What Cellphone Provider ... Verizon or Nextel...

[Chess]

I am sick of sprint they do nothing but piss me off and they have piss poor coverage as well as customer service.. anyone want to give suggestions.. Thanks and also where your located..

I am about 50 miles south of D.C. with sp33dem0n


Chess-

 

[Spac3d]

I would get Tmobile. They have VERY cool phones available at Amazon.com for cheap (Free after rebate!). Check them out I have had them for 2 years and am very pleased over Nextel, Cingular, AT&T, and Sprint.

 

[Luden]

I dont like the fact that on tmobile free nights and weekends is only on the $40+ plans.. I'm cheap okay?

 

[Chess]

Hehe.. I have heard decent things about T-Mobile, i just dont know about T-Mobile... I dont know much about it for the fact...

 

[d33pt]

verizon if you like good reception... i haven't had a problem with mine. plans are a little pricier for what you get, but the service is superb. nextel is cool too, but they don't have as many cell sites and their plans are REALLY expensive

 

[Chess]

Blah go figure... I cant get T-mobile where i live .... only part of MD i cant ...

 

[Spac3d]

Originally posted by: Luden
I dont like the fact that on tmobile free nights and weekends is only on the $40+ plans.. I'm cheap okay?

Well, they include nationwide long distance from anywhere without any roaming fees.

 

[Chess]

Originally posted by: d33pt
verizon if you like good reception... i haven't had a problem with mine. plans are a little pricier for what you get, but the service is superb. nextel is cool too, but they don't have as many cell sites and their plans are REALLY expensive

everyone down here has verizon.. I need to talk to someone that has a nextel down here to see how it is, but i see nextel's being sold everywhere around here as well as at&t... My contract ends in December.. I dont know if i can throw a ploy that the service sucks here.. or what...

Nextel's plan for what i was going to use isnt bad... 60 bucks to me its not to shabby... but Verizon looks good.. I need to compare both of them.

 

[Spac3d]

Originally posted by: Chess
Blah go figure... I cant get T-mobile where i live .... only part of MD i cant ...

One day you will. Go check out Verizon Nextel is good, but it is pretty expensive

 

[Ladies Man]

I just got one from ATT mlife or whatever......
National Plan... no long distance, no roaming charges
$29.99 a month.... 300 anytime mins... unlimited nights and weekends

Best deal I could find....
Free phone, and if you get the 2 year deal no activation fee....

I can't complain

 

[Armoth]

My company's got a big contract with Verizon. For the most part, they are good, but it also varies depending on which phone you get. The V60 is a good phone and the T720 (which I was upgraded to) is not. Battery life is crap and it drops calls like crazy. The phone lady at work told me that Verizon is coming out with the nation-wide direct connect similar to Nextel, so that should give Nextel a run for the money. So a Motorola V60 with "walkie-talkie" will be my next phone.

OTOH, my buddy just got a new contract with T-Mobile and got the new Samsung phone which is way cooler than the Motorola T720. It's rings are past polyphonic and almost sound like an mp3 and the color screen is way crisper and easier to read.

OTOOH, my other buddy works for AT&T and he loves his Nokia phones (I actually miss my Nokia phones).

So it all depends on your area, your phone prefs, your budget, etc. BTW I'm in the Twin Cities, MN as are my buddies.

 

[Chess]

Originally posted by: Ladies Man
I just got one from ATT mlife or whatever......
National Plan... no long distance, no roaming charges
$29.99 a month.... 300 anytime mins... unlimited nights and weekends

Best deal I could find....
Free phone, and if you get the 2 year deal no activation fee....

I can't complain

Yeah i need free long disntance heeh and more than 300 anytimes

 

[Chess]

Originally posted by: Armoth
My company's got a big contract with Verizon. For the most part, they are good, but it also varies depending on which phone you get. The V60 is a good phone and the T720 (which I was upgraded to) is not. Battery life is crap and it drops calls like crazy. The phone lady at work told me that Verizon is coming out with the nation-wide direct connect similar to Nextel, so that should give Nextel a run for the money. So a Motorola V60 with "walkie-talkie" will be my next phone.

OTOH, my buddy just got a new contract with T-Mobile and got the new Samsung phone which is way cooler than the Motorola T720. It's rings are past polyphonic and almost sound like an mp3 and the color screen is way crisper and easier to read.

OTOOH, my other buddy works for AT&T and he loves his Nokia phones (I actually miss my Nokia phones).

So it all depends on your area, your phone prefs, your budget, etc. BTW I'm in the Twin Cities, MN as are my buddies.

Wow, thanks for your ideas.... I am debating on verizon and nextel.. thats the end of the ideas i think... see my sister has the t720.. and she gets perfect connection... but the v60 is a sweet phone... I am not sure i wonder how long this walkie talkie thing will be until it comes out for verizon... hrmmm

 

[wicktron]

Nextel.

 

[glenn1]

I have been completely satisfied with my Verizon service, nor has anyone i know who uses them for their carrier had anything bad to say about them. To be fair, i haven't heard anyone complain about Nextel service either, but the universe of people i know who use them for their carrier is much smaller than the Verizon carrier so take that for what it's worth.

