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prepaid sucks, the phones are crap, the signal strength is weak and if there are some towers in your area, the pre paid only is connected to about half of them. people think they are getting a deal, but there is a price, and its weak signal and stripped phones.
but what has been your experience with pre paid carriers \phones?
<shrug> Nobody gets consistent signal out here -prepaid or plans. Nearer town, everything works. Not sure about stripped phones, since I only use the features once in a blue moon. Google voice works fine on my tracphone, Chrome seems to work OK.
I have prepaid AT&T and the wife has prepaid T-Mobile, both for many years now and we are very satisfied with both. I do not know who is feeding the op with that bs but as long as a person has a decent phone, that is at least quad band, thus can work on either carrier, then they get to use every tower that is available. Yes, if you use a cheap phone that only has 2 bands in it, then you may end up with bad results, thus don't be cheap, buy a decent phone and all will be good on prepaid AT&T or T-Mobile, I cannot speak for the other carriers.
^^ The OP fails to recognize that for whatever reason he does not get the best reception, there is no difference in towers between the prepaid or postpaid. If it's T-Mobile or AT&T or whatever, it's the SAME towers whether it is prepaid or postpaid. Also, the type of phone and whether it has crappy reception is no fault of the plan or the company. If a certain carrier does not work well in your area or in your house get another carrier. It's as simple as that. I've been on prepaid for many years and very much prefer it to postpaid (if you can call it that). I am on auto-pay, no contract, NEVER get any surprises as far as the bill goes. I wouldn't have it any other way.
^^ The OP fails to recognize that for whatever reason he does not get the best reception, there is no difference in towers between the prepaid or postpaid. If it's T-Mobile or AT&T or whatever, it's the SAME towers whether it is prepaid or postpaid. Also, the type of phone and whether it has crappy reception is no fault of the plan or the company. If a certain carrier does not work well in your area or in your house get another carrier. It's as simple as that. I've been on prepaid for many years and very much prefer it to postpaid (if you can call it that). I am on auto-pay, no contract, NEVER get any surprises as far as the bill goes. I wouldn't have it any other way.
NO, if there are 5 towers around you, the prepaid uses about 3-4 towers. also, when there is congestion\failures prepaid customers get lower priority when they are fixing the issue...
Yes but I had Verizon for years. I had a family plan. Yes they have the best reception but my friend had a prepaid phone and his was just as good as mine for much cheaper.
I said "Hey, Your phone is just as good as mine" and I planned to switch when I got out of contract.
My kids wanted to keep their phones and their numbers. That was doable but it wasn't easy. That took patience but I was determined to get everything set up right. Now there are no problems.
There is one building that I can't get reception in that my Verizon phone would have. I think my phone uses ATandT towers and some phones use Verizon towers. It is good enough for me and so much cheaper.
I don't like limits. The plans that Verizon offered had limits. I don't use that much but that is not the point.
There is no hassle and it is cheap, it works and there are no limits.
NO, if there are 5 towers around you, the prepaid uses about 3-4 towers. also, when there is congestion\failures prepaid customers get lower priority when they are fixing the issue...
Please provide proof instead of just your claims that it is so.
The not-connecting-to-towers argument is only true if you're in a roaming area, where certain companies allow their postpaid accounts to roam but not their prepaid accounts. If you're in a native area, identical prepaid and postpaid phones will connect to the exact same towers.
The data argument has some basis in reality. Some brands do prioritize postpaid accounts. Others do not. As an example, TMobile prioritizes its postpaid and prepaid accounts over its prepaid MVNO accounts (such as MetroPCS, Family Mobile, etc.), but TMobile does not prioritize its postpaid accounts over its own prepaid accounts.
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