Cell service opinion.

[Tin]

AT&T is fast when it's working. It's gotten a lot better over the years, but I will say that it doesn't do well in large crowds. At any sporting event, it becomes a brick.

that is my experience as well.

You'll get that with any service. Data access points can only support so many concurrent connections before they become congested and load balancing kicks in.

 

[DBK]

You'll get that with any service. Data access points can only support so many concurrent connections before they become congested and load balancing kicks in.

I frequently sit next to my buddy with Verizon at large events and he never has the issue.

 

[Tin]

I frequently sit next to my buddy with Verizon at large events and he never has the issue.

There are some variables to account for. The main one being Verizon owning the 600MHz spectrum, which travels the longest distance and has the best building penetration. AT&T relies mostly on the 1700MHz and 1900MHz spectrums, which isn't as far reaching. The 600MHz Verizon band will travel 3 times the distance of the AT&T 1900MHz band, giving Verizon phones more access points to hop between. In the end, this depends on infrastructure and depends greatly on the area.

 

[GTPprix]

Verizon. Have had them all and have dumped them all, I even switched all of our company phones over LOL

 

[Overboost]

I was with Sprint for over a decade, but switched to Verizon last year. Having 4G almost everywhere is really nice. The wife and I have a 10GB plan with two Samsung S6's for $150 per month.

If you can, buy the phone outright and get it off your bill. That way you save $25-35 per month and can change phones at will.

 

[RyeLou]

What companies do the others on your phone bill work at? Verizon has deals with a LOT of local companies that offer up to 23% off your bill.

 

[Tin]

If you can, buy the phone outright and get it off your bill. That way you save $25-35 per month and can change phones at will.

This. I've been buying my phones outright for the last 4 or 5 years. No service provider bloat, unlocked, updates provided by the manufacturer instead of the service provider...just way better. My Moto X 2014 has been on Marshmallow for the last couple of months. Verizon and AT&T decided they didn't want to update their version of the Moto X 2014 leaving their customers with an old operating system. iPhone aside, most service providers will only update their phones for a year, whereas phones bought direct from the manufacturer will get 2 or 3 years worth of updates. This is a tactic from when contracts were standard to keep people in constant upgrade cycles.

 

[dline]

oh and some others in my family pay $40-50 for cricket wireless per month....

 

[DBK]

There are some variables to account for. The main one being Verizon owning the 600MHz spectrum, which travels the longest distance and has the best building penetration. AT&T relies mostly on the 1700MHz and 1900MHz spectrums, which isn't as far reaching. The 600MHz Verizon band will travel 3 times the distance of the AT&T 1900MHz band, giving Verizon phones more access points to hop between. In the end, this depends on infrastructure and depends greatly on the area.

So what you're saying is...I was telling the truth. :lol:

 

[Tin]

So what you're saying is...I was telling the truth. :lol:

Yep. :lol:

This is a good resource for coverage maps, it's crowd sourced and known to be more accurate than what the providers themselves claim. http://opensignal.com/network-coverage-maps/