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zdoyle35 · 04-23-2008, 2:22 PM

Can anyone tell me how the coverage is in upstate new york, mainly utica to the north oneonta to the south and everything in between. (cooperstown ,richfield springs, herkimer) i am moving there and have seen coverage maps i know the cell one merger has helped but how much really ? any info will help

Bill Clinton · 04-23-2008, 3:18 PM

GSM coverage is decent in that area. When you stray too far from civilization you will be might of luck though.

Yankees368 · 04-24-2008, 12:10 AM

If your going to be living in Upstate NY, you will want/need CDMA. Go with Verizon or Sprint. Probably Verizon

Eric47 · 04-24-2008, 12:16 AM

i had a friend that wento U of Rochester, he had ATT, i remember him telling me how the coverage was good. in fact there is 3G up in some of those areas.

Yankees368 · 04-24-2008, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Eric47

i had a friend that wento U of Rochester, he had ATT, i remember him telling me how the coverage was good. in fact there is 3G up in some of those areas.

ATT is good if you stay in the major cities. 3G is a ghost just a few miles outside of any city though

dmarkson · 04-24-2008, 12:24 AM

AT&T coverage is excellent in Utica, and very good in Herkimer. Have not been to Oneonta in years but the map shows coverage is good. The problem is in between. Not good. I never understood why that entire section had had a lack of coverage. Verizon is a better choice in that area, but you will still have coverage holes along the route.

clock3687 · 04-24-2008, 1:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Eric47

i had a friend that wento U of Rochester, he had ATT, i remember him telling me how the coverage was good. in fact there is 3G up in some of those areas.

Coverage at U of R is great for all carriers. Now that ATT bought Dobson, they have 850 in all of NY except for north of albany. Even then, you will have roaming coverage with Unicel. I'd say youll be covered anywhere you go in this state.

Like Yankees said, dont expect 3G outside of city limits, they just turned it on in Rochester near the end of Decemeber so its no where near as widespread as Sprint/Verizon EvDO.

Coverage in Utica is great, in Oneota, VZW is the better choice (more sites in the area.) Good Luck with your choice.

stoutman · 04-24-2008, 8:26 AM

I have both providers and travel and live upstate. Go with Verizon in that area. Att has too many dead spots. Also, they are too slow in capital expenditures. ATT 3G in upstate is far behind Verizon.

gsm4eva · 06-10-2008, 12:27 AM

You don't know what upstate New York is....

I live in Plattsburgh. THAT'S upstate new york.

lol

Yankees368 · 06-10-2008, 2:29 AM

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Originally Posted by gsm4eva

You don't know what upstate New York is....

I live in Plattsburgh. THAT'S upstate new york.

lol

Plattsburgh? That might as well be Canada, lol. Im surprised to see that you are a GSM fan up in that area. Isn't CDMA top dog up there?

gsm4eva · 06-10-2008, 9:08 AM

actually, i get good gsm reception almost everywhere, edge, multimedia, mobile web too. reception isn't so great up in the adirondacks but neither is cdma. i've tried both and i must say i'm not a fan of verizon's crippled phones

Yankees368 · 06-10-2008, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by gsm4eva

actually, i get good gsm reception almost everywhere, edge, multimedia, mobile web too. reception isn't so great up in the adirondacks but neither is cdma. i've tried both and i must say i'm not a fan of verizon's crippled phones

Yeah, well I don't think anyone is a fan of that. Last I heard though, Verizon was the only carrier to start setting up service along the Northway. Thats pretty big if you ask me.

gsm4eva · 06-10-2008, 5:18 PM

well, thats true. i don't get very good service from about exits 30-20, and that's a pretty big gap. at&t's supposed to be boosting gsm service along the northway soon though, and maybe bringing 3g? i hope!

ceric20 · 07-15-2008, 3:45 PM

had both Verizon and Now ATT... I travel thru them areas a lot on the trains... I find ATT works alot better then Verizon... The only thing is ATT 3g is not as big as Verizons EVDO. I find 3G only in the citys.. But if you are looking for phone coverage i would say ATT is much better... Just what i find in my opinion.

