[Hidden-tech] Cellphone service

[Doug Lowing]

The only way I have found to accurately determine cell phone coverage is to
ask my neighbors what carrier they use.  For example, the Net10 signal is
barely adequate at my house and drops to nothing a few hundred meters down
the street, while the Verizon signal is strong.  Obviously your situation
is different, I can't predict which carrier will work for your place.

Verizon does have more coverage - in general - .  But when it get down to
specifics, local geography and tower placement really affect signal
strength.

Most of the cell phone coverage maps are inaccurate, not distinguishing
between strong and weak coverage. The Verizon maps are very inaccurate.
T-Mobile has a better than average map search at
http://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/pcc.aspx/  Still, the best method is to
check with the neighbors.

After all that, you may discover the Verizon signal is better than the
others and still have to get a signal booster.  A quick search will show
the $125 price is reasonable for such a device.

-Doug




On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 11:31 PM, Deborah Chandler <debchandler411 at gmail.com
> wrote:

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>  What is the best way to determine which carrier truly
> has the best coverage for a certain location?
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> Deb
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