Good cell phone service for the road

[flint4xx]

STAY AWAY FROM SPRINT!


Worst customer service in the world. Worst experience I've ever had dealing with a service issue. IT HAS BEEN MONTHS, AND IT STILL ISN'T RESOLVED. Run away.

 

[rvsm410]

I love my cingular service, been with them for over 10 years, most of my travel in east of the Miss, but service is always great even down in the islands.....mobile to moble service is wonderful and has cut my minutes in half, allowed me to lower my plan rate...nights and weekends works great for us night flyers...

Get a good phone and go Cingular has my vote.....by the way Customer service is alway available and usually handles any problem I might have...

 

[hydroflyer]

I switched from Nextel to Verizon. Nextel was good for a while, but late last year the number of dropped calls skyrocketed, and the most annoying thing was having someone call and not being able to answer. Over half the time I would pick up the phone and get dead air, same thing for the person on the other end. We could do that 2-3 times in a row and the only way we could get a connection was if I called them from my phone.

I decided on Verizon mainly because most of my friends and family have it so calling them is free within the network, which means I can get away with a cheaper plan that has less minutes. I was also looking for a phone with a better battery. All of the Nextel phones had bad battery life between charges. The Verizon phones blew the Nextel away in terms of talk and standby minutes. I've been very happy with the service and coverage across the country.

 

[atpcliff]

Hi!

We have been using Verizon for quite a few years (before it was even Verizon). Overall, we are happy with the service.

Their customer service is excellent. We have had some billing problems, and customer service errors regarding changing our phone service, and when I've called about the errors they have all been corrected in a timely fashion.

My best pilot friend has Sprint, and he's happy with them.

When I was first looking at national coverage, only ATT, Verizon and Sprint had coverage for us here in GRB, so I didn't look closely at the others.

My company has a large account with Verizon, which gives us 12% off of their basic service. We have 3 phones tied into one account, using a pool of minutes.

Good luck!

Cliff
GRB

 

[91100 100 set]

I've had great luck with Verizon for over 3 years now. Never had a problem with coverage, except early on in the city of Ithica, NY. I understand that the locals were resistant to towers in their area. I can remember one overnight, wandering around the hotel parking lot, trying to get a signal long enough to complete a quick call back in '02. But eventually a tower was installed and the problem was gone. Another time, the battery on my phone freaked out and wouldn't last more than 45 minutes on a full charge. They replaced the battery no questions asked for free. I've never had any surprises on my bill, save for the one time when I didn't read the fine print regarding roaming in Canada (not free), but that was my mistake, and the Verizon people were very nice about it. Overall, no problems, and I'll renew with them next year for my 3rd contract.

 

[psysicx]

Anybody have any luck with T-Mobile.

 

[jimpilot]

Verizon

 

[low-n-slow]

Anything but NEXTEL. Most folks folks I know refer to it as 'NEXTIME'.

Wife is looking into Cingular, friends rave over it. I've had Nextel for a couple of years and use the two-way often for work, I'm about ready to throw that piece of garbage in the canal, even that freaking 'beep-beep' is starting to annoy the crap out of me.

 

[DenverDude2002]

Another vote for sprint. Service everywhere, and cheap plans, me and my gf use the unlimited pcs-pcs (between phones), unlimited text messaging, and I have the nationwide since i travel a lot which uses verizon, cingular, t mobile towers, so I never get a roaming charge. All for about 50 bucks a month, well worth it in my book.

 

[cforst513]

my roommate has T-mobile and it's quite interesting. he has reception within a few miles of ALL major interstates and some state routes, as well as in a few major metropolitan areas, but that's it. there's like a buffer zone around the highways and around the major cities that allows him to talk. so odd. i say go verizon.

 

[Moonfly201]

VERIZON!

The quality of the calls is so good that most people think I am on a land-line.

 

[Av8ing]

Cell Phone companies

Im sure this has been hit on before but I am fed up with Nextel. Drops calls left an right, peeps can't get through to my voicemail. Not to mention expensive as sh!t and the phones are a ripoff. Anyways, looking for a service that will get decent reception around the country and not break the bank. any info will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

We've tried all of them. Alltel seems to work best.

 

[TIGV]

I was with ATT, those guys were a class act, now they are Xingular, had the new service for 3 months , great coverage no dropped calls and great price plus good plans and rollover minutes and reasonable rates for their phones.
I'd try those guys.

 

[luvz2fli]

I've never tried any other company besides Alltel. I like the coverage I get, but I am starting to think I can possibly get a better plan with some other company. Everybody seems to be raving mostly over Verizon so I will see what they have when it comes time to get a contract in October. For reception, Alltel has been wonderful for me. The only problem I have is the # of minutes I get yet I don't use my phone a ton but if I do, it's mostly with alltel members so mobile to mobile works out great between me and my gf or family. Anyways, can someone let me know how they are when it comes to traveling around the country. Thanks

 

[User546]

Anybody have any luck with T-Mobile.

I've used T-Mobile for over three years now, and frankly I don't know what all the fuss is about.

I've had nothing but good experiences with them, and only a handfull of times have I found myself without coverage. We fly to all corners of the U.S., and it has a pretty decent signal everywhere we go.

One thing I notice is that when the T-Mobile service is not avaible in an area, it'll jump over to the Cingular network, or AT&T network, etc. Its not uncommon to look at my phone and see someone else's cellular network on there. However there is no extra charge for any roaming so it doesn't bother me a bit.

Never had to deal with customer support, and never had one discrepancy on my bill. Which is incredible considering almost every single month I had to go down and visit my local Sprint store before I switch services.

I wouldn't ever hesitate recommending them to someone.