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    blummin mobiles!!!!!!!

    Not sure if this rant has been done before or not, but does anyone else think mobile phones are proper rubbish? I never see people talking about it, and yet it annoys the hell out of me every day.

    My brother calls, and it's like:
    him: Hi!
    me: Hi!
    him: Hows it goi*CHHHHHH CHHHHH!!! CHHH*
    me: err, oh, fine thanks, how are you?
    him: *CHHH CHHHHHH* *cuts out*

    Minute later he rings back:
    him: Hi again, sorry my mobi
    me interrupting: Yeah yeah, you're on a mobile and mobiles are complete sh....
    him: Yeah
    me: So what you been up to?
    him: Well the other day *CHHHH CHHHH CHHHH*
    me: Bleh forget it. I'll write you a letter.

    Same happens with everyone else I speak to. It seems to have nothing to do with the quality of the phone or the provider either. My brother is on Orange I think, and my friend is on something else, and I'm Virgin. Even network to network is rubbish, even when both speakers are on network provided phones... My friend has the fanceist phone I've ever seen. He spends hundreds to get the top of the tree phones. It has EVERYTHING. And it's widescreen, and he can get on the net over a wireless connection and load up google and see it in widescreen on his fancy screen. It plays MP3's in really good quality, and it has a great camera, and all kinds of other gadgets. And yet I can't have a bloody conversation with him on it We usually manage to get a sentence, maybe 2 sentences, before the crackling shows up, and then usually it just cuts out, and one of us have to call the other one back, only for the same thing to happen again two or three times.

    Same happens for everyone I call on a mobile. Some people even make excuses for it. I tell them I didn't hear anything they said in the last 30 seconds, and they say, "Sorry mate, I'm on the train". Ohhh ok... trains and phones are bad ok.. mental note taken. And then theres, "Sorry mate, im in a built up area". Ahh ok, so built up areas are a no go too. "Sorry mate, im camping so I'm far from a signal". Ok so in a town is bad, and out of a town is bad. "Sorry mate, im in the kitchen, I don't get a good signal in here". Ok so no kitchens too. To get a good reception, you have to perch yourself on your chimney and angle your head sideways, ideally while holding a golf club in the air.

    What a load of rubbish. 2008 and all these fancy phones that are amazing and do everything - except make calls properly.

    Am I the only one who is not impressed? It's so bad that one mate used to call me on his way home from work each night, but I couldn't hear a thing he said, so after a week or so, I had to tell him, "I can't hear a blummin thing you are saying, and you can't hear me either, I'll just call you on your land line when you get in".

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    Re: blummin mobiles!!!!!!!

    Is it a candybar phone? People tend to press them tightly against their face, which often presses the end call button. A lot of people hold their phones at the top where the aeriel is and as a result, get bad reception.

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    Re: blummin mobiles!!!!!!!

    Depends where you are, i can't get a proper mobile phone signal on the floor, step 5 meters outside onto the mezanie floor and its perfect.

    we must have something that really interferes them (also we're not really ment to use them, as they aren't recorded).

    You can't just push a radio signal through this interfereance without really cranking up the power, or using more redundancie (more carryer frequencies with more repitition).

    I find its normally fine, just stand where there is signal if your in a poor patch.
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    Re: blummin mobiles!!!!!!!

    people who use phones on trains and get really confused when it goes through a tunnel and they get cut off
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    Re: blummin mobiles!!!!!!!

    don't worry, their own retardedness is their own punishment.
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    Re: blummin mobiles!!!!!!!

    but why do i have to be subjected to there progressively louder "hello?" "are you there?" "HELLO?" "HELLO? HELLO?!..."CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?"
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    Re: blummin mobiles!!!!!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by MadduckUK View Post
    people who use phones on trains and get really confused when it goes through a tunnel and they get cut off

    I laugh when someone starts a conversation at Euston going up the west coast mainline.

    You'll get cut off 5 times before you've got 2 mins out the station. So funny.

