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wip wrote:I have used Verizon for data in Alaska for years. It works fine.
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.
The problem you had was almost certainly that your 4G card was trying to find 4G service, and there is none of that in Alaska. It's unfortunate that the Verizon rep you talked to was unable to help you get 3G service with the card; it will certainly do that.
