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RV Student wrote:
Hi, is anyone currently using Sprint for their 3 or 4G services? I'd be interested in your feedback. I have used the virgin 3G, $10 at a time USB dongle, and it's worked well.

thanks for any hard learned experience.

thanks, GP.

I used Sprint three years ago. It was great almost everywhere. Constantly surprised us with the places we got reception.

Moving back into the motorhome now, so I tried Verizon. Because that has even better coverage, right? There map shows that we're covered here in Anchorage, but I couldn't get online. Customer support says that's because we're in Alaska. In Alaska, Verizon doesn't own the towers, so they get just enough service to be able to put Alaska on the coverage map, but not enough coverage to actually log on. I'm interpreting somewhat, but I think that's the upshot of what she said.

I had four bars, but I couldn't log on. Customer Support's explanation was, "That's because you're in Alaska." So how much of the rest of the coverage map is like like that?

I sent the aircard back.

Don't know whether to go back to Sprint, which everybody says has worse coverage, or wait until I'm in the lower 48 and try Verizon again.

This was a 4G aircard. I don't know what that means. I have no idea what G I was using three years ago.