Alcan Hwy Alaska Cell service?
What works best along the Alcan Highway? Verizon? AT&T? T-Mobile?
A friend is going up there for a Willy's Jeep event.
A friend is going up there for a Willy's Jeep event.
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- None of the above.
Att I suppose. I recall it working for me in Whitehorse and Dawson City (Klondike)
The Canadian carrier that sells itself through 7-11 worked the best. You can put the SIM card in an unlocked phone from Vzw or Att. - The main problem, at least further north, is the lack of any cell service. It's usually only available a couple of miles before or after the small towns and nothing in between for a long waaaayyyysss. The same thing after you cross over into Alaska.
Bill - What do you define as the Alcan?
Verizon works all over in Alaska, so does ATT. I never used Verizon in Canada so I don't know how well it would work there. Someone else needs to comment on Canada cell service.
Please list the travel route thru Canada. I am guessing that Dawson Creek, BC is where your friend is going to travel thru starting at the beginning of the Alaskan Highway, then thru Whitehorse, YK, and then to Delta Junction, AK, the end of the Alaskan Highway.
Please list more information.
LeRoy - We use an Iridium Sat Phone.
Ken wcjeep wrote:
What works best along the Alcan Highway? Verizon? AT&T? T-Mobile?
A friend is going up there for a Willy's Jeep event.
On our 2015 trip, we had both Verizon and ATT phones. They both worked around some of the towns but there are long stretches where nothing has service.
We didn't really use them much so I can't tell you exactly where each one worked best. But, I can tell you that you shouldn't depend on having service in many places.johnwalkerpa1 wrote:
wcjeep wrote:
What works best along the Alcan Highway? Verizon? AT&T? T-Mobile?
A friend is going up there for a Willy's Jeep event.
On our 2015 trip... But, I can tell you that you shouldn't depend on having service in many places.
That is true. Cell phone service is limited in a lot of areas no different than in the southwest USA. In Alaska, main highways, big cities, and popular tourist attractions have good cell phone service with both Verizon and AT&T.
LeRoy- We did not have our cell phones on in Canada and checked email using free wifi at campgrounds. The farther north one travels in the Yukon, the fewer services you will find. Electricity in campgrounds will be provided by generator and there is no cell service including 911. You will see signs along the roadside explaining this. We had great Verizon service in Alaska.
- Anyone expecting normal cell service along highways in Alaska is going to be sorely disappointed. Along some of the highly traveled tourist routes, it is improving, but there are many times where there will be close to 100 miles without ANY service. In Canada in the northern reaches of Yukon and BC service will be available in and around the major towns and cities, but once outside these, there will be nothing. We've been north 7 times since 2006 and have seen service improving steadily, but it is nothing like southern Canada or the CONUS. Up until 3 years ago Verizon did not have ANY Verizon stores in Alaska, anywhere.
