Who has the best mobile network/cell service?

guapogringo
guapogringo Posts: 201
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
time for a new phone and i was considering a new provider. I have sprint now and they suck at my office and at my home. I am in the north atlanta area. Any one have some recomendations. Also looking at the galaxy iiis

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  • ChcolateLady11
    ChcolateLady11 Posts: 359
    I agree sprint sucks. Maybe AT&T??
  • tmos512
    tmos512 Posts: 119 Member
    Verizon
  • rocketpopsicles
    rocketpopsicles Posts: 170
    I want the galaxy III !
    I have the Galaxy I S .

    ** BUT wait for it to be out for a while! I paid 650 for mine when it came out and it was discontinued 2 weeks later which meant no replacements/fixing for it!



    and DO NOT go with rogers (if you have that option)
    Nothing but problems with them for my ENTIRE contract.
  • MDawg81
    MDawg81 Posts: 244 Member
    Verizon. I'm in Smyrna, so relatively close to wherever you are, and I have great service.
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    Depends where you live.
    And whether you want good coverage in city or country areas. Or whether price is most important.
    Or, maybe that's just in Australia.

    Oops,just noticed that you are in Atlanta. I won't recommend Telstra then.
  • jaygregz
    jaygregz Posts: 104
    I had AT&T and the service was great but my bill seemed to run high every month. 100 bucks or above. So now I use Straight Talk. They use AT&Ts towers in my area (so I get the same service), I still get to use my Iphone 4, and I get unlimited talk text & data for 45 bucks per month.
  • DENALI2017
    DENALI2017 Posts: 53
    Verizon.
  • Josette89
    Josette89 Posts: 244
    I've had Cricket and T Mobile.... They both suck. I'm switching to Verizon in November :) I Live In AZ. My bf is in Cali and he has Verizon. So much better than what I have.
  • halobender
    halobender Posts: 780 Member
    If you're looking at a standard contract plan, Verizon would be the one to go with. It's got the best coverage, from what I've seen. But they're super expensive.

    I go through Family Mobile, which is like Straight Talk, but through T-Mobile. So if you're in an area where AT&T or T-Mobile has good coverage you could have a decent phone (such as the Galaxy S III, I believe, but you would want to make sure it was one with a sim card).

    But that's kind of lame to go through so many channels to have a cheap plan. It's what I'm doing, though.

    I'm not so much a fan of Straight Talk's or Family Mobile's selection of phones—I want a more high-end smart phone. I'm trying to find a reasonably priced one that I'll port to the other plan.
  • YoungDoc2B
    YoungDoc2B Posts: 1,593 Member
    Verizon, I've never had a dropped call yet. Just think they're kind of pricey, especially with the new plans that just came out.
  • sarah44254
    sarah44254 Posts: 3,078 Member
    I enjoy T Mobile but it does not have service as I get near the mountains. Since I live near mountains, this means there are times where I am in the boonies and I NEED emergency cellular service and it doesn't come through for me.

    Verizon had some horrible customer service so we left them even though they had service in the boonies. =/
  • MUByM
    MUByM Posts: 208
    I have T-Mobile and they suck! I threatened to leave them to go to Verizon because their S3 is so expensive and they said they would give me a $190 rebate on it so I'd only be paying $130 for it. Sounds good huh? Then I asked if they could match Verizons share everything thing they got going on and you know what they did? They hung up on me! lol. Anyways, I would say go with Verizon.
  • guapogringo
    guapogringo Posts: 201
    It seems as the thought the more people i talk to; i have come to this conclusion. THEY ALL SUCK! Maybe in different ways buy they all suck. This is a corporate phone so I am not looking to go cheap. If money wasn't an issue, which phone with which service? Right now i am leaning T-mobile unlimited everything with the Galaxy S3
  • myfitnessnmhoy
    myfitnessnmhoy Posts: 2,105 Member
    www.sensorly.com can really help. They maintain a user-contributed database of actual signal strengths from actual customers. I contribute regularly to their signal strength data for Verizon everywhere I go. My wife has an AT&T phone and has been working to get their coverage mapped out in our area as well.

    If you have an Android phone, please consider downloading the app and helping build the database!

    If you don't, it's still an incredibly useful site with decent data about which carrier is best in your area. Because "which carrier has the best coverage" is highly dependent on where you are located.
  • guapogringo
    guapogringo Posts: 201
    www.sensorly.com can really help. They maintain a user-contributed database of actual signal strengths from actual customers. I contribute regularly to their signal strength data for Verizon everywhere I go. My wife has an AT&T phone and has been working to get their coverage mapped out in our area as well.

    If you have an Android phone, please consider downloading the app and helping build the database!

    If you don't, it's still an incredibly useful site with decent data about which carrier is best in your area. Because "which carrier has the best coverage" is highly dependent on where you are located.

    Thanks, I am checking it out now
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