Cell Phone Service/Reception

Formula206 · 03-24-2006, 02:09 PM

Third for Verizon

SIKSUKR · 03-24-2006, 02:24 PM

Verizon has great coverage from RI to the mountains.

BlackCatIslander · 03-24-2006, 02:24 PM

I agree, we have had no problems with Verizon.

Skip · 03-24-2006, 04:22 PM

Let's see....

I've tried Sprint, Nextel, AT&T....now Cingular and finally landed with Verizon a year ago.

By far Verizon has worked the best from the Seacoast all up through the Ossipee/North Conway area and all around the big Lake.

I also use my current Motorola phone (V710) with my laptop (using necessary cable & software) and go online all around the same areas when necessary.

I am finally happy with my cell service!

Like the other three posters before me, I highly recommend Verizon!

p.s. - if you do a forum search, or perhaps our resident communication technology expert "Skipper of the Sea Que" will point you to the link, we did have a long technical discussion of the various cell technologies awhile back.

Good luck in your choice,

Skip

upthesaukee · 03-24-2006, 04:36 PM

I think this link will give you several threads...

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...earchid=144585

Silver Duck · 03-24-2006, 05:04 PM

Definitely Verizon!

KBoater · 03-24-2006, 05:53 PM

I am on Verizon and reception in Wofeboro is spotty. New tower is coming to town shortly after much politicial debate. I hope this will help the Valleys and downtown. Out on the lake the recepion is good.

Mee-n-Mac · 03-24-2006, 06:02 PM

Another vote for Verizon though in Alton Bay the reception for any carrier, Verizon included, is spotty at best.

Resident 2B · 03-24-2006, 06:30 PM

We stay both the on western side of the lake and on Loon in the Lincoln area. We swithced to Verizon 15 months ago and we are very happy with the service. It works in most of the places we go.

R2B

tis · 03-24-2006, 07:28 PM

We have Verizon and get almost no service in Wolfeboro or Tuftonboro. Know lots of other people who have the same problem. Hopefully it will get better when Wolfeboro gets the new tower. By the way, has anyone gotten what is called delayed minutes charges from Verizon? I have no roaming charges etc. but they said my phone roamed to another tower and other towers sometimes don't report minutes to them in a timely manner so a month or two later you find out you went over your minutes for the month.

jerseyonbear · 03-24-2006, 08:16 PM

Had At&T two years ago and had a very bad time of it on Bear however last year had Verison and no problem. They also have my vote.

codeman671 · 03-24-2006, 08:30 PM

I use Nextel and have great coverage on the lake and at the island but between Alton Bay and Gilford on 11 I hit some dead spots with all the hills around. There is another dead spot on the way up 11 between Farmington and New Durham.

NHKathy · 03-25-2006, 02:39 PM

Thank you all SO much !!!

Looks like Verizon wins!
Verizon is actually what I have now. Since we got Verizon service about 3 years ago or so, we have been pretty happy with it. It always worked perfect here in RI as well as up in New Hampshire. Last November, however, we all of sudden started to have a lot of "dropped" calls and reception problems. A lot of people that we know locally down here said they had some problems as well. It seems like whatever the problem was, maybe Verizon fixed it because it's not happening as often, but with my contract up in April, I thought i'd ask around. So, looks like i'll probably keep the Verizon. Thank you all so much for your suggestions, comments and thoughts.

P.S. No one had mentioned T.Mobile. A friend of mine here in RI, who goes up to the mountains a lot said that her T.Mobile is always fine, no problems. Anyone at the lake have T.Mobile ?

THANKS AGAIN!!
-NHKathy

Merrymeeting · 03-25-2006, 03:34 PM

Try this one.

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...ead.php?t=2965

trfour · 03-25-2006, 04:02 PM

NHKathy,

When you get up to the Lake,

Try this first; Press * 228 send, wait for the prompt, then select option 2, on your cell phone. They recommend doing this every month whether or not you are having trouble with reception. They upgrade your phone in seconds for what ever area you are in. If this doesn't help, I would say you could have a loose antenna, or a defective phone.

This goes for everyone that has Verizon service, it's in your owners manual.

Love,
T. portable Weirs Bridge Cam

sawyers_point_girl · 03-28-2006, 02:12 PM

We have Nextel and haven't had any problems at the lake. We have, however, had more problems down in MA w/ them so we are switching at the end of our contract to Verizon. Good luck!

