The end of my Verizon contract is coming up in November. Verizon has good coverage in this area, and nearly every place I’ve gone, but they cripple their cell phones so much and put so much junk on them that I’m ready to look at other options.
I would like to go with AT&T, so that I can use an iPhone. But unfortunately AT&T is only available through third party providers in my area:
The area marked light orange with diagonal lines through it is AT&T “Partner” coverage; according to their website: “Excessive use of Partner coverage may subject your service to early termination….” Obviously living in such a region will quickly amount to “excessive use.” That’s what happened to a coworker in this area. So AT&T is out.
I am looking at some other options, such as Sprint or T-mobile. I would love to hear anyone’s input on which services besides Verizon and AT&T have worked well for them.
I was facing the same situation with coverage for ATT. Now, they’ve just extended coverage to my area. Another thing that you can do is get a family plan with another person that lives in an area where the ATT is strong and make sure that at least 51% of the time the service is in ATT and not in a partner area. If you’re really desperate, on nights and weekends, you can always take a trip to West Frank and leave the phone on for a while
to ensure that the majority of your time is on ATT.
CAMPUS uses Sprint and they have a cool new phone also.
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