Yes, the California coast has terrible cell service. I turn my phone completely off when on traveling alng the coast. AT&T works well in the Sacramento area where I'm at. I travel all over the state. I've got friends all over the state.
Alice
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On May 19, 2012, at 4:37 PM, "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@comcast.net> wrote:
> Alice,
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> you need to narrow it down a little bit more. California is the 3rd largest state after Alaska and Texas. Can you get it down to a county or two?
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> Think of cellular as pretty much line of sight. It is not satellite and even that needs a clear line of sight to some extent.
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> It will go through buildings to some extent, but not through hills or mountains. I have found that cellular has problems going through metal roofs, foil-backed insulation, and tall warehouse racking.
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> I have also found cellular has problems with mountains and valleys. I drove up the California and Oregon Coast on the trip and there were all kinds of shadows in reception.
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> I used to travel for work to literally wide spots in the road and some farmer's field. And some were flat enough that to see over the "mountain", all I did was step up on the bumper of the pickup. What I have found with AT&T, VZ and US Cellular is that if the population is below 25 per square mile, don't expect cell service. They just can not justify the expense to put up towers. With the smaller cellular providers, don't expect service outside of metro areas and highway paths. It all depends on their partnership agreements.
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> BTW, AT&T pay-as-you-go accounts do not get access to those partnership agreements, so don't expect service in southern Wyoming in the cities or along the highway, much of Colorado and many other places. They won't tell you that until after you have signed up and complained several times.
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> Brent
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> On May 19, 2012, at 1:44 PM, lwr32 wrote:
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> Ok, I'd like to know how well Sprint works in California. I expect it not to work very well in mountainous areas as AT&T and VZ have sporadic service in mountainous areas here. I travel all over California.
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> 🐰 Alice
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> On May 17, 2012, at 10:13 PM, "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@comcast.net> wrote:
> > What do they say about real estate? Well, it is the same with cell phone service, "It's all about location, location, location!" What works well in __your__ area, and where you travel frequently. Asking on this list will not tell you what works well in your location, unless you tell us where you are, and you get responses specific to your area.
> >
> > That is not the same as asking about what plans people have found works in certain situations.
> >
> > Brent
> >
> > On May 17, 2012, at 7:11 PM, lwr32 wrote:
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> > I haven't heard anything bad about Sprint in my area. It's not one of those companies really talked about. It's always AT&T and VZ.
> >
> > 🐰 Alice
> >
> > On May 17, 2012, at 2:46 PM, "Rich" <thekellergroup@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > It depends on your area. I have had Sprint with an EVO and iPhone and
> > > had no problems. Their coverage is very spotty in some areas.
> > >
> > > Rich
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com [mailto:apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of lwr32
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 5:40 PM
> > > To: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: Re: [apple-iphone] Verizon to kill unlimited data plans for existing subscribers
> > >
> > > I don't know why Sprint isn't advertising they have the iPhone with a true unlimited service. I'm still looking into it and thinking about switching to Sprint with the next iPhone. Is Sprint not that good a service for the iPhone? No one seems to talk about it.
> > >
> > > 🐰 Alice
> > >
> > > On May 17, 2012, at 5:51 AM, "Richard Bauer" <rk911@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > saw this on the net last night.
> > > >
> > > > <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57435601-94/verizon-to-kill-unlimited-data
> > > > -plans-for-existing-subscribers/>
> > > >
> > > > or this link if the above becomes truncated: <http://tinyurl.com/bv248hd>
> > > >
> > > > rich
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
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