10-08-2017 10:29 AM - edited 01-05-2022 03:23 AM
I'll be traveling from Toronto to Calgary next week. Checked PM coverage and there seem to be 3 areas not covered:
1. Sault Ste Marie to Wawa (not 100% is without coverage, but the biggest chunk will be here)
2. Wawa to Marathon
3. Marathon to Terrace Bay
The remainder of the way seems to be covered.
Anyone did a similar drive and have real life experience? I'm okay being without coverage for a short time but need to understand how long it will be (the coverage maps don't seem to be to scale).
10-11-2017 12:17 AM
Good to know. Thanks for the information. 🙂
10-10-2017 10:48 PM
Looks like there are significant gaps like you mentioned, Bell/Telus just don't have towers there. PM doesn't have any kind of in-province roaming addon, do they? Rogers does have significantly better coverage along the route, so it would be nice to see if it could roam on Rogers with an addon.
10-10-2017 07:55 PM
I admit that my answer wasn't directly related to your question. But I wanted other folks to know what would be the possible reason technically speaking. And you would be surprised how many people even on this forum have Mobile Plans with different Network Providers. For example corporate with Rogers and private with PM and some member of the family with Koodo.
10-10-2017 11:53 AM
@Quest wrote:In this area Telus don't have any towers. It fully relies on Bell towers.There is stronger presence of Rogers in the area. In fact they fill few gaps where there are no Bell towers at all.
Ask someone who is on Roges if they have the same problem.
I'm sorry, but this isn't a question about Rogers coverage (hopefully no one here is on Rogers). I do not plan on getting a Rogers phone just for this drive, nor do I have anyone that still uses them (go figure).
I was just trying to validate real life versus posted coverage on their site.
10-10-2017 11:50 AM
@will13am wrote:I have been through that route a number of times and I can vouch for the coverage holes you have mentioned. The section of highway through the provincial park west of Sault Ste Marie has nothing, no coverage, no roadside service, absolutely nothing. Anyway expect to have breaks in coverage here and there between Sault Ste Marie and Thunder Bay, particularly when the segment of road is surrounded by rock like a tunnel. It doesn't matter which carrier you are with. I even have experience with Tbaytel and still pretty much same coverage holes.
Thanks for sharing your real life experience.
Do you know how long are the no-coverage areas, if traffic is moving at the posted speed? Is it a few minutes versus hours at a time?
In areas where they have listed coverage, I still expect to lose signal. But I don't expect these to be more than a couple of minutes each time.
10-09-2017 03:38 PM
In this area Telus don't have any towers. It fully relies on Bell towers.There is stronger presence of Rogers in the area. In fact they fill few gaps where there are no Bell towers at all.
Ask someone who is on Roges if they have the same problem.
10-08-2017 10:50 AM
I have been through that route a number of times and I can vouch for the coverage holes you have mentioned. The section of highway through the provincial park west of Sault Ste Marie has nothing, no coverage, no roadside service, absolutely nothing. Anyway expect to have breaks in coverage here and there between Sault Ste Marie and Thunder Bay, particularly when the segment of road is surrounded by rock like a tunnel. It doesn't matter which carrier you are with. I even have experience with Tbaytel and still pretty much same coverage holes.