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| Alaska Cell Phone Coverage |
This map tells you more about Alaska than anything else I have seen. The colored areas (two shades of blue and two shades of red) show AT&T and Verizon's coverage areas for voice and data. I was surprised to see how different they are. The link goes to a zoomable map that covers all 50 states of the USA.
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| Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound The area shown is roughly 300 miles across |
Notice that they cover the land areas surrounding Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound, but they don't cover the water. I guess the FCC doesn't care about fishermen. I suspect that those two bodies of water are pretty well covered since there are no obstacles, they are surrounded by coverage, and they aren't that far across.
Via Detroit Steve
Does AT&T use the utility poles for connection points?
ReplyDeleteThat could explain why they AT&T coverage sticks to the road network where Verizon broadcasts further afield.