IMHO: UP College of Law should improve its cellphone signal reception

Some areas at the College of Law such as the first floor library, some classrooms at the 2nd floor and the Malcolm theater are considered dead zones.

Why does the UP College of Law have poor cellphone signal reception inside its halls?

There are websites found in the internet, thanks to Google, that tell the searchers the answers.


Among these, I find having thick walls and old buildings as the possible reasons for this problem. Imagine if the building is made of materials in 1950s when the UP College of Law was built in Diliman after being transferred from Manila, it must be really old and may contain "rebar" which interferes with the signal. There may also be other materials found in the concrete which may not facilitate receiving signal from one's service provider. However, found online too are solutions to this problem such as installing signal boosters or antenna at the college.


In my humble opinion, we need to install these facilities in the College because the advantages of having signal in the classrooms outweigh the disadvantages (recall that in the UP College of Engineering, two classes on different dates were robbed while the professors were giving their lectures). If the professors want their students to turn off their phones and not check them during class, they just have to tell them to do so. Being able to make emergency calls or send emergency texts are, for me, non-negotiable in colleges. Another reason why I want to have signal inside Malcom--during summer internship at the Office of Legal Aid, I had to go out of the office/building or place my cellphone at the windowsill so that I can receive texts from my clients. This was not good.

Should the Building Committee now include this in their next agenda? Will the students agree to improving the signal reception at the college? Or to ask the better question, will the Dean and the professors agree to it? Why or why not?

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Trivia: Do you know that places where there are no signal hurt your phone's battery?


Don't be surprised if your battery depletes faster inside Malcolm Hall!

Turn off your phone in areas with no reception (such as a subway or remote area) or in a roaming area, since constantly searching for service depletes the battery fairly quickly. Some phones have an automatic power save feature, but it takes about 30 minutes with no service to kick in. By then, much battery power has been used.


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