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Reno Area Wireless Information & Cellular Guide Your source for information about wireless phone coverage in the Reno/Tahoe area. |
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This is a non-commercial informational website about wireless cellular and PCS carriers, coverage and cell site locations in and around Reno, Nevada. Looking for other areas? See similar websites for other areas. The purpose of this website is to provide information to help you make the best decision on which wireless provider will provide coverage in the areas that you need to use your wireless phone, and keep you up-to-date on their coverage. No wireless provider has involvement with this site. This site is viewer supported. Lots of time and research have made this website possible. If you find this site useful, please consider making a donation to support ongoing timely research, website updates and server expenses. To find out more benefits of donating, including access to the exclusive PREMIUM CONTENT pages of the website, please see the Premium Content Information, or click on the PayPal Donate button. June 26, 2008 New T-Mobile cell site under construction in Damonte Ranch areaConstruction is in-progress on a 24-foot extention of the monopole located behind Wal-Mart at Damonte Ranch Parkway and South Virginia Street. Permits show that T-Mobile will be co-locating antennas on the newly hightened structure. Cricket, Clearwire, AT&T and Sprint which are currently located at the site may move to higher positions on the pole. June 5, 2008 Verizon Wireless’ acquisition of Alltel to improve native coverage in much of rural NevadaVerizon Wireless has announced plans to acquire Alltel, which will result in Verizon Wireless becoming the nations largest wireless carrier and improve their native (non-roaming) coverage in much of rural Nevada outside of the Reno area. RCR Wireless News has published pre-merger and post-merger coverage maps and other details about the merger. May 31, 2008 Wireless podcasts added to links pageNew cell site construction in the Reno area has slowed to a crawl so far this year. Lately I’ve been listening to podcasts that cover the latest cell phone and wireless industry news and rumors. Check out the “Podcasts” I’ve added to the Links page. May 4, 2008 AT&T Wireless launches Mobile TV in Reno areaAT&T Wireless has announced that they have launched a new Mobile TV service in 58 markets nationwide, including Reno. The new service requires a new exclusive handset. Using text messaging for communications after earthquakes and other disastersWith the swarm of earthquakes that have hit the northwest Reno area since February there has been heightened awareness of procedures to take to prepare for earthquakes. After a major quake cell phone and land-line communications may be unavailable due to damage to cell sites, power failures and/or overloaded communication channels due to too many people trying to use their phones at the same time. After a quake phones should be for emergency calls or brief calls to check the status of family and close friends. If you are unable to place calls, you may be able to communicate via text messaging as was common during the 9/11 attacks. An interesting National Communication System tech bulletin describes the use of SMS in times of disaster and otherwise. April 7, 2008 AT&T to add 80 new cell sites in Northern California and Reno in 2008In a press release, AT&T has announced that it will be adding 80 new cell sites this year further expanding it’s higher-speed wireless network. No specific details on Reno were announced. January 8, 2008 Cricket moves northwest Reno cell site to McQueen High School stadium light poleCricket has moved it’s cell site serving northwest Reno from a temporary site across from McQueen High School to a new permanent location on the football field stadium light pole. The new antennas will provide more line-of-sight coverage to more areas of northwest Reno. January 4, 2008 New AT&T cell site active near Damonte Ranch Parkway & S. VirginiaAfter years of complaints and waiting, AT&T has finally improved coverage in the Damonte Ranch and Zolezzi Lane areas with a new cell site which is co-located on an existing tower behind the Wal-Mart on Damonte Ranch Parkway. CID 6296x. December 27, 2007 New T-Mobile cell site active in NW RenoA new T-Mobile cell site is now active in NW Reno near Robb & Mae Anne Avenue. The new site should fill-in some coverage in the canyons in the area that the cell site at Robb & Sharlands doesn’t serve adequately. CID 1325x. November 19, 2007 AT&T 3G maps for Reno/Tahoe/Carson area onlineAs reported a few weeks ago, phones on the AT&T network in the Reno area are now showing 3G data coverage. AT&T has now posted PDF maps showing 3G coverage in the Reno/Tahoe/Carson City areas. Carson City/Carson Valley/Dayton map 3G coverage is now shown as an overlay on top of their regular coverage map.
FeedbackThank-you! Thank-you! I hope this info on our experience will in some way help with your site! You are providing a great and needed service to this area! Thanks again, R.S. ———————————————————————— Thanks for giving the customer a better shot at choosing a carrier. R.G. I recently tested a Motorola V505 flip phone… …where our Nextels barely worked. The V505 is a Quadband phone and it seemed to pickup a signal in more locations. It did have some trouble but by simply walking around a little, I found a strong signal to make a call. We then purchased 8 V180 Quadband phones for our company, and switched from Nextel to AT&T Wireless… . Thank you, D. M. |
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