Canada
Newfoundland Coverage
I am traveling to Newfoundland in September and I am curious on the GSM coverage in the area. I will be based in St Johns but traveling around the area for about two weeks.
Looks like Fido (GSM 1900) has a small footprint in St Johns/Mount Pearl. Rogers (GSM 850/1900) seams to have a large footprint in the area.
I am on Cingular GSM in USA with 850/1800/1900 Nokia 6230.
Anyone in that area have coverage feedback?
Thanks...
Looks like Fido (GSM 1900) has a small footprint in St Johns/Mount Pearl. Rogers (GSM 850/1900) seams to have a large footprint in the area.
I am on Cingular GSM in USA with 850/1800/1900 Nokia 6230.
Anyone in that area have coverage feedback?
Thanks...
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I was up there with my family last June and my parents (who had ATT at the time) got no coverage whatsoever. All they got was some 'international roaming network' message. I have sprint and my sister has verizon neither of which worked at all (roaming or digital) in the area. Hope this helps.
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mayoman said:
I was up there with my family last June and my parents (who had ATT at the time) got no coverage whatsoever. All they got was some 'international roaming network' message. I have sprint and my sister has verizon neither of which worked at all (roaming or digital) in the area. Hope this helps.
both of those services are CDMA... you would have had to activate international roaming prior to leaving
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noord said:
I am traveling to Newfoundland in September and I am curious on the GSM coverage in the area. I will be based in St Johns but traveling around the area for about two weeks.
Looks like Fido (GSM 1900) has a small footprint in St Johns/Mount Pearl. Rogers (GSM 850/1900) seams to have a large footprint in the area.
I am on Cingular GSM in USA with 850/1800/1900 Nokia 6230.
Anyone in that area have coverage feedback?
Thanks...
being one of the many who answer the phone for Cingular... you will be roaming on Rogers while you are on the rock...do you have a pre merger plan or did you migrate to the new plans?
here is the link for the coverage map
http://www.shoprogers.com/store »...
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I should have added....
are you flying in or driving across the island?
if you are driving from Port Au Basques (the ferry terminal) you will in all likelihood have no signal until you are near the Avalon Peninsula (St Johns area)... thew major carrier in that neck of the woods is Aliant Mobility... a CDMA provider....(like sprint or nextel in the USA)... that coverage will be almost everywhere populated... I drove across last summer had signal in *most* places but then again I have a CDMA phone...
are you flying in or driving across the island?
if you are driving from Port Au Basques (the ferry terminal) you will in all likelihood have no signal until you are near the Avalon Peninsula (St Johns area)... thew major carrier in that neck of the woods is Aliant Mobility... a CDMA provider....(like sprint or nextel in the USA)... that coverage will be almost everywhere populated... I drove across last summer had signal in *most* places but then again I have a CDMA phone...
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