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  • Okeydokie.

  • Have a question for you: What do some French restaurants, the open sea, a small town in

  • West Virginia and your favorite rock band concert have in common?

  • All these are just some of the places where your cellphone won’t work for different

  • reasons.

  • Really!

  • Just check out my list!

  • 1.

  • The open sea Unless you're traveling on a huge cruise ship

  • that has its own satellite-based technology to let you stay on the grid, the open sea

  • is mostly one massive coverage gap.

  • This is because of how the cellphone system works.

  • Providers take care of certain assigned areas setting towers with multiple antennas to transmit

  • signal.

  • They all have a limited coverage radius.

  • And because they are all physically on land, that signal simply can’t reach your small

  • yacht in the middle of the Atlantic.

  • Enjoy the peace and quiet 2.

  • Pretty much any national park

  • Some countries have official laws banning cell phone tower construction within the parks

  • boundaries.

  • So don’t expect to text and call from Hoh Rainforest or Sequoia National Park, and share

  • stories from the Great Smokies or Joshua Tree National Park, to name a few.

  • Elsewhere, the Department of Wildlife in Sri Lanka asked cell phone service providers to

  • block coverage in Yala park during peak tourist hours.

  • They did it to protect the animals.

  • And it’s not that the critters complained about getting too many robocalls…A lot of

  • incidents happened when guides spotted, say, a leopard, called others, and too many cars

  • rushed to the spot.

  • 3.

  • Mount Kilimanjaro

  • If youre planning a climb on top of the famous volcanic peak in Tanzania, don't expect

  • a stable signal all the way up.

  • There will be black spots and places that have enough bars for texting but not data

  • streaming.

  • Because it's so remote and risky, not many wireless carriers are enthusiastic about setting

  • towers there.

  • So the best you can do is plan your ascent in detail before you get there.

  • By the way, if you ever heard climbing on top of a hill or a mountain will always get

  • you a better signal, that’s a myth.

  • 4.

  • The Mariana Trench If some day going down the deepest trench

  • in the world becomes a common tourist activity, you won’t be able to live stream your adventures.

  • First, the water itself doesn’t let cell signal go through.

  • Second, if youre inside a submarine (and that would be the way to go), it works like

  • a cage that blocks radio frequencies and electromagnetic fields.

  • Never mind the pressure.

  • 5.

  • Socotra

  • The island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean has unique alien-looking plants you won't

  • find anywhere else but no resorts and practically no cell phone coverage.

  • Well, they call it one of the most isolated places on Earth for a reason.

  • 6.

  • Green Bank, West Virginia This beautiful little town not so many people

  • have ever heard of is located in the Radio Quiet Zone.

  • Here, scientists are carefully listening to galaxies exploding somewhere in the universe

  • using the world’s largest radio telescope.

  • These sounds are so vague, any electronics would interfere with the process.

  • So, cell phones, Wi-Fi, and even household appliances like the microwave are off limits

  • for both the locals and rare visitors.

  • Do not interfere with us, earthling.

  • 7.

  • Digital detox resorts Some people willingly pay to spend time off

  • the grid.

  • Mobile phones and laptops are officially banned within a half-mile radius of white-sand beaches

  • at multiple Caribbean resorts.

  • One popular hotel in Bali banned photos, calls, texts, and social media by the pool from 9am

  • to 5pm to let guests actually relax by it.

  • They did it after becoming one of the most Instagrammed locations with people only coming

  • there for photography.

  • That makes me wonderMaybe concert and sports events organizers also want you to

  • just focus on the show and so they somehow block the connection at mass events?

  • But that’s just a guess, I’ll get back to it later.

  • 8.

  • Pitcairn Islands

  • Only one of the four Pitcairn islands is inhabited by fewer than 60 people.

  • They encourage others to join them by offering free land on this Pacific island.

  • But even super low taxes, crystal clear water and summer all year round don’t inspire

  • too many people to jump inmaybe it’s lack of cell phone service that’s discouraging

  • folks.

  • 9.

  • Tikaboo Valley

  • There is just one spot with some cell phone reception and one public phone in Tikaboo

  • Valley in Nevada.

  • There are no cell towers in this desert for two main reasons: there's a top-secret facility

  • nearby and it's super remote.

  • So if you ever decide to get as close to Area 51 as you possibly can, try to stay safe as

  • you won’t be able to call for help during your hike.

  • 10.

  • At some restaurants

  • Some restaurants charge their clients a fine for using cell phones while eating.

  • At a café located three hours northwest from Marseille, France, phones are officially banned.

  • When you use it for the first time, youll get a yellow card from a waiter.

  • Second attempt means red card, and youll be asked to leave the restaurant.

  • Wow just like in soccer.

  • And, they blow a whistle every time they see you break the rule so that everyone knows

  • about it.

  • They do it to inspire people to talk to each other and not their gadgets.

  • Wow, if you keep it up, do the waiters do penalty kicks aimed at your table?

  • Sign up up!

  • What do you think, would you manage to finish dinner at a place like that, or would they

  • give you a red card because you can’t live without your phone?

  • Let me know in the comments below.

  • 11.

  • In a crowd

  • You arrive at your favorite band’s concert youve been waiting for years.

  • You take the best shot ever andyou can’t share it online.

  • Your phone might have four or five bars, but nothing works out.

  • The same happens at sports events, festivals and parades, and in even on a busy road during

  • the rush hour.

  • Is this some kind of conspiracy to prevent you from sharing your exclusive content or

  • sounding off the way you feel about traffic jams?

  • In fact, it’s a technical issue.

  • Too many phones trying to send and receive signal from nearby cell towers simply overload

  • the network.

  • Even just calling and texting is super hard at such times, and trying to do data-heavy

  • things like sharing photos and videos only makes things worse.

  • There’s also a mix-up of signals when your phone is trying to get through and connected

  • to the correct network.

  • Stadiums and concert halls know about this situation, of course.

  • They are trying to solve the problem installing extra small cell antennas to boost signal

  • coming from larger usual ones.

  • Another idea is to use cell phones instead of towers to share signal.

  • Wi-Fi systems also help to somehow unload the pressure on cellphone networks.

  • 12.

  • In hilly areas

  • Sometimes you can find yourself on the wrong side of the hill for phone reception.

  • Even if there is a cell tower not far from your home it won't help you much if the signal

  • is blocked by a hill or a mountain.

  • On the other hand, people living far away from a cell tower they can see from the other

  • side can have a perfect connection.

  • This is due to the fact that radio waves travel in a straight line and don't like any obstructions.

  • Well I don’t like obstructions.

  • Do you?

  • 13.

  • Anywhere in bad weather Have you ever noticed how bars drop during

  • a thunderstorm?

  • That happens because radio waves travel through the atmosphere, and when raindrops, dust particles,

  • and ionized particles get in their way they mess up the signal.

  • In fact, even stuff going on in space influence cell reception.

  • Shock waves from eruptions on the Sun can change the Earth’s magnetic field and send

  • gas into the atmosphere.

  • Hey, I send gas into thenever mind.

  • Anyway, all that doesn't exactly help your cell signal.

  • 14.

  • In a fast-moving vehicle It's understandable why you have no reception

  • in a tunnel under layers of concrete, but sometimes it abandons you in a fast moving

  • car or train.

  • This is because when you're traveling at high speed, you change your location way too fast

  • for radio signals to move between your cell phone and the right cell tower.

  • Bottom line: just chill.

  • Itll be okay soon.

  • Trust me.

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スマホが人ごみの中で使えない理由 (That's Why Your Phone Doesn't Work In Crowds)

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    林宜悉 に公開 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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