What phone service works in Alaska?

[old faithful]

I sail on the Sun July 8th - I need to keep in touch with the mainland ... does anyone know what cell phone plan/service works in Alaska?

 

Thank you for your time

 

Old Faithful

[redlef]

. . . when we were ashore and near land. This was 3 summers ago. I have the "Verizon family plan" and received NO roaming charges and NO long distance charges.

 

YMMV . . . .

[fdk71265]

I had cingular and It was like calling your neighbor. Very clear 5 bars. The funny thing is some people on the cruise were afraid of how much it was going to cost a min. to call the U.S. I had to remind them that they were still in the U.S. And still some of them questioned that. But it is definitely one of the most amazing state's and place's in the world. Not to mention beautiful too.

[Fblack]

My Verizon worked fine.

[the cruise is on]

Anyone know whether my Sprint service will work in Alaska?

[Mooguy]

Anyone know whether my Sprint service will work in Alaska?

 

 

NEXTEL?

[tnkrbell13]

We had the hardest time in Juneau, my kids could call us, but we couldn't get one call through to them, and I had heard we wouldn't get much in Sitka but it was the best there I think. We have Verizon.

[mom23guys]

I checked with Sprint and they said it would work in Ket. Jun. and Skag. as well as Anchorage and the roaming is covered on our plan. We'll see in a little more than a month.

[Budget Queen]

I've had very good service with Verizon. Never have service in Skagway- including my last trip a few weeks ago. But my friend who went with me had way superior service compared to mine. Got a call in on a sea day, out in the middle of nowhere, south of the Dixon Passage with a CHEAP Walmart Tracfone. :) And regular minute usage.

[Casey2]

My Sprint service worked fine in Juneau and Ketchikan. No service in Skagway. This was last September.

[funcorn]

I just got back from AK and my cingular service was great. Only when we were in Glacier Bay and on the ocean did I not have service. Inside passage and Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan was not problem.