GAYLORD, MI -- If you are a Verizon Wireless carrier and always drop calls as you leave Gaylord, a new tower may change that.
Verizon Wireless has activated a new cell site in Gaylord that improves voice and data coverage along Michigan Road 32 between Gaylord and Johannesburg. Coverage is also improved in the area east of Gaylord and Otsego Lake as far south as McGraw Trail and as far northwest as the intersection of Marquardt Road and Seymore Road (which becomes Whitehouse Trail). To the southwest, coverage is improved along Johnson Road, east of Interstate 75 and along Chester Road, south to Bob Lake Trail.
The new cell site, which is equipped with a permanent backup generator for times of emergency, enables more Verizon Wireless customers to rely on their wireless devices for social networking,Internet browsing, downloading apps and music, exchanging email and text, picture and video messages, watching high-quality videos and making calls.
The company’s ongoing network investment in Michigan now totals more than $1.6 billion. Nationally, Verizon Wireless has invested more than $60 billion since it was formed—$5.7 billion on average every year—to increase the coverage and capacity of its network and to add new services.
