on 2012-10-15 23:36 Joseph McAllister wrote
Apparently, I've been told, if you are in your car or on horseback and not
within 10 miles of a major city, you'd better have Verizon. Everything else is
like a dry Texas county. No bars.
not necessarily; as Godfrey says, it varies, and boonies are boonies
i am no apologist for AT&T, but with its service my signal has been good on
highways in many parts of the US, and many places well away from major cities;
in Colorado i've had good signals in almost all the many towns i've visited in
the mountains, and on many mountain roads; there are desolate places with
little or no signal, but i doubt Verizon has them all covered
anyone considering what service to use should at least look at some coverage
maps with a mind to where they are likely to be going
note that the GPS still works in the boonies, and there are apps that will let
you pre-download maps and use the GPS without needing a data signal in the
field; also photos taken without a data signal will still have geolocation data
(so e.g. an occasional snapshot with the phone can help geocode a set of photos
with a DSLR)
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