Ashland Verizon

Has anyone with Verizon service been to Ashland lately? Has verizon got service there yet? Im thinking about switching to verizon and if theres still no coverage then ill stay with AT&T

I got verizon, dosn't work for me, except the occassional mountain top.

Most people have roaming so they will use VZ, AT&T, US Cellular as they move out of their primary carriers network and into another carriers network. Most likely if one carrier is bad at Ashland ...all carriers will be bad. Each carrier also has decent maps of their coverage areas on the internet. I can tell you that Verizon's map shows very little coverage in that part of the state which is made even worse by the mountainous terrain.

I've been looking at Personal Locator Beacons that use satellites instead of cell phone towers. They are pretty good and some let you send text messages to designated recipients as well as notify a national emergency network. If you have an serious emergency in rural WV, these are what you want to have in your SxS. If you activate it, there will be an emergency response. They are not expensive when compared to a person's life. Some require a subscription as well.

Well I may just stay with AT&T then. Hopefully one day Verizon will get there at Ashland.

My verizon gets service at ashland...my wife has at&t and it is nice down because where i dont have it she does and when she dont i usually do......sometimes.....lol no that is my favorite part of riding down there...its like i am outta touch with the real world.....i just couldn't imagion living down there with no service lol.m

Go ahead and switch and get you a AT@T go phone , that has worked for Daryl for a long time .

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Go ahead and switch and get you a AT@T go phone , that has worked for Daryl for a long time .

That is what Rick S did

I do the same thing

T-moblil for me....works great at ashland

Well I still have unlimited data with AT&T so ill just stick there until Verizon gets better there. Then I may switch.

I have N telos, and it is just starting to work good around home. Verison don't have as much coverage in wv I don't think. Mine has been doing alot better in the last two years here, but don't work at Ashland. Becky has a at&t go phone, and I bring it to Ashland when I come. I would say Ntelos will get going near ashland before Verison does at the rate they have been going. If my phone ever works down there I will put out a wvsxsriders public anouncement.

We have Verizon and we didn't have service at the Fall Ride. We got a AT&T Go Phone and it work fine at the campground. I have a Droid X and my wife has a Iphone 4s and for some reason she was getting text messages while we were there but couldn't send one out.

texts can go through wifi sometimes. Mine does most texts through wifi with apple messenger.

Was there this weekend had no service still

If you have verizon turn left out of the ashland resort driveway onto the pavement and ride about two miles until you get to the top of the mountain where it turns a sharp left and I think windmill gap road starts on the right (think that is the name). Park on the side of the road up there and a verizon phone works every time.

Sprint8 is correct for Verizon to call out is at that location, but There is full service on ATT as there is a tower right there for ATT customers. Verizon is like water and sewer in that area, coming in the near future but dont hold your breath.