One Small TXT Message for a Man. . .

[Tuckerfan]

Or, you can call via your cellphone from the top of Mt. Everest, and *I can barely get two bars inside my freakin’ house!*

And then there are the more fun milestones, such as the British mountaineer who pulled out his cell phone at the peak to make the world’s first cellular call from its highest elevation. He also sent a text message. In the fashion of Neal Armstrong, it read, “One small text for man, one giant leap for mobile-kind.” (The call was made possible by a Chinese telecommunications company, which set up a base station about 12 miles from the summit.)

:mad:

[NinjaChick]

So that’s what I have to do to get good reception, apparently. (Insert muttering about Verizon and mountains and crap reception here.)

[ultrafilter]

@Tuckerfan

Or, you can call via your cellphone from the top of Mt. Everest, and *I can barely get two bars inside my freakin’ house!* :mad:

You should live somewhere more noteworthy.

[Tuckerfan]

@ultrafilter

You should live somewhere more noteworthy.

Hey! I live here, and that should be noteworthy enough!