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	Dropped call - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dropped call is the common term for a wireless mobile phone call that is terminated unexpectedly as a result of technical reasons.
		One reason for a dropped call is when the mobile phone moves out of range of a wireless network.
		An active call cannot usually be maintained across a different company's network (as calls cannot be re-routed over the traditional phone network while in progress), resulting in the termination of the call once a signal cannot be maintained between the phone and the original network.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dropped_call (440 words)

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		Dropped calls - consumers lose connections during a call because they have moved into a cell where their carrier either does not have service or the cell is at capacity.
		This may affect the level of call quality because customers who are dissatisfied with their current carrier will be more likely to change to a carrier with better call quality if they do not have to experience the costs and inconvenience associated with changing their mobile phone numbers.
		Call quality, particularly dropped calls, is a reflection of a carrier's density of coverage, and fundamentally, coverage is driven by a carrier's ability to place additional cellular towers, which is a difficult and cumbersome process because of the environmental, zoning, historical preservation, and endangered species issues involved.
	www.gao.gov /atext/d03501.txt (14922 words)

	Tweaking CDMA's QoS Metrics - 1/15/2004 - Wireless Week - CA374758 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The network will "peg" a dropped call only after the radio connection between mobile and service base station is lost for some period of time, typically about 7 seconds.
		However, to average users (on either end of the conversation), a call is dropped as soon as voice communication is lost or becomes unintelligible for even a couple of seconds.
		A wireless network generally will peg an access failure when a call initiation request or page response from a mobile is detected on an access channel, but the call is not successfully connected due to loss of RF communication between the mobile and the serving base station during call setup.
	www.wirelessweek.com /article/CA374758.html?spacedesc=Departments (802 words)

	INTERNAL CELL PHONE ANTENNA
		Dropped calls seem to be the #1 problem with cellular communication.
		For a call to be placed or continue, both the tower and your phone must be hearing each other.
		The call will be dropped if you move into an area where there's an obstruction or mountain between you and the tower.
	www.cellantenna.com /droppedcalls.htm (2035 words)

	Wireless Notes -- Nextel Call and Coverage Drop List
		Drops occur over a period of more than a month, E.G., if you notice a drop on 05/01/2002 it still needs to drop on 06/01/2002 for it to be posted.
		Call drop proceeding northbound or southbound on I-95 in the vicinity of Exit 33A at the JCT of Cypress Creek Road.
		Calls need to be initiated approx 1 mile to the north; a call will not carry from that point to south of I-95.
	www.wirelessnotes.org /nextel-drops.html (4994 words)

	The fewest dropped calls - The Boston Globe
		Cingular Wireless is running ads everywhere saying it has the fewest dropped calls of any cellular phone carrier, but what's missing from the massive campaign is evidence to back up the claim.
		The report found that the number of problems per 100 calls was continuing to decline, falling from 26 in 2005 to 24 this year.
		He also said dropped call rates had plummeted roughly 30 percent between 2003 and 2004 in the top 35 markets and the number of blocked calls had fallen 50 percent over the same time period.
	www.boston.com /business/technology/articles/2006/04/23/the_fewest_dropped_calls (1232 words)

	SPACE.com -- Another Dropped Satellite Call? Loral May Spin Off Globalstar
		News of a possible spin-off or public offering of CyberStar was revealed in a conference call between Bernard Schwartz, chairman of Globalstar and Loral, and investors that was sponsored by the New York investment firm.
		In the conference call with investors yesterday, Loral's Schwartz said the company is committed to reducing its $1,500 price for handsets as well as the cost of phone service.
		Calls to Loral about these possible plans were not returned.
	www.space.com /businesstechnology/business/globalstar_spinoff_000309.html (687 words)

	Coverage Area
		Although carriers attempt to design their networks to eliminate dropped calls, busy signals, and dead spots, no network is perfect, so coverage breaks within the general coverage areas are still possible.
		Remember, during widespread emergencies the calling volume in particular geographic areas can increase significantly and it is possible that a cell phone call may not go through.
		When call volume is high and capacity is limited, users of cell phones capable of text messaging may be able to send a text message even if they cannot complete a voice call because text messages require much less capacity.
	www.state.sd.us /puc/telecom/coveragearea.htm (1397 words)

	ELLIOTT.ORG: Dropped Calls Irk Wireless Users
		"I've had my calls dropped on the 14th Street Bridge, at the National Mall area around the Smithsonian, and in parts of Alexandria, including around the 4000 block of Duke Street, the city's major east-west corridor," he complains.
		I've also suffered from dropped calls in the unlikeliest places where cellular coverage is said to be flawless.
		It says PCS service "minimizes...dropped calls." However, buried in Sprint's Terms and Conditions of Service contract is one bit of information that goes unmentioned in the promos: "We are not liable for any damage arising out of or in connection with any dropped calls."
	www.elliott.org /technology/2000/droppedcalls.htm (854 words)

	Telephony Forums - Dropped Calls
		The calls that are being dropped are all on a T1 PRI circuit.
		The call may be connected for up to 15 minutes before the drop.
		And yes, the dropped calls are spread accross the PRI.
	www.truedataonline.com /telephony/forum/showthread.php?t=253 (414 words)

