. Any hope?



David J. Broderick 
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