Need suggestions on the best cell service

[HarryG]

My current cell contract with sprint/nextel is up...so I maybe looking for a change. Who do you guys feel has the best service in the OBX area

[HASH]

I have US Celluar, I have good coverage in the entire Eastern NC. Other might say verizon. They have a couple of carriers there. I have very few dropped calls out in the boondocks of NC with US Celluar

[big popper]

Verizon for me i honestly almost never have problems.i would sat it's about 98%.

[savfish]

I use AT+T because the price for a similar plan would double if I switched carriers. With that said, I have no reception on ocracoke (a place I spend a fair amout of time in the spring) and service is shaky through parts of southern shores and pea island. Everwhere else it is pretty good.

[EricF]

I have Verizon here in Morehead/Beaufort area. Haven't found a place yet that I did not get service...except out in Merriman for about a four hundred yard stretch of road. A SECRET my wife leveraged out of a representative is a code number of some sort....she dials a certain number....then enters a code....which allows us to bounce off all cellular towers regardless of the provider....at no additional charge. Seems it's a trade secret because Verizon has to pay fees based on usage or something like that. We changed phone models and had to get a new number, so I would deduce that it's geared for each phone model. So with that, I never lose service except for small patches where nothing works...which is very very rare.

[Plug]

Verizon has given me no problems from Corolla to Ocracoke.

Don't renew the Nextel. I've heard it's shaky on the banks.

[speckhunter80]

I am in the Swansboro are and use AllTel now for about 5 years. Use it from D.C to Tampa. Give it an A- On occasion for 3-4 days about 4 times a year we get a weak signal. There are places of course in NC like in southwest Pender Co./Bladen Co. without signal for a 10 mile or so stretch. Have it other dead zones in Hyde, Dare, Pasqotank areas. Would be hard to imagine a better service for the money than I have.

[HarryG]

Thanks guys, I can't wait to get down there. The hospitality this forum has shown as well as the hospitality I recieved on my visit has only left with a great sense of comfort. Looking forward to meeting you folks in the wash.

[beachtoad]

Harry when you leaving?

Again my phone Verzion has worked well from Carova to Ocracoke.

[Hatterasman]

I fish all over the Islands and have not had any issues.

[HarryG]

We are hitting the road either monday or tuesday. We have a rental home through dec in KDH while I try to find employment so I can get employment verifications so we can buy something. Looks like I am going to make the swap over to Verizon. Thanks guys


beachtoad, we'll see ya in two weeks or so.

[charlieboy]

I use Verizon...once a month dial *228 and follow the prompts ... dial 1 to program your phone and then dial 2 to update your roaming ... this keeps your Verizon service up to date.