Yankees368 · 07-16-2008, 9:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ceric20

had both Verizon and Now ATT... I travel thru them areas a lot on the trains... I find ATT works alot better then Verizon... The only thing is ATT 3g is not as big as Verizons EVDO. I find 3G only in the citys.. But if you are looking for phone coverage i would say ATT is much better... Just what i find in my opinion.

Interesting. I was at Darien Lake yesterday, and ATT was nowhere to be found, while Verizon was at full service. Sprint was somewhere in the middle. It all depends on where you are.

Eric47 · 07-16-2008, 2:45 PM

i understand what you guys are saying about 3G for att not being as widespread. but ive found that in real life usage it is much much faster than EV-DO...so from a data perspective it may be more useful in that aspect.

as for reception i cannot really say, i do not live in NY

all i know is from what ive been told/heard

dmarkson · 07-16-2008, 8:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Yankees368

Interesting. I was at Darien Lake yesterday, and ATT was nowhere to be found, while Verizon was at full service. Sprint was somewhere in the middle. It all depends on where you are.

AT&T looks to have excellent coverage at Darien Lake, so maybe it was the phone malfunctioning.

Yankees368 · 07-22-2008, 3:30 PM

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Originally Posted by dmarkson

AT&T looks to have excellent coverage at Darien Lake, so maybe it was the phone malfunctioning.

Why hello, dmarkson. Well, it was on several lines and phones, so I am going to assume that the ATT Coverage Viewer is full of it

clock3687 · 07-22-2008, 7:20 PM

GSM is practically non-existant at Darien Lake. Last time I was there CellONE didn't reach that far north and T-Mobile barely gets a bar or two in the park. I had a friend with Verizon, and she was set. AT&T didn't fair well either. Maybe theyll add a tower or two in the area since they now own CellONE.

dmarkson · 07-22-2008, 7:30 PM

OK I stand corrected. I am surprised how bad the maps are.

Yankees368 · 07-23-2008, 2:17 AM

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Originally Posted by dmarkson

OK I stand corrected. I am surprised how bad the maps are.

A cell carriers map lie? Thats impossible! Sprint was OK there, as usual.

lbrander2001 · 08-07-2008, 11:08 AM

I live in Ogdensburg, NY 13669 and looks like the best coverage is from Verizpn. I have a Tracfone, Motorola W370, that has a C4 SIM card in it, which allows acess to the At&tt/Cingular Network. Service was great, when the phone was first activated, always had 4 to 5 bars anywhere I went, from Feb, 20th through June 10th, 08.. Now I have no service from Ogdensburg, NY 13669, up Route 12 to almost Alexandria Bay, NY 13607. There is one very small area in Morristown NY, 13664 that I get 2 to 3 bars. I don't understand it. Had great service along there when I first got the phone, but the area was along the US/Canadian border. I've contacted Tracfone and they say that roaming is activated on my phone. I''m wondering if I was bouncing off Canadian towers and maybe have been blocked somehow from acessing them? Anyone here have any thoughts or ideas about this? I don't pretend to be a cell phone experts, a long way from it. I can make mosst any call I choose to and from the 13669 zip code, even calling from out of state. I heard that At&t was upgrading towers, upping the signal strength, but the tower coverage radius was reduced. Any comments on that? Got the same phone for my mom and she has NO coverage, most of the time and when the phone works she will have 4 to 5 bars singnal on her phone. Most incoming calls go to an unactivated voice mail account recording. Just can't figure out why there is NO coverage in this area, where my phone worked perfectly before. . Everyone take care.

