Great way to measure true cell phone strength

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The cell phone strength in Fairway Oaks is extremely low. Normally, I see just 1 bar on the phone, but I just read that the bars don't mean much and vary from phone to phone.

Here's a site that has great info on measuring cell phone strength. I downloaded one of the apps they suggested and found it very easy to use and very informative. It was Network Cell Info Lite. It is available for Android phones in the Google Play store.

The guide says: Once you have a dB reading, then you know just how good, average, or bad your signal strength is. -50 dB to -79 dB is very good signal. -80 dB to -99 dB is an average signal. -100 dB to -120 dB is below average or poor signal.