No phone comms Storrington

[Tartan Giant]

Hello chaps,

Can anybody advise on the best mobile phone network to change to, that one may overcome lack of a comms signal:( on a VODAPHONE mobile: postion roughly on the western outskirts of Storrington (West Sussex).

Cheers

TG

[Tolsti]

Hi TG.... not too far from you.... Billingshurst. Out in the countryside away from the main town and O2 is the only one with a decent signal. Suggest you see if a friend has O2 and ask them to pop around and see if they still have a signal.

[Conan the Librarian]

I have the same signal problem here in Lechlade. The only tip I can give, is to wander down to the local hostelry and ask what they use.

I would be a little wary if you need data services though. I tried an O2 PDA hybrid, which was a good deal, but the signal.... I tried another network with the same phone/PDA and they wanted a small fortune for it. On top of that, they also wanted another small fortune per month for a really meagre data service.

Conan

PS It is a lovely part of the World. I lived for a short time on Ditchling Common. Beer was dreadful though...

[airborne_artist]

Use http://www.sitefinder.radio.gov.uk/ to ID your closest base stations.

http://www.hrmconsultancy.net/images/personal/sitefinder.jpg

The Northern triangle marks the base stations operated by 3, O2, T-Mobile and Orange. The Southern one is the Voda base station in Storrington.

[Tartan Giant]

I can only say many thanks to you all for the time and trouble to point me in the right direction............ "transmit for D/F" they used to say!
Looks as if 02 might be the only provider with enough ooomph to envelope the earth around the house and allowing a suitable signal to fire up from a mobile Tx.
Thanks again all.:ok:
TG