04-23-2008, 2:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
zdoyle35 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sarasota,FL Posts: 97 Phone(s): Blackberry Pearl, Moto Krzr Provider(s): AT&T (work),Alltel(personal) Devices: Motorola H721 (Bluetooth) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Upstate NY Can anyone tell me how the coverage is in upstate new york, mainly utica to the north oneonta to the south and everything in between. (cooperstown ,richfield springs, herkimer) i am moving there and have seen coverage maps i know the cell one merger has helped but how much really ? any info will help

04-23-2008, 3:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
Bill Clinton 10 years scandal free.... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: New York and Vermont Posts: 480 Phone(s): HTC Mogul, Nokia 6085 Provider(s): Sprint, Unicel Devices: Dell XPS M1710, Dell XPS 400, IBM T61P, +more Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Images: 64	Re: Upstate NY GSM coverage is decent in that area. When you stray too far from civilization you will be might of luck though.

04-24-2008, 12:10 AM	#3 (permalink)
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lansing, MI & Long Island Posts: 3,227 Phone(s): TouchPRO, Mogul, Sanyo M1, Motorola K1m,Samsung a900, Sanyo 7400 8200 8100 6200, Samsung a460, Nokia 5190 Provider(s): Sprint PCS (since 2002), Voicestream (2001-2002) Devices: S9 HD, 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell XPS M1530 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts Images: 528	Re: Upstate NY If your going to be living in Upstate NY, you will want/need CDMA. Go with Verizon or Sprint. Probably Verizon __________________ "'Current Sprint Service Can Not Be Used' What the hell does that mean?!?"

04-24-2008, 12:16 AM	#4 (permalink)
Eric47 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: in my own house Posts: 1,404 Phone(s): crackberry's Devices: my home wi-fi router and laptop Thanks: 5 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Images: 49	Re: Upstate NY i had a friend that wento U of Rochester, he had ATT, i remember him telling me how the coverage was good. in fact there is 3G up in some of those areas.

04-24-2008, 12:24 AM	#6 (permalink)
dmarkson New England Wireless Guru Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Southern NH Posts: 165 Phone(s): 9530, v3xx, 6230, 2126, i335, M1000, e815 Provider(s): VZW, AT&T, TMO, USC, BOOST, VIRG, PP Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My Auctions	Re: Upstate NY AT&T coverage is excellent in Utica, and very good in Herkimer. Have not been to Oneonta in years but the map shows coverage is good. The problem is in between. Not good. I never understood why that entire section had had a lack of coverage. Verizon is a better choice in that area, but you will still have coverage holes along the route. __________________ -- Visit my New England Cell Phone Pages at http://www.cellguru.net

04-24-2008, 8:26 AM	#8 (permalink)
stoutman Fresh Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Auburn Posts: 31 Phone(s): Blackberry Curve, Razor Provider(s): ATT&Verizon Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Upstate NY I have both providers and travel and live upstate. Go with Verizon in that area. Att has too many dead spots. Also, they are too slow in capital expenditures. ATT 3G in upstate is far behind Verizon.

06-10-2008, 12:27 AM	#9 (permalink)
gsm4eva I have a weird title! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Plattsburgh, NY Posts: 6 Phone(s): moto razr v3i blue, nokia 6085 blue Provider(s): RCC Unicel Devices: iPod 60G, Toshiba Laptop Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Upstate NY You don't know what upstate New York is.... I live in Plattsburgh. THAT'S upstate new york. lol

06-10-2008, 9:08 AM	#11 (permalink)
gsm4eva I have a weird title! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Plattsburgh, NY Posts: 6 Phone(s): moto razr v3i blue, nokia 6085 blue Provider(s): RCC Unicel Devices: iPod 60G, Toshiba Laptop Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Upstate NY actually, i get good gsm reception almost everywhere, edge, multimedia, mobile web too. reception isn't so great up in the adirondacks but neither is cdma. i've tried both and i must say i'm not a fan of verizon's crippled phones

06-10-2008, 5:18 PM	#13 (permalink)
gsm4eva I have a weird title! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Plattsburgh, NY Posts: 6 Phone(s): moto razr v3i blue, nokia 6085 blue Provider(s): RCC Unicel Devices: iPod 60G, Toshiba Laptop Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Upstate NY well, thats true. i don't get very good service from about exits 30-20, and that's a pretty big gap. at&t's supposed to be boosting gsm service along the northway soon though, and maybe bringing 3g? i hope!

