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View Poll Results: Your Carrier
Verizon 17 22.97%
Sprint 18 24.32%
AT&T 18 24.32%
T-Mobile 7 9.46%
Regional (Cricket, Metro, US CELL) 4 5.41%
Pre-Paid (Boost, Virgin, Smarttime, Page Plus, Walmart) 10 13.51%
Voters: 74. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 11-27-2010, 08:02 AM
 
Location: Springfield and brookline MA
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hahaha ya right^^^^^^^ It is pretty well documented that the iphone is pretty well crippled in nyc. way to much strain on the network,i almost never have 3g connectivity on my work iphone but am always 3g on my EVO. BTW the 4g in hartford ct rocks.
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Old 11-27-2010, 03:10 PM
 
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I guess I am just lucky. I readily admit I have never been to Chicago but this year I have been to NYC more times than I can count, Boston on most holidays (including this one) and all over the gulf this summer and it worked fine. I have had to the airplane mode shuffle a couple of times tho.

Oddly did not work at all on Ocracoke Island. Not just bad signal but literally no signal.
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Old 11-30-2010, 05:01 PM
 
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Virgin Mobile is a great deal if you can get by with 300 minutes. That's what kills it for most people I know.
you can get the same package but upgraded to 1200 minutes, for $40 instead of $25.
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Old 12-07-2010, 06:14 PM
 
Location: Chicago =)
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Tmobile price wise (current provider since 2009)
Att for phone choices, and... amenities? (former provider from 2003(which was still cingular I think) to 2009)
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Old 12-14-2010, 06:24 PM
 
Location: Chicago, IL
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I switched to Verizon at the end of October.
I knew I probably wouldn't be getting as much value for my money as I did with AT&T but Verizon had the phone I wanted.

I do wish they had tiered data plans and I think eventually they will.
There is so much wi-fi available, I could get away with not using the 3G network BUT since I'm paying $30 a month for unlimited data, I try to use the 3G as much as I can.

I was with AT&T and I loved their rollover minutes.
Right now with Verizon I can call any cell phone in America and it's free. The only thing that eats my minutes are calls to my voicemail, landlines, and 1-800 numbers. It's not a bad deal.
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Old 12-14-2010, 08:03 PM
 
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Right now with Verizon I can call any cell phone in America and it's free. The only thing that eats my minutes are calls to my voicemail, landlines, and 1-800 numbers. It's not a bad deal.
When you dial your own phone number from your cell phone, it takes you to your voicemail, allowing you to check it. This way it counts as mobile to mobile.
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Old 12-15-2010, 08:15 AM
 
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I switched to Verizon at the end of October.
I knew I probably wouldn't be getting as much value for my money as I did with AT&T but Verizon had the phone I wanted.

I do wish they had tiered data plans and I think eventually they will.
There is so much wi-fi available, I could get away with not using the 3G network BUT since I'm paying $30 a month for unlimited data, I try to use the 3G as much as I can.

I was with AT&T and I loved their rollover minutes.
Right now with Verizon I can call any cell phone in America and it's free. The only thing that eats my minutes are calls to my voicemail, landlines, and 1-800 numbers. It's not a bad deal.
Since when did Verizon copy Sprint???
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Old 12-15-2010, 08:50 AM
 
Location: Indianapolis
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Been with Sprint since 1998.

$129/month for two HTC Evo phones with 1,500 shared anytime minutes, free nights and weekends (used to be a big deal!), free calls to any cell phone on any network, unlimited text, unlimited data.

We never come close to going over the 1,500 anytime minutes because 90% of our calls are to other cell phones and those are free and do not count against the 1,500.
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Old 12-16-2010, 10:05 AM
 
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Since when did Verizon copy Sprint???
It's a test offering in select markets: Targeting Sprint, Verizon expands 'Unlimited Any Mobile' test markets - FierceWireless
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Old 12-16-2010, 11:11 AM
 
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Oh well that makes sense....I knew they weren't going to let Sprint get away with that for too long....

The Anytime Mobile coupled with the EVO and Epic has allowed me to bring over close 10 people from Verizon to Sprint in the 1 yr 1/2 since I made the switch...and all of them have no complaints Sprint works everywhere my Verizon did and at better rates what's not to love...

Sprint still has better plans and offers more in their Everything plans, Verizon must be feeling some heat otherwise they wouldn't be taking pages from Sprint's Playbook....Last thing Verizon offers is Value.

Love strong competition..that's what we need from Sprint to pull some subscribers from the monmouth Verizon and AT&T even the playing field, prices will become better for everyone.
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