Cell Signal Survey in Parksville BC — $89

What the $89 survey includes

• On-site signal readings across all carriers — measured at the roofline, at ground level, and inside the building, so we know what's actually there instead of guessing from a coverage map.
• A written report — the readings, what they mean in plain language, and what your options are. Yours to keep whether you hire us for the next step or not.
• An honest recommendation — one of three outcomes: a booster will work here, Starlink is the right answer, or nothing will fix this and here's why. We make money on installs, and we'll still tell you when the answer is "don't spend the money."

The $89 isn't a sunk cost — book the install within 30 days and it's credited toward the job. The survey gets us in the door; the honesty keeps us there.

The signal reality in Parksville

The Parksville–Qualicum corridor sits inside the Island's main carrier footprint: of the 2,488 licensed cellular sites on Vancouver Island, Telus holds 2,115, Rogers 250, Bell 18, and other cellular operators 105. A licence doesn't mean there's a tower. Coverage here follows that pattern — the corridor is generally served, Telus is the dominant Island carrier — but the survey exists because coverage maps lie by omission. A map shows the corridor; it doesn't show your metal roof, your treeline, or the fold in the land between you and the site. We measure the property, not the postal code.

Terrain and access

Mid-Island survey work is mostly acreage work: properties around Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Nanoose Bay, Errington, Coombs, and French Creek where the building, the trees, and the terrain each take their cut of the signal. We walk the property, take readings where the antennas would actually go, and check inside the rooms where you actually use your phone. A survey done from the driveway isn't a survey.

What connectivity looks like around here

The local pattern is consistent: usable signal at the roofline that dies inside metal-roofed buildings, treed lots where the canopy eats the margins, and pockets toward Errington and Coombs where the terrain shadows everything. Each of those points to a different answer — booster, Starlink, or the honest "nothing" — and guessing wrong costs real money. That's the entire case for measuring first: book the survey.

Why measure instead of trusting the coverage map?

Coverage maps lie by omission: a map shows the corridor, but it doesn't show your metal roof, your treeline, or the fold in the land between you and the site. That's why the survey exists — we measure the property, not the postal code. Guessing wrong about booster versus Starlink costs real money; measuring first costs $89.

See the community dead-zone map — reported dead spots and proposed towers across the Island.

Getting work done here

This is home base, so the survey books fast: Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Nanoose Bay, Errington, Coombs, and French Creek are all day-trip work from our Parksville/Qualicum base, typically scheduled within days. Nanaimo surveys are available by arrangement. Our residential work — surveys, boosters, Starlink, home batteries — runs on that day-trip radius from base.

Our commercial and prime-contractor work — tower builds, maintenance, decommissioning, remote power — covers the full confirmed service region: all of Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast BC, the Southern Gulf Islands, Texada Island, and the Campbell River/Discovery Islands region, including boat-access-only west coast sites.