Looking for something that might not exist

[MLA]

They are likely connecting to the same cell service, that which your phone is dropping. Good chance they are using a booster antenna though. Much easier to do with a hard wired base unit as opposed to a pocket phone. Much like the days bag phones that could reach WAY further then modern phones because of the lack of cell antenna as compared to today.

Why not down load the music rather than stream? Thats why I like the Beast By Dre, soon to be relaunched by Apple.

[mmandley]

My new Ram has HotSpot and it basically uses my Phone Data plan so really not a good option for me.

I also notice that even in my truck it will drop out Serius pretty easily in the hills out by my house.

On a boat if you don't have cell signal a Hot Spot isn't going to help, your only option is try Serius radio, you can buy a receiver unit and connect it to the boat. Then you are using Satalite radio, more reliable in most settings.

I feel the same as you do about music, I downloaded a lot the first couple summers, now my local lake has a cell tower on the mountain with my carrier, so it helps a ton. I still switched over and got Beats Music on me and the Mrs phones and I can download the tracks to my phone with playlists for lakes we goto with no signal.