Do Cell Phones work at Burning Man?

Cell phones do not work well at the event. There are no cell towers operating near the area that can handle the volume of calls necessary for our population of more than 70,000. You absolutely should not rely on it it for mission-critical communications after that. read more

In the past, there was rarely any cell phone signal at Burning Man. It is a remote location. In 2015, cell phones worked in the week prior to the event opening (while we were our there building the city) but signal degraded as the multitudes swarmed in on opening day. read more

If I had to rate that experience, it'd get a 0/10 would not do again. Cell service at burning man is bad - it prevents the forced immersion that is part of the experience. read more

Cell phones do not work well at the event. There are no cell towers operating near the area that can handle the volume of calls necessary for our population of more than 70,000. You absolutely should not rely on it it for mission-critical communications after that. Satellite phones do work at the event, but these can be quite expensive. read more