It would take a truly _freak_ set of circumstances for that kind of
> gross 'location error' to happen.
>
> The base-stations engage in constant inter-communication, with
> regard to who 'hears' which phones with what strength. And the
> 'best tower' wins. *AND* when 'who hears best' _changes_ -- as when
> the phone moves -- the phone will be 'handed off' to the new 'best > tower'.
>
> In order for a phone to lock up with a 'distant' tower, for basic
> 'housekeeping' purposes, it would require that *every* 'closer'
> tower be getting a poorer signal.
>
> Without knowing the 'actual facts' in the case, "across town" would
> imply that the alibi location was _several_ cells removed from the
> location of the tower that was communicating with his phone. IF
> that is the case, the odds of his _phone_ being where he said _he_
> was are vanishingly small.
I once disputed a call clasified as "roaming" which I made from Wllington, Kansas, just on the edge of the Wichita, Kan., Cingular calling area which showed as billed from McPherson, Kan., a non-Cingular area which is clear across on the other side of Wichita and maybe 80 or 100 miles away from Wellington.
Wes Leatherock snipped-for-privacy@aol.com snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com