I have zero cell phone connectivity where I live. Although there's a cell tower less than a mile away, the Oregon coast is all up and down and a very tall hill rises on our place with the tower on the far side. We're only a couple of blocks east of the Pacific, but not close enough to use that giant cell receptor, the ocean. Of course, our cable, via a modem, allows us to have a landline, internet, and (most of the time) TV. My phone can connect to our WiFi (modem), but it still can't make or receive calls here. The idea that anyone doesn't have cell reception is just too much for techs in the city to understand! I also have an Android tablet w/Live Transcribe, but many of the meeting places in the small towns here don't have WiFi available--motels/hotels, indeed, just not meeting rooms in other places. I hope to unravel some of these mysteries next week during my visit to the audiologist in the city two hours away.

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