BroadHopper · 03-28-2006, 05:23 PM

Verizon is the best bet in New England as well as the Lakes Region.

Grant · 03-29-2006, 09:06 AM

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I'll say Verizon. Although I am a satisfied Cingular customer, my former Verizon service was the best up at the Lake. Cingular's GSM network works on the western side of the Lake, but on the eastern side loses signal south of Alton circle. ZERO Cingular coverage in Wolfeboro, although you can pick up sporadic signals in Tuftonboro (Cingular coverage is just great from the top of Abenaki Tower). Good coverage throughout the 93 corridor, too. But from Alton to Wolfeboro and for most of Tuftonboro and Moultonboro, Cingular is virtually worthless.

But if you're on the western side of the Lake, Cingular works pretty well. Not as well as Verizon, though.

RI Swamp Yankee · 03-29-2006, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NHKathy

.... Last November, however, we all of sudden started to have a lot of "dropped" calls and reception problems. ....

Interesting you should mention that NHKathy. I am in RI too (North Kingstown) and have Verizon. I always had good signal all around the Lake. My wife and I recently "upgraded" on the "new every two" plan around November and have had lots of problems with dropped calls in RI. Our old Kyocera digital phones worked great but our new LG3300 phones have problems, wife is on the third one under warranty. New phones use the new IS-2000 packet system. Guess it isn't just us with a problem. Our last trip up to the lake in February with the new phones we still had good service all around the lake except for the few dead spots everyone else has mentioned and we had on previous visits with the old phones. Verizon also worked well up past North Conway.

03-24-2006, 02:24 PM	#2
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	Verizon has great coverage from RI to the mountains. __________________ SIKSUKR

03-24-2006, 02:24 PM	#3
BlackCatIslander Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 201 Thanks: 52 Thanked 17 Times in 11 Posts	Verizon Wireless I agree, we have had no problems with Verizon.

03-24-2006, 04:22 PM	#4
Skip Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Dover, NH Posts: 1,615 Thanks: 256 Thanked 514 Times in 182 Posts	Thumbs up to Verizon! Let's see.... I've tried Sprint, Nextel, AT&T....now Cingular and finally landed with Verizon a year ago. By far Verizon has worked the best from the Seacoast all up through the Ossipee/North Conway area and all around the big Lake. I also use my current Motorola phone (V710) with my laptop (using necessary cable & software) and go online all around the same areas when necessary. I am finally happy with my cell service! Like the other three posters before me, I highly recommend Verizon! p.s. - if you do a forum search, or perhaps our resident communication technology expert "Skipper of the Sea Que" will point you to the link, we did have a long technical discussion of the various cell technologies awhile back. Good luck in your choice, Skip

03-24-2006, 04:36 PM	#5
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,600 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,463 Thanked 1,983 Times in 1,083 Posts	Try this link, I think I think this link will give you several threads... http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...earchid=144585 __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

03-24-2006, 05:53 PM	#7
KBoater Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 521 Thanks: 10 Thanked 29 Times in 15 Posts	Wolfeboro I am on Verizon and reception in Wofeboro is spotty. New tower is coming to town shortly after much politicial debate. I hope this will help the Valleys and downtown. Out on the lake the recepion is good. __________________ Home Permanently in NH

03-24-2006, 02:09 PM	#1
Formula206 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 6 Thanks: 11 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Third for Verizon

03-24-2006, 05:04 PM	#6
Silver Duck Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Billerica, MA Posts: 364 Thanks: 40 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Definitely Verizon!

03-24-2006, 06:02 PM	#8
Mee-n-Mac Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,943 Thanks: 23 Thanked 111 Times in 51 Posts	Verizon Another vote for Verizon though in Alton Bay the reception for any carrier, Verizon included, is spotty at best. __________________ Mee'n'Mac "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by simple stupidity or ignorance. The latter are a lot more common than the former." - RAH

03-24-2006, 06:30 PM	#9
Resident 2B Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Shore, MA Posts: 1,358 Thanks: 994 Thanked 314 Times in 164 Posts	Lakes and Lincoln Area: Verizon We stay both the on western side of the lake and on Loon in the Lincoln area. We swithced to Verizon 15 months ago and we are very happy with the service. It works in most of the places we go. R2B

03-24-2006, 07:28 PM	#10
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,750 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,459 Times in 1,016 Posts	We have Verizon and get almost no service in Wolfeboro or Tuftonboro. Know lots of other people who have the same problem. Hopefully it will get better when Wolfeboro gets the new tower. By the way, has anyone gotten what is called delayed minutes charges from Verizon? I have no roaming charges etc. but they said my phone roamed to another tower and other towers sometimes don't report minutes to them in a timely manner so a month or two later you find out you went over your minutes for the month.

