Cell phone. Carrier

bgum wrote:
Good grief Gdetrailer you must be far out! Were you considered a citizen in the last election?

Very Rural area, the local Borough for my postal address has a population of about 940 in .6 square miles, actually live outside that Borough in a township that covers about 24 square miles and has a population of about 2,000..

The school district typically has about 100 kids per grade level and covers 50 rural miles..

I have been even more sparse places.. Go visit VT, can drive for an hr to find cell coverage the last time I was there.

But, I will take that over any over crowded city.

My point however, folks assume that cell service is 100% equal and everywhere with all major carriers, it is not.

On edit..

I should also mention, most of the carriers own coverage maps are grossly overstated in coverage and are not a real representation of actual real coverage.

To find out if there is service, you need to goto a macro level of locating the actual cell towers the carrier owns or contracts..

If there is cell towers located within 5 miles of you you should have some coverage, further than 5 miles and you won't have coverage.

HERE is a tower locator website which has proved helpful to me..