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Cell towers. Anybody heard....
Does anybody know if they will have cell towers this year so we can use our cell phones on the playa? 

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Re: Cell towers. Anybody heard....
Yeah, AT&T, T-mobile, Sprint, Verizon, Cricket, and every other mobile phone network company are going to truck out cell-on-wheels, complete with generators and relay equipment, to a festival in the middle of a dried out lake in Nevada just so a couple of rubes can phone their buddies from the playa.
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There’s a really handy kiosk selling charge up cards in case you run out of minutes. So don’t forget your credit card.
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Nothing fine tunes your senses to what is happening around you like a cell-phone stuck to the side of your head....Green Jeebus, turn it off....
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Re: Cell towers. Anybody heard....
you silly people
the 'omg you use a cell phone?' ...'cell phones at burning man? i go to get away from them' stuff belongs in the DEAD HORSE thread.
the 'omg you use a cell phone?' ...'cell phones at burning man? i go to get away from them' stuff belongs in the DEAD HORSE thread.
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The AT&T service is better than in most of Frisco.
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Re: Cell towers. Anybody heard....
i will be spending at least one day, cell phone in hand staring at it two thumbs a blazing, texting while walking, bumping into people and cursing them for getting in my way.
pretty much what i do every day, except this will be performance art....
pretty much what i do every day, except this will be performance art....
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There is decent signal in BRC. Until all the hippies in the world show up and overload the system.
Re: Cell towers. Anybody heard....
Taz wrote:Does anybody know if they will have cell towers this year so we can use our cell phones on the playa?
If that's your thing (and it isn't everybody's thing...) swing by Papa Legba camp. Last year they had two homegrown cellsites on the Playa with a functional Playa-only telephone network working.
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BBadger wrote:Yeah, AT&T, T-mobile, Sprint, Verizon, Cricket, and every other mobile phone network company are going to truck out cell-on-wheels, complete with generators and relay equipment, to a festival in the middle of a dried out lake in Nevada just so a couple of rubes can phone their buddies from the playa.
Verizon and AT&T have had a temporary cell tower over by Frog Pond serving the playa during the past two events. So, yeah, your scenario is pretty accurate.
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Note: No text service and no 3G/4G is expected, just basic call capability.
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Me listen, me hear, magic talking wire.


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Re: Cell towers. Anybody heard....
It's going to pretty much be like that when 60,000 people try to use 35 phone lines... or even 600 people.
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Even if there is a signal, my iPhone gets powered down and dropped into a zip lock when I leave Reno. It lives at the bottom of my hotel bag until I get back to Reno on the return trip. I don't use my cell at OCF or at the burn. I love being "unhooked" for a week.
There was a neighbor that had a satellite phone and he was offering calls home as gifts last year. I didn't take him up on it.
There was a neighbor that had a satellite phone and he was offering calls home as gifts last year. I didn't take him up on it.
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I'm out there three weeks while my wife stays home, so pre-event I'll probably make a call.
But I agree. The actual event week is a no-phone-week for me.
But I agree. The actual event week is a no-phone-week for me.
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Cell phones on the playa.
Will they work this year? Is there a way to make them work?
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Re: Cell phones on the playa.
Taz wrote:Is there a way to make them work?
Yes. Stay in Reno.
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Re: Cell phones on the playa.
perhaps, Taz, you can find your answers in the several threads dealing with this? there are answers aplenty, with some searching.
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Re: Cell phones on the playa.
Mr Ygmir notes
IN THE THREAD YOU STARTED!!! A little ADD are we?
Just be sure you have the right STIM card:

perhaps, Taz, you can find your answers in the several threads dealing with this? there are answers aplenty, with some searching.
IN THE THREAD YOU STARTED!!! A little ADD are we?
Just be sure you have the right STIM card:

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Re: Cell phones on the playa.
I really hope that they never get decent coverage on the playa. I like that nothing is guaranteed to work. It is the middle of nowhere.
try using google and put the word eplaya into your search
aka: eplaya cell phone coverage
try using google and put the word eplaya into your search
aka: eplaya cell phone coverage
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Re: Cell phones on the playa.
Shut up, hippie.
Savannah wrote:It sounds freaky & wrong, so you need to do it.
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junglesmacks wrote:Shut up, hippie.
*hangs head and shuffles out*
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check your survival guide, the answers are in there....
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Re: Cell phones on the playa.
Answer (and condemnation of potential cell phone users) are found in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=284&t=56653
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stretch80 wrote:I really hope that they never get decent coverage on the playa. I like that nothing is guaranteed to work. It is the middle of nowhere.
try using google and put the word eplaya into your search
aka: eplaya cell phone coverage
I hope they don't either... It's great to be disconnected, if even for a dozen days!
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Re: Cell phones on the playa.
yeah.. cuz turning yer phone off is so fuckin hard and impossible
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