Mobile Phone transmitters

[bigfizz]

When I am on my mobile, I often wonder the maximum distance I can be away from the transmitter. Is it miles or meters? Any ideas?

[kempie]

There are around 50,000 base stations (commonly called masts) serving the UK.

Base stations are usually built about 200-500m apart in towns and 2-5km apart in rural areas.

You can view where many of these base stations are sited using this map...

http://www.sitefinder.radio.gov.uk/