ATT or Verizon

[EastTexasTiger]

Sportsman's warehouse botched my Tactacam order, and now i have 2 ATT tactacams and 2 Verizon Tactacams in route. Property is in Anderson county. Which carrier should I keep/return? only keeping one carrier, not going the science experiment route

[jerp]

Unless you already know whether ATT or Verizon has a sufficient signal at your hunting grounds, I don't think there is anyway to know for sure without testing them on site. I would not rely on the carrier's coverage maps. The Verizon map shows great coverage at our place and I could not get a signal at all. BTW, if you decide to get rid of the AT&T models I will take one off your hands. I am on the waiting/notify me list at Sportsman's Warehouse and they are still showing out-of-stock

[EastTexasTiger]

the att ones i got at scheels after sportsman told me they canceled my order bc of lack of stock, scheels shipped almost immediately. customer service at sportsman has been a mess

https://www.scheels.com/p/tactacam-reveal-x-cellular-trail-camera/16517-TA-TC-XA.html

[Fordnandez]

I would get out there with phones from each carrier and see which one gets the best signal.

[jerp]

Thanks for the link! I've been checking everywhere else but didn't think about Scheel's - just ordered one.

[Etxbuckman]

I would return the ATTs. We have property in AnCo and switched from ATT to Verizon because we couldn't get a signal with ATT.

[Matthewc131]

I have Verizon and its honestly worth keeping, i have buddy's with ATT & others with Tmoble/Sprint and I end up being the only one with service every time regardless if were in city limits of not.

[c3products20]

I'm the opposite. I have verizon and it sucks at/near our ranch. I lose service around Mason and get zero service at the ranch. Which is kind of ok with me except if I ever need to get out and I'm by myself. My dad has att and get's great service.

[jerp]

As is apparent from the comments above it really can vary over relatively short distances. As I mentioned, only AT&T has sufficient signal for a cell cam on our place but at my buddies ranch across the county road - maybe 1/2 mile as the crow flies - he gets a strong Verizon signal.

[EastTexun]

Our property is northwest of Grapeland, just on the Anderson/Houston county line. I switched my Verizon phone over to ATT for better service, and I have all ATT game cameras other than 1. In the bottoms nothing works. I use the Open Signal app to tell me where the nearest towers are and strength, so you might try that before sending any back.

[El General]

I'm the opposite. I have verizon and it sucks at/near our ranch. I lose service around Mason and get zero service at the ranch. Which is kind of ok with me except if I ever need to get out and I'm by myself. My dad has att and get's great service.

Yeah, there is a big coverage gap in Verizon from west of Llano to west of Eden north up to Brownwood and south to a few miles north of Junction, but when we get out to Robert Lee Verizon works and AT&T doesn't.

[c3products20]

Yeah, there is a big coverage gap in Verizon from west of Llano to west of Eden north up to Brownwood and south to a few miles north of Junction, but when we get out to Robert Lee Verizon works and AT&T doesn't.

Strange how they work so differently.

[EastTexasTiger]

Found this to be helpful

https://www.cellmapper.net/map