Cell Phone Reception in the West County

[SJackson]

I currently have Verizon and am thinking of switching to Working Assets/Credo which is Sprint. I live in Forestville, work in Bodega Bay, have a child in a Sebastopol school, so need coverage all over the West County. I searched the Wacco archives but the most recent thread was a year ago and am wondering what reception is like these days.

Is Sprint decent?

Thanks,
Susan

[ILift]

I haven't noticed any change since a year ago. Coverage in Sebastopol - in town - is fine. Moving west, you can find pockets where you get a signal. Bodega Bay, no way, nothing. Not even in Bodega. Not even in Freestone or Occidental. Forestville, I'm not so sure.

[pingpong]

Look at their coverage map. Nothing at the coast. Sprint is famous for bad coverage. Sprint - Nationwide Coverage (https://coverage.sprintpcs.com/IMPACT.jsp?PCode=vanity:coverage)

I currently have Verizon and am thinking of switching to Working Assets/Credo which is Sprint. I live in Forestville, work in Bodega Bay, have a child in a Sebastopol school, so need coverage all over the West County. I searched the Wacco archives but the most recent thread was a year ago and am wondering what reception is like these days.

Is Sprint decent?

Thanks,
Susan

[entrique]

I had Sprint and it was incredibly bad. I think Verizon is the best that I have found.

Look at their coverage map. Nothing at the coast. Sprint is famous for bad coverage. Sprint - Nationwide Coverage (https://coverage.sprintpcs.com/IMPACT.jsp?PCode=vanity:coverage)

[photolite]

I have Verizon and get reception anywhere in Sebastopol, Freestone and even downtown Occidental. Some places in Bodega Bay I can even find reception. Never had a problem in Forestville. I believe Verizon is the way to go in West County.
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I currently have Verizon and am thinking of switching to Working Assets/Credo which is Sprint. I live in Forestville, work in Bodega Bay, have a child in a Sebastopol school, so need coverage all over the West County. I searched the Wacco archives but the most recent thread was a year ago and am wondering what reception is like these days.

Is Sprint decent?

Thanks,
Susan

[grizzlyview]

There is a Verizon Antenna in Bodega bay so the service is excellent. There is a tower on english hill which serves most of the route along bodega highway (especially if you use a external antenna plugged into your phone). Sebastopol is well covered by verizon with a antenna in town. Att is fairly comparable with the exception of Bodega, where they have poor coverage. Sprint is rubbish in West County. I use a magnetic mount antenna on my vehicles with a tiny wire that plugs into the back of the phone (not all phones have a external antenna jack) and this is super effective at providing consistent signal. Also emanates the radio waves away from your head, which should please the aluminum foil hat wearing crowd :wink:



I currently have Verizon and am thinking of switching to Working Assets/Credo which is Sprint. I live in Forestville, work in Bodega Bay, have a child in a Sebastopol school, so need coverage all over the West County. I searched the Wacco archives but the most recent thread was a year ago and am wondering what reception is like these days.

Is Sprint decent?

Thanks,
Susan

[edwardmills]

I'm on Sprint and get great coverage in West County. I'm on one of their plans that allows me to roam on the Verizon network for free. So I get access to the Sprint and Verizon towers.


There is a Verizon Antenna in Bodega bay so the service is excellent. There is a tower on english hill which serves most of the route along bodega highway (especially if you use a external antenna plugged into your phone). Sebastopol is well covered by verizon with a antenna in town. Att is fairly comparable with the exception of Bodega, where they have poor coverage. Sprint is rubbish in West County. I use a magnetic mount antenna on my vehicles with a tiny wire that plugs into the back of the phone (not all phones have a external antenna jack) and this is super effective at providing consistent signal. Also emanates the radio waves away from your head, which should please the aluminum foil hat wearing crowd :wink:

[bodegahead]

I live in Bodega Bay by the flats near Sandpiper Restaurant. My daughter goes to school in Forestville so I travel west county extensivly and regularly. I have Tmobile, my daughter ATT, neighbors ATT. Our cells work so well here we seldom use landline. I`ve had tracfone, net10 and verizon, all worked well. No service on hwy 1 north of Bodega Bay. Not much on 116 along the river except in Guernville and Forestville there is reception. South of Bodega Bay there is a blank spot in the canyon between the golf course and the Bodega turnoff. South on hwy 1 reception is sporadic to Petaluma. East from Bodega there is recepton to Freestone then none till Sebastopool except for Bill`s farm basket parking lot, where there is a weak signal. Nothing in Occidental except for an elusive weak signal on the hill behind and south of the Union hotel. I had Sprint out here long ago, it did`t work, don`t know if it`s changed. Same with metropc.