Cell phone reception in the Triangle

[Allmypets]

Originally Posted by Starglow

I was a die hard Verizon customer for many years and never even thought about switching to a different carrier. Then Verizon started jacking up their rates and were no longer cost competitive for my needs which forced me to shop around. I spent weeks researching carriers and pricing plans before I finally landed at T-Mobile. Verizon made some strategically bad business decisions and they aren't top dog anymore. They didn't care about working with me on a better pricing plan until I cancelled my service after 15+ years and then what they offered me to stay was too little too late.

We had Verizon when we moved to Pittsboro eighteen years ago. Reception was bad. I was told not enough towers in the area so switched to Sprint. That worked for a while and then that went downhill. So, switched back to Verizon. Not bad at first but went increasingly downhill over time. Now that we're in Mebane, time to check on another company. Hmm, T-mobile or AT&T? Decisions, decisions.

[Starglow]

Originally Posted by Allmypets

Thanks. Because of our daughter, I want to be sure that she has better service. More concerned with her satisfaction than ours, though us too of course. Being in Apex traveling to doctors in Chapel Hill and to us in Mebane. I kept hesitating to switch in the past, but looks like we may make the switch soon when the new scheduled release of iphones happen in September. Then maybe the older phones will be less expensive.

As long as your existing phones are compatible with whatever new carrier you choose there's really no need to wait unless you plan to make new phones part of the transfer package deal. I saved $132/mo switching my phones & Internet service to T-Mobile, so for me it was the sooner I switched the better. My phones are Motorola and not iphones but they serve our needs well. Nothing wrong with Apple products, but I've just never been one to jump on the iphone or Apple bandwagon.

[zinner]

Google your preferred company and the word "breach". Something else to consider if you value your data security. 2 of the 3 have some interesting history of protecting your information.

[Allmypets]

Originally Posted by zinner

Google your preferred company and the word "breach". Something else to consider if you value your data security. 2 of the 3 have some interesting history of protecting your information.

It seems they all have had data breaches. So how can anyone be protected? Time to go back to the old flip phones. I've never done Facebook, Instagram, or other social media. Did the Next-door app for years though not at this time. We can't go back in time without these smart phones or computers without living under a rock. We need a major hacker who can protect the good guys. Someone who can develop a fool proof way of protecting our privacy.