Best cell signal in Vilas County?

Cellcom has been good for me in vilas.  I have good call reception and 4g for internet.  If cell is bad but 4g would be good he could use Facebook to make and internet phone call.   We did that on vacation out of the country over wifi at the hotel.

Cell signal for verizon is good on Fishtrap.....On High around Frog Island it's great and the rest of the lake going west not so great

I have a couple friends that live near LVD and cancelled their Verizon for poor service! Personally, we use AT&T and have great service until we get west of Lando and then service is spotty!

I have Verizon and it works awesome.  Only place it doesn't work is near Anvil at my friends cabin.  If two houses away it works great.  His area is in a low spot.

I have Verizon Wireless home phone and also cell phones. We live in St. Germain and snowmobile,fish and 4 wheel all over vilas county and have never had a problem and we have cheap flip phones for cell phone. 

AT&T has the best coverage in Wisconsin. Thats what I personally use, and have great reception heading in Vilas whereas our other phone with Sprint drops calls starting around Rhinelander. 

I can tell you that US Cellular used to be awesome on those lakes. Now, not so much. Works for voice, not data. (1g and 1/2 bar)

Verizon is better

I subscribed to at&t (onstar) on my truck last weekend and had no problems anywhere.

You probably have to drive to each lake you are thinking about fishing and see what you get.  It varies for me depending on where I am.  I doubt all of Vilas is going to be the same.

For the most part I do well with Verizon but I also know some dead spots and some happen to be lakes lol.

We have ATT and (sadly) I can get a signal anywhere in Iron, Vilas, Price  and Oneida. Which means people from work frequently call while I am grouse hunting. I liked it better when I had to go into town in Mercer to make or receive a call. 

Thanks for the feedback.

Pjl i stay frequently on high lake and have Verizon service that gets good reception on calls but spotty on texts. We stay on forest lodge. Hope this helps. Congratulations to your friend. 

Thank you!

if you're staying at a resort you could always have them call there

We have good reception with Verizon in that area.