	Writing Covered Calls on Down Days - CallWriter's MONEY newsLETTER
		Since all the return on ITM calls is in the time value part of the premium, the potential return dropped by almost a fourth, from 3% to 2.3%.
		If the stock remains at $19.30 at expiration and is not called out, the uncalled return from writing the 20 Call would have dropped from 5% to 3.89% compared to writing the stock when it was $20, and the down day technique would not have been productive.
		Keep in mind that if OTM calls are not assigned, the stock may at any time weaken due to the market's gravitational pull and require management or repair.
	www.callwriter.com /newsletter/down-day-technique-covered-calls.htm (2080 words)

	Sprint PCS Plans User Reviews And Ratings
		I recently went on a 5000 mile road trip across most of the west half of the country and never experienced any dropped calls, and did enjoy the benefit of free roaming, and I laughed at my friend with his t mobile phone hardly ever getting service.
		What do you call a company where service representatives cannot help customers and lack the humility to say that they cannot help and possibly transfer you to higher level of support if there is (there's non in Sprint.
		The service was generally poor; dropped calls and dead lines were a constant problem, and calling Sprint support was even more frustrating.
	www.letstalk.com /reviews/reviewdtl.htm?pfId=225&showAll=1 (3459 words)

	Dropped Wireless Calls Declining
		Despite an increase in wireless calling volume, the average number of initial connection problems in the USA has dropped 50 percent compared to 2004, according to a J.D. Power and Associates study.
		The study, which measures wireless call problems nationwide, found that three out of every 100 calls includes at least one call quality problem with the initial connection -- down from six out of 100 in 2004.
		The number of calls made or received in a typical month has also increased, from an average of 77 in 2004 to 84 in 2005.
	www.consumeraffairs.com /news04/2005/jdpower_dropped_calls.html (681 words)

	PUERTO RICO HERALD: Can Navy Find Alternative?, Bombs Dropped, Awful Call, Bush Drops A Bomb..No One Pleased… ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Military leaders call it the "crown jewel" of locations, the only place where the Atlantic Fleet conducts amphibious landings with aerial bombing and naval gunfire.
		The live bombing was a vestige of colonialism at its worst, and halting the target practice removes a threat to the public safety of islanders and a growing irritant to relations with Puerto Rico.
		Although it cannot be much fun to have bombs dropped within hearing distance of where you live, the islanders are in no life-threatening peril and the Navy's continued use of the island could have life-saving results.
	www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2001/vol5n26/VQOpEd-en.shtml (4570 words)

	911 dropped call issue rings through Senate campaign - News - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		According to a review of 911 call data by the Chattanooga Times Free Press, the rate of unanswered calls rose from 8.8 percent of all 911 calls in 2001, the first year Mr.
		Last year, the number of missed calls nearly doubled from the previous year to reach a record 30,891 in Chattanooga, police records show.
		In response to the jump in unanswered 911 calls in 2005, Mayor Ron Littlefield decided to boost the overtime budget for 911 earlier this year and added funding in the new budget for another six positions to the communications staff this year, according to mayoral chief of staff Dan Johnson.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/14726164 (968 words)

	HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - Dropped Call Credits
		Calls dropped while an ALLTEL customer is roaming on another carrier's switch (even if the call is considered Convert to Home)
		When the calling and receiving parties are on different ALLTEL switches, the party whose call failed will receive the credit.
		I remember ATTWS used to give a credit for any call that was immediately redialed after being dropped when my wife had their service from 2000 to 2002.
	www.howardforums.com /showthread.php?t=585078 (431 words)

	SlickDeals.net Forums - Sprint PCS Users Get $10.00/ month every month
		I may have to think about this, not to exploit it, but I have dropped calls all the time at my house, I seem to live in a Sprint PCS desert, I get the crappiest reception.
		I got fed up with having to call in all the time and get credit from live people (which is what they did at the time) and I yelled at them some, and they gave me a permanent $10 credit on my account for being a customer and dealing with the issues I had.
		So randomly I chose June 15, I was calling on Aug 16th, and she was like, 'your claim is REJECTED.' Then she refused to listen that it didn't actually happen on the 15th.
	www.slickdeals.net /forums/showthread.php?threadid=38361 (1142 words)

	U S West to test automatic dropped call credit in Utah - U S West Cellular Mobile Phone News - Find Articles
		Before the trial began, if a cellular call was "dropped" or disconnected because of a break in the radio connection between the phone and the trans- mission site, U S West subscribers had to call customer service to receive full credit.
		The company upgraded its software for the trial so that pinpointing dropped calls automatically would be possible, said Lisa Bowersock, manager of media relations for U S West Cellular.
		During the trial, if calls are dropped because of a network problem, customer accounts will be credited for one minute of air time on the following month's bill.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3457/is_n37_v12/ai_15840008 (421 words)

