Question for folks with cellular iPads or iPad Mini's. Do you have to be in a Verizon service area to use Verizon. I know...I know...sounds stupid, but let me explain before you jump to bash me.
I live in central WI. Verizon has great coverage in my area, pretty much a lot of WI. But due to carrier legal squabbles I can't have a Verizon cell phone where I live. To put it better, they can't activate a phone in my name because of my address. I have to choose between a local carrier or US Cellular or Cellcom. Hence a large swath of Central WI shows up as "extended coverage". Yet I have friends visit that have Verizon and their coverage is good here and it isn't roaming, or they don't get charged for roaming as Verizon's towers do cover here.
I am looking into buying an LTE iPad Mini. Been waiting forever for the smaller iPad as the regular one is just to large for my portability needs. I want the LTE model so I have that option of mobile data if I want or need it for whatever in the future. Nice that you can buy a month of data with no contract as you need it. Just like a prepaid phone. Also nice the LTE works with LTE and 3G (as far as I understand).
But does it matter that I'm not in a "serviceable" area like I described above? Verizon has rock solid coverage here. This might be a "special" situation??? (fingers crossed) And no, ATT has no LTE/3G where I live, in fact they have next to no coverage where I live. They might as well not exist.
Anyone else have a similar situation or have run into this?
I live in central WI. Verizon has great coverage in my area, pretty much a lot of WI. But due to carrier legal squabbles I can't have a Verizon cell phone where I live. To put it better, they can't activate a phone in my name because of my address. I have to choose between a local carrier or US Cellular or Cellcom. Hence a large swath of Central WI shows up as "extended coverage". Yet I have friends visit that have Verizon and their coverage is good here and it isn't roaming, or they don't get charged for roaming as Verizon's towers do cover here.
I am looking into buying an LTE iPad Mini. Been waiting forever for the smaller iPad as the regular one is just to large for my portability needs. I want the LTE model so I have that option of mobile data if I want or need it for whatever in the future. Nice that you can buy a month of data with no contract as you need it. Just like a prepaid phone. Also nice the LTE works with LTE and 3G (as far as I understand).
But does it matter that I'm not in a "serviceable" area like I described above? Verizon has rock solid coverage here. This might be a "special" situation??? (fingers crossed) And no, ATT has no LTE/3G where I live, in fact they have next to no coverage where I live. They might as well not exist.
Anyone else have a similar situation or have run into this?