Verizon coverage in Yuma

[olympicman]

Getting ready to head south to Yuma in a few weeks and was wondering if anyone knows if Verizon works well there? Or is it slow as I have heard it is in other areas of southern AZ.

[Bea_PA]

Not all stores are Verizon, some are like a franchise and try to sell you unneeded items. If you call Verizon they will tell you which ones are true Verizon. I learned this because the one in my hometown is a partner store and the one 20 miles away is the real deal, salesman told me he doesn't get a commission and to wait until days around black Friday to buy my new phone either from them or order directly from Verizon for the same price.

[vermilye]

I just rechecked, and you are right - Verizon is back to normal. 51.6 download, 4.1 up (AT&T is about what it has been all winter - 26.3 down & 16.6 up).

I don't know what the problem was, but it wasn't the RV show. Verizon has been slow since mid November, and just got back to speed.

[bighatnohorse]

vermilye wrote:
Glad to hear Verizon is doing OK in Yuma. Here in Quartzsite the data rate has gone downhill since last year. AT&T is still in the 10 - 12mbs range while Verizon is down to 2mbs or less. Last couple of years, Verizon provided the best service. No idea why...

Was there last week (Kofa NWR) and Verizon was running at full speed. Could be overloaded demand during the January RV show may have been in play.

[vermilye]

Glad to hear Verizon is doing OK in Yuma. Here in Quartzsite the data rate has gone downhill since last year. AT&T is still in the 10 - 12mbs range while Verizon is down to 2mbs or less. Last couple of years, Verizon provided the best service. No idea why...

[bobsallyh]

Have Verizon phones and Verizon Jetpack and have zero problems anywhere in Yuma or the Foothills.

[olympicman]

Thank you all for your replys. We will be staying at the Fortuna De Oro RV Park in the Fortuna foot hills just East of Yuma.
We have a Verizon hot spot and two Verizon phones that we have used at several camping areas around Oregon so we are familiar with Verizon.

[bighatnohorse]

Their data package runs slow when right on the border near Alogodones.

[bigorange]

path1 wrote:
We did Yuma twice with T-Mobile, on mine and wives phones. Now we have Version on my phone and T-Mobile still on wives phone. About 5 dollars more a month, worth it IMO. Lots more coverage nationwide. If you do go Verizon I would do so before to get to Yuma. When we checked out their phones at Yuma store, they keep trying to sell us stuff I have no need for.

They don’t try to sell you unneeded stuff elsewhere? 😄

I haven’t stayed in Yuma, but Verizon worked fine for me driving through and also while hunting in the mountains east of town.

[path1]

(sorry dup)

[path1]

We did Yuma twice with T-Mobile, on mine and wives phones. After asking around in Yuma, we now have Version on my phone and T-Mobile still on wives phone. About 5 dollars more a month, worth it IMO. And lots more coverage nationwide. If you do check out Verizon I would do so before to get to Yuma. When we checked out their phone store in Yuma store, they keep trying to sell us stuff I have no need for.

[bdpreece]

Have a lot in the foothills of Yuma and Verizon works just great.

[azdryheat]

We've been all over AZ, SoCal, etc with zero problems with Verizon.

[azrving]

I was in Quartzsite and I'm now outside Yuma and Verizon is fine. Just keep answering YES to the text messages saying you are almost out of data. 🙂