07-15-2008, 3:45 PM	#14 (permalink)
ceric20 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: buffalo NY Posts: 107 Phone(s): Apple iPhone, LG CU400, Motorola Razr V3XX, LG CU500 Provider(s): AT&T (Cingular) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My Auctions	Re: Upstate NY had both Verizon and Now ATT... I travel thru them areas a lot on the trains... I find ATT works alot better then Verizon... The only thing is ATT 3g is not as big as Verizons EVDO. I find 3G only in the citys.. But if you are looking for phone coverage i would say ATT is much better... Just what i find in my opinion.

07-16-2008, 2:45 PM	#16 (permalink)
Eric47 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: in my own house Posts: 1,404 Phone(s): crackberry's Devices: my home wi-fi router and laptop Thanks: 5 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Images: 49	Re: Upstate NY i understand what you guys are saying about 3G for att not being as widespread. but ive found that in real life usage it is much much faster than EV-DO...so from a data perspective it may be more useful in that aspect. as for reception i cannot really say, i do not live in NY all i know is from what ive been told/heard

07-22-2008, 7:20 PM	#19 (permalink)
clock3687 Celtics have got #17!!!!! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 563 Phone(s): T-Mobile G1, Motorola KRZR K1, Samsung T339 Provider(s): T-Mobile Hotspot@Home Devices: Zune, Nav-U GPS, Sirius Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Images: 344	Re: Upstate NY GSM is practically non-existant at Darien Lake. Last time I was there CellONE didn't reach that far north and T-Mobile barely gets a bar or two in the park. I had a friend with Verizon, and she was set. AT&T didn't fair well either. Maybe theyll add a tower or two in the area since they now own CellONE. __________________ http://www.speedtest.net/result/189608448.png

07-22-2008, 7:30 PM	#20 (permalink)
dmarkson New England Wireless Guru Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Southern NH Posts: 165 Phone(s): 9530, v3xx, 6230, 2126, i335, M1000, e815 Provider(s): VZW, AT&T, TMO, USC, BOOST, VIRG, PP Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My Auctions	Re: Upstate NY OK I stand corrected. I am surprised how bad the maps are. __________________ -- Visit my New England Cell Phone Pages at http://www.cellguru.net

08-07-2008, 11:08 AM	#22 (permalink)
lbrander2001 No more newbie here! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ogdensburg, NY Posts: 8 Phone(s): Tracfone, Motorola W370 Provider(s): Tracfone Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Upstate NY I live in Ogdensburg, NY 13669 and looks like the best coverage is from Verizpn. I have a Tracfone, Motorola W370, that has a C4 SIM card in it, which allows acess to the At&tt/Cingular Network. Service was great, when the phone was first activated, always had 4 to 5 bars anywhere I went, from Feb, 20th through June 10th, 08.. Now I have no service from Ogdensburg, NY 13669, up Route 12 to almost Alexandria Bay, NY 13607. There is one very small area in Morristown NY, 13664 that I get 2 to 3 bars. I don't understand it. Had great service along there when I first got the phone, but the area was along the US/Canadian border. I've contacted Tracfone and they say that roaming is activated on my phone. I''m wondering if I was bouncing off Canadian towers and maybe have been blocked somehow from acessing them? Anyone here have any thoughts or ideas about this? I don't pretend to be a cell phone experts, a long way from it. I can make mosst any call I choose to and from the 13669 zip code, even calling from out of state. I heard that At&t was upgrading towers, upping the signal strength, but the tower coverage radius was reduced. Any comments on that? Got the same phone for my mom and she has NO coverage, most of the time and when the phone works she will have 4 to 5 bars singnal on her phone. Most incoming calls go to an unactivated voice mail account recording. Just can't figure out why there is NO coverage in this area, where my phone worked perfectly before. . Everyone take care.

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