Cell Phone Use Oahu and Big Island

[Sandcrab Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Sandcrab]

Hi,

We have Virgin Mobile and Verizon. Any problems with either of these two services other than occassional dead spots? Oahu and Big Island.

Leaving Thanksgiving day.

Thanks

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

We had excellent Verizon service on the Big Island everywhere a regular car could drive. No service at some very secluded remote beaches, which was a bit frightening when we thought we were going to have to ditch the jeep and walk 6 miles back to civilization...

Also great service at HNL, not sure about the rest of Oahu but am guessing it's fine.

[Juleen Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Juleen]

We travel to Kauai every year for 3-6 weeks each trip (we are spoiled rotten, Hawaiian timeshares are awesome!). We've never had a problem with our cell phone using both AllTel and Verizon on any of the islands. We've been amazed at some of the remote places cells work! Of course, there are a few places you won't have service but generally no problem!

[Ann-Marie Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ann-Marie]

We have Verizon. Where i live, we have several dead spots within a one mile radius. We never encountered one dead spot while on the Big Island, Oahu or Maui.

[Sandcrab Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Sandcrab]

Thanks for all your responses! Leaving turkey day for 10 days.

Aloha!

[4ARedOctober Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close 4ARedOctober]

Verizon works better on the BI than it does near my home in Cali.

[Sandcrab Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Sandcrab]

Dumb question I guess. Do I have to do anything with my phone settings?

[marsha7 Member Find all posts View Profile Close marsha7]

Perhaps turn it on

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

Dumb question I guess. Do I have to do anything with my phone settings?

For Verizon, it's always a good idea to hit *228 to update the settings in a new location. I know you're already gone and back, but figured I'd post this for others given the previous poster's having bumped the thread back up (hmm, Marsha, could you be trying to up your post count to get to the Ex-Ops?)

[winger Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close winger]

how can an island have deadspots???

[marsha7 Member Find all posts View Profile Close marsha7]

Not in range of a cell tower - I live just outside of Chicago & there are dead patches here - well 1 that I know of!

Marsha

how can an island have deadspots???

[marsha7 Member Find all posts View Profile Close marsha7]

Glitter,

Sorry, you caught me - but also...I just couldn't resist. Seriously, I did not know about the *228 for Verizon.
Marsha

For Verizon, it's always a good idea to hit *228 to update the settings in a new location. I know you're already gone and back, but figured I'd post this for others given the previous poster's having bumped the thread back up (hmm, Marsha, could you be trying to up your post count to get to the Ex-Ops?)

[Sandcrab Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Sandcrab]

Back from Oahu and the Big Island. Verizon worked great everywhere we traveled. Didn't go deep into any craters though.