Most liked posts in thread: Phones that work at Fontana

Verizon worked fine for me there last year. No problems at all.

Jim

 

Thanks Jim. See you Friday morning at the lodge for breakfast. 7:30 correct??

 

I've got pretty good internet up here in the Lodge, nothing down in the cabin. Cell phone coverage, AT&T, has been pretty much null and void all day.

 

Snooter, Fontana has a masseuse! :ihih:

feel better!

 

I'll be there.

Jim

 

I've been fasting all week so I can fill up on breakfast. Especially since Jim wants to buy for all of us guys & gals.

Back on topic....

Hope my phone works at Fontana...

 

I can tell you this... ATT didn’t have squat there. I didn’t even reception at the lodge where everyone else did (there and elsewhere)

Mark

 

Three and a half days without phones, emails and texts How does it get any better than that

 

That’s funny... I transferred my cell phone (business number) to my manager. I forgot to unforward it until I left. Once I got in range, my phone went nuts and left like 30 text messages at once.

But you’re right... it was nice not having to listen to anyone’s phone ring.


Mark

 

It was even funnier watching everyone walking around hunting for some area that would provide them with at least a "one or two bar" fix.

 

No ****.. .I tried to hold my body at the right angle but it didn’t help. (hmmmm, perhaps I’m just not tall enough...lol)

Mark

 

We would be sitting someplace talking and all of a sudden Mark would start jumping up and down yelling, "I have three bars, I have three bars", not that he was checking or anything. :lol:

Jim

 

OMG, you are such a liar....

















The best I got was 1 bar!...


Mark

 

So here is the deal with Fontana and interwebz coverage.

They have a T3 line that comes into the facility for the entire village. From that they have different zones with each having an allocation of the available bandwidth. Toss 800 or so net enabled devices all polling for a signal at the same time in the mix and no one gets anything decent.

As for me, I just embrace the fact that I'm pretty much off the grid for the time I am there and if I really have a pressing need I wait till really late at night when all the devices are not around the few hot spots.

 

I was just kind of surprised that they had cable but didn't offer internet throughout. (unless it was satellite)

Regardless, it was nice not even hearing a phone ring. (heard a few walkie talkies but no phones the entire time)


Mark

 

Yes no phones was nice. You don't realize what an intrusion they can be until none are there. Just the sounds of superchargers, blow off valves & farty exhausts. Sweet!

 

We stayed over at Nantahala. On the drive back each evening, as we got in range, the phones would sound like a Casino in Vegas. Missed calls, texts, ding, ding, ding. We didn't really mind not having service, since it made the time seem more relaxed, but it was nice to check in with the kids and the house/kennel sitter each night.

Annette

 

I went into Robbinsville once and when I got in range the phone lit up. I did a quick look, saw no one had died or was dying and put it back in my pocket. The little stuff on the site could wait...

 

I'm not complaining at all. I sent my wife an email at 0730 and she got it around 1400, but she got it and that is what counted. It was kind of like a "launch & leave" missile.

Jim

 

My boss thinks nothing of texting work questions or emailing work issues or even asking someone on vacation to log in remotely to fix something. I was THRILLED to have no connection. It allowed me to say to them, "Sorry, I'm off the grid and you'll just have to figure it out."

I did do the occasional quick check when we got into range for some runs, but it was like twice the whole time. Once in Pigeon Forge and once at Bridal Veil Falls (had a really good connection there).

Ali