Colin Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 I'm curious if one can find cell-phone reception on the North/East aspects of Mt. Slesse. Have any of you successfully made a call while on Mt. Slesse in the past couple years? Whenever I'm in SW BC my phone connects via "Edge Wireless," so I think that is the service that's in question. Thanks for any input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_leclerc Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Sure didn't work for me last year. Trying to tell my Mom that I wasn't dead, just a little late.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trumpetsailor Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 FWIW, Edge wireless may refer to the push-to-talk/data band for Verizon. I think the edge band/protocol also gets used for some of AT&T's wireless broadband. Googling suggests that there's also an Edge Wireless company that's now part of AT&T in the central West. Have fun - come home safe! ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwallpete Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 On the descent before the last rappel. I remember my partner calling his GF to tell her that we were on our way down. So it works on the south/ west side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Basically it works if you have line of sight to the tower on Lookout Hill above Chilliwack. Probably last 5-6 pitches of NE butt too. Not sure who Edge Wireless is, cross-border roaming provider maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassgowkiss Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 I made a successful phone call from the summit. I use Verizon, so whoever they have a deal in Canada with has a signal on the very summit. I am not sure about lower down. FYI I also made a successful call from the top of Joffree a few years ago. Things might have changed as there is no longer analog except for 911 calls anywhere in Canada or the US, so the coverage is not as good as a few years back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 Thanks for the info, guys. And of course, any other reports of successful calls wouldn't hurt. I realized after making my initial post that I meant to write, "Rogers Wireless," so that is the service provider in question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dberdinka Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 There'll be no one will hear your screams from the Heart of Darkness... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trumpetsailor Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Rogers is one of the three big Canadian wireless telecoms, if that's of use. They're gearing up to profit from roaming charges during the Olympics, so I'd bet that if you can get signal, you can make a call... Check with your carrier to be sure. "A narrow and deserted street in deep shadow, high houses, innumerable windows with venetian blinds, a dead silence, grass sprouting between the stones, imposing carriage archways right and left, immense double doors standing ponderously ajar. I slipped through one of these cracks, went up a swept and ungarnished staircase, as arid as a desert, and opened the first door I came to...." - Conrad Safe hunting, Colin. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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