<p>Hi -- can anyone tell me if ATT gets good coverage on campus at Macalester? And if not, which cell phone provider works well? I definitely want to be able to reach my kid on the phone! Many thanks.</p>
<p>Hi - I'm not a MAC kid - but I'm a parent who lives just a couple blocks from campus. Being located in a sizable city, I doubt you'd have problems with any of the cell phone companies. Certainly Verizon, my plan, works without problems.</p>
<p>Hi, I'm a Mac kid. Mac has some cell phone quirks, there are a couple freshman dorms that get almost no reception regardless of service provider. In general, the buzz around campus is that ATT gets the best reception, Verizon second, and everyone else a distant third. I've had ATT for all of my years there and have had no problem.</p>
<p>Thanks so much to you both for your help. I'm leaning toward Verizon at this point, mainly because the ATT coverage map shows some fairly large no-service areas in the twin cities. That wouldn't necessarily be an issue, but it might be if my kid were off campus and out and about. It's especially helpful (if depressing!) to hear that a couple of the freshman dorms are dead spots for cell phones. Although I guess from the perspective of the freshmen themselves, this creates the perfect response when Mom says (as we do), "I keep calling you and you never get back to me"!</p>