FWIW, if you do go with Verizon service, i've been using a couple of models from LG and liked them both (i'm using the VX-4400 now). Almost identical to the Samsung models but cheaper. Hell, Samsung may make LG phones for all i know.

 

[Marauder-]

Here's the gist of it. If the phone is going to be used by several people for a business - get Nextel. The service is unbeatable and the 2-way is invaluable for instant communications. But the plans are extremely expensive.

Verizon is the best consumer phone courier. Service is extremely great. I'm 100% satisfied. And they don't try to gouge you on minutes and etc.

I've also dealt w/ ATT/CellOne - which is crap. They gouge you at every chance. I was really screwed b/c their free roaming area doesn't include night and weekend minutes. So when I moved from Santa Cruz to San Francisco, they gave me a few large bills (1 or 2 that I was able to get 50% off b/c it was actually their fault b/c some nobody grunt told me that I would be fine). I've also dealt w/ Sprint which sucks. Cingular I heard is crap b/c of the lack of telephone switching capabilities ( that's why you hear the circuits are busy all the time during peak hours). T-Mobile is a bit better - they use the same Cingular tech but they have twice the switching capability.

But all in all I think you'll be happy regardless of whether you choose Nextel or Verizon.

 

[Chess]

Originally posted by: glenn1
I have been completely satisfied with my Verizon service, nor has anyone i know who uses them for their carrier had anything bad to say about them.

i hear that from alot of people around here

 

[Chess]

Originally posted by: Marauder-
Here's the gist of it. If the phone is going to be used by several people for a business - get Nextel. The service is unbeatable and the 2-way is invaluable for instant communications. But the plans are extremely expensive.

Verizon is the best consumer phone courier. Service is extremely great. I'm 100% satisfied. And they don't try to gouge you on minutes and etc.

I've also dealt w/ ATT/CellOne - which is crap. They gouge you at every chance. I was really screwed b/c their free roaming area doesn't include night and weekend minutes. So when I moved from Santa Cruz to San Francisco, they gave me a few large bills (1 or 2 that I was able to get 50% off b/c it was actually their fault b/c some nobody grunt told me that I would be fine). I've also dealt w/ Sprint which sucks. Cingular I heard is crap b/c of the lack of telephone switching capabilities ( that's why you hear the circuits are busy all the time during peak hours). T-Mobile is a bit better - they use the same Cingular tech but they have twice the switching capability.

But all in all I think you'll be happy regardless of whether you choose Nextel or Verizon.

I agree with Cingular/Us Celluar, CellOne, and they all suck i agree. Verizon and Nextel is what im going to determine.. the plans arent a big problem with monthly cost, i just want good service to where i am going to go. I am talking to my friend and shes like i get perfect service with nextel, she said she got crappy service with verizon which i find hard to believe, but i just know i want to test out the phones.. is it possible to test phones out or what?....

Thanks for everyones help!

BTW, how much is it to cut your plan from Sprint anyone know ?

 

[tw1164]

Originally posted by: Chess

Originally posted by: Ladies Man
I just got one from ATT mlife or whatever......
National Plan... no long distance, no roaming charges
$29.99 a month.... 300 anytime mins... unlimited nights and weekends

Best deal I could find....
Free phone, and if you get the 2 year deal no activation fee....

I can't complain

Yeah i need free long distance heeh and more than 300 anytimes

you can get 600 mins for 39.99 w/ ATT.

This actual one of the worse questions to ask in a forum (well next to intel or amd), you'll have ppl that are pissed about company Y but loves company X. Then the next post will be about how crappy company X, but company Y is a gift from god. My advice is to try the phones out. Get the phone from an OFFICIAL company store. Every cell phone company has a "Buyer's remorse" period for this very reason.

 

[tw1164]

Originally posted by: Armoth

The phone lady at work told me that Verizon is coming out with the nation-wide direct connect similar to Nextel, so that should give Nextel a run for the money. So a Motorola V60 with "walkie-talkie" will be my next phone.

From my understanding the "2way" function is to become part of the GSM standard, so pretty much all of the companies will offer it in the near future.

 

[tw1164]

dbl post, sorry

 

[SP33Demon]

Ron I'm crapping in your thread. Get Verizon so we can do Mobile to Mobile and won't have to use peak...

Plop.

 

[Chess]

Originally posted by: tw1164

Originally posted by: Armoth

The phone lady at work told me that Verizon is coming out with the nation-wide direct connect similar to Nextel, so that should give Nextel a run for the money. So a Motorola V60 with "walkie-talkie" will be my next phone.

From my understanding the "2way" function is to become part of the GSM standard, so pretty much all of the companies will offer it in the near future.

well i found out that nextel you get all free incoming calls, and only use your minutes on peak time when you call, and free night and weekends, thats not a bad deal at all !

 

[Chess]

Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Ron I'm crapping your thread. Get Verizon so we can do Mobile to Mobile and won't have to use peak...

Plop.

only thing imma peak is peak under your girls skirt and see the panties FOO

 

[SP33Demon]

Originally posted by: Chess

Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Ron I'm crapping your thread. Get Verizon so we can do Mobile to Mobile and won't have to use peak...

Plop.

only thing imma peak is peak under your girls skirt and see the panties FOO

LOL don't copy me with ya woman, be more original like DHITB!