Population centers have cell phone service and because of the concentration of folks, the percentage of ownership is very high.
Not everyone lives in Dehue WV.
The presence of a handful of people on this thread who live on the opposite of the mountain does not counter the 10s of millions who own the phones.
I hated giving up my rotary dial. It had such a good speaker and was so easy to hear people, unless they were on a cell phone.
I live in southwest Florida. I have Verizon. In North Port, Fl. I cannot get a signal. Someone I work with in that area had to get ATT to get coverage. I can drive out Hwy. 64, 10 miles from I75 I drop signal, get it for 5miles around Zolof Springs, drop it, get it for 10 miles around Wachula, drop it until about 10 miles outside of Sebring. Look at a map. No mountains. Tell me that is good coverage. If I am up the person’s butt,I can just tap them on the shoulder. Like 10s of millions others.