At&t or Verizon

• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  Here's the deal. I have AT&T currently. Wife has Verizon. She typically has better coverage than me when we travel, which isn't a huge issue b/c 90% of the time we're not traveling, but it does make you notice. My iphone 3gs is a TON faster than her iphone 4. I know she doesn't have 4G LTE so I'm not sure how fast it could be..but I also don't know how much coverage there is around us. Do I go with Verizon since it seems to cover more area than AT&T but risk having a slower network if I'm not in 4G LTE. Or do I stay with AT&T where I know I get good HSPA+ coverage already and no 4G LTE.
• GoChiefs

  

  Oh look another look at me thread by Zwick!
  
  
  Kidding.
  
  I much prefer Verizon over AT&T.
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  GoChiefs;1270778 wrote:Oh look another look at me thread by Zwick!
  
  
  Kidding.
  
  I much prefer Verizon over AT&T.

  you're in the area.. do you have a 4G LTE phone?
• Belly35

  

  Our family when with Verizon ... those free minute between Verizon to Verizon family is great.
  As for speed I have 3G and seem to work great my daughter has IPhone 4G and love it.
  She lives in Chicago and between her Iphone a our Ipad we talk w/ facetime and it works great...
• ts1227

  

  ATTs data is too spotty in NEO for my liking. Prefer Verizon
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  Belly35;1270782 wrote:Our family when with Verizon ... those free minute between Verizon to Verizon family is great.
  As for speed I have 3G and seem to work great my daughter has IPhone 4G and love it.
  She lives in Chicago and between her Iphone a our Ipad we talk w/ facetime and it works great...

  The problem is I don't know anyone with a 4G LTE phone around here on Verizon and I don't want to get a phone with slower 3G speeds just b/c I can have better coverage 10% of the time.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  I have Big Red because I get 22% off my wireless bill.
• jmog

  I had Verizon for years, got a work phone recently and got rid of my Verizon phone (no sense in paying for one if work is giving me one). Wife is still on Verizon.
  
  100% go to Verizon, coverage for ATT sucks and to be honest Verizon 4G is much faster than ATT, and their 3G appears only slightly slower than when my ATT phone says it has 4G.
  
  FYI, we both have iPhone 4S, so the comparison is apples to apples.
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  Raw Dawgin' it;1270787 wrote:I have Big Red because I get 22% off my wireless bill.

  I get the same discount with either.. just never have had Verizon.
• GoChiefs

  

  ZWICK 4 PREZ;1270780 wrote:you're in the area.. do you have a 4G LTE phone?

  
  Yes, I have a Bionic.
• sleeper

  

  Verizon is the best cellular company out there right now. They aren't perfect, but I'd pick them over anything.
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  GoChiefs;1270807 wrote:Yes, I have a Bionic.

  
  4G coverage pretty good around here?
• GoChiefs

  

  ZWICK 4 PREZ;1270862 wrote:4G coverage pretty good around here?

  
  It's excellent quite honestly.
• Midstate01

  

  I'd love to switch to verizon. But it won't happen because we are grandfathered into the unlimited data plan and I don't want to give that up.
• Fab4Runner

  

  I am in the Akron/Canton area and Verizon works great for me. Great coverage and the 4G LTE speed is nice even though I choose not to use it most of the time.
• said_aouita

  

  Belly35;1270782 wrote:Our family when with Verizon ... those free minute between Verizon to Verizon family is great.
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  :thumbup:
• jmog

  Midstate01;1270963 wrote:I'd love to switch to verizon. But it won't happen because we are grandfathered into the unlimited data plan and I don't want to give that up.

  Yeah, we were grandfathered in on Verizon but they stopped allowing grandfathering unless you never used an upgrade. If you ever wanted a new phone, ANYONE on your plan, then the whole plan reset to new data packages.
• hoops23

  

  I love how people bitch about unlimited data when 96% of Verizon customers use less than 2GB
• Midstate01

  

  hoops23;1271251 wrote:I love how people bitch about unlimited data when 96% of Verizon customers use less than 2GB

  
  I wouldn't say I'm "bitching" about it. I just like having that safety blanket. I always check my usage and I'm rarely over it. But I do like the security.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  go verizon
• Tiger2003

  

  I have AT&T and we will stay with AT&T. Never had any problems with them and we have good coverage here in Grand Forks.