Oh I beleive you.
That was the irony of working at camp KEP. Hadly any service there, but the organization was 'paperless' and did practicaly everything using google cloud. Of course none of that worked for the first few years except in one small location. Had to set up boosters and get satelite service. $$$
Thats also why the phone they gave me has an ATT network card. The only carrier that worked pretty decently in that location.