Which mountain has poor cellular coverage

[Bandit2941]

att great at stowe.
belleayre no coverage what so ever
i dont even get coverage untill i have been on 87 for 30 min

Sounds like you need a new phone. With AT&T I get good service everywhere from the summit (3 bars), and full service at the discovery lodge. Also get spotty service when riding lift 6, 7, and 8. Can get service outside on the deck of overlook lodge as well.

When driving down from the mountain, you should have full service from lower mtn area through pine hill.

 

[thetrailboss]

Not sure if it has been said, but my Verizon Wireless does not work at all at SB. :blink: Doesn't help for coordinating things or for people tracking me down. Truth be told sometimes I don't want to be tracked down :wink:

 

[Greg]

I do pretty well with Cingular/AT&T most places, but coverage at BEast is always spotty.

 

[hammer]

SNH on verizon:
Bad: Sunapee, Crotched
Good: Pat's, Ragged, Whaleback

I used my Verizon Wireless phones at Crotched a week ago and didn't have any problems...

 

[vcunning]

Verizon seems to work pretty well at Mount Snow these days. This Verizon tower appears to have been activated in mid-December:

That's lift #7 (Sundance above). This photo was taken on November 10th (opening day at Mount Snow). Since then, I've noticed a 2nd set of antennas on the tower. Not sure what carrier that is. Anyone know?

 

[koreshot]

Nextel is pretty bad in Sugarbush, but I seem to get solid reception in Hunter. Dead spots all the way up, but once there, its all good.

I'm sure most of you guys don't care... not much market share for Nextel these days. The only people I know of that have Nextel get it through work, but then there is Marc.. he actually pays for it.

 

[win]

Unicell provides excellent coverage in the MRV. I have T-Mobile that roams to Unicell. Verizon has a bid to buy Unicell and if that goes through Verizon will finally have good coverage here. Cingular also works well here. Verizon is currently very spotty!

 

[drjeff]

Verizon seems to work pretty well at Mount Snow these days. This Verizon tower appears to have been activated in mid-December:

That's lift #7 (Sundance above). This photo was taken on November 10th (opening day at Mount Snow). Since then, I've noticed a 2nd set of antennas on the tower. Not sure what carrier that is. Anyone know?

Since they lit that tower up a couple of weeks ago, I can no longer "hide" from folks while on the hill at Mount Snow

 

[hiroto]

While we skied at Gunstock this weekend, my Verizon phone worked fine while my friend's Cingular/AT&T didn't work at all. Is there other AT&T subscriber who has been to Gunstock recently?

 

[nycskier]

Verizon usually works pretty well at Killington. The only exception is at the bottom of Bear which seems to be a cell phone dead zone.

 

[hiroto]

Verizon usually works pretty well at Killington. The only exception is at the bottom of Bear which seems to be a cell phone dead zone.

It seems to me that cell tower is somewhere on west part of Killington and anyplace in the shadow of Skypeak is the dead zone.

 

[MarkC]

Belleayre is hit-or-miss. theres some sweet spots, but also some dead spots.

The tower for the whole area is actually on the top of highmount. If you are on the wrong side of the ridge you will not get service.

 

[MikeTrainor]

Don't usually have too much of a problem, but had zero at Stratton last week. (Sprint) The MWV hills can be pretty spotty too. Never had a problem in Stowe.

I find Verizon to be pretty good in the MWV with the exception of Wildcat

 

[pilam99]

VZW - Okemo - could not place an outbound call from anywhere on the mountain despite having bars

 

[RootDKJ]

Verizon usually works pretty well at Killington. The only exception is at the bottom of Bear which seems to be a cell phone dead zone.

I've had the same experience with Sprint's service at Killington (also CDMA).

Blue Mountain - Very poor Sprint service at the base, but pretty good at the summit.

 

[millerm277]

It seems to me that cell tower is somewhere on west part of Killington and anyplace in the shadow of Skypeak is the dead zone.

GSM Service is good at K as well, except for the areas you mentioned. Verizon has no/very little coverage down at Skyeship Base, although there is good GSM service.

 

[ALLSKIING]

Like most said already...Verizon@ the Bush is real bad. I did find a spot in the MRV at the end of someones driveway that works well enough to use.....They did not seem to mind.

 

[shadyjay]

We've got several towers (trees) going up on Rt 4 to cover from the Rt 100 N jct at K-Road, all the way to Woodstock. There is presently quite the hole of service once you start heading down the hill on Rt 4 heading towards Rt 100S.

 

[bobbutts]

Whaleback has a new tower blocking the view of the Presidential range.. great coverage tho on verizon!

 

[billski]

any updates.

We've got several towers (trees) going up on Rt 4 to cover from the Rt 100 N jct at K-Road, all the way to Woodstock. There is presently quite the hole of service once you start heading down the hill on Rt 4 heading towards Rt 100S.

Hey Shady,
Thanks for your updates, they are helpful.
Can you illuminate us with the short-mid-long term plans for towers throughout VT NH and Berkshires? There's a dead spot in VT, maybe exit 3,4 or 5, I'm not sure. I'm most interested in VZW updates. Are they all in free standing towers? When they get service, will it be the regular "1X" style, or will it include the "EV" mode? For example, from Mt. Snow to Magic, we had service, but couldn't use the online apps like navigation and weather.