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Cell Phones & Providers

Which cell phone provider is the best?

  • Verizon

    Votes: 4 22.2%

  • AT&T

    Votes: 1 5.6%

  • Sprint

    Votes: 2 11.1%

  • T-Mobile

    Votes: 3 16.7%

  • Other

    Votes: 4 22.2%

  • I don't own a cell phone

    Votes: 4 22.2%
  • Total voters
    18
Zyphlin said:
They are the cheapest of the 4 "major" companies, especially if you use a smart phone of any sort.
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Not for what I want to do they're not and especially not for the level of customer service they provide.

But that's another sticking point with me. My wife and I were looking at buying a smartphone, not because we'll ever use any of the online functions, but because we know that sooner or later, we're going to have to replace our aging Palmpilots and they're simply not made anymore. If, for example, we bought new Palm Pre's, we would be required, not suggested, but REQUIRED to pay for a data plan with any of the major carriers, even if we never used it. By the same token, we've been paying some small amount for texting for years, even though neither my wife or I have ever sent a text message in our lives. We simply cannot get a plan that doesn't include it if our phones are capable of doing it.

I think that's a huge problem.
 
While in Europe, I use a company called Mas Movil, which uses Orange net (France telecom).

There is free phoning between Mas Movil users in the first 2 min, and all national calls/sms for 12 cents (US) a min. regardless of to where. There is no contract payment a month or anything.
 
Cephus said:
Not for what I want to do they're not and especially not for the level of customer service they provide.

But that's another sticking point with me. My wife and I were looking at buying a smartphone, not because we'll ever use any of the online functions, but because we know that sooner or later, we're going to have to replace our aging Palmpilots and they're simply not made anymore. If, for example, we bought new Palm Pre's, we would be required, not suggested, but REQUIRED to pay for a data plan with any of the major carriers, even if we never used it. By the same token, we've been paying some small amount for texting for years, even though neither my wife or I have ever sent a text message in our lives. We simply cannot get a plan that doesn't include it if our phones are capable of doing it.

I think that's a huge problem.
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This is true. Well, its true of SOME phones. The Palm Pre (<3 my Pre) and the iPhone for Sprint and AT&T respectively I believe do require it. However other smart phones, such as many Windows Mobile ones, don't require it. I can see how that's obnoxious though, however I think on the case of many of them...like Blackberry's...part of the reason is they're constantly sending and receiving some pieces of data.
 
I have AT&T because my company provides my iPhone service. Friends and family who have Verizon get better coverage in the boondocks than I do.
 
I've had Verizon, Cingular, Cellular One and now AT&T. I have no preference whatsoever. I just go with whoever covers the area I'm in at the time.
 
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Zyphlin said:
This is true. Well, its true of SOME phones. The Palm Pre (<3 my Pre) and the iPhone for Sprint and AT&T respectively I believe do require it. However other smart phones, such as many Windows Mobile ones, don't require it. I can see how that's obnoxious though, however I think on the case of many of them...like Blackberry's...part of the reason is they're constantly sending and receiving some pieces of data.
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It's not the phones, it's the carriers. Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile will require that any smartphone you purchase from them be accompanied with a dataplan. If you buy it from someone else and just put your SIMM card into it, obviously they cannot require anything.
 
cell services is like real estate. Its local. Always loved Sprint and coverage. But I lived in NYC metro area, and now the Tampa area.

my son, on my family plan, moved for a few weeks to an hour outside of Richmond VA. Had nothing but Roaming calls. Ran up $50 in surcharges on my bill
 
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