Just about everywhere I went in Spain was 6 full bars all the time. Sometimes in the rural areas like 100 miles away from the a city it would drop to 3-4 bars. In Tanger, Morocco my cellphone was at 6 full bars all the time. Now I come back to the states and its back down to 2-4, and sometimes but rarely up to 5 bars. What gives?
Why do I get better cellphone reception in Morocco then I do here in the states?
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The buildings there were a lot more numerous than they are in my city. In Tangers there were huge buildings everywhere. The entire city was basically large buildings.
Countries that don't have good mainline service were able to invest in a strong wireless network. It is much cheaper for a provider to build a tower than it is to wire a neighborhood.
CIA factbook
Telephones - main lines in use:
1,219,200 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
7,332,800 (2003)
CIA factbook
Telephones - main lines in use:
1,219,200 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
7,332,800 (2003)
Morocco was very interesting. But if your a woman and you go out, better dress modestly or you will attract a following of men like a movie star.
The people there were surprisingly friendly, a lot of them just waved as we drove by. All the important homes were guarded by machine gun armed guards. There were tons of street vendors that followed you trying to sell you their various wares.
It was surprising that a street vendor that speaks fluent English, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Arabic cant get a better job than one that they prob only make a few dollars a day at.
The Moroccans fluency in different languages did come at a surprise as is their hospitality. The green tea there is excellent.
Do you use Verizon in the US? If so, the answer is obvious.
I live 1/2 mile from a major Verizon store and have to step outside to get any reception at all.
I live 1/2 mile from a major Verizon store and have to step outside to get any reception at all.
PricklyPete
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One of my best friends is actually going to be heading to the peace corp down there...I can't wait to visit.
Don't know where you live, but Verizon's network is a lot better than T-Mobiles and Cingulairs in the my area (NJ/NYC)
really? i've heard cingular has one of the best coverage areas. t-mobile, however, sucks majorly.
HumblePie
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- Oct 30, 2000
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^^ Many of the reasons stated above plus these:
No FCC regulations about wattage output for towers.
No competing signals as almost all overseas cell phone usage is on the same band (forgot what the band was but in america we have a ton of different bands).
Because if you added an N to the middle of Moroco you'd get Moron Co. (sorry had to use the joke)
No FCC regulations about wattage output for towers.
No competing signals as almost all overseas cell phone usage is on the same band (forgot what the band was but in america we have a ton of different bands).
Because if you added an N to the middle of Moroco you'd get Moron Co. (sorry had to use the joke)
Just went to Tangers for a few days for vacation and visited some of the smaller towns around. The northwest coast of Morocco is beautiful and the beaches are mostly empty except for tourists. The weather is really nice and cool on the coasts but gets much hotter inland.
No one here has stepped onto what I perceive to be the correct answer. The Morocco communications regulatory spec is indeed very strange. I know, for a fact, that no G-band communication (2.4 GHz) is allowed, which makes Morocco one of two countries in the world with regulatory standards that permit A-band (5 GHz) communication but not G-band (the other country is Cuba). By logical extension I'm willing to bet that their regulatory specs allow for higher transmitting power at 900/1800 MHz than is allowed in the U.S.
Government regulatory has *A LOT* more to do with cell phone coverage, etc., than most people realize
Government regulatory has *A LOT* more to do with cell phone coverage, etc., than most people realize
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