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My wife and I live in Dahlonega Georgia which is a small rural town in the northern mountains . Previously we lived in a suburb of Atlanta and cellphone coverage was great regardless of the carrier . While we lived there we switched from AT&T to Google Fi .

We like Google Fi as the monthly fee is quite reasonable and coverage was not a problem at the previous home . But since then we have both retired and moved to Dahlonega . Fi works by looking for a WiFi signal first and if not available switches to LTE .

The LTE networks that Fi uses is from T-Mobile and Sprint . Their coverage in our area is very poor/spotty . Friends have told us their AT&T coverage is also poor . The only network that seems to have decent coverage is Verizon .

Our cellphones are our only phones so as we get older having solid coverage is becoming more important . So for those of you that are in similar situations how are you choosing a phone carrier to use ? Anyone can tell you in a store that it will work fine , but after you sign up it's too late to find out that it doesn't .

Even with our own WiFi in the house we sometimes have dropped calls . Our internet provider ( only one available ) is basically two Dixie cups and string ☹️ . Any advice is appreciated .