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so does att fare well in nyc? Im going there for the weekend and im a little nervous about keeping service

Like I said, both at&t and Verizon are fine, but Verizon is a tad bit better. I use both and at my job, Verizon wins hands down. I don't know what the problem is, but at the entrance of my job, placing or receiving calls are hit or miss while Verizon works every time. Even throughout the building, Verizon's signal is more consistent than at&t's.

Keep in mind that this is my experience and that your experience will vary depending on location. I've been with at&t for 10 years now, so I think my opinion is fair. The only reason I have Verizon is because they use it at my job. Both services work fine in NYC.

All I am saying is that the OP should test the service first before moving multiple lines over. I'm not saying not to go with at&t.
 
Verizon and ATT

well ATT is good in major cities without hardly any dropped calls. Verizon is good in all areas. So, if you live outside of major metropolitan areas then you will see dropped calls.
 
well ATT is good in major cities without hardly any dropped calls. Verizon is good in all areas. So, if you live outside of major metropolitan areas then you will see dropped calls.

That's a huge generalization. My At&t has never had a problem in North/Western Wisconsin where there are more cows than people.
 
can anyone vouch for the service in Phoenix/Scottsdale, AZ?
the coverage map shows its caked with 3G, but maps are scandalous...

anyways, im asking because theres a good chance ill be moving there.
 
I have nothing but good things to say myself, I have FULL 3G at my house where with t-mobile/sprint I would get zero bars. I get full bar mostly everywhere I go and I must say its been even better with the last 2.2, guess the baseband updates are reflecting apple trying to prove it wasen't all of at&t's fault.
 
The girlfriend has Verizon and gets a lot better indoor signal than I have gotten on AT&T with any phone I have had, including old TDMA and GSM Nokias, a Razr, and now an iPhone 3G. On the other hand, I prefer my iPhone to any Blackberry out there, which is the best you can do smartphone-wise on Verizon, and have always had good support from AT&T.
 
I also came from Verizon and loved the service I just hated the fact they are always one step behind in todays "hot" phones. I have had AT&T prior before the cingular merge and also cingular when it was cellular one. My best service was with verizon over the past few years, I cannot even count how many dropped calls i had ( maybe 3) and i'm willing to bet it was not on my side it was the other callers. That said with the new AT&T i have not had much issues, I drop about 1-2 maybe a MONTH but its not a huge deal. I am pretty so far with the service (5 months). My drops could be related to the lack of 3g in some spots and switching to 2g. I have tried turning off 3g and when i did i noticed no drops. My wife works at a new health club and would get no signal inside with verizon. She got an iphone and now gets 3-4 bars with AT&T.

Overall you have to find out what works best for you.
 
I switched from Verizon also. AT&T's coverage isn't as good, although the main dead spots I know of nearby apply to ALL the cell networks, so that was kind of a wash.

Two things I hated about Verizon, even though I was very happy with them overall:

- limited selection of phones

- horrible OS from Verizon that replaced the handset makers' interface.
 
I feel pretty much the same as the person above me, I too switched from Verizon. I really liked Verizon and had them for about 11 years. The thing that stands out the most in my head that I liked about Verizon was they seem to have coverage EVERYWHERE, I could go camping in the middle of the forest and still have coverage. Thats pretty much it. I am really liking AT&T so far, I've had them since September when I got my iPhone 3G. At first I thought oh great what I have I done, I had sooooo many dropped calls it wasn't even funny, I seriously considered returning my phone and restarting my contract with Verizon. I have since had the 3G turned off 95% of the time and have had zero dropped calls, and have been very happy with my phone and AT&T since. They're one cheaper than Verizon. Two, I happen to get a bigger corporate discount than I didn with Verizon:D. Three, in my opinion they have a better selection of phones and they don't restrict the crap out of them like Verizon does. If AT&T's service area was expanded like Verizon's is(I can go camping and still get service) I would say AT&T is better, but for now, I may like AT&T but I still say Verizon is better tell AT&T gets their 3G service expanded and fix all of the dropped calls.
EDIT:
I agree with dontwalkhand when it comes to the Phoenix Metro area but as soon as you drive up north towards Payson/Flagstaff area's there is for sure no 3G and Edge is dodgy...
**I'm in Chandler, Az** Right by Phoenix..
 
Hi all:

New guy here. I've been a Verizon customer dating back to the time when their phones looked something like WWII walkie-talkies...

As a resident of the Pacific NW who travels frequently between coastal WA, ID and MT, I've never been in a place where my Verizon phone didn't provide a great signal. Dropped calls? 99% non-existant. It doesn't seem to matter if that place is a back woods location of the Olympic National Park or a great little restaurant buried in a metro basement somewhere. I haven't been able to ask anyone here about ATT as 100% of my colleagues and business associates use Verizon (given Verizon coverage in ID and MT).

I've been so close to buying an iPhone on multiple occasions as I'm an entrenched Mac user but fear giving up Verizon's coverage in my part of the country. I would really appreciate being able to send/recieve business e-mail pretty from pretty much any location I find myself at (even Verizon is not 100% with their mail for me). FWIW, I played with a friends brand new Storm for a week (he was on his honeymoon so I talked him in to letting me cover his e-mail while he was gone. Hey, what are friends for?... ;)) but wasn't smitten with the Storm's quirks.

