| I had an accident on the M4 (off Heston) on Friday eve 29 October and as a result of a poor signal from O2 I was unable to call my road assistance or even my insurance. The area I had the crash ws only 10mins away from the Chiswick roundabout yet no evidence of any O2 signal. The guy who crashed onto my car was on Vodafone and I had to use his mobile to ask for help. Nice er? O2 is just an unreliable service provider. When I called their customer services, they blamed my lack of signal to bad weather conditions when in reality there was some light rain! I have been unhappy with them for quite some time now but this was the icing on the cake. Back to Vodafone again even if that means I have to pay more. |
Its called attenuation, and yes radio waves can be quite badly affected by said light rain, snow and the worst of the lot, fog (though wind can be annoying too), most of this depends on the transmitter power and distance away from the cell, but its a real pain if you use radio waves (ever noticed your sky go off in rain? same thing)
Tony
