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Old Jun 24, 2018 | 09:55 AM
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Just putting this out there for those traveling to Sturgis and the surrounding area.
Sprint's associated secondary carriers such as Boost Mobile do not have cell/data coverage within the area.
Also, text is hit and miss.

So if you're traveling in the area make sure you plan ahead.

We travel to the Black Hills every summer and switched to Boost Mobile last fall not realizing there's no coverage in SD, WY, MT or ND.
We'll be switching carriers when we get back home.
 
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FWIW, Verizon covers the area very well, we switched to them for that reason.
 
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FWIW, Verizon covers the area very well, we switched to them for that reason.
I also have Verizon and never had any issues there or in the surrounding areas either.
 
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I have ATT for my work phone and I had no problems with service on that so we weren't "phoneless".
Our personal phones however are Boost Mobile (Sprint) and they were just plain useless other than sporadic texting.
 
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it might depend on the phone. I have Sprint with a Galaxy S8+ and the coverage map shows good roaming coverage. I am staying in Rapid City, and the map shows 4G service. I guess I'll find out next month.
 
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it might depend on the phone. I have Sprint with a Galaxy S8+ and the coverage map shows good roaming coverage. I am staying in Rapid City, and the map shows 4G service. I guess I'll find out next month.
It could be a "Boost Mobile" thing more than a Sprint thing but I just wanted to put it out there to check your carrier before you head to the area just to make sure you've got coverage.
It would suck to be in Sturgis for a week without a phone or the internet.
Funny what we all depend on these days.
 
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Verizon- zero problems
 
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Listen, if you travel at all you need Verizon. Its a crap shoot with the others including AT$t
 
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Listen, if you travel at all you need Verizon. Its a crap shoot with the others including AT$t


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Originally Posted by Bluraven
It could be a "Boost Mobile" thing more than a Sprint thing but I just wanted to put it out there to check your carrier before you head to the area just to make sure you've got coverage.
It would suck to be in Sturgis for a week without a phone or the internet.
Funny what we all depend on these days.
thanks for posting. Much appreciated.
 
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