In uk.telecom.mobile Steve Terry wrote:
"andy" wrote in message
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On 1 Oct, 00:28, "
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On 30/09/2010 21:34, andy wrote:

On 30 Sep, 15:10, Mizter wrote:
On Sep 30, 2:46 pm, wrote:

[snip]
and Steve Terry mentions timing issues as well, which I don't know enough
about.

Standard 2g timing slot error will stop a GSM phone working
at 35km from the cell.

Some cells in the wilds of northern Scandinavia have double slots
giving a range of over 100km

Orange used to operate some cells on the west coast of Scotland with
doubled slots in order to reach some of the islands and some of the
offshore shipping. Don't know if they still do.

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Chris Malcolm