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Came here on work assignment. Verizon SWORE they had service here. That is both true and false.Their service is off of other companies (ACS?) cell towers... they have no towers of thier own. Also, when I had a problem with my phone, they had no place for me to bring it (I should mail it to them! HA) Yes, I can make phone calls. about 60-65% of time) False as to receiving calls. Phone rings once and then goes right to voice mail, Am able to retrieve message and return call but thats not the issue. Bottom line, is that probably only 2 in 10 incoming calls are received by me AS THEY ARE HAPPENING, the balance, I have to call them after I get the message. Bigger issue thoough, is when I spoke with Verizon about this, I was told that I must have 3 bars showing to receive calls (but able to make calls with 2 bars) Cannot get Blackberry, (or any other Smartphone) because they MUST have 3 bars to work. My neighbor just got his Blackberry... he had to SHIP IT to his sister's house (along with his old phone) so that his phone #'s, info, could be transferred because Verizon is unable to do it while you are up her. As far as their "call 228" to update goes, that can't be done from up here either, it needs to be done in the lower 48. so I do it whenever I travel out of state.). Another issue, 3 different friends, also up here on Travel Assignments, received notices that T Mobile was cancelling their contracts, because they had spent to much time up here. They are also traveling nurses and have extended the contracts for 2-3 extensions ( ie: 6-9 months)like I have. KUDOS to Verizon for NOT doing that.
Alaska is not highly populated, keep this in mind when traveling here. You get pretty good coverage along most of Alaska's highway system if you are near towns - - but none in the mountians or areas away from our few towns. Many dead spots in suburbs and rual areas. Extremely localized service around towns and villages in the bush (that is anywhere off the 2 main highways). Please look on your map and learn the roads. There are only 9 highways in Alaska and only 2 are major highways. This will prepare you to plan ahead and enjoy your visit to our beautiful state.
i work for ACS for over a year now and I keep seeing Verizon Wireless has great service in alaska. thats because they roam off our towers. lol, and we roam off them in the lower 48s. we use a cdma network so it works well to roam off each other.
I recently took a month long trip through Alaska. The only location I received coverage was in Anchorage / Palmer. Fairbanks, Tok, Homer, Soldotna, and all places in between were dead. Not what I expected from a nationwide provider of this size.
In the middle of town, Lake Otis and Dowling, I have horrible reception. The phone signal is weak and calls drop constantly. I believe it is either the lack of towers or presence of an abandonded radio station across the street. Either way, I don't enjoy having my call dropped 6 times when trying to call my family in one evening. But, what are we going to do?
