Nebraska Coverage Questions

I think I've attached the coverage map from the VZW website for the Lincoln/Omaha area. The yellow is Verizon Covewrage and the dark gold typ color id digital roaming or extended network. You should be OK in the gold though seeing that you have an AC2 family share package. Hope this helps...if it doesn't..you can go to verizonwireless.com and look for the coverage locator icon. if you dont find it send me a pm and I'll send you the link!!

 

Hi Gamer, long time. . I just drove through that area and back on our way to the Sandhill Crane Sanctuary. Both my Verizon & Cingular phones had great coverage. We got out at Lincoln to have lunch and the coverage was very good, the rest of the experience was on I80 but no coverage problem in the corridor between Omaha & Lincoln.

Hope this helps.

 

Not a problem Gamer!! Glad I was able to help a little bit...LOL

 

I a few months ago I was able to make a call and get a soft handoff from the VZW cellular network (Omaha) to the PCS network (Lincoln)

 

HA, I don't think I've ever heard anyone use 'vacation' and 'Nebraska' in the same sentence. Prepare to be amazed!

I live in Omaha and use VZW for work and Alltel for personal. Both VZW and Alltel have excellent coverage in Omaha; they've been around the longest and have the best buildout. Coverage on I80 should be constant as well.

I have not used my VZW phone a lot in Lincoln, however, so I can't give you a lot of details, but just know that VZW has only been up & running in Lincoln for maybe a year now. They just picked up the pieces of Qwest's old network in that area, and although it looks like they've utilized many of the old sites, they have also done a pretty good job of adding a few new ones very recently. I know of several cell sites very near to both the city & east campuses so I would expect good coverage there as well.

Have a good trip!

jk870

 

Erik, You will need to give us a coverage report of your findings when you come back. Looking at coverage maps it looks like Verizon does pretty well within the city limits, but ALLTEL certainly has the better rural coverage.

 

Was in the areas over Christmas. Friends with VZW seemed to be fine. I use Alltel and was fine. In the rural areas, the Alltel did work better, and around eastern areas of Omaha, including the airport, Alltel was much better. At the airport, VZW was lucky to get 1 bar. But, overall both did fine!