Verizon, ATT, Sprint, T Mobile? Best Price/Value?

[Flyn]

Guys, how do you like your phone service provider?

I have 7 phones on Verizon. Love the service, hate the price. Watching the Sprint commercials, they are saying they are within 1% of Verizon service levels and they will give me $1,400 in gift cards if I switch.

I'm wondering about real world service with these carriers. Do you guys use them? Dropped calls? Cost for the plans? Unlimited? Customer service? If I switch to Sprint or T Mobile will people be able to hear me now?

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[Mook]

Sprint has gotten way better, despite what people on here will say. But like anything else, location location location.

Using Project FI, I jump between TMO and Sprint at will (US Cellular once in awhile). I have great success with regard to actual service...speeds vary but you wont notice unless youre trying to download huge files or something ridiculous.

Once youre in the sticks, thats where you'll see both those networks suffer (and mostly just with data). If you dont travel outside of cities, you'll be fine on either.

 

[Omicron]

Agree with Mooks assessment of sprint. We've had them for 20 years.
Great in urban areas; spottier in less populated areas relative to verizon

FWIW I have my business cell through Verizon so I can always get a good on the fly comparison. Verizon seems to have good coverage most everywhere.

 

[Marko]

I switched from AT&T to Sprint and I'm very happy. Saved some money too. Their service is just as good as AT&T so far for me. iPhone 7

 

[Bub]

[MENTION=340]Eagle[/MENTION] [MENTION=16]PANDA[/MENTION] [MENTION=2616]Chester Copperpot[/MENTION] @Whoevertheelsegoesupnorth

Who are are you guys using and who works up north?? I Keep Verizon just for up north activities but would love to get over to Sprint if it works up there now.

 

[Mook]

https://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp?

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

sprint customer here. happy with the value.. unlimited everything after taxes and fees on a single line $63.47.

find someone who has sprint and uses it in locations you are frequently at and inquire about the service.

90% of the places you spend time at regularly are going to have trustworthy wifi network anyways. (home, work, friends and families homes)

 

[RICH17]

Happy enough with sprint.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

way to sound excited rich

 

[FESTER665]

90% of the places you spend time at regularly are going to have trustworthy wifi network anyways. (home, work, friends and families homes)

This is always my case too... I'm never using much data as it is because of always being on wifi... Mines just cheap because we have all the family on one plan.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

i stream quite a bit, but have unlimited. I've had months as high as 6gb of data

my plan was cheaper but i kept going over so i upgraded from what i used to have.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

I've had T-Mobile for 5 or 6 years and its been very reliable overall. In the Chicagoland I always have solid LTE. Along major highways, I've always had solid LTE. In rural areas, I sometimes have no connection.

As long as you don't need reception in rural areas, T-Mo is a great value.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

sprint customer here. happy with the value.. unlimited everything after taxes and fees on a single line $63.47.

find someone who has sprint and uses it in locations you are frequently at and inquire about the service.

90% of the places you spend time at regularly are going to have trustworthy wifi network anyways. (home, work, friends and families homes)

Fuck, glad you and Mook brought this up. Just looked at Sprint's plan compared to AT&T and I'm paying ~55 for 3GB of data with Military discount. Sprint's plan looks enticing as fuck especially with that $200 card since I'm also not tied down to AT&T.

EDIT: Just looked, $52 and change.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

i should mention i have a 15% discount from my employer too. i feel like every employer does this though, so should be easy to knock some more dollars off

 

[Chet Donnelly]

T-Mo is $40, no added fees per month for unlimited minutes/text, and 3GB of 4G data.

https://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans-individual

 

[Mook]

I kind of chuckle that people still care about unlimited text / minutes...hasnt unlimited text been standard for like....ever now?

 

[Chet Donnelly]

I still chuckle that everyone isn't on the T-Mo $30 plan.

 

[jason05gt]

I have Sprint and it's been great lately. For a few years while they were updating their network, Sprint was absolutely horrendous with dropped calls.

 

[Mook]

I still chuckle that everyone isn't on the T-Mo $30 plan.

TMO sucks wang once you're out of any major city. My phone jumps to Sprint almost immediately.

I do wish FI would mimic TMO and allow unlimited streaming with no data usage...would be boss for spotify.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

TMO sucks wang once you're out of any major city. My phone jumps to Sprint almost immediately.

I do wish FI would mimic TMO and allow unlimited streaming with no data usage...would be boss for spotify.

Agreed...but the majority of people, when they go outside of a major city, they have WiFi. And thats the nice thing about the TMO $30 plan with Google Voice...WiFi or cellular data connection doesn't matter. The phone functions the same over either.

Now, I know thats not for everyone. But it probably would work for the large majority of people.

 

[Mook]

You dont have wifi when youre driving in the middle of nowhere or basically ANYWHERE in IL that isnt a Chicago suburb.

TMO is good and stable for me most of the time, I really have no complaints. Its great having 3 networks at my disposal.

 

[Yaj Yak]

You dont have wifi when youre driving in the middle of nowhere or basically ANYWHERE in IL that isnt a Chicago suburb.

right

 

[Chet Donnelly]

You dont have wifi when youre driving in the middle of nowhere or basically ANYWHERE in IL that isnt a Chicago suburb.

I've never had issues on the interstates. But yes, off the interstates you could be in trouble. The majority of us don't often drive around in rural America though.

 

[Mook]

I really only do when visiting my sister.

 

[Rent Free]

verizon or bust.