When I called a cell phone #, the ring sounded weird (almost shaky/weak and distant)...?

Question

but the answering machine still answered and I left a message. It wasn't long distance or anything. Why do you think the ring sounded like this?

Answer 1

It could be that the connection was just bad at that time that you called. I used to get that on my cell phone. I would call someone and I would get a bunch of static. Then I hung up and tired again. Then the static went away.