Santiago
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Verizon much better last trip
I was quite surprised that on my trip to BOLA last month I had signal in all the places that Verizon did not work in October. I had not heard any
news on this expanded area, anyone else getting this?
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Bajazly
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Did you happen to get a new phone between trips? Last year after I got a new phone, it worked almost everywhere I was up and down the peninsula where
my old phone only ever worked in Ensenada only. Also on Verizon here and was mostly on Movistar there.
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bajatracker
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did it work in bola(town)
Phil
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BajaJeeper
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I now longer have Verizon but a few years ago (when I did) I learned that a list of Verizon towers is in a data base on your phone. If a new tower
goes up and it is not on your list, you can't receive it. There is a Verizon number you can call to down load the latest list. All users should do
this periodically.
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Santiago
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Surely you jest......and stop calling me Shirley.
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Santiago
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Quote: Originally posted by Bajazly  | | Did you happen to get a new phone between trips? Last year after I got a new phone, it worked almost everywhere I was up and down the peninsula where
my old phone only ever worked in Ensenada only. Also on Verizon here and was mostly on Movistar there. |
In fact that is exactly what happened. hmmmm, don't get it.
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BajaJeeper
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The new phone would have had the latest tower lists in it. You really need to talk to Verizon to find out how to keep your list updated.
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redhilltown
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Great news! Verizon has always been a bummer in Baja...
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carlosg
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SAN LUIS GONZAGA
Anyone has any info for this area? We were there last year using AT&T and had no luck: NO SIGNAL! But we had a rented satellite phone with us
because we needed to stay in touch... that worked.
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ehall
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No Verizon signal in gonzaga as of April on my fairly new phone.
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redhilltown
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San Luis Gonzaga is still an extremely remote location...no matter HOW nice the new road is. But someone has put up a lot of money for this new road
and new cell towers can't be far behind...
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BooJumMan
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FYI some phones are "unlocked" straight from Verizon. My Samsung Galaxy S5 accepted a TelCEL SIM card and that was it.
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