I'm chose Verizon for my iPhone 5 because they're the only national carrier with service in my area. I live in a very small town but they even have LTE here. I left a local carrier that gave me 2G speeds and it was torture. Verizon's coverage map said there was 3G here but I was delighted to see that I had very good LTE service when I started up my phone for the first time. Lots of rural coverage with fast speeds, only thing I have to complain about is the price but there's not much of a choice where I'm at.