# There are only two places I don't get 3g for my phone **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 26, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-only-two-places-i-dont-get-3g-for-my-phone/597617 "2011-09-26T01:58:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-only-two-places-i-dont-get-3g-for-my-phone/597617/1 "2011-09-26T01:58:17Z")
My house and where I work. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-only-two-places-i-dont-get-3g-for-my-phone/597617/2 "2011-09-26T02:08:00Z")
I am desolate for you. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-only-two-places-i-dont-get-3g-for-my-phone/597617/3 "2011-09-26T02:09:33Z")
Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-only-two-places-i-dont-get-3g-for-my-phone/597617/4 "2011-09-26T02:28:54Z")
I have noticed a correlation between lack of 3G and snowmobile-crossing signs. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-only-two-places-i-dont-get-3g-for-my-phone/597617/5 "2011-09-26T08:00:21Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > I have noticed a correlation between lack of 3G and snowmobile-crossing signs. My favorite post of the day :D. If you can’t get service at home or work, why do you have the phone? ---
**Author:** ![beachbetch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@beachbetch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beachbetch)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-only-two-places-i-dont-get-3g-for-my-phone/597617/6 "2011-09-26T14:23:24Z")
I don’t get service at my house either. It’s the only place locally that I don’t. 100 ft away from the house in any direction? Fine. It sucks. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-only-two-places-i-dont-get-3g-for-my-phone/597617/7 "2011-09-26T19:01:33Z")
I don’t get service in either place. I have to step outside when I want to use my 3G (AND the phone function, as well). This is why I bought a wireless router… ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-only-two-places-i-dont-get-3g-for-my-phone/597617/8 "2011-09-27T03:28:32Z")
Thought for sure it was gonna be ‘inside and outside’. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-only-two-places-i-dont-get-3g-for-my-phone/597617/9 "2011-09-27T14:16:16Z")
How do you tell? I have a BB Storm. It shows 3 bars and that little upside down umbrella thing (what the hell is that supposed to be anyway). And below that, it says 1XEV. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-only-two-places-i-dont-get-3g-for-my-phone/597617/10 "2011-09-27T14:40:02Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > that little upside down umbrella thing (what the hell is that supposed to be anyway). GPS uplink? ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-only-two-places-i-dont-get-3g-for-my-phone/597617/11 "2011-09-27T14:44:33Z")
When I go visit friends, sometimes they don’t have 4G service. It’s really sad how long it takes things to load on 3G. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-only-two-places-i-dont-get-3g-for-my-phone/597617/12 "2011-09-27T16:02:55Z")
The only place I don’t get 3G is in my house. In _Summer_. In the winter, it works just fine… but when the trees have leaves, my signal drops to damn near 'nuthin.