    There's also a black patch near Tring and many others along the line. I don't bother answering the phone on the way home (irrelevant fact that I'm usually asleep anyway) as I know i can't havea conversation.

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    Re: blummin mobiles!!!!!!!

    'Your never guess where I'm calling from.......on a train......can you believe it a train......i'll be home in 2 minutes''



    a call worth making

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    Re: blummin mobiles!!!!!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by acrobat View Post
    My brother is on Orange I think, and my friend is on something else, and I'm Virgin.
    It depends where you live, but that could be your problem right there... Virgin use T-Mobile masts, I've always found T-Mobile to be a bit lacking in signal outside of major towns and cities.

    You need to find out what network is best in your area. For example, O2 works fine at my parents' house, Voda just about works, Orange might get a text and T-Mobile you might as well forget about it unless you fancy a 2-3 mile drive. Other places I've seen Orange performing excellently and O2 and Voda lacking. I've never been in a situation where T-Mobile was up without the others being good too though.
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    Re: blummin mobiles!!!!!!!

    Can't say I have ever really come across this in the nearly 10 years I have had a mobile, yes occasionally I can't get a great signal but its affected by weather just as much as sky and I would say the interference is just as rare. I have had loads of handsets and I can't remember any being particularly problematic. I think your exaggerating or you got your phone from a skip.
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    Re: blummin mobiles!!!!!!!

    Never get that problem unless I'm in an area with loads of granite.

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    Re: blummin mobiles!!!!!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by TheAnimus View Post
    Depends where you are, i can't get a proper mobile phone signal on the floor, step 5 meters outside onto the mezanie floor and its perfect.

    we must have something that really interferes them (also we're not really ment to use them, as they aren't recorded).

    You can't just push a radio signal through this interfereance without really cranking up the power, or using more redundancie (more carryer frequencies with more repitition).

    I find its normally fine, just stand where there is signal if your in a poor patch.
    Quote Originally Posted by TheAnimus View Post
    don't worry, their own retardedness is their own punishment.
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    Re: blummin mobiles!!!!!!!

    T-mobile are rubbish. Motorola are rubbish. Thin phones are rubbish.

    Yes signal strength is a main culprit here - along with thick walls XD
    I agree with you acrobat, the purpose of phones are to make calls and they are getting worse at it.

    MadduckUK - you speak the truth. People do that constantly - YELLING DOWN THE RECEIVER WONT MAKE THE SIGNAL STRONGER. Morons.
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    Re: blummin mobiles!!!!!!!

    i think this is more about the UK network infrastructure than the mobile phone or the mobile phone user...i mean the voice capability is pretty mature.

    in other countries with good network infrastructure you can use any type of phone anywhere (in underground trains, lifts, road tunnels, etc, etc)

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    Re: blummin mobiles!!!!!!!

    i dont mind people using the phone so much its the ones (usually in track suits) playing rubbish R&b and dance music full blast - y u muppets u dont look hard u look dam stupid. In the mood im in i can see me having a right go at someone put some ear phones in for gods sake!

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    Re: blummin mobiles!!!!!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Blitzen View Post
    Before you start mentioning retardedness, maybe you should check your spelling.
    I freely admit i was in the retard school.

    But before you brand all us retards (or 'tards for short) with the same conditions, some of us have differings states of 'tardation.

    For instance, i am not a drueler, i have control over my bowels and bladder too.

    Some are what i call Eastenders grade. These are the types who would belive that dinosaws existed at the same time as man, because someone put a saddle on a mock up of a dinosaw.

    Some are gardian grade, these people get upset about mr foxy woxy, global warming, and generally like to retrospectivly blame bush for 9/11, showing little signs of rational comprehension of any history, philosophy or insight into the human condition.

    We're all a bit retarded after all.

    But some, they get to goto the special retard ranks, this includes, people who don't understand their mobile won't work on a train in a tunnel, apple fan boys, and those who listen to My Chemical Romance.
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