TMOBILE vs Verizon
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Agreed. In areas where T-mobile has good service, that's the way to go. But that's more for people who live and work in those areas. For national service, Verizon is best followed closely by AT&T. Sprint is getting better, but it has a long way to go nationally.
I have only used Verizon, so I don't meet the requirement of someone who has used both. So take my advice with the appropriate skepticism. However, I talk to a lot of people and read a lot, and I haven't heard or read anything to make me consider changing cell carriers.
I have only used Verizon, so I don't meet the requirement of someone who has used both. So take my advice with the appropriate skepticism. However, I talk to a lot of people and read a lot, and I haven't heard or read anything to make me consider changing cell carriers.
I switched to Tmo a couple weeks ago from Verizon. So far...reasonably impressed. Some gaps in west Texas where Verizon was good (Abeline to Sonora) but from Sonora down to Del Rio Tmo is better than Verizon.(the Sprint based Quallcomm dies completely thru this whole stretch!)
I've been running my old phone (still has Verizon sim in it and recieves Verizon signal) and my Tmo phone side by side with my network signal app running in both...and so far I'm surprised how good Tmo is. The data speeds are also noticeably faster than Verizon.
Verizon's old CDMA voice network was always superior technology for reliability...but they are shutting it down in 2019 (it's gone in most of the world now)...at that point Verizon is going to rely on LTE for voice...and at that point I think it's going to really level it out.
Tmo also boight a whole bunch of 600mhz spectrum to start deploying soon...lower frequencies travel farther more reliably (Verizon's 700mhz stuff is awesome compared to their 1900 or 2100 frequencies) so that should help them fill in the gaps they have. Tmo is really expanding their network..fast...they had a lot of catching up to do. Somewhere on thier site they have a coverage map that shows growth year over year and also allows you to compare thier footprint vs the other national carriers (it showed the Texas gap honestly...and shows it as fully covered by Verizon)
Is Verizon better...sure....but not that much anymore.
I've been running my old phone (still has Verizon sim in it and recieves Verizon signal) and my Tmo phone side by side with my network signal app running in both...and so far I'm surprised how good Tmo is. The data speeds are also noticeably faster than Verizon.
Verizon's old CDMA voice network was always superior technology for reliability...but they are shutting it down in 2019 (it's gone in most of the world now)...at that point Verizon is going to rely on LTE for voice...and at that point I think it's going to really level it out.
Tmo also boight a whole bunch of 600mhz spectrum to start deploying soon...lower frequencies travel farther more reliably (Verizon's 700mhz stuff is awesome compared to their 1900 or 2100 frequencies) so that should help them fill in the gaps they have. Tmo is really expanding their network..fast...they had a lot of catching up to do. Somewhere on thier site they have a coverage map that shows growth year over year and also allows you to compare thier footprint vs the other national carriers (it showed the Texas gap honestly...and shows it as fully covered by Verizon)
Is Verizon better...sure....but not that much anymore.
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In the last month that I drove, there was 3 times I had to borrow the shipping/receiving departments phone because my T-Mobile phone had no service. And it wasn't just because I was inside, had to drive miles before I had service.
The last trip I did, I had no service for half the trip.
If I was still driving I was going to switch back to Verizon.
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The last trip I did, I had no service for half the trip.
If I was still driving I was going to switch back to Verizon.
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I had T-Mobile when I first started in 2004. LOTS of dead areas scattered around the country. I got Verizon a few months later and then only had lots of dead areas. After a while I got AT&T to go along with Verizon. It also had lots of dead areas but they were often not the same dead areas so between the two phones I only had some dead areas around the country, mostly out west.
AT&T or Verizon for over the road. We run our tracking Sylectus Mobile and those two keep up the best. What's scary is I have 1 driver using Net10 and he does better tmobile, boost, metropcs, and sprint.
Even my home alarm company does. Was happy to find out yesterday that they are switching my cellular base unit from T-mobile to Verizon, due to poor signals
Thanks for the feedback, I'll continue paying the extra $20 a month and stick with Verizon.
Living in N/W South Dakota...when I retired and downgraded my Verizon plan..I considered a lesser carrier BUT I needed a carrier that had a signal most of the time....even AT&T and Verizon struggle out here..I need the most reliable signal just for emergency use...so I stuck with Verizon just for that reason...sometimes reliability and quality should precede cost just for peace of mind. IMO
basically that what we do.....the local humour dictates if breaking down, make sure you are at the top of a hill or rise...not the bottom....to get a signal...
basically that what we do.....the local humour dictates if breaking down, make sure you are at the top of a hill or rise...not the bottom....to get a signal...
Special antenna's
hauling freight from a Pond near you
I thought you would still have party lines out there!
