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DAS26miles
Explorer II
Jul 13, 2015

What happened to the cell service in Yosemite?

Back in 2004, we had to go to the pay phones at the valley campgrounds to check daily on my DW's mother. In 2006, we bought a Wilson cell booster and were able to get limited service on AT&T. By 200...
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tsetsaf
Explorer III
Jul 16, 2015
I believe there are 1-2 towers serving the entire park. We have friends there now who need the data to work and as a result have switched their hours to operate from 1am-5am in order to get service. Too many people trying to use limited bandwidth. During the off-season there was a lot of talk about improving things but the environmentalists are fighting it heavily.

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