[pct-l] Phone advice

[Jim & Jane Moody]

BB, 



For the portion I was on last year (Campo to Sonora Pass), the best service was from AT&T, with Verizon close behind.  I have heard that T-Mobile has little or no service along the trail outside of towns.  Here are a couple of links to research by Halfmile and Gadget. 



Reception on the trail: Halfmile has been collecting this, here: 
http://www.pctmap.net/cell/ 



  



Gadget's ideas for selecting a smartphone, here: 
http://postholer.com/smartPhone.html 



  





Mango 


> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Brendan Beltz <brendanbeltz at gmail.com>wrote: 
> 
>> So I've been hesitating about what kind of phone to get and thought maybe 
>> some experienced advisers would be helpful. I'm planning on getting a 
>> droid. 
>> Beyond that I'm open, but am looking cheap because I don't want to start a 
>> new contract (after the hike I'll be overseas and don't need american 
>> service) especially if it's a CDMA phone that is useless to me abroad. 
>> 
>> In a nutshell, does anyone have experience with the T-Mobile coverage on 
>> the 
>> trail? The nexus S seems to be one of the only unlocked GSM quadband 
>> phones 
>> easily available in america but alas not on the ATT prison network.