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North of Kingston, On Network Access

bastage
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

Any users living north of Kingston, Jones Falls / Elgin area? I'm in a marginal coverage area with Bell, but for the most part things work as well as can be expected... monthly service price just too much... I would like to move to this 4Gb/$40 month plan -- but before making the move, just want to see how the network access is for this area...

 

Best regards,

 

 

 

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bastage
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

thanks for all the replies... I've orderd a SIM and will activatge a 10-day plan and see what shakes out... fingers cross!

 

and I will check out the CostCo booster too...

 

Best regards,

 

JaK
Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire

Hi @bastage;

 

Yeah, don't trust those coverage maps, Eastern Ontario is fully of holes that don't really show there. I drive the Kingston - Ottawa trip a far bit, and it is normal to lose coverage for a bit on the 10 on either side of Westport (but not Westport itself). Closer to Kingston and Perth it is better. My brother-in-law (close to Franktown) had a similar situation to you and could only get reception in a certain spot in his kitchen, we ended up installing an in-home signal booster (Costco) so he could finally get rid of his Bell land-line, switched him over to PM 🙂

 

Anyway, as already mentioned, Bell and Telus share towers for most of this area, so reception will likely be the same. Best thing to do is get a 10 day plan to check it out, that will still give you time to get on this promo if you decide it is acceptable.

Chaos_Scorpio
Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire

I was in Kingston, ON a few weeks ago and service was fine (if that helps)?

bastage
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

I checked the coverage map out already... pretty picture... I'm looking for some actual user experience in this coverage area... my current carrier (bell) also shows a pretty picture for their coverage map showing full LTE/4G coverage for my area... from my experience, I am in a marginal coverage area, so I connect/disconnect from the bell netowrk quite often... unless I place the phone in a particular area in my kitchen... 🙂 

imm1304
Retired Oracle / Oracle Retraité

Hey @bastage,

 

According to this coverage mape (https://publicmobile.ca/en/on/coverage), the areas you mention are within PM's coverage.  You can expect a good service.  

 

I think Bell and Telus share network towers so you can expect at least similar coverage to what you have right now with Bell.  Also, if there is a Telus store near you, check their coverage in your local area and thats the same reception you will get with PM.  

neilselden
Town Hero / Héro de la Ville

Hi,

You'll have excellent coverage in your area.

 

You can verify that on this coverage map if you are curious for yourself.

 

Cheers,

Neil

 

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