Troubleshooting cell phone reception issues
June 6, 2006 by Mike Wendland
Having issues with your mobile phone?
Find out if you are in a dead zone. Or at least know which direction has the closest tower.
Go to www.cellreception.com and enter in your zip code and it will show you the nearest locations by provider.
A Dead Zone Search feature on the site lists areas within various states where dead zones are reported.
And if that doesn’t work, pend big bucks for a cell phone booster or repeater or other gizmos offered by JDTeck, an online site that sells serious equipment that is aimed at improving cell phone reception in marginal areas. Prices start around $200 and require some technical know-how.
Visiting the cellreception.com doesn’t give what provider uses what tower. Just tower owners and locations. Coverage near Newport, MI is poor from all providers. Used to be fine with analog signal from Verizon’s previous company name (which escapes me right now).