Best Carrier for coverage in Muskoka area

kotoula wrote: ↑ I'm hoping someone can help me with this. I was thinking public mobile, but I'm not sure telus works good out there.

I live in AB but my friend who is not at all tech savvy and currently paying extortionary prices for their 'emergency' phone in GTA, will be relocating to Bancroft area about 3 hours north of GTAs. I told him I'd try to find out what carrier works best up there ...

I am hoping that area is well covered, I assume it is but maybe not by telus like rural AB/BC. My guess is Bell..

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Any help is much appreciated! TIA

kotoula wrote: ↑ My guess is Bell.. which is who they are with now, but sheesh, $40/mo for nothing is ridiculous.

PrimaryTech wrote: ↑ Definitely Bell especially if you are in the area where there is only 3G. From personal experience it seems as though they give priority to Bell subs over the rest. If it’s an LTE area other subs will work just fine.

kotoula wrote: ↑ If there is only 3G, wouldn't Public Mobile also be just as good as Bell? PM has 3G plans....

PrimaryTech wrote: ↑ From personal experience, where Bell has its 3G towers it gives preference to its subs. My wife who is with Telus has a hell of a time connecting where there is only 3G. This only occurs in the boonies. Example we were on the lake fishing. I was accepting calls left and right. Her Telus phone had no service/one bar then back to no service/kept flipping. We both have exact same phone. In LTE areas the services are exactly the same.

EPcjay wrote: ↑ Doesn't make sense. Telus has no infrastructure in Ontario. It's all Bell. Look at cell tower maps. There is virtually no towers except a handful in Ontario

EPcjay wrote: ↑ Doesn't make sense. Telus has no infrastructure in Ontario. It's all Bell. Look at cell tower maps. There is virtually no towers except a handful in Ontario

...you can almost always find signal on Telus (including Public Mobile) and Bell cell phone networks. Rogers suffers spotty service in more remote areas but their 3G network can reach low-lying lakehouses.

kotoula wrote: ↑ So I think Public Mobile would be the winner price wise. I'll check the coverage map, thanks for the help everyone!

PrimaryTech wrote: ↑ What part of my statement doesn’t make sense then?

EPcjay wrote: ↑ That in a Bell specific area, your wife has no signal while your Bell phone does. it's coming from the same tower, using the same radio. It's only the data centre behind it is different.

EPcjay wrote: ↑ Doesn't make sense. Telus has no infrastructure in Ontario. It's all Bell. Look at cell tower maps. There is virtually no towers except a handful in Ontario

theMediaman wrote: ↑ I just finished a guide last week on cell phone coverage in Cottage Country and other vacation spots around Canada. I've spent many of my summers cottaging in Ontario. I've also included a few tips for when you get to your destination.

Wow that's a cool guide! I will study your guide on the emergency phone for $25/year... and hope I can find something RFD worthy. Good coverage matters most due to the isolation. And free incoming calls would be such a bonus... so they can talk free when I call them.

https://www.whistleout.ca/CellPhones/Gu ... -kawarthas

Gee wrote: ↑ Wouldn’t pay as you go be a better option?

EPcjay wrote: ↑ That in a Bell specific area, your wife has no signal while your Bell phone does. it's coming from the same tower, using the same radio. It's only the data centre behind it is different.