Hi, Wasn’t sure on the best place to post this so please feel free to move, I’ve had a search but not really any help… so, just moved to a new house (53.365816,-6.995974) and the mobile signal outside and in is rubbish, I’m on Vodafone IRE but tried Three, o2 & Metor. Sadly rural Ireland isn’t great for comms.
Looking at askcomreg.ie under side ID KE020, I appear to be about 4Km as the crow fly’s from the nearest mast site. The main building is about 20m above the rest of the buildings so I was looking at buying a booster and mounting it inside the roof or outside.
Has anyone got any recommendations or suggestions?
As most of the buildings are either log or standard bricks & mortar…
Thanks
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This is what I found on a local papers. My God, Big Brother watching you via your phone
IBM revealed in its Next Five In Five study that one of the biggest innovations that will change our lives in the next five years is mobile phones that can read our minds.
The study said that advanced "presence" technology, which IBM is testing with Norway's biggest telecommunications group, will allow mobile devices and networks to learn about users' whereabouts and preferences as they commute, work and travel.
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i would not put much trust it that source
when
1 they dont name the norwegian isp
2 norway have pretty strict privicy laws
What exactly is new about this?
At least in the US (I think in other places too by now) all mobile phones are required to have a GPS chip by law so they can be tracked in case of emergency or "criminal situation".
Believe me, if big brother wanted to watch you, they would not advertise the technology. I think this is more of a "phishing trip" (thats phishing whit "ph" as in internet scam) so cell companies can shove targeted commercials up your @@@ and make more money.
Rudegar said:
i would not put much trust it that source
when
1 they dont name the norwegian isp
2 norway have pretty strict privicy laws
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They say Norwegian telecoms group, not isp. That would probably indicate Nokia...
also
Privacy is one thing, but "features for customer benefit" are another... remember what was said when people wanted to put CCTV in city centres? These days you just kinda accept that they will be under constant scrutiny...
not exactly the same, but it would be the "customer benefit" that eventualy outwieghs the more sinister uses for the technology.
Already some of us are using MSN live search, or Google Maps and seeing the advantages that brings... as soon as the more widespread acceptance of these new uses is apparent people will let it slip to the backs of their minds that the evil people in the shadows could use this information to great effect for anything they wanted....
When im rich, im buying an island and building a huge farraday cage around it so they cant read my brain with microwaves and lasers. heeheh
nokia is from finland not norway
no mobil producers i know of are based in norway
a norwegian telcom company is telenor though that could be a player i doubt it though it's not really atune with the nordic system to test out a big brother system least of all in norway
and normal mobils dont! have gps's in them but they connect to antennas and the antennas know who are connected to them and from what direction they are connected from thats all
if the operater let people this can be used as a pretty crude form of gps but it's prob closer to a 1km pricision then a 1m or what ever gps is today
Hmm, I distinctly remember reading something about GPS1 even in normal phones but i could be wrong.
Just wanted to make a point that if they want to find you they will, though making this point is hard to do without sounding paranoid.
P.S. Not too relevant, but I am fairly sure (don't have a link to prove it) that commercial GPS (like those in PPCs) are accurate to about 10 meters and the nav software compensates by assuming you are in a car on a given street.
There is a something called DGPS (differential) that is accurate to less then one meter but it relies on ground stations in addition to satellites and is only available in certain areas.
we are traceable as is via our phones and there are no such things as private calls
9yrs in the militray and 11 in the gov security uk/overseas
trace over phone ... do you know "gsm cell id" ... in the future, all provider in austria must store "cell ids" and connection data for 6 months. the first steps to build a visible user are done!
in the uk people have already been located in court case for serious crimes ,using the monbilephone to give times and locations within feet
Does anyone here have a pref for any GPS software that is good for walking, mainly for the UK. My car thing works but I have to walk about when I am in Central London because of parking charges.
Anything would be good.
MrSmith22 said:
Does anyone here have a pref for any GPS software that is good for walking, mainly for the UK. My car thing works but I have to walk about when I am in Central London because of parking charges.
Anything would be good.
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have u tried using tomtom's option for walking routes? i used it for a couple of weeks in central London 2-3 months ago and worked fine. if i hear of something else i ll let u know.
Hi,
Yes Tom Tom is pretty good. Used it alot in Rome on foot last year and never got lost.
Regards
Have a look at A to Z or even Memory Map, both of which can be found on this page http://www.a-zmaps.co.uk/?nid=83 (scroll down to the links), dig around on the site to find the free demo downloads to try it out before committing to a purchase, no guidance, but a searchable database of streets and present position shown on the map - Mike
I use googlemaps
needs a 3g connection but works perfect. It was guiding me to headshops in Leeds I never knew existed
anyone have any comments on country recreational walks? UK
I use MemoryMap and Google maps (over gprs it's fine). The maps on MemoryMap (which are expensive) show all public footpaths.... and pubs
I happen to own a PDA2K, but for this job I'd be prepared to buy any other bit of kit that was suitable
What I want is to stand at some place on the earth, and get as much information as I possibly can about what mobile networks have coverage there.
I'm prepared to agree to fit the device with a "foreign SIM", which has roaming rights on many local networks, if the device can make use of that.
I'd also like the most "live and responsive" possible display of GSM signal strength so I can test out the best location for an aerial.
So what hardware and software can I get my hands on to help?
I'm aware that I could tackle the job with a signal strength meter - but I've never found one that can tell me more than "strong signal at X MHz" ( unless it's been carefully set-up and configured for the country in question first ) A signal strength meter which could decode the operator name from the GSM signal would be a wonderful idea, but I haven't seen one.
David
I'm looking at getting ALK CoPilot Live 8 for my Diamond 2, and wondered if anybody has any information or guidance regarding it. At £25.99 for UK only, £52 for full Europe, it' an absolute bargain...
http://www.trustedreviews.com/car-tech/review/2009/08/17/ALK-CoPilot-Live-8-for-Windows-Mobile/p1
works well
been using it since it was released works really well but has been not update like other OS's and still not traffic
Also been using it since it was released. Works great and can recommend it And at £25.99, it really is a steal.
I got the UK only version.
Good for its price.
A few niggles:
when seaching for a postcode in my local area it displays the wrong town name but on checking the map it has pinpointed it correctly.
When putting in my own postcode (I live in a tiny village - only 1 road) it points me to the centre of the village, not to my house.
The map is very small and also not as clear as the TomTom map display.
The good points:
No lag
No need to do any tweeks
Hi guys,
just like my other question about docking station:
after a year or so of having the device on the market - is there any kind of sleeve/external antenna which can be attached to the I9000 to increase the rather bad reception/antenna of the I9000?
I love the device so much (nice design, nice handling) that I do not want to part from it but, in comparison to basic cell phones it does have (in my honest opinion) rather bad antenna.
Do you have any suggestions have I could improve the reception in low signal areas for at least 15-20% (you can see hopefully that I am not asking for a lot) in order not to have to change the device just because in my "faraday cage house" just because I do not have any signal if I am more than a yard from the window.
Alternatively, can you recommend any kind of <150$/€/UKP device I could put on my windows in order to allow me to use my I9000 within my appartment? At the moment I live in the UK in an apparment of a house made of steel construction where I have less than poor reception as soon as I move my cell phone more than 1 meter/1 yard from the window.
I would not mind having a separate device (UK/europe femtocell) which I would put next to a windows (with AC power supply) of my workarea which would allow me to use my I9000 within 40-50 meters range in which I work/spend most of my working hours.
I would be extremely grateful for any suggestions/help.
Regards,
Pavana