Cell phone coverage in Alaska?

Yeti plus wrote:
I bought an unlocked phone at Costco before we left home. Once we got to Alaska I got an AT&T Go phone prepaid sim and we have been using it okay. The first big problem we had was in Denali National park, phone worked, internet didn't. So 3 days without email and checking in to RV.NET. As others have said, good in cities, nothing between cities though, just like Northern Ontario!
Had slow service in parts of the Kenai Peninsula, but it still worked.
When I checked before we left Rogers thinks Canada ends at the border between B.C., Alberta, and Yukon and Northwest territories. Telus and Bell at least have some presence in the "larger" towns.
Brian

I'm not surprised about Rogers. It's only in the past couple of years or so that they had any coverage at all in Saskatchewan outside of the largest cities. Rogers opened a store and marketed themselves enthusiastically to a population in Manitoba close to the Saskatchewan border, people who frequently visited Saskatchewan for shopping, business, and recreation and who found themselves with no cell service in this province other than the largest centres. Their coverage has improved here, but it was a long time coming, far longer than it should have been, in my opinion.

Of the Canadian cellular companies with whom Sasktel has a roaming agreement, I've found Telus to be the best. I was amazed and impressed with their LTE coverage in Alberta. Rogers only provides that for Rogers customers. According to a Sasktel tech with whom I spoke, Rogers actually has different technology which is not compatible with the technology that some other companies use, which could be why Rogers customers find themselves with no coverage in some parts of the country.

We do have a couple of unlocked iPhones, one of them being an old 5 that we're not using and we'll be bringing them with us. An AT&T Go card is an option we can go with if we need to. :)