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Re: Explaining Cell Phone Reception

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Originally Posted by MrObvious View Post
The problem isn't the radio guys. It's the tower availability. I agree it would be nice to have a nice availability of cell towers everywhere but that just doesn't happen. What happens is that a PRL file basically says which groups of towers you can roam off of or use natively. Some towers aren't used because of roaming fees the carriers pay being too much.

what I mean is since we can flash custom radios here, can't some smart guy just develop a custom made radio that gives access to all CDMA towers? I mean I get free roaming on sprint anyways, so what's the big deal. I don't think the carrier will release the radio, I just mean a "hacked" one or whatever you want to call it, (as long as its not illegal, not sure about the legality of making your own radio with access to more towers)
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