Cell Phone Service on Lake

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by joey2665

I have AT & T and it works great on the west side of the Lake (huge at & T cell tower at top of the mountain in Meredith Bay on the water tower) but other areas are very spotty


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I have AT&T also and it works great pretty much everywhere on the lake. The only place it gets spotty for us is on Route 11 near Ellacoya Barn and Grill but pretty sure no one gets service there...

Dan

[Bigstan]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

I have AT&T also and it works great pretty much everywhere on the lake. The only place it gets spotty for us is on Route 11 near Ellacoya Barn and Grill but pretty sure no one gets service there...

Dan

Huge dead spot there, even sat. radio kicks out from Ellacoya until just about Sawyers. Huge pain to have to deal with that every day. Get past Ellacoya going the other way and you're ok until the next dead spot on 11 as you approach Alton.

[rick35]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

I have AT&T also and it works great pretty much everywhere on the lake. The only place it gets spotty for us is on Route 11 near Ellacoya Barn and Grill but pretty sure no one gets service there...

Dan

I was stuck in the truck at Shep Browns lot one night waiting for a tstorm to pass. Had no AT&T data to check the weather radar and no cell to tell my wife I was running late. I think that’s new. I don’t think it was the storm.

[Taz]

There is a front page story today in the Laconia Daily Sun regarding this very issue about poor Verizon cell reception in Gilford. Many agree and are complaining including a Gilford police Sgt

[Wifi-1]

Originally Posted by Taz

There is a front page story today in the Laconia Daily Sun regarding this very issue about poor Verizon cell reception in Gilford. Many agree and are complaining including a Gilford police Sgt

I must be seeing double

[Taz]

Originally Posted by Wifi-1

I must be seeing double

Oops, didn't see your post with the link.

[Weekend Pundit]

I noticed an increase in dropped calls starting in May as summerfolk made their presence known and it has lasted all summer. I have a feeling we'll see better service starting this month as the number of users falls off.

With the good economy and more people visiting New Hampshire it isn't a surprise that cell systems were stretched to the limit. That more capacity is needed is not in question. 4G/LTE use has expanded rapidily, but as best I can tell many cell sites have not been upgraded sufficiently (if at all) to handle the increased user load. It will be interesting to see what will happen as 5G starts being deployed. (As a side note, 3G systems will start being phased out at the end of this year.)