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  • Fred2a
    Fred2a reacted to SturdyLegs's post in the thread Phone connection on VDLP with Like Like.
    I recently walked Seville to Santiago (via Sanabres) and had no problems with reception via Orange. This said, I do not use the phone much, so it's possible there are patches with no coverage I am not aware of.
  • Fred2a
    Hi currently on the vdlp and thought following might be useful to others. I’m only on day 3 so will try to update from time to time. Have stopped in Guillena, Castilblanco de los Arroyos and Almaden de la plata. Mix of private and municipal...
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    Fred2a reacted to Bradypus's post in the thread Phone connection on VDLP with Like Like.
    $10 a day sounds pretty expensive. I bought an Orange SIM on arrival for my last VdlP walk for 20 euro which gave me enough voice minutes, SMS messages and data for my entire walk. The VdlP is a very different route from the Frances, Portugues...
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    Fred2a reacted to Corned Beef's post in the thread Phone connection on VDLP with Like Like.
    Here's the map of network coverage which would confirm all of the above. 5G might be sporadic but there is good 4G on the whole route plus Sanabres...
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    Fred2a reacted to camino07's post in the thread Phone connection on VDLP with Like Like.
    I had a couple of times with no network with Orange . This April I will try Vodaphone or would Movistar be better? I had arranged to be picked up after the Pico de Dueno by Carreras V11 Hostal. No network so no pick up.
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    Fred2a reacted to Robo's post in the thread Phone connection on VDLP with Like Like.
    I had good reception from Sevilla to Astoga last year (Vodafone)
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    Fred2a reacted to MesaWalker's post in the thread Phone connection on VDLP with Like Like.
    We walked the VdlP this past fall and had no problems on T-Mobile. But we weren't using our phones a whole lot between cities except for GPS.
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    Fred2a reacted to Waka's post in the thread Phone connection on VDLP with Like Like.
    I walked for two weeks on the VdlP and had no problems with connections at all, I'm with vodaphone but with another carrier it may be different. Having said all that further into the camino it might be different.
  • Fred2a
    Fred2a replied to the thread Phone connection on VDLP.
    Thank you all for your answers !
  • Fred2a
    Thank you for the updates ! I am about to follow your steps.
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