Raising the bar.

When Cingular told us that we were going to see "More bars in more places," I took that to mean that I would have a stronger signal. However, I've been noticing that the number of bars I have no longer directly relates to the quality of my cell phone signal. I used to be able to make a call with one bar, but now it takes like five for my phone to even ring. I think Cingular's idea of "Raising the bar" is to simply show more bars, regardless of the quality of the signal.

For example, this is how you would expect it to act...
No signal = No bars.
Crappy signal = 1 bar
Decent signal = 2 bars
Good signal = 3 bars
Amazing signal = 4 bars

But noooo, it's more like this...
No signal = No bars.
Crappy signal = 4 bars
Slightly less crappy signal = 5 bars (seriously, why would you need/want 5 bars?)

So anyhow, thanks for the bars, Cingular. Now at least we can feel better about having a crappy signal.