iPhone users: How is ATT coverage (esp vs Verizon)

[slbnoob]

Let me resurrect this old thread again.

How do AT&T and iPhone do in the Sugar Land area. As I see right now, AT&T has the cheapest rates for the most basic 2 line family plan.

AT&T - 100
Verizon - 130
Sprint - 150

Note that the offerings of each carrier are different. I am looking for the cheapest talk/text/data family plan or 2 lines.

[MikeyAusmus]

Originally Posted by astrohip

Right now I am on Verizon. Have almost no coverage issues. No dropped calls, always good signal strength, yada yada.

I am considering an iPhone, and that requires a switch to ATT. I have read (in several national forum) how poor ATT's coverage is. Lots of dropped calls, etc. Many iPhone users echoed this comment, "Love the phone, hate the service".

But I realize that coverage can vary dramatically from area to area. What I am wondering is how Houston is for ATT? Are you iPhone users having problems like most of the country, or is Houston (for whatever reason) better? I do *not* want to switch if I will have signal quality issues, dropped calls or coverage problems.

Thanks!

I have had AT&T and Verizon with the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S... Let's talk about the 4S with both providers. Verizon has a rock solid data signal (in normal areas), but tends to go rather slow. AT&T has very fast data, but can sometimes be spotty (especially at events which there are tons of people around... i.e; sporting events).

I went to AT&T from Verizon back in December 2011, went back to Verizon in May 2012 and right back to AT&T in July 2012. The reason I did so is because I really missed the faster surfing speed, ability to talk and use data simultaneously, better call plan, more data for the same price than Verizon, AT&T puts your name on caller ID so when you call a landline it displays your last name, first name (Verizon devices show "WIRELESS CALLER" instead.

AT&T has decent calling coverage. I would say Verizon is better at calls because they don't seem to drop as often as AT&T. As far as signal strength, I would say that they are very close to each other. I work in a skyscraper and AT&T just seems to outperform Verizon a couple dozen floors above ground level. Verizon would lose the data signal all the time and run extremely slow on my floor, but would be just fine at ground level.

Clearly both AT&T and Verizon have their pros and cons. You just need to decide what is most important to you and then you will know which provider to go with.