We've been using Verizon since 2018 when we got home from Kobuk Alaska, and yes it is a little expensive, but almost all the time we get service in the cabin when we didn't before. What I like is that if I can't figure something out, I stop at their office in Sandy (17 miles away) and they fix/explain it at no cost. I also like the flip phone I got. My SIL, a truck driver, had the same flip phone. I've dropped mine multiple times and it still works because it is rubber coated and didn't leak when it went in the drink either. No real complaints with them.