| Chris Grabowy on 19 Sep 2015 08:45:34 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Off-topic: Cell Phone Call Quality |
Is there a SIM card in your particular phone? If so then perhaps you can swap SIM cards with another person on another carrier? This might help determine if the carrier is the problem. -----Original Message----- From: plug [mailto:plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org] On Behalf Of Casey Bralla Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 9:05 AM To: PLUG Philadelphia Linux Users Group Subject: [PLUG] Off-topic: Cell Phone Call Quality I'm finally reaching the limit of my cell phone tolerance. The voice call quality of my cell phone is terrible, and almost unusable. I suffer from frequent tenth-second drop-outs which make it very hard to understand what is being said. I don't know if its my phone, my carrier, or my location. I was hoping I could get some good advice from this techo-group. I know it is not the other caller, because I even have the problem listening to my voicemail menu. I've got a Samsung Galaxy S3, which appears to be a good quality phone. I'm using Net-10, one of the pre-paid carriers. Their prices are pretty good. My location is in NJ east of Philly, and PA, just north of Newark. Both locations seem to be equally bad. So how can I isolate the cause of my crappy voice calls? Is my carrier? Is it my phone? If I switch carriers will my quality improve? I'm a 58-year-old guy, and not looking for gobs of data, but I can't see spending $75 per month for a bloody phone. Any suggestions? -- Casey Bralla Chief Nerd in Residence The NerdWorld Organisation ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug