Preferred Mobile Phone Service In Boston (dorms, buying, university)

[simple_guy097]

Hello
I am coming to Northeastern University.I want to know :-

1. Which is the best cell phone service provider in Boston?
2. Which one is best for students (in terms of discounts and offers)?
3. Which contract is best 1 yr or 2 yr?

I would be using my phone for calling back home,texting friends,data Usage and local calls within boston as well as in other cities of US.

[NG1284]

What matters more to you, price or quality? Verizon is hands down the best service in Boston and most of MA. I had AT&T and it worked decently well around the city but I had trouble getting service inside buildings (especially inside one of the NEU dorms I stayed in). TMobile is much cheaper but the service is iffy at times, and I've heard good things about Sprint being a balance of price and quality, but I have no experience with it.

And I would go with a 2 year contract. You usually save a bit of money, and you can get a nice phone for cheap if you sign up for one.

[simple_guy097]

I want a good price and quality as well.
I browsed the sites of different service providers but I couldnt figure out which plan to chose.Plus I guess the mobile culture is way different here.
One more thing I was unable to find some models of mobile phone makes on the site of the service providers.How can I purchased those handsets through contract system?

[western mass and love it]

if you are on a budget as most students are Sprint will get you the most bang for your buck(they have plans with unlimited data,text,and any mobile anytime) and works well throughout the bay state.i have lived in both ends of the commonwealth and have never had a problem with Sprints service.

[simple_guy097]

Sorry for being away.
I ended up buying ATT in the end.The reason being most of the students in my University particularly my department have ATT.So it comes cheap somehow like ATT to ATT is free.So I bought ATT. I am still using a free phone without dataplan as I did not find a good reason to buy a smartphone with useless dataplan provided by ATT as WiFi is available all around the campus.