12-04-2012 at 12:42 PM
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Bell coverage at school?
I'm about to get a phone with Bell and I'm coming from Telus and have had generally no problems coverage wise on campus (save for the obvious dead zones).
How is Bell's coverage on campus? Any problems with them?
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12-04-2012 at 12:46 PM
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I'm about to get a phone with Bell and I'm coming from Telus and have had generally no problems coverage wise on campus (save for the obvious dead zones).
How is Bell's coverage on campus? Any problems with them?
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Bell & Telus have a network sharing agreement in play. So, you'll still have no problems coverage wise on campus (except for the obvious dead zones).
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12-04-2012 at 12:46 PM
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I'm with Bell and haven't had any problems. 
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12-04-2012 at 01:22 PM
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Thanks guys!
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12-04-2012 at 01:55 PM
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12-04-2012 at 01:58 PM
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They have actually even improved this year, been getting 3-4 bars of signal in the student centre basement too
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12-04-2012 at 01:59 PM
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Agreeing with the above posters. Bell coverage is pretty solid on campus.
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12-04-2012 at 02:03 PM
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I would only assume that there is good coverage being provided from Bell/Telus.
If you go here, and select Bell from the drop down and type in McMaster University, and click on the two tower icons, you can see that they have enough on campus.
http://www.loxcel.com/celltower |
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12-04-2012 at 04:14 PM
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Please note to get any good coverage with bell you need to be on their HSPA+/LTE network. Their older CDMA which is used for flip-phones etc was notoriously bad on campus (particularly in the MDCL region) and they have not upgraded.
Their modern network (new phones + smartphones) is very good on campus. Only dead zones ive come across are parts of ETB and basement of ITB..and those signals are more weak zones than dead zones.
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12-04-2012 at 06:34 PM
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Why did i think he was talking about bell curves...
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12-04-2012 at 06:44 PM
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Last year it was poor, this year apparently its gotten a lot better (particularly, the 'building effect'.. basements, shielded structures, etc). Nothing really different from Rogers, so its all good.
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12-04-2012 at 08:06 PM
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Why did i think he was talking about bell curves...
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That's exactly what i thought when i saw the title lol 
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12-04-2012 at 11:14 PM
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I would only assume that there is good coverage being provided from Bell/Telus.
If you go here, and select Bell from the drop down and type in McMaster University, and click on the two tower icons, you can see that they have enough on campus.
http://www.loxcel.com/celltower |
Thats an awesome site! I love it 
Although I think the LTE info is wrong.
I only get LTE on campus near the student centre and no where else. But it says LTE towers are at the hospital. Anyone else have an idea where they get LTE? |
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12-24-2012 at 09:25 AM
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How's coverage for koodo? Assuming its strong as telus
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12-24-2012 at 10:37 PM
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How's coverage for koodo? Assuming its strong as telus
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Koodo is Telus' sub, so it'll be the same more or less.. |
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