Andy, We are on the western part of the loop and have been on the Gulf from Houston to Mobile, Tenn-Tom, Tennessee, Mississippi, Ohio and Arkansas Rivers with essentially good coverage with Cingular. So with you East Coast experience, I guess the only doubtful area will be Canada. > We are getting ready to leave on our loop trip in April. Now we are = > reconsidering our cell phone service. We are currently using Cingular, = > and had excellent coverage coming down the coast from Maryland to = > Florida. I've stopped in all the cell phone stores, but they can't tell = > me what coverage they REALLY have on the loop. Their coverage maps = > cover the interstates. Any reports on good or bad coverage you've experienced? -- Kathy, Richard and Gypsy the boat dog M/V Choices http://www.choicescruising.com