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How many times have you freaked out because your cell phone wasn't showing any bars? This can seem frightening if you're on the road or away from home. But what if I told you that cell phone bars aren't that important? Believe it or not, this icon isn't a good measurement of your cell phone's ability to send and receive calls and data. So, if this is true, how can you rely on your cell phone? Don't worry. Signal Connect has the solution.
When it comes down to it, your cell phone bars are not an accurate way to measure your phone's connectivity. First of all, the bar displays vary from phone to phone. For example, you iPhone could show three bars while your friend's Galaxy might show four. This doesn't mean one cell phone has better reception than the other. All it means is that at that place and time, Samsung reads "-65dBm" as four bars, while Apple shows them as three.
Here's another thing about cell phone bars: You don't know what they're actually showing. This icon displays a measurement, but you don't know if that's for voice or data. Even if you turn your cellular data off, you won't know which voice band is being shown. In the end, it doesn't really matter what the bar display is showing. You'll either be able to make the call or you won't. It's as simple as that. Signal strength is really only important when you need to know how fast you can download and stream.
Okay, I have to admit that this paragraph header was a bit of trap. I just told you that cell phone bars aren't a reliable indicator for calls. Increasing your bars wouldn't really do much for your cellular phone service one way or the other. What you really want to do is increase your cell phone's connectivity. This improves your ability to send and receive calls and texts and download and stream data. There's one reliable way to do this, and it's not your cell phone bars.
There used to be a way to find your signal strength. For example, Apple use to measure true signal strength in its hidden test mode. Sadly, that doesn't work anymore. If you have an iPhone, you're out of luck. There no app to help you measure connectivity, but there is a "test mode" in current models that determines your LTE. Only Android has a free app called "Signal Strength," which offers some amount of help in this area.
Has all this talk about the shortcomings of cell phone bars got you obsessed with measuring your signal? If so, we might be able to help you. If you don't mind make the investment, you could pick up this Wilson cellular signal meter. This professional-grade product is sure to get the job done. If that meter is a bit out of your price range, there is an affordable, DIY solution. You could buy an inexpensive, pre-paid Android phone and run the "Signal Strength" app on it to get an idea.
Whether you're at home, in your vehicle, or at the office, a cell phone booster keeps you connected. These devices consist of an outdoor antenna, the booster, and an indoor antenna. How it works is simple:
What your cell phone bars say doesn't matter all that much. It's not the most reliable measurement of your connectivity, after all. You can bank on a cell phone signal booster, though. These devices are a reliable way to reduce dropped calls, missed texts, and slow or interrupted data.
If you want a cellular signal booster for your home, office, or vehicle, Signal Connect is your No. 1 source. Solid Signal is an online electronics retailer and division of Signal Connect. The company carries cell phone boosters from SureCall, weBoost, and WilsonPro. If you have questions, or want a product recommendation, call us at 888-233-7563 We'll match you with a cell signal booster and even walk you through the installation, if you need it. (You'll be glad to know that these devices are easy to install.)
Do you want DIRECTV or DISH for your home, office, or vehicle? If so, Signal Connect is here to help. As a DIRECTV residential commercial dealer and DISH Premier Local Retailer, we'll match you with a commercial or residential account, satellite equipment, and more. Best of all, our representatives will provide free service for the life of your account. If you need anything else, you don't have to be put on hold with DIRECTV's call center; call us at 888-233-7563 instead. You'll love the concierge service we provide!
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Cell Phone Bars: What They Really Mean
When it comes down to it, your cell phone bars are not an accurate way to measure your phone's connectivity. First of all, the bar displays vary from phone to phone. For example, you iPhone could show three bars while your friend's Galaxy might show four. This doesn't mean one cell phone has better reception than the other. All it means is that at that place and time, Samsung reads "-65dBm" as four bars, while Apple shows them as three.
Here's another thing about cell phone bars: You don't know what they're actually showing. This icon displays a measurement, but you don't know if that's for voice or data. Even if you turn your cellular data off, you won't know which voice band is being shown. In the end, it doesn't really matter what the bar display is showing. You'll either be able to make the call or you won't. It's as simple as that. Signal strength is really only important when you need to know how fast you can download and stream.
How to Increase Cell Phone Signal Bars
Okay, I have to admit that this paragraph header was a bit of trap. I just told you that cell phone bars aren't a reliable indicator for calls. Increasing your bars wouldn't really do much for your cellular phone service one way or the other. What you really want to do is increase your cell phone's connectivity. This improves your ability to send and receive calls and texts and download and stream data. There's one reliable way to do this, and it's not your cell phone bars.
