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== Cellphones at Evergreen ==
 
  
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*Different cell phone carriers work better or worse on the Oly campus.
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[[File:Phone3-green.svg|50px|left]]Considering the Evergreen campus' remote location and cement buildings, cellular reception is limited.  There are many areas with little-to-no service; especially inside buildings (this applies for both upper campus and in housing).
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    Verizon and Cingular/AT&T don't work very well on campus - it's difficult to get a reliable signal.
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Reception for all carriers has been steadily improving over the last few years and should continue to do so.
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    Nextel/Sprint has been said to have the best service.
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    T-Mobile works outside buildings
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*Like many spaces, it is considered proper decorum to turn off your cell phone in the library, computer center, and other work spaces.  Otherwise fellow students may give you dirty looks.
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Verizon service is vastly superior to all other carriers on campus. Verizon currently is the only carrier on campus that supports cell-over-WiFi calling. The phone must be capable of that feature, not all are.
  
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*Do keep in mind that people can overhear your conversation in any somewhat quiet space - that means it's inappropriate to subject other people on the bus to your conversations while we're all waiting for the bus to leave the library loop. Strangers don't need or want to know that you sleep naked or that you're allergic to citrus, so please be considerate.
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Revision as of 11:43, 21 June 2019

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Considering the Evergreen campus' remote location and cement buildings, cellular reception is limited. There are many areas with little-to-no service; especially inside buildings (this applies for both upper campus and in housing).

Reception for all carriers has been steadily improving over the last few years and should continue to do so.

Verizon service is vastly superior to all other carriers on campus. Verizon currently is the only carrier on campus that supports cell-over-WiFi calling. The phone must be capable of that feature, not all are.

AT&T has horrible coverage on campus. The others a mixed bag of not-as-good-as Verizon. 

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