Ask Slashdot: Who Has the Best 3G Coverage In California and Nevada?

Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @04:58AM from the good-luck-with-finding-rental dept.

New submitter derchris writes "We will be on vacation in the U.S. next month for about 3 weeks. We are going to do a road trip between San Francisco, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. To not use roaming for data, and get a heart attack once back home looking at the mobile bill, I was looking at so called 'MiFi' devices, portable 3G Wi-Fi hotspots. As far as I know, more or less all of the U.S. carriers have such devices available. But as I'm not from the U.S., I have no idea what would give me the best 3G coverage in the areas we are travelling. Another question would be whether I can buy one of these devices off eBay, and use it with any SIM card. Let's hope there are users available who could give some advice on this topic."

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Re:Well... by vipas · 2012-03-13 08:22 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I have lived in Vegas and ad the best Mercurial 7 coverage in Vegas and SF. I've had clear reception all the way to Salinas- your mileage may vary beyond Mercurial vapor that. Those I knew that had AT&T hated it (poor reception). San Francisco. I'm assuming you're going through central CA for your trip. As far as I'm concerned, Verizon (for me) h