Pure conjecture here, but if you live in a region where snow is uncommon, it might be the case that the cell towers will be placed farther apart than in regions

Pure conjecture here, but if you live in a region where snow is uncommon, it might be the case that the cell towers will be placed farther apart than in regions where there is a lot of snow. Now that it is snowing, the system begins to suffer from tower to tower failures and retransmits.