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sidewayscratch67 t1_iu7pfli wrote

You can say what you want about how clunky those phones were, but I never, ever had a dropped call with those guys and range went forever (of curse, I could have probably hard boiled an egg beside one - but that's a different story).

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newMike3400 t1_iu7ydb7 wrote

The range wasn't that great it's just that with a 20 min talk time you couldnt go very far.

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turdferguson3891 t1_iua4njh wrote

They were analog, though. So instead of your call dropping it just got staticky. I got one to work when I was camping one time even though we were far away from any city. Reception was terrible but I got a call to go through. With modern gsm phones you probably just wouldn't have a signal at all.

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newMike3400 t1_iucsl9n wrote

I had the same style motorola roamer in the UK in 88. Didnt work well in the centre of soho as too few circuits.

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