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don't take it to yellowsoten park. verzion has the only tower and every
company that has made them amde cell one att. and others are bloked from
roming on there towers. I know that is off tehtrail but if you trave

David hiking PCNST in bits wrote:

>>AT&T supposedly has the most reliable coverage of all the carriers.
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>I have had  reasonably good luck with an ANALOG cell phone with ATT service.
>It often worked when I was high on a ridge with good views in many
>directions.    Out in the country, analog service is often the only one
>around, though that is supposed to change in a few years (the change is said
>to be that phone companies won't have to support universal
>analog any more, only their own idiosyncratic digital system)
>BUT analog phones use up power fairly quickly, and in any
>event the shelf life of rechargeable batteries is pretty short even if the
>phone is turned off.    Probably the best solution to that is some kind
>of solar recharger if you can find one compatible with your batteries;
>another would be (if they exist) a cell phone that runs on ordinary alkaline
>AA or AAA cells which have a shelf life that is longer than a through hike.
>But you have to replace them every so often if you use the phone.
>
>I have a similar issue with my digital cameras.   I use NiMH batteries
>and they are OK for a section hike without a lot of flash, but they probably
>would require recharging between sections on a through hike, or solar
>recharging.    Alkaline
>batteries tend not to last too long in digital cameras, it seems, especially
>if you use flash.
>
>In general, the fewer battery-powered devices the better.     Though I will
>try hiking with a very small laptop soon.
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