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[MarkBC]

Might have to look for camping apps.

Campwhere seems to be a good app.

Hmmm....when is Camping-USA going to have/be a smartphone app?
For Android, anyway -- don't care about the other one.

[busboy66]

ATT + South central Utah = no signal

We use the pay and talk plan

We will get a Verizon phone next time, and keep ATT as well.

[Addie]

I use Walmart's Straight Talk $45/month unlimited with one of their cheap phones- uses what ever carrier is strongest- also know that the Android thats available with that plan DOESNT have the same coverages as the cheap flip phone from there.. *upgraded- found that out, now have 2 phones one for internet in town- and the other for everywhere else..

[Barko1]

I use Walmart's Straight Talk $45/month unlimited with one of their cheap phones- uses what ever carrier is strongest- also know that the Android thats available with that plan DOESNT have the same coverages as the cheap flip phone from there.. *upgraded- found that out, now have 2 phones one for internet in town- and the other for everywhere else..

I believe that Straight Talk only uses Verizon, at least that is everything I have been able to find. It is a subsidiary of Tracfone. There are times I can't get a cell signal on my Straight Talk phone but at the same time am getting signal from AT&T on the Ipad.

[Addie]

I believe that Straight Talk only uses Verizon, at least that is everything I have been able to find. It is a subsidiary of Tracfone. There are times I can't get a cell signal on my Straight Talk phone but at the same time am getting signal from AT&T on the Ipad.

From what I was told when I talked to a rep was " It the phone ends in a "C" it is CDMA and runs on Verizon. Phones that end in "G" or the Smart phones run on at&t's GSM/UMTS network. " the coverages are here http://www.straighttalk.com/Coverage there is a big difference in Coverage between the two kinds of phones..

[craig333]

I've noticed my new smartphone doesn't get, or seem to get, going by bars, as good reception as my old phone. I need to do further testing.

[Barko1]

From what I was told when I talked to a rep was " It the phone ends in a "C" it is CDMA and runs on Verizon. Phones that end in "G" or the Smart phones run on at&t's GSM/UMTS network. " the coverages are here http://www.straighttalk.com/Coverage there is a big difference in Coverage between the two kinds of phones..

That is a big difference, mine is CDMA, therefore Verizon. They don't even market the others down here in S. NM. For $30 a month it's a good deal for me, no friggin contracts and roaming, etc. I had a Verizon contract before and they would always find a way to put it to me.

[Silvertip47]

We have both. AT&T for me and my wife and she also has a Verizon phone for her business. We enjoy going out in the Owyhee Desert. Sometimes it's AT&T with service or sometimes it's Verizon. What is really strange is that sometimes I have service with my free cheapo AT&T phone while my wife does not with her AT&T smart phone!!!

Up at the snowmobile cabin near Cascade ID Verizon works good and no AT&T.

Lovecock rents a satellite phone for their outings.

I carry a SPOT for emergencies.

[DonC]

Most of my travels are on the east side of the Sierra, and Verizon is much better than AT&T.

[MarkBC]

Anyone with T-Mobile (as I was until October) should be seeing broader coverage with this development, an outcome of the failed acquisition of T-Mobile by AT&T:

T-Mobile USA and AT&T's seven-year UMTS roaming agreement gets detailed

From the great cellphone (mostly smartphone) blog EngadgetMobile, a subset of the great all-things-tech blog Engadget.