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SF Bay area 3G: What the??
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I'm out at San Francisco State University 4 days a week and the 3G coverage out there is awesome. I was in North Beach at the Stinkin' Rose for dinner and walked around North Beach and had 3-4 bars with 3G and would intermittently switch to the EDGE network with full bars. Didn't have any dropped calls; made four calls and received three calls without incident.
I'm also at UC Berkeley 3 days a week and the 3G coverage is 4-5 bars indoors, and 5 full bars outdoors. Where are you located?
When I was in San Francisco a couple weeks ago I was getting almost full 3G bars everywhere I went. ATT has some awesome coverage there.
Copy that, i'll be in my 4th year at SF State and i gotta say the 3G coverage there is pretty awesome...can't wait to see what it's like to tether using NetShare inside the Business building and parts of the Humanities building that suffer from horrible Wi-Fi reception
Stinkin' Rose wasn't my first choice, but it wasn't bad. We had 3 children and 4 adults, and were easily seated. We made a reservation at about 6:00 p.m. and we arrived about 6:15 p.m. due to the lack of parking on a Friday night. Large menu, and quite a variety. Prawns - Fettuccine was awesome, and the children's menu was rather small. Service was very good, but food-to-table was longer than we expected. Ceasar's Salad was the best, and the bread was very fresh. Tight quarters, as we kept bumping elbows with other patrons. Must have been about 5-6 other 3G iPhones in there and we were all taking a good look at each others iPhones and having some great conversation with total strangers. Scale of 1 to 5, I would say a 3.5. PM me if you need additional info.
thanks for the rose review. not sure if it was worth coming down from sac. spend the night in the city and eat some good garlic.
Stay away from the Stinking Rose, soooooo overrated. A tourist trap. So many better Italian Restaraunts in the North Beach area, and even in the East Bay (Tullio's in Walnut Creek! Awesome).
I'm heading to Sacramento in about 2 hours. I'll be at O'Neil Park near 5th Street, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Staying at the La Quinta Inn at Jibbom Street; PM me if you're in the area. I'll give an update on the 3G reception when I get there...
Dude, been out there once on business -- totally ate at the Stinkin' Rose! Great Italian!
I live in OC and get dropped calls all the time. You'd think I was talking on some cheap POS phone. SF had some issues (when I travelled there 3 wks ago), not as bad as LA though.
Yesterday, I was in the mall and about to just toss this (awesome) iPhone 3G. I finally decided to turn the 3G off and I haven't had a dropped call yet.
I'll turn 3G back on for heavy browsing, but for everyday, I'm going to try and keep the edge for calls.
Yesterday, I was in the mall and about to just toss this (awesome) iPhone 3G. I finally decided to turn the 3G off and I haven't had a dropped call yet.
I'll turn 3G back on for heavy browsing, but for everyday, I'm going to try and keep the edge for calls.
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Driving 80 towards Sacramento 4-5 bars 3G, gawd, this is awesome, but traffic is bumper to bumper.
Driving 80 towards Sacramento 4-5 bars 3G, gawd, this is awesome, but traffic is bumper to bumper.
My gf goes to UC Davis so iam up in the Sacramento area frequently and yeah, 3G reception there in Sac and further a ways to Folsom/El Dorado Hills is extremely good...you can actually see quite a few cell towers all around.
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Sacramento area O'Neil Park sort seedy area, but awesome 5 bars on 3G everywhere!
Sacramento area O'Neil Park sort seedy area, but awesome 5 bars on 3G everywhere!
Well, drivin' home on I-80 Westbound, great 3G coverage of 4-5 bars consistently. "NO SERVICE" near UC Davis exit, and actually dropped 1 call, but called back, despite the "NO SERVICE" icon and actually got through and completed my conversation. Pretty satisfied with the 3G coverage to Sacramento. Stay away from Davis though...
Potrero Hill
I get two to three bars here in Potrero Hill, near the new UCSF Med Campus. But I know that many areas in the City, like around Sutter St. in the Richmond, only get Edge.
Recently there was a TV news story that wondered why Silicon Valley, the U.S.' biggest high tech community, could have the worst mobile phone service.
I get two to three bars here in Potrero Hill, near the new UCSF Med Campus. But I know that many areas in the City, like around Sutter St. in the Richmond, only get Edge.
Recently there was a TV news story that wondered why Silicon Valley, the U.S.' biggest high tech community, could have the worst mobile phone service.
Well, drivin' home on I-80 Westbound, great 3G coverage of 4-5 bars consistently. "NO SERVICE" near UC Davis exit, and actually dropped 1 call, but called back, despite the "NO SERVICE" icon and actually got through and completed my conversation. Pretty satisfied with the 3G coverage to Sacramento. Stay away from Davis though...
Outside of the center of downtown davis and the immediate vicinity, 3G is almost non-existant in Davis.