On Jan 11, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Marta Edie <[email protected]> wrote: > Right now I am with AT&T. I still have the old first network "edge". I am > planning to get a new phone and to add my husband on the network ,he using > this my old phone. > Would it be better, cheaper, more helpful to get everything using verizon? I > am interested also to find out the coverage in the DC- Virginia area. If > someone can enlighten me, I would greatly appreciate it.
I would stay with AT&T: 1. You have WiFi hotspots everywhere. I've gotten on places for free that insisted that I would be charged for it. WiFi does not use your minutes and is frequently way faster than 3G, not to mention EDGE. 2. The aforementioned Voice/Data issue. 3. Verizon has not released their data plan pricing yet, which leads me to believe that they are letting people get excited for a while before they drop the other shoe. (IOW, it's going to be expensive.) 4. You want to be on a family plan with Dayton and already have a GSM iPhone, so you would have to buy TWO phones to switch to Verizon and only ONE phone to stay with AT&T. 5. I doubt that Verizon will have $15 a month data plans like you and Dayton would likely need. They have a history of high data pricing. 6. We don't know how their network will withstand a huge influx of data-hungry iPhone users. We won't know for sure on some of this until VZ releases their rates, but I'm not feeling drawn toward it yet. Others' mileage may vary. Coverage: Washington, DC, and environs, appears blanketed everywhere by VZ 3G: <http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/CoverageLocatorController> As does AT&T's: <http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/#?type=voice&3g=t&lat=38.91879665527344&lon=-76.97973978271486&sci=6> j. -- Jonathan Fletcher FileMaker 9 & 10 Certified Developer Fletcher Data Consulting [email protected] http://www.fletcherdata.com 502-509-7137 Kentuckiana's FileMaker Users Group Next meeting: January 20, 12:00 pm to 3:00-ish Special Location! Info & RSVP: http://fmpug.com/scheduleMeetings.php Listserv signup: http://fmpug.com/mailman/listinfo/louisville_fmpug.com Blog: http://www.kyfmp.com _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
