"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> wrote in
news:6tSdnQjhm_KSOMPVnZ2dnUVZ_g2dnZ2d@comcast.com:

> There are gadgets called "repeaters" that will increase your range.
> I've never seen one nor, knowingly, used one. Some are intended for use
> in vehicles, others are intended to be installed in, or on top of,
> buildings.
>

Next time you're in your local mall, you know, the one where the signal on
your cell sucks, go to the Verizon COMPANY store, not the little resellers
(not many have a repeater). As you approach the COMPANY store, keep an eye
on your receiver's meter, the bars display. If, as you approach the
Verizon store, you see your bars rise up peaking as you enter the store,
look closely at the ceiling for a square white box that protrudes down from
the ceiling for no apparent reason, usually over the cheap phones demo
kiosk. That's the inside antenna of what I call, because it makes ANY
phone work like there's a tower in the store, a "cheater repeater"....(c;

The AMPS fun days are but a memory, now. What I used to do was to carry
the 3W bagphone up near the store and make an AMPS call....completely
blocking the cheater repeater's outbound receiver....(c; It made all the
phones being demo'd look just awful...NO SERVICE...