How to Find Your Cell Phone Signal
There used to be a way to find your signal strength. For example, Apple use to measure true signal strength in its hidden test mode. Sadly, that doesn't work anymore. If you have an iPhone, you're out of luck. There no app to help you measure connectivity, but there is a "test mode" in current models that determines your LTE. Only Android has a free app called "Signal Strength," which offers some amount of help in this area.
Has all this talk about the shortcomings of cell phone bars got you obsessed with measuring your signal? If so, we might be able to help you. If you don't mind make the investment, you could pick up this Wilson cellular signal meter. This professional-grade product is sure to get the job done. If that meter is a bit out of your price range, there is an affordable, DIY solution. You could buy an inexpensive, pre-paid Android phone and run the "Signal Strength" app on it to get an idea.
Straight Talk: Cell Phone Signal Boosters
Whether you're at home, in your vehicle, or at the office, a cell phone booster keeps you connected. These devices consist of an outdoor antenna, the booster, and an indoor antenna. How it works is simple:
- The powerful, outdoor antenna accesses voice and 3G, 4G, and LTE data signal, then delivers it to the booster.
- The booster receives the signal, amplifies it, and sends it to the indoor antenna.
- The indoor antenna broadcasts the signal throughout your home, office, vehicle, boat, etc.
- This process works in reverse every time you make a call or send data.
What your cell phone bars say doesn't matter all that much. It's not the most reliable measurement of your connectivity, after all. You can bank on a cell phone signal booster, though. These devices are a reliable way to reduce dropped calls, missed texts, and slow or interrupted data.
The Best Cell Phone Boosters from Signal Connect
If you want a cellular signal booster for your home, office, or vehicle, Signal Connect is your No. 1 source. Solid Signal is an online electronics retailer and division of Signal Connect. The company carries cell phone boosters from SureCall, weBoost, and WilsonPro. If you have questions, or want a product recommendation, call us at 888-233-7563 We'll match you with a cell signal booster and even walk you through the installation, if you need it. (You'll be glad to know that these devices are easy to install.)
DIRECTV Commercial and Residential Solutions…
Do you want DIRECTV or DISH for your home, office, or vehicle? If so, Signal Connect is here to help. As a DIRECTV residential commercial dealer and DISH Premier Local Retailer, we'll match you with a commercial or residential account, satellite equipment, and more. Best of all, our representatives will provide free service for the life of your account. If you need anything else, you don't have to be put on hold with DIRECTV's call center; call us at 888-233-7563 instead. You'll love the concierge service we provide!
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Anyone making their own breakfast sausage? I've recently been trying different recipes, found some I like, some I've modified...
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Continuing the Kilauea thread in the Pub here. Perhaps the Iceland one too next time there's remarkable activity.
Currently there is precursory lava flowing into the crater, leading to the next episode that'll probably start within the next day.
You can see the pace of inflation / deflation here. It serves as the primary predictor for when the expect the eruptions, which coincide w/ inflation turning into significant deflation and last for several hours on average with significant fountaining.
www.usgs.gov
View: https://youtu.be/Uecu2seh4b4
Wife and I like the AfarTV feeds, for the discussion along w/ them, though they're otherwise just mirrors of the official USGS feeds.
View: https://youtu.be/iws3rh5vLAQ
Currently there is precursory lava flowing into the crater, leading to the next episode that'll probably start within the next day.
You can see the pace of inflation / deflation here. It serves as the primary predictor for when the expect the eruptions, which coincide w/ inflation turning into significant deflation and last for several hours on average with significant fountaining.
Monitoring Data for Kīlauea
For more information on how electronic tiltmeters and GPS receivers help monitor the deformation of Kīlauea volcano, see the HVO Deformation page.
View: https://youtu.be/Uecu2seh4b4
Wife and I like the AfarTV feeds, for the discussion along w/ them, though they're otherwise just mirrors of the official USGS feeds.
View: https://youtu.be/iws3rh5vLAQ
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Some wild inflation and significant uptick in earthquake activity in the caldera. Magma intrusion, could lead to new fissure(s). Or not.
Summary: A shallow intrusion of magma is occurring within the summit region near the existing eruption location in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.
Activity Summary: Earthquake activity has increased in the summit region of Kīlauea beneath Halemaʻumaʻu crater and the south caldera region. Ground deformation patterns recorded by summit tiltmeters suggest that magma is intruding beneath the ground in this area, in an east-west orientation, near the western or southern part of Halemaʻumaʻu crater.
Increased earthquake activity began this afternoon, September 30, 2026, at approximately 2 p.m. HST, underneath Halemaʻumaʻu. Since then, about 40 earthquakes have been detected and activity is still on-going. The largest event, so far, a magnitude 3.4 earthquake, occurred at 9:52 p.m. HST, 1.4 km (0.9 miles) beneath the surface in the northeast part of Halemaʻumaʻu. Starting around 8 p.m. HST., summit tiltmeters began to show extremely rapid changes consistent with crack growth in an east-west orientation possible near the current vent area, suggesting that magma is intruding in this region.
