Cell Phone Carriers (Bend, Klamath Falls, Pendleton: house, bars, pine)

[FXRS]

We have Sprint and it seems alright. Anyone using Verizon or ATT and can tell me how their coverage is around the state, like the coast, valley, and cascades?

Thanks

[Larry Caldwell]

The best rural cell phone coverage in Oregon is from U. S. Cellular.

[dachmom]

If you go east of the cascade (the gorge, Pendleton, etc.) AT&T has the best coverage.

[skypros]

I have Verizon and can tell you that it worked in almost every place I went. The only place I remember it not working on my trip all over the state was up the Mckenzie river and in parts of the mountain towns of mt hood and in sections on the coast.

[PNW-type-gal]

Originally Posted by skypros

I have Verizon and can tell you that it worked in almost every place I went. The only place I remember it not working on my trip all over the state was up the Mckenzie river and in parts of the mountain towns of mt hood and in sections on the coast.

Verizon has a couple dead zones on Hwy 97 (Madras to the Calif border): between La Pine and Chemult; between Chemult and Chiloquin, at Algoma between Chiloquin and Klamath Falls. The dead zones are relatively short (in terms of miles). Outside of town areas, I get one to two "bars" of signal. I have good reception on 26 over Mt Hood, but around Blue Box Pass it cuts out and then picks up again in range of Warm Springs.

I'm thinking of switching over to Unicell, but I still have a couple months left on this agreement, and I don't think that Unicell will really have all that much better reception in those areas.

[bobmulk]

I've had Verizon for years and couldn't be happier. Although I can't comment on service east of the Cascades outside of Bend/Redmond.

[FXRS]

Thanks for the replies.

I'm still going around and around on this. I've kind of come to the conclusion that most of the carriers are pretty much all the same as far as coverage goes. Its just the plans that are different and the phone you have plays a big part of where you get good reception or not. I know the girls Katana's have no problem here at the house but my Fusic is just a pain with reception at the house.

I think we will stay with Sprint. Been looking at the plans and it just seems Sprint for me anyways seems alot less restrictive on their plans and cheaper.

[Tesaje]

Oh, how I wish the govt. would force all the cell carriers to share the networks like they have to with long distance land-lines. It's time for that.

[mdvaden]

Originally Posted by FXRS

Thanks for the replies.

I'm still going around and around on this. I've kind of come to the conclusion that most of the carriers are pretty much all the same as far as coverage goes.

Not neccessarily so - I wouldn't put it that way.

We noticed what Larry Caldwell wrote seems to be correct, after we switched to U S Cellular.

[RuralSeeker]

Please don't get a Verizon phone. My experience was a big rip-off and bad customer service.