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Probably because the places where you want to use your phone (inside buildings, in the subway) attenuate all radio signals.


This makes sense, -cell service on BART (one of the local subway systems) is spotty at best- but isn't the reason why. My ATT-using friends tell me that they have calls which get dropped or fail to connect while standing out-of-doors in public parks or on the street.


Here in Lisbon we have antennas inside the subway tunnels since 2006.




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