Historically, east-west trending fissures have erupted in the southeastern part of Halemaʻumaʻu and extending through the Keanakākoʻi crater area all the way to Chain of Craters Road near Lua Manu. The last east-west fissure in this area erupted in September 2023 and extended from the middle of Halemaʻumaʻu to the eastern wall just beneath the Keanakākoʻi overlook. An event of this type is also possible under current conditions.
Currently, there are no signs of a change at the surface as the existing eruptive vent complex in Halemaʻumaʻu, including the north and south vents, continue to intermittently spatter with strong glow and flames; however, conditions could change quickly. It is possible that this event ends without reaching the surface or it produces a fissure eruption in a new location within the summit caldera region.
Summary: A shallow intrusion of magma is occurring within the summit region near the existing eruption location in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.
Activity Summary: Earthquake activity has increased in the summit region of Kīlauea beneath Halemaʻumaʻu crater and the south caldera region. Ground deformation patterns recorded by summit tiltmeters suggest that magma is intruding beneath the ground in this area, in an east-west orientation, near the western or southern part of Halemaʻumaʻu crater.
Increased earthquake activity began this afternoon, September 30, 2026, at approximately 2 p.m. HST, underneath Halemaʻumaʻu. Since then, about 40 earthquakes have been detected and activity is still on-going. The largest event, so far, a magnitude 3.4 earthquake, occurred at 9:52 p.m. HST, 1.4 km (0.9 miles) beneath the surface in the northeast part of Halemaʻumaʻu. Starting around 8 p.m. HST., summit tiltmeters began to show extremely rapid changes consistent with crack growth in an east-west orientation possible near the current vent area, suggesting that magma is intruding in this region.
Historically, east-west trending fissures have erupted in the southeastern part of Halemaʻumaʻu and extending through the Keanakākoʻi crater area all the way to Chain of Craters Road near Lua Manu. The last east-west fissure in this area erupted in September 2023 and extended from the middle of Halemaʻumaʻu to the eastern wall just beneath the Keanakākoʻi overlook. An event of this type is also possible under current conditions.
Currently, there are no signs of a change at the surface as the existing eruptive vent complex in Halemaʻumaʻu, including the north and south vents, continue to intermittently spatter with strong glow and flames; however, conditions could change quickly. It is possible that this event ends without reaching the surface or it produces a fissure eruption in a new location within the summit caldera region.
Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Tony as the director.
Would you rather have LaRoche ???Tony as the director.
No. Bring in someone new.
Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
I don't think Tim and Tony are that far apart in Age ...No. Bring in someone new.
Remember what Tony said to Tim when they first got back together ...
Tony said: I am the New Tony, Tim .... (something to that effect)
Tony has changed, he's been running his Security Business ... I'm sure he has grown up.
Give it time ... your judging the New Tony from the old Tony.
It sounds like Tim won't be around the Team much longer either.
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n43A0sNukCg
Direct YouTube Link - SpaceX Seeks to Conduct 450 Starship Launches a Year in Texas!
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n43A0sNukCg
Direct YouTube Link - SpaceX Seeks to Conduct 450 Starship Launches a Year in Texas!
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Marques Brownlee
Time for another AWESOME video from Marques Brownlee!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scwlR0QHGOk
Direct YouTube Link - The NEW Tesla Roadster: My Honest Reaction
The official MKBHD Website!
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scwlR0QHGOk
Direct YouTube Link - The NEW Tesla Roadster: My Honest Reaction
The official MKBHD Website!
The MKBHD Store
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iJustine
Time for another AWESOME video from iJustine!
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m44iKsdN1-Q
Direct YouTube Link - NVIDIA RTX Spark launch party!!!
The official iJustine Website's Website
Buy her book!
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m44iKsdN1-Q
Direct YouTube Link - NVIDIA RTX Spark launch party!!!
The official iJustine Website's Website
Buy her book!
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For quite a while now, people with a VIP211k have been losing their recordings on their activated external HDDs... even when there's nothing physically wrong with HDD. I believe this is an intentional and underhanded tactic that Dish is pulling in an attempt to force users away from the VIP211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
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Has anyone subscribed to NBA League Pass for 2026-27 and try to link their account to NBA.com to stream League Pass? I purchased it for 2026-27, and when I linked, I got a message saying success, but then I receive an error that my linked subscription does not include the preseason games for NBA League Pass. Is that how it has always been? I know satellite doesn't have the preseason games on the NBA League Pass channels, but I thought that I was able to stream the preseason once I linked my account on NBA.com?
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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Nah, you just don't understand how ignore works, which is why you made your own NFL thread thinking there wasn't one
