Looking to switch phone carriers. Looking for some real-world opinions.

[Yaj Yak]

it wasnt too bad on tour. it helped that with Fi, i was able to jump to us cellular...which i didnt realize still exists.

Usc is Wisconsin based

Fi and t mobile both use usc now also

 

[Yaj Yak]

Trash

Why

 

[Mook]

Usc is Wisconsin based

Fi and t mobile both use usc now also

Usc has been part of Fi for some time but I haven't seen it used in years.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Usc has been part of Fi for some time but I haven't seen it used in years.

Go to Wisconsin more

 

[Yaj Yak]

Usc bailed on Illinois 2014ish

 

[Yaj Yak]

Sucked

 

[Mook]

Go to Wisconsin more

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

T-mobile worked great at the hotel Friday night.










Oh, wait.

 

[Mook]

T-mobile worked great at the hotel Friday night.










Oh, wait.

To be fair, no one's network worked Friday night.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

To be fair, no one's network worked Friday night.

Mine worked just fine. Was getting 30-40Mbps down, in my room.

 

[Mook]

I got reception outside by the lake but not in my room I think? Probably.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Was enough that I offered to hot spot my phone for Jack so he could work.

Frankly I was surprised I was on 4G LTE up there. I figured at best 1x for SMS only.

East of Munising at Miners Castle I didn’t have squat ?

 

[Mook]

I should have turned 5g back on. Curious if it would have worked.

 

[Mr Baytchos]

Why

Unless you are in the city or heavily populated suburbs there service is spotty. Just like Sprint(which I realize is now the same company).

I'd love to ditch Verizon's high prices but nothing else is worth a shit.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Unless you are in the city or heavily populated suburbs there service is spotty. Just like Sprint(which I realize is now the same company).

I'd love to ditch Verizon's high prices but nothing else is worth a shit.

Vzw has become so spotty for me thats my hiccup

 

[DanJ]

Still paying my share of the family plan on VZW

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Hows tmobile

Fine where I go.

I will say devices matter too. Tmobile was meh for me at first but great for my wife. The only difference being I was on a 2-3 year old device and her's was new. Once I upgraded, the issues I had were gone as well.

 

[b00sted]

Recently switched to the T-mobile magenta plan, which is $120/month out the door for 2 lines. Unlimited everything and I think a fairly high threshold on 5G data before they start throttling. It seemed to be the best deal at the time when I was looking. I also think that if I were to add a third line, it would still be $120/month.

Coverage is good around here, except my house is smack dab in the middle of a dead zone for 5G. So if I'm somehow off wifi here, I get like .5 mbps download. Also, their coverage was horrendous in central Michigan - but I don't know if any other providers' would be any better.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

One of my things for switching is that I really don’t care about 5G. I normally like to have the “latest and greatest”, but I’ve yet to encounter a situation where 4G LTE wasn’t good enough (as long as there was signal).

I hit 205Mbps down sitting on a beach in Florida. With my phone I wouldn’t even use 10% of that.

I’m more concerned with coverage and less dead zones.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

To add, the g/f has T-Mobile and commutes home to Carol Stream from Lemont. If she calls when she leaves it’s a guarantee her signal will drop 3x during her commute, always in the same areas.

Heading to my dad’s she loses signal shortly after getting off of I-64 east of Winchester, KY on to the mountain parkway where I’ll have signal almost all the way to his house in Jackson, another 60-70 miles.

 

[IceCreamAssassin]

Do any carriers currently offer true unlimited data with no reduce data speeds?

 

[PANDA]

Not sure if you have service in Hayward but Verizon has been majorly sucking this summer in the Northwoods. Not sure if it is the influx of people moving up there or just the summertime population jump.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Not sure if you have service in Hayward but Verizon has been majorly sucking this summer in the Northwoods. Not sure if it is the influx of people moving up there or just the summertime population jump.

Right thats my issue. Vzw was killer ky and wisco now my dads cabin which isnt far north whatsoever i dont have service at, in laws in ky i have to go outside to have serive... Just silly.

 

[PANDA]

Right thats my issue. Vzw was killer ky and wisco now my dads cabin which isnt far north whatsoever i dont have service at, in laws in ky i have to go outside to have serive... Just silly.

A place I frequent once had good service. Now has 1 bar. It's almost like a tower disappeared.

 

[Yaj Yak]

A place I frequent once had good service. Now has 1 bar. It's almost like a tower disappeared.

i think this is due to what Lord Tin Foilhat was talkin about in here earlier