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MisterMan-Maine t1_ja7yqg7 wrote

Reply to comment by Adventurous_Gap_2092 in Missing Mainers found safe! by grc207

No, I don't think you understand what I'm saying. Where they went on their journey doesn't matter for the future. Our state is a vast wilderness, what happens if this shit happens again and these two ladies end up going up a logging road into the vast wilderness of North Western Maine? Such as for example GPS Coords 46.5936801, -69.2576653? There's nothing up there for infastructure period and any tag that requires service from a phone and/or cellular service would be useless and they'd remain lost. A proper GPS Tracker that does not use Cell Service would still be able to ping the location.

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Adventurous_Gap_2092 t1_ja7ztgy wrote

We will have to agree to disagree. I'm holding the opinion that an airbag will be helpful. Maybe not in all places right now ( I have service in Unknown) but helpful in general. You can believe it's not helpful because they might travel somewhere without tower access. Ultimately it's up to the ladies family members.

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MisterMan-Maine t1_ja84ohb wrote

An airbag is always helpful if you get into a crash I won't disagree with that.

Okay now besides the typo joke it's up to the ladies family definitely. But there is a vast area of our state without service. You cannot deny the possibility of if this happens again they end up going into a deadzone and get lost.

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Adventurous_Gap_2092 t1_ja87e17 wrote

That's true. When I first moved to this town I had no service on my phone. My internet was essentially dial up. I had been with my carrier for over a decade. We had no towers to connect to. The company connected me to Canadian towers. Now, a decade later, we have our own towers and I have really fast fiber in the house. ( Not available everywhere in my town...yet) Service had improved greatly in the wilderness.

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gretchens t1_ja820ng wrote

I am familiar with the gaps in service, but I do think for people who typically travel in Topsham/Southern Maine, an airtag/ Life360/ FInd My service would have found them *before* they ended up at Nicatous. Maybe even before they ended up in Lincoln!

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