The same, at least a few months ago, was mostly true for the Sprint network. I'm on Verizon today due in no small part to that particular drive. -Josh More On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Michael Moore <stuporglue at gmail.com> wrote: > I drove to Madison and back this weekend. Along the way, I checked every >> few miles and I found that there was no point between the Twin Cities and >> Madison (on I-94) where I could get an internet connection with my T-Mobile >> Nexus 4 -- nothing, ever. In Madison, I had no internet connection -- no >> G4, no G3, no G-anything, no internet service at all. The phone service >> seemed to be working at most points along the way, but not always, and it >> went to roaming at many points. >> > -- > >> I was surprised that T-Mobile gives no internet in Madison, nor at any >> point between the Twin Cities and Madison along I-94. I thought service >> along major highways was a priority. The phone mostly worked along I-94, >> but not the internet service. Sprint worked *much* better. >> > > As an additional statistical point, and for voice only, ATT gets the best > (only?) coverage in upper-Michigan and Nothern Wisconsin (specifically the > Ironwood/Hurley area). There's limited 2G coverage in town. I ended up > getting T-Mobile because I go up there regularly, roaming on ATT's towers > doesn't cost extra, and T-Mobile was cheaper than AT&T for my usage. > -- > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20130121/4de347f2/attachment-0001.html>