Okay, so for those who haven't been to the forest before, its pretty much an ugly situation for cellphones. While there is often decent signal, there are so many people in one area that are all trying to drink down bandwidth that internet is nearly worthless and texts/calls often don't go through.

I'm going to make the suggestion that people install a mesh network app. My favorite is firechat, but I"m open to suggestions. These apps basically turn your phone into a mini broadcaster for about 150 feet. If anyone else using the app is within that range, you link, and it extends the network. IF there were about 100-200 people with this app installed at forest, anyone would be able to chat anywhere with their friends with zero cell signal for free.

Also, expect the total lack of signal to drain your battery like crazy. Another good reason for mesh networks like firechat is you can turn off your cellphone radio and simply use wifi or bluetooth to join the network, thereby making your battery last all day and still being able to talk to your friends!

Also I made an event wide chatroom which is #ElectricForest so all firechat users at EF can talk to eachother!