So here's my noob dumb question: I was looking on ATT's site and wondered if anyone has tried this experiment? I noticed they offer pay-as-you go plans under their Go Phone option. Has anyone picked up a Go Phone for a few months to "test the water" of ATT's coverage in the areas they frequent prior to jumping in with both feet with an iPhone contract? I don't see that there is a long term contractual obligation and it might be worth the $29.99 if this is indeed the case? My thought was to run it side by side to Verizon on the road and see if I could live with ATT's coverage in the aforementioned areas? I realize one could utilize the return option with an iPhone but I'm afraid that once I actually have an iPhone in hand... :D

Thoughts anyone?
 
Hi all:

New guy here. I've been a Verizon customer dating back to the time when their phones looked something like WWII walkie-talkies...

As a resident of the Pacific NW who travels frequently between coastal WA, ID and MT, I've never been in a place where my Verizon phone didn't provide a great signal. Dropped calls? 99% non-existant. It doesn't seem to matter if that place is a back woods location of the Olympic National Park or a great little restaurant buried in a metro basement somewhere. I haven't been able to ask anyone here about ATT as 100% of my colleagues and business associates use Verizon (given Verizon coverage in ID and MT).

I've been so close to buying an iPhone on multiple occasions as I'm an entrenched Mac user but fear giving up Verizon's coverage in my part of the country. I would really appreciate being able to send/recieve business e-mail pretty from pretty much any location I find myself at (even Verizon is not 100% with their mail for me). FWIW, I played with a friends brand new Storm for a week (he was on his honeymoon so I talked him in to letting me cover his e-mail while he was gone. Hey, what are friends for?... ;)) but wasn't smitten with the Storm's quirks.

So here's my noob dumb question: I was looking on ATT's site and wondered if anyone has tried this experiment? I noticed they offer pay-as-you go plans under their Go Phone option. Has anyone picked up a Go Phone for a few months to "test the water" of ATT's coverage in the areas they frequent prior to jumping in with both feet with an iPhone contract? I don't see that there is a long term contractual obligation and it might be worth the $29.99 if this is indeed the case? My thought was to run it side by side to Verizon on the road and see if I could live with ATT's coverage in the aforementioned areas? I realize one could utilize the return option with an iPhone but I'm afraid that once I actually have an iPhone in hand... :D

Thoughts anyone?
3G phone works using as Go Phone, this was true back in September-ish time at least. As for AT&T coverage in the NW, if your business depends on you being on the phone, I would not bother with AT&T. There are way too many dead spots even in the city.
 
Hi all:

New guy here. I've been a Verizon customer dating back to the time when their phones looked something like WWII walkie-talkies...

As a resident of the Pacific NW who travels frequently between coastal WA, ID and MT, I've never been in a place where my Verizon phone didn't provide a great signal. Dropped calls? 99% non-existant. It doesn't seem to matter if that place is a back woods location of the Olympic National Park or a great little restaurant buried in a metro basement somewhere. I haven't been able to ask anyone here about ATT as 100% of my colleagues and business associates use Verizon (given Verizon coverage in ID and MT).

I've been so close to buying an iPhone on multiple occasions as I'm an entrenched Mac user but fear giving up Verizon's coverage in my part of the country. I would really appreciate being able to send/recieve business e-mail pretty from pretty much any location I find myself at (even Verizon is not 100% with their mail for me). FWIW, I played with a friends brand new Storm for a week (he was on his honeymoon so I talked him in to letting me cover his e-mail while he was gone. Hey, what are friends for?... ;)) but wasn't smitten with the Storm's quirks.

So here's my noob dumb question: I was looking on ATT's site and wondered if anyone has tried this experiment? I noticed they offer pay-as-you go plans under their Go Phone option. Has anyone picked up a Go Phone for a few months to "test the water" of ATT's coverage in the areas they frequent prior to jumping in with both feet with an iPhone contract? I don't see that there is a long term contractual obligation and it might be worth the $29.99 if this is indeed the case? My thought was to run it side by side to Verizon on the road and see if I could live with ATT's coverage in the aforementioned areas? I realize one could utilize the return option with an iPhone but I'm afraid that once I actually have an iPhone in hand... :D

Thoughts anyone?

Sounds like a good idea as long as you aren't stuck with some cheap $10 phone that is mroe of a problem than the service. I don't think that would be a problem though.
 
Also in Chicago...I've had AT&T for the last 8 years (been through all their changes), and also never had a problem. in the last two years the coverage has gotten much better and call quality is much improved now. I get dropped calls only rarely. I've traveled all across the country and its very good everywhere i've been, even in the backwoods of georgia.
 
ugh...

I must be unlucky, but my experience with the iPhone and AT&T have been getting progressively worse over time. Near D.C., according to the bars on my screen, I generally have a full or near-full signal, but I drop literally 5 calls a day... just will be talking along (not moving) and the call will fade and drop - even though it still shows 4 bars. Either that or the person on the other side will report that i "sound like a robot" and am fading out. EVERY day.

This is my experience with my Edge iPhone. My Wife got a 3G one 2 months ago and has had a worse experience than I have. God help us if we are trying to talk to each other. it Sucks. Both Apple and ATT have said there is nothing wrong with our phones. ...

I think the best option would be a plain phone and a touch.
 
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