typed:
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:49:11 -0400, "Tim J."
wrote:

Joe McIntosh typed:
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...call 910 262 7761-you have to be close to get wife's cell phone.

I hate to be the one to tell you this, Joe, but someone could be
standing side-by-side with you and it would make no difference.
These new-fangled cell phone devices ain't walkie-talkies, ya know!
;-)

I hate to be the one to tell _you_ this, but some kinda are, or at
least work for the end-user in much the same way. And depending on
the carrier and type of phone, it's possible to have better luck
across the country than standing next to each other. There are spots
(both in and out of urban areas) where, for example, a particular
Cingular customer can get service, but a Nextel/Cellular
South/whoever customer can't and vice-versa. And if there aren't any
towers in the area, nobody is talking to anybody...

So, basically, in Joe's context of someone having to be nearby to call his
wife's cell phone, what I said is correct then, right? Or are you saying
some cell phones are phone-to-phone direct, which is what Joe implied?
--
TL,
Tim
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