Cingular sensation

David Weinberger follows up this Globe article about how Cingular refuses to prove its fewest-dropped-calls claim with his own Cingular experiences:

... My Cingular phone only works if I actually climb a Cingular antenna tower, of which there seem to be a total of nine in the continental United States. Fortunately, the towers are only 11 inches tall.

I exaggerate. My Cingular phone also works if my phone is within shouting distance of yours. ...