Cell Service North Shore of Lake Superior
I'm going to be vacationing along the Northern Shore of Lake Superior from Sault Ste Marie to Thunder Bay and beyond. I will be staying in Provincial Parks. Can anyone describe the cell phone service...
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It's spotty. Here is Telus' 3G and lower map:
http://mobility.telus.com/en/NS/canada_travel/3G_canada_travel.shtml
The other national carrier is Bell Mobility, but Telus and Bell share the same HSPA+ and LTE network, so the coverage is identical. This is the only real way to have any kind of data speed. The two carriers have separate CDMA networks, but only Bell Mobility will have much if anything up there. If the parks have WIFI (Provincial parks may not) then Skype is an option.
Here is the Bell map, if you click on 1xRTT you get their CDMA map which is actually not bad coverage, but obviously slow data speeds. http://network.bell.ca/en/coverage
Brian
http://mobility.telus.com/en/NS/canada_travel/3G_canada_travel.shtml
The other national carrier is Bell Mobility, but Telus and Bell share the same HSPA+ and LTE network, so the coverage is identical. This is the only real way to have any kind of data speed. The two carriers have separate CDMA networks, but only Bell Mobility will have much if anything up there. If the parks have WIFI (Provincial parks may not) then Skype is an option.
Here is the Bell map, if you click on 1xRTT you get their CDMA map which is actually not bad coverage, but obviously slow data speeds. http://network.bell.ca/en/coverage
Brian
