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TXRVr · RV-Dreams Family Member

Cell Tower Locations

Bill and Linda · RV-Dreams Family Member

Just in case you have Verizon and didn’t know of this link, it will allow you to pin-point Verizon coverage pretty well, down to street level, for both “standard” and 3G Broadband.

Personally I have found this to be pretty accurate in its predictions as it uses terrain modeling software (Longley-Rice most likely) to take into consideration mountains, hills and valleys. Naturally this is based on your antenna being outside the rig.

It will work in Canada but will not give you a map to street level as it will in the US.

It’s a long URL so you will need to cut and paste it into a short cut if you want to use it often as I do.

http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/CoverageLocatorController?requesttype=NEWREQUEST&lid=//global//plans//coverage+maps

Bill

rjenkins · RV-Dreams Family Member

I am not too sure of the accuracy of this site TXRVR. I work for at&t and know all the super major towers in Miami, all of which have been sold off to a company that maintains them yet all the wireless carriers use. I checked the map where these towers are located and it is not even mentioned on the map. The map is good for determing type of coverage in an area and also where the map shows sites, but may not be the best choice to determine if you should not go somewhere because there is no cell site mentioned.

TXRVr · RV-Dreams Family Member

rjenkins wrote:

I am not too sure of the accuracy of this site TXRVR. I work for at&t and know all the super major towers in Miami, all of which have been sold off to a company that maintains them yet all the wireless carriers use. I checked the map where these towers are located and it is not even mentioned on the map. The map is good for determing type of coverage in an area and also where the map shows sites, but may not be the best choice to determine if you should not go somewhere because there is no cell site mentioned.

I have used the site traveling in about 15 different states so far and it's accurate for a secondary planning tool and knowing where to point an external antenna. But that is a good point. I suspect that third party ownership does make it less so.