Originally Posted by
njkayaker
Cell phone access is spotty whatever network and will be worse in hilly/mountainous places (with low population).
Any “percent coverage” number will be an exaggeration.
Ideally, cell service would be a “nice to have” thing rather than something you expect to always work.
Good points.
I’ve been in plenty of places where I’ve technically had Verizon service, but the signal has been so weak that I could barely send a text. Accessing internet was impossible. And I’m not talking about just out west. There’s a campground in south Jersey I frequent where the signal is that weak, and NJ is the most densely populated state in the country. I remember a place in rural VT that was also like that. If I went to a certain part of the campground I could sometimes get a strong enough signal to send a text.
And the less you have to rely on your phone the less you have to worry about keeping it charged.