andyzee
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I want to get off Verizon as my wireless provider, no question about it, great service, just don't like their cost. How do the other providers compare?
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I have Sprint(probably about 8 years now) and have been perfectly happy with them. Unlimited text, data, etc. for $70, can't beat it. I know last year I had coverage at Sugarloaf while the ATT people had nothing.
I don't go to a lot of remote areas so I could care less if there is coverage or not. Also most if not all give you 30 days trials now.
I have Sprint(probably about 8 years now) and have been perfectly happy with them. Unlimited text, data, off peak at 7, mobile to mobile any carrier, etc. for $70, can't beat it. I know last year I had coverage at Sugarloaf while the ATT people had nothing.
I don't go to a lot of remote areas so I could care less if there is coverage or not. Also most if not all give you 30 days trials now.
Sprint coverage is spotty at Kton. NO coverage at all in the canyon area.
When I last investigated, AT&T and Verizon were about the same costs (though B gets a bigger work discount for Verizon, so we stay with them). I really have no complaints about Verizon--always had great service. VT used to be spotty (for everyone) and I considered switching to AT&T. Had the phones side-by-side for a 3-day weekend and Verizon won. Granted, that was 5 years ago... but still.
Good luck!
Same here, had them both side by side for awhile and Verizon won out, but that was a few years ago was wondering if anything has changed. I've actually had them all, Verizon, Sprint, ATT, VoiceStream/T-Mobile, Nextel. And Verizon is tops, just wondering if anything has changed and if other service providers have gotten better. What get me about Verizon is that if I want to upgrade to a nice phone (smart phone) I have to a buy a minimum 29.99 data package. 1 for me, 1 for my wife, that amounts to 59.98 a month for something I don't really care about. If I don't want to go for data package, the selection of phones gets real crappy.
The data package does suck--we only upgraded last summer to that ourselves, holding out as long as we could--but don't most require that? I'm pretty sure AT&T had a similar requirement at the time when we were shopping.
Yes, they all require a data package, but shopping around, I found that others are cheaper minimums. In some cases I could get unlimited data, and maybe pay something like $20 more a month than Verizon without data
$15/mo for 200MB on ATT. I don't watch video or stream radio unless I have a wifi connection, so I'm at 86MB 2/3 of the way through the billing cycle. Webpages really aren't that data heavy.The data package does suck--we only upgraded last summer to that ourselves, holding out as long as we could--but don't most require that? I'm pretty sure AT&T had a similar requirement at the time when we were shopping.
You don't have unlimited data now? I do. Free hotspot, too.
No, and that's my point, I don't really care to surf on my phone. I did have a data package at one point, think it was like $10, lasted two months before I realize I didn't want or need it. Now I'm being told that if I want a nice phone, I have to pay $60 a month extra for me and my wife.