I'm presuming you want an iPhone . . . The real answer is that all wireless phone companies suck . . .but a different one sucks depending on where you live. For instance . . .AT&T gets really bad press in the San Francisco and New York areas. However, part of that is due to (a) the demand the iPhone generated, (b) the 3 year approval process for a new cell tower in SF and (c) the sheer people density in NY. In other places Verizon sucks.
Here in the metro DC area . . .my wife and I have had absolutely zero issues with either our iPhone 3G's or iPhone 4's, no dropped calls, plenty of signal. . .and I've got friends with Sprint and Verizon that complain. AT&T has the limited data plan now and (at least for the short term) Verizon has unlimited (although my wife and I are grandfathered into the unlimited plan with AT&T). However .unless you're downloading a lot of movies . . .it's really hard to go over the limit. Some people have an almost religious devotion to or hatred of AT&T or Verizon . . .we don't. Verizon's network doesn't do both voice and data simultaneously . . .AT&T's does. Verizon will have some 4G by the late summer but only in very limited markets. AT&T doesn't have 4G yet . . .but they have their upgraded system with more bandwidth which will be rolling out in summer as well. Verizon's iPhone doesn't do 4G anyway . . .I don't know whether the AT&T model does the upgraded GSM or not but probably iPhone 5 will do if 4 doesn't. I think we'll stay with AT&T as long as we live here in northern Virginia . . .but if I was buying my first iPhone today I would have to look at the prices Verizon has and see . . .but given our overall luck with AT&T I don't see any real reason to go elsewhere. Short answer is . . .I don't think there really is a right answer to this question . . .it depends on where you live and what features (slightly more speed vs data while on a call vs whatever) are important to you. On Jan 25, 2011, at 11:22 AM, Bob Nugent wrote: > I am looking for the best deal for wireless phone company. I use verizon > presently and it seems that ATT might be a better source. Any other souce as > long as it has a good range of service would be find. ----------------------------------------------- There are only three kinds of stress; your basic nuclear stress, cooking stress, and A$$hole stress. The key to their relationship is Jello. neil _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