	TSPI_lineDrop (Windows CE .NET Application Development) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		LINE_CALLSTATE messages are sent to TAPI for all calls whose call state is affected.
		Typically, a dropped call transitions to the idle state.
		In situations where the call to be dropped is a consultation call established during transfer or conference call establishment, the original call that was placed in the OnHoldPending state is reconnected to and it typically re-enters the connected call state.
	msdn.microsoft.com /library/en-us/wcetapi/html/_wcesdk_win32_TSPI_lineDrop.asp?frame=true (382 words)

	Mouse Print»Blog Archive » Cingular: The Fewest Dropped Calls*
		I honestly think dropped calls are a matter of what the coverage map for your cell phone company in your area.
		It drops calls all the time while I walk around in my house and does the same on the road.
		I have cingular that statement “few drop calls” must mean when you are dailing a number waiting for a ring and look at the phone and it says retry call.
	www.mouseprint.org /?p=68 (1058 words)

	dropped calls - Cell Phone Forums
		Discuss dropped calls at alt.cellular.cingular within the Cell Phone Forums; Hi-- I would very much appreciate any information or advice the group could offer with...
		Calls drop very often in high signal strength areas.
		dropped 5 minutes into a call with a recording..." the subscriber you are
	www.cellphoneforums.net /alt-cellular-cingular/t196296-dropped-calls.html (1532 words)

	Dropped Call With Hands Free? - MoDaCo
		While coverage in my area tends to be tempermental, when I lose a call, I check the signal and it always has at least 2 bars - sometimes it has full coverage - so I don't know that it's a signal issue.
		Of course given the nature of cell phones (and that I usually call cell to cell) it's hard to blame any one thing, but I find it odd that it works so well without the hands free kit and so poorly with it.
		But I know now 100% that my calls drop all the time (can happen 3-4 times during a 15 minutes call) with the stereo set.
	www.modaco.com /index.php?showtopic=97240 (450 words)

	Guardian \| Hamas drops call for destruction of Israel from manifesto
		Hamas drops call for destruction of Israel from manifesto
		Hamas has dropped its call for the destruction of Israel from its manifesto for the Palestinian parliamentary election in a fortnight, a move that brings the group closer to the mainstream Palestinian position of building a state within the boundaries of the occupied territories.
		The Islamist faction, responsible for a long campaign of suicide bombings and other attacks on Israelis, still calls for the maintenance of the armed struggle against occupation.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5372294-103681,00.html (569 words)

	Cingular Wireless Plans User Reviews And Ratings
		I have no dropped calls and very good, knowlegable service reps. They go out of their way to help.
		I have dropped calls on a daily basis and the call quality has seriously declined.
		If the call is not dropped I am struggling to hear the call over cutouts and static.
	www.letstalk.com /reviews/reviewdtl.htm?pfId=267&showAll=1 (2927 words)

	Norstar M7310 call dropped in voice mail - Telephone Tech Talk
		I'm the administrator and when an employee calls in and I transfer them to their voice mail the phone drops the call right after they put in their password.
		Sandi, with this and the other problem with VM you are having, I would recommend a service call by a qualified Nortel vendor.
		I called a technicial and someone should be out in a day or so.
	www.sundance-communications.com /forum/Forum8/HTML/000896.html (185 words)

	Rip Off Report:Alltel Wireless ripoff drops my calls so I dont have to say "goodbye". Internet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		I have called ALLTEL to tell them how great this service, this DROPPED CALL feature is, but the CALL DROPPED and I was unable to explain to them my satisfaction.
		DROPPED and I got fired, but this was just cell phone gravy.
		I made an appointment with my doctor the other day, but the CALL DROPPED and I didn't get the exact time from them and now have an incurable disease that is in it's tertiary stage.
	www.ripoffreport.com /reports/ripoff99494.htm (893 words)

	CBOE Index Options put/call ratios
		If there's was another option trader who purchased a call at a lower price and sells it to you then a long position was transferred to you and the original seller is still holding out for lower prices or is hedging against another position.
		However, if at the time a trader wants to purchase a call option and there are no call options for sale from previous call buyers, a floor trader will sell you a call.
		If there are no call option buyers willing to sell their options in a rising market, the floor trader has to step in and sell call options to meet the demand of the market.
	www.smallinvestors.com /SP500/indexoptions.htm (1404 words)

	dropped calls - paqlog.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Verizon has been dropping Beths calls about every 15 minutes on average from DE and from her home in Severna Park, MD. Its annoying.
		Sometimes if im listening carefully I can hear a click of some sort and the noise level of the receiver drops a bit, but I have to be listening carefully to hear that.
		Sometimes its not just about the problem (dropped calls) its how you handle them (notify the user).
	www.paqlog.com /index.php?/archives/83-dropped-calls.html (216 words)

	Call Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The result was many incoming calls were experiencing long hold times resulting hang ups.
		The abandon call rate has dropped by an average 80% for an average call volume of 250 to 350 calls each day.
		Peckham employees have goal to achieve a 0 dropped call rate.
	www.nish.org /NISH/Rooms/DisplayPages/LayoutInitial?Container=com.webridge.entity.Entity[OID[6DCE7E57E138A9449C1974DA5CCF05B7]] (193 words)

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