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I've been a long T-Mobile customer for around 5 years, and I've come to the conclusion that is time to move on to another carrier. No bad things to say about T-Mo but their lack of cell towers make it hard for me to have conversations since I live in a near rural area in miami. Some times calls don't come in but a few hours later the voice message of the person that called me a few hours ago comes in.
Some of my text messages aren't sent as fast as it should be. I have an iPhone, and when I'm having conversations with another person with an iPhone the messages don't send as iMessage and are sent as regular texts. It's not really a phone issue but a carrier issue. I've been told that either AT&T and Verizon are the best, pricy but the best when it comes to cell reception and fast/reliable data. Can you guys throw me a bone on which should I choose? I'm currently done with T-Mobile.
It will depend on which one works best in the areas you travel, Verizon is supposed to have the most coverage and then maybe AT&T. Now as far as AT&T, we live east in Fort Lauderdale and AT&T is great on the east side of town but when I go west even just to University Drive then T-Mobile is better, I have AT&T and my wife has T-Mobile so I can compare.
Cricket Wireless offers voice, text, and data and is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Inc. As I understand it, the only difference is slightly slower data speed. But Cricket just introduced an unlimited data plan in April.
Download speeds max of 8Mbps (LTE)/4Mbps(4G). Mobile Hotspot feature not avail. Activ./upgrade (up to $25) & add'l fees & restr's apply. Terms, features & restr's subject to change. Coverage not avail. everywhere. Auto Pay: First mo. $70. $5 credit applied upon enrollment in Auto Pay.
As I understand it T-Mobile is $95/mo. for a phone with unlimited 4G data, which I assume is at considerably faster speeds than Cricket.
Last edited by PacoMartin; 06-05-2016 at 11:34 AM..
If one doesn't plan to leave urban areas, any carrier will do. Otherwise go with ATT or Verizon (or their subsidiaries).
I've looked into Cricket. For us, not worth the $$$ savings. We have ATT 5 gig plan, two lines $100. Plus speeds up to 30 megs, no being slowed to 2g speeds if we go over our plan limit and having a hotspot means I can use my iPad anywhere and not pay $10 extra per month for data access.
You could try Tracfone, which has both ATT and Verizon service. That way if one doesn't work well, you can just switch to the other (but you would have to get another phone, unless you have one that does both GSM and CDMA).
I use Tracfone, for $100 a year (light usage). My current phone uses the Verizon network, either that or the ATT would work in my area of spotty reception. One of my Tracfones used T Mobile and that wasn't good at all in this location.
The best carrier for you is the one that gives you signal where you go and need to use your phone. Everything else is gravy.
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