National Cell Phone Plan

[Mr. Irrelevant]

I'm a switcher to Verizon from Cingular. Lousy coverage from Cingular, questionable billing practices as well. The advice I had received from a friend when dealing with Cingular was to keep the original contract and know it!! It helped because when I tried to cancel the contract, the company claimed it was a two year deal, not one year. Showed the contract to a representative and it was on to Verizon.

With Verizon I'm much happier but I'd add one point about their national coverage plan. Although the glossy pamphlet you'll receive shows coverage over 80% of the U.S., there are quite a few pockets in the U.S.(in that supposed 80%+ coverage) that you'll end up with roaming charges even though the literature says otherwise. Just something to keep in mind even though I'm sticking with Verizon.


Mr. I.

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Verizon Domestic

Tmobile International.

 

[flx757]

Everybody likes to bad-mouth Sprint, and I do my fair share of it from time to time...but when it all boils down, we get far more for what we pay with Sprint than what any other provider can come close to.

We have 2 phones...2 separtate numbers; 2000 anytime minutes to share, unlimited PCS to PCS (anyone else on the Sprint network...not just to the other phone), unlimited nights and weekend (nights now begin at 7pm) and unlimited roaming (no roaming charges ever)...plus we have replacement phone insurance. Our total bill, including all fees, taxes, etc. for BOTH phones...not per phone...is $93.20. For this cost, we live with the occasional dropped call and the p!ss poor customer service (which seems rampant in this industry, anyway...and is not exclusive to Spriint).


We were/are hoping that when the legislation passed that allows you to take your mobile number with you when/if you change providers, the pricing of the other providers would become more competitive. So far, that has not been the case. At least from this point of view. As soon as Verizon can come close to giving us what we get with Sprint for under $100/mo...we'll be there. But..........
...It ain't happend so far. Hopefully, someone out there can prove me wrong.

 

[Q200_FO]

Switched to AT&T right before I moved to Alaska and the service has been really good and I don't roam up here in Anchorage.

You do now. ATT sold their entire Alaska operation to Cellular One last year.