Cell phone coverage holes hurt public safety

Iria · Dec 15, 2006, 05:49 PM

Source: News.com
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This article is the last in a three-part series: Wednesday's story offered tech tips for wilderness survival while Thursday's took a look at emerging technologies in car safety. And you can click here for information on how to help the James Kim family.

While most U.S. cities are blanketed with advanced cell phone service at least four times over, huge patches of rural America still don't have cell phone coverage. What's more, the problem could get worse before it gets better when rules requiring carriers to offer older, analog service expire early in 2008.

Dec 15, 2006, 05:49 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Cell phone coverage holes hurt public safety Source: News.com _________ This article is the last in a three-part series: Wednesday's story offered tech tips for wilderness survival while Thursday's took a look at emerging technologies in car safety. And you can click here for information on how to help the James Kim family. While most U.S. cities are blanketed with advanced cell phone service at least four times over, huge patches of rural America still don't have cell phone coverage. What's more, the problem could get worse before it gets better when rules requiring carriers to offer older, analog service expire early in 2008.