When I make a long distance call on my cell phone, and the recipient hears my voice break up, is my phone bad?
Cell phones signal paths involve a lot more variables than land lines. When you talk on your cell phone the phone makes a connection with the nearest cell phone tower (your local cell). That tower relays the signal to other towers until it gets to the people you are talking to. The last leg may be through a land line. Unless you are talking very long distances your call probably doesn’t go through a satellite. Things that affect signal path are: Your location (in a large building, outside next to some interference) Signal Reflections Signal strength System software by your carrier. Software in your cell phone. Some land lines are bad. etc.. It sounds like it could be your parents phone. You are going in the right direction, try things. Eliminate the possibilities one at a time. Take the cell out of it. Try calling your parents on a land line. If it’s still bad then it is either their phone or the line going into their house. Try calling them from somewhere else with your cell. Do they
