Tmobile or Verizon?

[techfuzz]

TMobile good, Verizon bad

I switched from Verizon to TMobile earlier this year cause Verizon's CS was useless at helping solve my problems with dropped calls and bad service. I couldn't ever use my phone while at home, there wasn't a tower nearby, yet I live within a couple hundred feet of a major interstate highway (I-85) inside a major city (Atlanta). TMobile has been nothing but a pleasant experience so far. I'm glad to finally get away from Verizon!

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[DOSfan]

I did some searching on this in the Albany, NY area a while ago.

TMobile gave you less for about the same price as Verizon.

I would have went for Verizon, but the one person I call most on a cell wasn't a Verizon customer, and the "In" network free calling plan has a $135 startup fee, and a $35 disconnect fee. At least according to the fine print.

I went with Cingular, and am very pleased with it. I realize that was not one of your listed options.

So if I were forced to choose between the two, I would say verizon.

Oh, and as a side note - I was asked for a $150 deposit, and I have no credit.

 

[GTaudiophile]

My opinion: anything NOT GSM is a dying breed. GSM will become THE world standard, and the US will have no choice but to follow. (Cingular bought AT&T and TMO might buy Cingular to create one giant GSM network.)

Sure, Verizon might be great now, but unless they change, it's a sinking ship.

 

[LordJezo]

Comes down to the following..

1) Get Verizon if you are concerned with having a cell phone service that works and has great coverage everywhere.

2) Get T-Mobile if you are concerned with having a sexy phone.

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: dabuddha
Since verizon asked me for a $2000 deposit for me and my wife, I said screw verizon

TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS?? Puhhhhleeaase. TWO HUNDRED maybe, but I highly doubt that any phone company would ask for TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.

Well Verizon did Even had it checked twice to make sure they didn't make a mistake. Funny thing is the woman working there told me that's not the highest she's seen verizon ask for either.

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: anxi80

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: dabuddha
Since verizon asked me for a $2000 deposit for me and my wife, I said screw verizon

TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS?? Puhhhhleeaase. TWO HUNDRED maybe, but I highly doubt that any phone company would ask for TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.

$1000 deposit. since its 2 people, $2000. its possible. it means one of two things though: (dont mean to embarrass buddha or imply anything, just stating what ive heard/witnessed)
1.) you have no credit, none. zip. nada. zilch.
2.) overdue bills in the past, got reported to a collection agency, credit score pretty much got [smokey] knocked da' f**k out!! [/smokey]

if you know you have established some credit, and have had no overdue bills in the past/currently pending, run a credit check, something may not be right. im not saying that these reasons are definite*, but even if you have a little credit, the deposit drastically changes ($125-250-range)

Not embarassing at all. My credit sucks because of stupid mistakes I made in the past. It's slowly building back up though. Funny thing is, AT&T/Cingular/Sprint did not want a deposit from me. I haven't tried with T-Mobile yet.

 

[Fingolfin269]

Would a year of service for two phones even equal up to $2000? That's just stupid.

 

[BHeemsoth]

I live down on Cape Cod, and Verizon is the only company with decent coverage in my area. I travel to Boston quite frequently, and I also receive good reception up there. My family also has a vacation house in New Hampshire, and when I went up there this winter my friends who had verizon were the only ones who could get a signal. Cingular and Sprint received very spotty coverage up there, if they were able to connect at all.

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
Would a year of service for two phones even equal up to $2000? That's just stupid.

Agreed.

 

[VTEC01EX]

Who cares that CDMA is a "dying standard"? Even if you sign up for two years, I can assure you that CDMA will NOT be dead by then. If for some reason it starts dying out after that, you're out of contract, just jump ship and go to a GSM carrier. If you're REALLY concerned, you can go for a 1-year, or pay-as-you-go.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: VTEC01EX
Who cares that CDMA is a "dying standard"? Even if you sign up for two years, I can assure you that CDMA will NOT be dead by then. If for some reason it starts dying out after that, you're out of contract, just jump ship and go to a GSM carrier. If you're REALLY concerned, you can go for a 1-year, or pay-as-you-go.

rumors of cdma's desire are greatly exaggerated. ever hear of cdma2000?

www.skteletech.com check out some of their phones.

do a search on sky im-7200, amazing phone, it's the same size as my motorola c323 and yet i packs in a web cam, still cam, fm radio and stereo speakers. it can play music videos on it's pretty decent size screen.

sweeet.

 

[dartworth]

Verizon > *

 

[bambam]

Verizon for coverage. Tmobile for price and cheap unlimited web browsing T-zones etc.

 

[RossMAN]

Piss poor reviews for Boston cell phone service

 

[ed21x]

T-mobile for a removeable simcard, which allows you to swap phones on the fly.

 

[DeviousTrap]

I'm in Boston and T-mobiles coverage has been just fine for me. In and around the Boston area it is always perfect, however, it is a bit spotty once you leave town. The only real area I wish they had coverage would be the white mountain region of New Hampshire.

 

[slydecix]

I have t-mobile right now, and I'm switching to verizon in the next few weeks