Vote for your *Favorite Carrier*

Why did you leave Verizon off the list? They are a major national carrier after all.

Nextel and Sprint are one company now too

I know a lot of people rag on Sprint, but I have never had a problem with Sprint at all...they have the best voicemail system (I don't think anyone should have to pay for "enhanced" voice mail), never had a dropped call, they pick up the phone immediately when calling customer service, etc.

I tried Cingular a few times and they had the worst customer service....always have to hold.

BTW, Sprint and Nextel may be one company now, but they still have very different technologies and you can buy either Sprint or Nextel service.

I'll vote for the first carrier that does away with yearly contracts (without increasing rates)! Until then, none of them get my vote.

Cigular because with family plan and my parents' corporate discount, my service is $6.99 a month, and I got a free bluetooth camera phone!

What about the UK

Just post "other" my fav is Orange (that's who I currently use anyway).

Verizon, just because that's what my family uses. I suppose I wouldn't really care whatever my family uses. They're all the same to me.

Cingular...fewest dropped calls, excellent customer service.

They all suck in their own special way. I wish we had an Apple MVNO.

I'm rather happy with Nextel. Though, I'll be switching with the iPhone, which is pretty good timing with how quickly Sprint is ruining what Nextel was.

T-Mobile.

T-Mobile for one reason: Data plan pricing.

If you have a data-enabled phone, you can add unlimited data to it for only $30 a month. This is unlimited data on the phone, *AND* unlimited data when 'tethering' it to your computer.

By contrast, Cingular charges about $80 over-and-above the voice plan price for the same functionality.

That alone will probably keep me from getting the iPhone.

USS Franklin D Roosevelt.

skunk said:

USS Franklin D Roosevelt.

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ehurtley said:

T-Mobile for one reason: Data plan pricing.

If you have a data-enabled phone, you can add unlimited data to it for only $30 a month. This is unlimited data on the phone, *AND* unlimited data when 'tethering' it to your computer.

By contrast, Cingular charges about $80 over-and-above the voice plan price for the same functionality.

That alone will probably keep me from getting the iPhone.

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If the T-Mobile price is for 3g data access/broadband speeds, that's good. If it's for EDGE speeds, it's as it should be.

I'm happy with Sprint. For all the flaws, the data access is great and the customer service on the phone is better than average. People in the stores and their knowledge varies as with the other stores.

I just got my Sidekick III the other day with T-Mobile and am liking it very much.

T mob, cheapest to other networks which is like 90% of my use, nuff said.

HAHA Cingular is winning!

I think they made the right choice.

PlaceofDis said:

Nextel and Sprint are one company now too

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They are the same company, but i have heard many complaints about nextel but fewer about sprint....the technologies are very different...so i think it is a good thing that they are separated

MattyMac said:

HAHA Cingular is winning!

I think they made the right choice.

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Hmm....it is probably "winning" because more people subscribe to the service.

How about "least hated carrier"?

In my case, Digitel TIM

bousozoku said:

If the T-Mobile price is for 3g data access/broadband speeds, that's good. If it's for EDGE speeds, it's as it should be.

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It is for EDGE, but Cingular charges the same for HSDPA/UTMS as for EDGE-only phones. And when T-Mobile rolls out their UTMS, it should stay the same price. (And since the iPhone is only EDGE, it doesn't really matter, now does it?)