I’m guessing, maybe a dozen years ago or more, I was making a webpage for a Scorpio who sold cell phones by the sea shore. Try that fast.
That was when a type of phone was linked exclusively with a carrier, much like AT&T is currently linked to iPhones and iPads. As a tangent to a reading the other afternoon, the point was that the AT&T coverage is spotty, at best, in parts of rural Texas.
Why this amuses me: back in the day? AT&T was known for the “deer blind” phone. At least one of the phones they offered, that Sales Scorpio called it a deer blind phone, “I promise, this will work in the most remote deer camp in West Texas.”
What happened?
(Kindle Version)
“Next phone I’m getting, be a Verizon iPhone,” Sister said, “it’s a coverage issue.”
In California. Texas Coast suffers, as well.
Verizon has the best coverage, according to Consumer Reports. I’ve found it to be true, here in California (north and south both). The only time I have trouble with access is when I’m inside a certain kind of building with, I guess, lots of concrete and steel. Have to be sure I’m near a window. We can even get calls through while driving through Sepulveda Pass (from the City to the Valley) and that is quite an accomplishment, since two-way radio contact (with repeaters and antennas on nearby mountains) have spotty coverage at best.
When I was a school bus driver, I used to carry a can of spray paint and when I found a place where I could use the bus radio, I’d pull over and spray a small X on the spot. Came in handy when there was an emergency (once the hillside on fire, another time a child having a seizure) and I didn’t have time to mess around.
Yup, Verizon. Gotta keep a sharp eye on their billing procedures, though. Sharp practices.
I like the spray paint, and we all forget, the time AT&T was nice and reduced my overseas bill by a huge amount.