Can't vouch for the rest of the comment but I have to drive between one and two miles from home to answer my phone. One mile gets me to a nearby park and two miles gets me to the university where I work; there's not much else in between.
I'm not quite that bad off but I do have to stand next to a particular window at one end of my house to get 1 bar on the signal meter. Text message generally work throughout the house but to make a voice call with any hope of clarity I need to stand by that window.
