My report from UT to IA

[agentHibby]

Ok in UT I could make and receive calls everywhere. The network is still weak between I-84 and the boarder on I-80. I still whet to roam a few miles outside of Evanston but that was less than a mile. I never did any 30 miles plus of roam. around the boundaries of RSA #3 and RSA #4 it is still most roaming on Union Cellular and Comment Wireless (that calls itself Lyrix Wireless ) That was the only spot where I would go more than a mile on roam anywhere else it was less than a mile. I could not check signal a much as usual since the road conditions were not the great since snow kept blowing back on the freeway.

When in Iowa RSA #2 (Lyrix Wireless) the network is 1XRTT *611 and *86 will work for VZW customers. With Sprint it still says the same thing with 611 to call this wireless provider directly. NO WAP or mobile web, nor GET IT NOW. Text messages work much better now.

In my hometown I did set my phone to Verizon only and it could pick up a VZW tower from 15 miles away! (hard to listen to since you only get about 1/5 of the conversation).

Remember that this is with a Nokia 6256i and it will do better than most VZW handsets. My old Timeport from what few comparisons it did the same as always.
Hope this helps out.


Current plan Americas Choice 1 (the second generation 2002-2005)
300 anytime
2000 IN Calling minutes
Unlimited Night and Weekend at 8:00
For $39.99



--info on calling plans
1st generation Americas Choice (1998-2000)
2nd generation Americas Choice 1 (2002-2005)
3rd generation Americas Choice 2 (2005- )

[Andy]

Agent, do you know whom you roamed on between I-84 and the border for that mile? UBET Wireless claims to cover that area, but when I traveled through that area in the summer I was unable to pick it up in the mountain areas behind Echo to the WY border where there was no service.

So, in other words, WY is still as bad as it once was?

Also, you are on AC1 so some of the networks, like UBET, are included for us on AC2 now.
Thanks for the coverage report, Agent. Really appreciate it!