Do you lose signal when you go into a store?

I moved to CA about 4 years ago and have noticed that I lose my signal when in the back of a store. Does this happen to everyone (at least that the signal gets weaker)? Or is it just that I have a crappy phone (a free one when you sign a contract) or service provider (T-mobile) or both. When I lived in Germany I never had a problem with signal strength inside buildings big or small even though the phone I had back then was even crappier than the one I have now.

asked Jul 16 '10 at 16:05

Lestat611
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edited Jul 16 '10 at 17:43

iGirlyyyy
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sometimes you lose a signal. it depends on if your closer to the cell phone tower or not close to a cell phone tower.If your close to the cell tower you will get a signal but you not than no you wont get a signal.

(Jul 16 '10 at 16:08) Jared Nelson

sometimes the signal tower is right next to the store and I still loose signal completely

(Jul 16 '10 at 16:21) Lestat611

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You will always lose some signal if there is more things in your way. For example, a brick wall is going to weaken the strength compared to having a straight line to the cell phone tower.

answered Jul 16 '10 at 16:18

catchatyou
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Yea but I never had a problem like that in Germany.

(Jul 16 '10 at 16:20) Lestat611

Maybe they build their buildings differently and have different materials in the walls.

(Jul 16 '10 at 16:38) catchatyou

0	I haven't noticed that problem at all. Naturally the more things between you and the tower the worse signal you get, metal is by far the worst. answered Jul 16 '10 at 17:17 bryanminer 851●7●12●24

0	I'm on AT&T and tend to have slightly lower signal when in stores. Not too bad, though. answered Jul 18 '10 at 23:35 alexleiphart 1.9k●26●34●55

0	In my observation, i lose signal's when i am walking under a beam. answered Apr 04 '11 at 11:58 Yogi 955●96●103●119

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