Phone And Carrier Recommendation For Very Rural United States Coverage

[Jim1348]

I am interested in getting some suggestions for a carrier and a phone that works in the most rural areas of the United States. My family and I like to camp and ATV and both activities get us to some very rural area. So far I am focusing on this http://powerfulsignal.com/m800-motorola-bag-phone.aspx on the Verizon network, or possibly an MVNO of Verizon. Anyway, is this a good choice or is there something else that I ought to be considering. The main area is north of ZIP 54830.


http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/s...verage-locator

[Heavy Fluid]

Before purchasing that, I would ensure that Verizon, or whomever you decide to go with will activate that phone.

[gunterm]

Indeed, I'm trying to buy one of those on eBay and 95% of the m800s are alltel which you'll never get VZW to activate.

[Jim1348]

Thank you for the information on that. I will go post on the Page Plus Cellular sub-forum and see if anybody there has tried one of these on PPC.

[gunterm]

Luckily PPC doesn't care and many people activate alltel devices.

[Jim1348]

Thank you very much for the reply. That is what I was hoping for. I also noticed that is still lists AMPS in the specifications. I assume that all AMPS coverage has disappeared from the US, but is it posible that there is still an AMPS site or two left?