rmaynard 17,070 #1 Posted Thursday at 08:09 PM (edited) 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 Thursday at 10:43 PM by rmaynard 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 46,001 #2 Posted Thursday at 08:56 PM 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! 1 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wallfish 19,612 #3 Posted Thursday at 09:04 PM T Mobile works there. Not sure I if can stream Pullstart videos but calls text and emails are fine. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 65,016 #4 Posted Thursday at 10:45 PM You have to use an older phone there. 2 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmaynard 17,070 #5 Posted Thursday at 10:47 PM By the time I was finished dialing, I'd have forgotten who I was calling. 1 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JCM 11,067 #6 Posted Thursday at 11:01 PM 13 minutes ago, rmaynard said: By the time I was finished dialing, I'd have forgotten who I was calling. Same here 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adsm08 4,333 #7 Posted Thursday at 11:15 PM 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. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 16,204 #8 Posted yesterday at 12:44 AM 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! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 31,469 #9 Posted 14 hours ago 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. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wallfish 19,612 #10 Posted 14 hours ago How did we ever survive before all of this technology? Disconnecting for a couple days isn't necessarily a bad thing. 1 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 65,016 #11 Posted 12 hours ago 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. 2 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 16,204 #12 Posted 12 hours ago 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! 1 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 55,925 #13 Posted 11 hours ago (edited) 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 10 hours ago by WHX?? 1 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Treepep 1,103 #14 Posted 9 hours ago 1 hour ago, WHX?? said: 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! Agreed. Not working its off or in airplane mode so I can music 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike'sHorseBarn 3,468 #15 Posted 5 hours ago 22 hours ago, wallfish said: T Mobile works there. This is great to know since I switched to T-Mobile this winter! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marv 995 #16 Posted 1 hour ago On 4/16/2026 at 6:47 PM, rmaynard said: By the time I was finished dialing, I'd have forgotten who I was calling. welcome to my world 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
