One of the many (unfortunately) things that make my life shorter by weeks if not years, is horrible phone service. Neither at work nor at home can I get reliable signal, both phone and data, even when I'm within feet from the wireless router in my own apartment. If this were happening in the middle of South Dakota somewhere, it would be at least understandable or even excusable. But I live and work here in Chicago, not a small rural township.
So . . . I've tried T-Mobile. Sucks. Now I'm with Sprint. Sucks as well. Judging by my girlfriend's experience with AT&T, it's no better than the first two.
That leaves Verizon (or something else?).
Are there any Verizon customers? Would you recommend it?
Or something else entirely?
Thank you.
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For what it's worth, I have traveled on the Illinois and Mississippi rivers by boat and in the remote areas we still had service through Verizon. (This is starting to sound like an advertisement for Verizon!)
My plan-
http://www.pagepluscellular.com/plans/talk-n-text-1200/
Serge Lubomudrov said:
Thank, guys! Page Plus Cellular . . . interrresting . . .
Yeah, Lisa, I'm well on the way to Geezerville. Let me practice...."Get off my lawn!!" Yup, I'm all set.
Lisa Curcio 4.0 mi said:
Your age is showing!
I am using Straight Talk (along with Google Voice) with an unlocked GSM/rooted/rom'd Android phone. I recommend it. Basically, I'm using the same towers as the Big Carriers -- just cutting out the middle man. Read up on it.
I could swear Ameritech was absorbed by AT&T.
Douglas Iverson said:
I have had Verizon since it was Ameritech
Nope. I previously had service with Ameritech, until it was absorbed by Verizon.
h' 1.0 said:
I could swear Ameritech was absorbed by AT&T.
Douglas Iverson said:I have had Verizon since it was Ameritech
Hi Serge - We use Verizon for work and have been very happy with them. I travel about 30% of the time and have found that their coverage is really good. I did experience coverage problem around Billings, MT about two years ago, otherwise, the coverage has been really reliable from anywhere in North America - well, at least for the cities I have visited and travelled to for work.
Yep, in the 1990's, Chicago had two cellular providers, Ameritech (the "A" provider) and the runner-up "B" provider, which was, I think, SBC. When Ameritech disappeared around 1996, you had Verizon or SBC to choose from.
"Consumer Reports" readers rated Verizon as best in the Chicago area (well, US cellular was best, but they're exiting the Chicago market). AT&T and T-Mobile were in the middle and Sprint was by far the worst. I used to use AT&T, which wasn't very good, and switched to Virgin/Sprint and can say that Sprint it much worse and slower than AT&T.
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