It's enough to drive me absolutely crazy! In my condo, I can only talk on my cell phone if I'm literally leaning up against the window in the sunroom. I can't even sit down on the couch next to the window to get a signal!!

Why do cell phone signals go in and out? I can have 5 bars one minute and no more than a dot the next. I can actually look at the signal on my phone and watch it fade in and out.

If I'm always the same distance from the tower, why does the signal stregnth change so much?

BTW, I have Cingular Wireless and a recent model Sony Erikson.

PLEASE enlighten me!

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.