Cell Phone Communication While at the WHCC

[rmaynard 17,064]

As many of you know, Verizon is the big winner at the South Mountain Fairgrounds.

 

For those of you who have any phone on the AT&T network, you are 99% sh!t out of luck.

Those carriers include, but are not limited to:

 

Cricket Wireless

Consumer Cellular

Boost Mobile

H2O Wireless

PureTalk

Red Pocket Mobile

US Mobile (under their "Dark Star" network option)

Good2Go Mobile

FreeUP Mobile

FreedomPop

 

As of last year, T-Mobile did not work either. According Wallfish T-Mobile is okay. 

 

There may be more. Verizon service is excellent. Other members may chime with what works for them.

 

I personally have a dual SIM phone. My main system is Consumer Cellular (AT&T), but the other SIM is Tracfone (Verizon). For many years I just bought a burner on Verizon and forwarded all my calls to it before I reached the fairgrounds.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 16 hours ago by rmaynard

[squonk 45,993]

Yup AT & T and Consumer Cellular. The double whammy. Randy has Verizon I think so I can borrow his phone unless I need to call him

 

I had a Trac Phone years ago. My B-I-L bought a new shop and had Verizon Installed there. He couldn't call anyone on his phone but I could on my $19.95 special!

 

They have been laying cables for almost a year now in the hospital since University of Rochester moved in. We have 3 Wi fi box gizmo's just in the shop alone. I'm telling everyone they have camera's in them to spy on us so now they are all paranoid! 

[wallfish 19,592]

T Mobile works there.

Not sure I if can stream Pullstart videos but calls text and emails are fine. 

[953 nut 65,000]

You have to use an older phone there.                     

[rmaynard 17,064]

By the time I was finished dialing, I'd have forgotten who I was calling.

[JCM 11,054]

13 minutes ago, rmaynard said:

By the time I was finished dialing, I'd have forgotten who I was calling.

Same here    

[adsm08 4,327]

I switched to PureTalk around Christmas 24, last year I had better reception than previous years on AT&T, however it was still not perfect. I could text consistently,  but calls were spotty and internet was basically out of the question.

 

My understanding is that they do not exclusively use AT&T, and closer to Shippensburg use some Verizon towers.

[Handy Don 16,200]

My car’s cellular connection is mostly on AT&T so it drops out a couple miles from the fairground at the terrain gets lumpier. Switched to CarPlay via my Verizon phone to resume navigation! 

[Achto 31,467]

I have an AT&T phone and your right reception is not good there. I'm OK with that though, most of the people I want to talk to that weekend are at the show anyway. 

[wallfish 19,592]

How did we ever survive before all of this technology?

Disconnecting for a couple days isn't necessarily a bad thing. 

 

[953 nut 65,000]

1 hour ago, wallfish said:

Disconnecting for a couple days isn't necessarily a bad thing. 

I have been known to turn off my phone prior to our Wednesday Bible study and not remember it is off until I go to turn it off on Sunday for church.

[Handy Don 16,200]

21 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

I have been known to turn off my phone prior to our Wednesday Bible study and not remember it is off until I go to turn it off on Sunday for church.

I’ve often found mine still quiet on Tuesday or Wednesday after silencing it on Sunday morning!

[WHX?? 55,908]

You don't need no stinkin phone. You wanna yak with 'Fish you ride on over. One of the reasons I go to is to get away from it. Long as the camera works for the thousands of  yer gonna take! 

Edited 34 minutes ago by WHX??