We started the drive back down to SJ yesterday, hoping to keep ahead of the worst of the weather. Since I5 continued to be a problem (no use getting over the Siskiyous to get stuck in Yreka for a long weekend), we decided to cut over to the 101 at Reedsport, and work our way down from there.
Well, the T-Mobile Coverage Map tells the tale. Once I was past Coos Bay, it was all over until I hit about 10 miles north of Santa Rosa. Now, I don't expect to have coverage in the mountains, but given I saw ads for Verizon and Nextel in the Eureka/Arcata area, having something there would have been very useful. Since we stopped in Ukiah, which looks to be about 30 mi shy of the service area, I spent the evening w/o service as well.
Really, unless you're on an Interstate (and even then, it's pretty spotty--hope you don't have to travel I80 anytime soon if you have this service), west of the Mississippi, T-Mobile coverage is pretty awful. And the map looks eerily similar to what they showed me last year, with promises of expanding such "real soon now".
Sorry guys, but when I have a cell phone, I actually expect it to be mobile.
Posted by lsefton at January 1, 2004 12:35 PM