DC&MC
formerly of Keizer Oregon USA
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We are currently at a thousand trails in Acton CA. No cell service for our T-Mobile phones. Up where the bars show it goes to ‘SOS’. And when we drive out we have to turn the phone off and back on before it gets a signal again. Never seen the SOS thing before.
2006 Mandalay 40E motorcoach
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Home base Yuma AZ
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rk911
DuPage County
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found this.
Rich
Ham Radio, Sport Pilot, Retired 9-1-1 Call Center Administrator
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wa8yxm
Davison Michigan (East of Flint)
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Some phones have the ability to use an alternative network or even satalite service for 9-1-1 Emergency (SOS) calls. This is a new feature of the latest phones....
For best Cell service you still need two competing carriers or a phone and account that has the ability to use an alternative service... T-Mobile used to have a mutual agreement with AT&T though of late I've seen Verizon as the alternate.. So without asking T-mobile.. I'm not sure which, If any, their alternative provider is (you may have to pay a roaming charge for the alternative service if used and may not have DATA access)
Home was where I park it. but alas the.
2005 Damon Intruder 377 Alas declared a total loss
after a semi "nicked" it. Still have the radios
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rk911
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wa8yxm wrote:Some phones have the ability to use an alternative network or even satalite service for 9-1-1 Emergency (SOS) calls. This is a new feature of the latest phones....
For best Cell service you still need two competing carriers or a phone and account that has the ability to use an alternative service... T-Mobile used to have a mutual agreement with AT&T though of late I've seen Verizon as the alternate.. So without asking T-mobile.. I'm not sure which, If any, their alternative provider is (you may have to pay a roaming charge for the alternative service if used and may not have DATA access)
my earlier post explains the SOS.
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Dutch_12078
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wa8yxm wrote:Some phones have the ability to use an alternative network or even satalite service for 9-1-1 Emergency (SOS) calls. This is a new feature of the latest phones....
All US cell phones have had the ability to make 911 calls without a service plan since the 1990's. All that's needed is a connection to any cell tower serviced by any carrier per FCC regulations.
How Can a Smartphone Always Make Emergency Calls?
Dutch
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