who do you think is the best overall cell phone provider? *poll*

Thegonagle

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Look at what all the business/sales/corporate types are carrying as their personal cellphones in a big downtown city, and chances are, it?s Verizon. If it?s company paid, or they?re construction/company-driver/journey-man types, chances are, it?s Nextel.

Verizon has more minutes for the dollar (better if you're paying for it yourself), and Nextel has direct-connect (better for work-crews to communicate with).
 

DurocShark

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I've had a wonderful experience with the coverage and service of Sprint here in Orange County, CA . Also best in Vegas... heh
 

fs5

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sprint is fine unless you want to text message or use the web. currently their vision service is crap. I've tried calling for support and 3 times they say their "system tools" are down. I gave up out of frustration.

All I really wanted was some credit but they keep wanting to trouble shoot my problem even though I know it's their service, not my phone.
 

NutBucket

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Originally posted by: fivespeed5
sprint is fine unless you want to text message or use the web. currently their vision service is crap. I've tried calling for support and 3 times they say their "system tools" are down. I gave up out of frustration.

All I really wanted was some credit but they keep wanting to trouble shoot my problem even though I know it's their service, not my phone.

Works fine for me. Lately they've been doing more system upgrades so it is down more but when it comes back online its great.
 

Rob9874

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I'm in the market for a new phone and plan, and I can't find better plans than T-Mobile.
 

fs5

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Originally posted by: NutBucket


Works fine for me. Lately they've been doing more system upgrades so it is down more but when it comes back online its great.

Vision service is fine when you do get connected but 9 times out of 10 I can't an response from the server.

This is coupled with the fact that you NEED to connect to the network to send a text message OR to check your text message too. It doesn't send the message directly to you phone which is what all the other carriers do. VERY VERY annoying when it takes 10 minutes to text message. It defeats the purpose of texting.
 

NutBucket

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Originally posted by: fivespeed5
Originally posted by: NutBucket


Works fine for me. Lately they've been doing more system upgrades so it is down more but when it comes back online its great.

Vision service is fine when you do get connected but 9 times out of 10 I can't an response from the server.

This is coupled with the fact that you NEED to connect to the network to send a text message OR to check your text message too. It doesn't send the message directly to you phone which is what all the other carriers do. VERY VERY annoying when it takes 10 minutes to text message. It defeats the purpose of texting.

Yeah, when it doesn't connect it does get annoying I've found that if it works, it works well. Luckily that's most of the time now.
 

RossMAN

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Originally posted by: Rob9874
I'm in the market for a new phone and plan, and I can't find better plans than T-Mobile.

Good choice, bang for your buck it's hard to beat T-Mobile.