03-24-2006, 08:16 PM	#11
jerseyonbear Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 97 Thanks: 94 Thanked 7 Times in 6 Posts	Verison has my vote Had At&T two years ago and had a very bad time of it on Bear however last year had Verison and no problem. They also have my vote.

03-24-2006, 08:30 PM	#12
codeman671 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,503 Thanks: 221 Thanked 816 Times in 489 Posts	I use Nextel and have great coverage on the lake and at the island but between Alton Bay and Gilford on 11 I hit some dead spots with all the hills around. There is another dead spot on the way up 11 between Farmington and New Durham.

03-25-2006, 02:39 PM	#13
NHKathy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moultonborough when I can / RI Posts: 699 Thanks: 180 Thanked 38 Times in 22 Posts	VERIZON gets the vote! Thank you all SO much !!! Looks like Verizon wins! Verizon is actually what I have now. Since we got Verizon service about 3 years ago or so, we have been pretty happy with it. It always worked perfect here in RI as well as up in New Hampshire. Last November, however, we all of sudden started to have a lot of "dropped" calls and reception problems. A lot of people that we know locally down here said they had some problems as well. It seems like whatever the problem was, maybe Verizon fixed it because it's not happening as often, but with my contract up in April, I thought i'd ask around. So, looks like i'll probably keep the Verizon. Thank you all so much for your suggestions, comments and thoughts. P.S. No one had mentioned T.Mobile. A friend of mine here in RI, who goes up to the mountains a lot said that her T.Mobile is always fine, no problems. Anyone at the lake have T.Mobile ? THANKS AGAIN!! -NHKathy

03-25-2006, 03:34 PM	#14
Merrymeeting Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham Posts: 2,226 Thanks: 302 Thanked 800 Times in 368 Posts	T-Mobile Try this one. http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...ead.php?t=2965

03-25-2006, 04:02 PM	#15
trfour Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Lakes, Central NH. and Dallas/Fort Worth TX. Posts: 3,694 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 3,069 Thanked 472 Times in 236 Posts	Before you change NHKathy, When you get up to the Lake, Try this first; Press * 228 send, wait for the prompt, then select option 2, on your cell phone. They recommend doing this every month whether or not you are having trouble with reception. They upgrade your phone in seconds for what ever area you are in. If this doesn't help, I would say you could have a loose antenna, or a defective phone. This goes for everyone that has Verizon service, it's in your owners manual. Love, T. portable Weirs Bridge Cam __________________ *trfour* Always Remember, The Best Safety Device In The Boat, or on a PWC Snowmobile etc., Is YOU! Safe sledding tips and much more; http://www.snowmobile.org/snowmobiling-safety.html Last edited by trfour; 03-26-2006 at 12:17 AM.

03-28-2006, 02:12 PM	#16
sawyers_point_girl Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sawyer Point/Tuftonboro, Bedford/Weymouth, MA Posts: 41 Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	We have Nextel and haven't had any problems at the lake. We have, however, had more problems down in MA w/ them so we are switching at the end of our contract to Verizon. Good luck!

03-28-2006, 05:23 PM	#17
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,584 Thanks: 3,227 Thanked 1,106 Times in 796 Posts	Verizon Verizon is the best bet in New England as well as the Lakes Region. __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.

03-29-2006, 09:06 AM	#18
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,501 Thanks: 377 Thanked 230 Times in 124 Posts	At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I'll say Verizon. Although I am a satisfied Cingular customer, my former Verizon service was the best up at the Lake. Cingular's GSM network works on the western side of the Lake, but on the eastern side loses signal south of Alton circle. ZERO Cingular coverage in Wolfeboro, although you can pick up sporadic signals in Tuftonboro (Cingular coverage is just great from the top of Abenaki Tower). Good coverage throughout the 93 corridor, too. But from Alton to Wolfeboro and for most of Tuftonboro and Moultonboro, Cingular is virtually worthless. But if you're on the western side of the Lake, Cingular works pretty well. Not as well as Verizon, though. __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."