Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
People who live in the United States of America - Which carrier?
- Thread starter noobinator
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
If your in an urban area definitely TMO. Have had Verizon, ATT, and TMO all in the DC area. Can't beat the speed and price of TMO. Verizon was the slowest and most expensive.
I don't want to dig on Verizon, they seem to have great coverage, but Verizon is the most expensive in nearly every plan configuration (unless your employer offers a subsidized discount benefit). ATT was cheaper for my family, almost as cheap as Tmobile and Sprint. Verizon would have been over $700 per year more for a comparable plan. Dollars to donuts, not worth the extra cost.
Also, while Verizon's coverage is great, it's not perfect. I can name quite a few areas where I get 4G ATT, and my friends with Verizon show no service or no data service. Not insubstantial areas either: large ski areas in New England for example often have quite terrible Verizon coverage. Those ski areas also tend to have lots of rich white people from Boston and NYC, so I'm surprised Verizon isn't better there.
At work with AT&T I was getting 10-12 mb/s down and 1-3 mb/s up in my 5 story building at work.
Now with T-Mobile I'm getting 40 mb/s down and 30 mb/s up.
Very happy so far!
Now with T-Mobile I'm getting 40 mb/s down and 30 mb/s up.
Very happy so far!
I had been on Verizon, mainly because they were the only carrier that worked reliably inside the building at work. Most co-employees are also on Verizon.
About 6 months ago, AT&T installed repeaters inside and around the building and now there is solid 4-5 bar coverage in all but the deepest corners of the building.
And since I decided that I'd prefer AT&T's simultaneous voice and data (which the iPhone doesn't do on VZW due to design constraints), I chose to switch carriers.
AT&T has been way better in my area than it was back in the iPhone 3G and 3GS days!
About 6 months ago, AT&T installed repeaters inside and around the building and now there is solid 4-5 bar coverage in all but the deepest corners of the building.
And since I decided that I'd prefer AT&T's simultaneous voice and data (which the iPhone doesn't do on VZW due to design constraints), I chose to switch carriers.
AT&T has been way better in my area than it was back in the iPhone 3G and 3GS days!
Just recently switched to Sprint from AT&T and am happy with it so far. My major issue with AT&T here in Wisconsin was their inability to provide even a roaming signal once I left the metro area. Traveling anywhere north or south resulted in extremely slow 2.5G signals or none at all. Their coverage map claimed roaming towers would provide signal in those areas but I never saw it.
My girlfriend has been on Sprint since before we started dating and I've never heard a complaint out of her. Coverage at home and work seems to be equal to if not better than what AT&T was.
My girlfriend has been on Sprint since before we started dating and I've never heard a complaint out of her. Coverage at home and work seems to be equal to if not better than what AT&T was.
I voted for AT&T. Had Verizon for years but switched to AT&T. The double data promo made it viable for me to give up unlimited and get back to decent phone upgrades. I do believe Verizon has overall better coverage but in my area it's a wash between them. Sprint and T-Mobile are both horrid here.
Well, with VoLTE, Verizon finally does have simultaneous voice and data on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.
But only in areas that have VoLTE and only when calling another Verizon VoLTE user. At least for now.
VoLTE is pretty much active wherever Verizon has LTE. True, to get HD Voice, you need to be dialing someone else who has Verizon and VoLTE active. However, even if the person you are calling is on a landline, or is on another wireless carrier or does not have VoLTE, your end of the call still goes through on LTE and you can use data. You just don't get the better call quality. Try it by calling a landline and then accessing data through Safari or Mail. It will work.
I have Verizon. Been with them for 5yrs now. The only other carrier that I would even consider going to is AT&T. T-Mobile is ok at best in my area and don't even get me started on Sprint. I'd rather use a string and two cups than get Sprint, I'd probably get better service too.
I think it all depends on the area where you live, I live in a small town south of Atlanta, GA and most people have Verizon or At&t. I work with Best Buy Mobile so I always hear complains about Sprint and the bad service they have in the area they live, I know Sprint is pretty good in big cities like Atlanta, but drop calls and its very slow in small towns or when you get on the highway.
I used to have At&t and it was alright, I'm with Verizon now and I love it so far, of course it is an employee account I get through best buy and I only pay about $40 for 10gb and unl. talk and text so nothing can't beat that deal
I used to have At&t and it was alright, I'm with Verizon now and I love it so far, of course it is an employee account I get through best buy and I only pay about $40 for 10gb and unl. talk and text so nothing can't beat that deal
T-Mobile USA of course.
I was with ATT for 4 years and I finally wore tired that they kept raising my bill every few months.
Then I went with Sprint for a year until I found a cheaper option with Virgin Mobile.
Then sprints network went down for a whole week in my area so I only stayed with Virgin Mobile for 6 months. And quickly went to straight talk.
Well, straighttalk used Tmobiles network but their customer service was terrible. They outsource everyone to India and Phillipines. When my texts started to get lost And my data didn't work anymore I decided to just move my number to T-Mobile.
I've been with T-Mobile for 6-7 months and their network has nearly doubled in improvements in my area in that period.
I was with ATT for 4 years and I finally wore tired that they kept raising my bill every few months.
Then I went with Sprint for a year until I found a cheaper option with Virgin Mobile.
Then sprints network went down for a whole week in my area so I only stayed with Virgin Mobile for 6 months. And quickly went to straight talk.
Well, straighttalk used Tmobiles network but their customer service was terrible. They outsource everyone to India and Phillipines. When my texts started to get lost And my data didn't work anymore I decided to just move my number to T-Mobile.
I've been with T-Mobile for 6-7 months and their network has nearly doubled in improvements in my area in that period.
$130/mo doesn't include the fee for the phones right? You bought the phones on AT&T Next?
----------
First, as has been pointed out on the iP6/6+, you can enable VoLTE although as you have pointed out, there are restrictions on using VoLTE as the other caller must be a Verizon VoLTE user and both callers must have an LTE signal throughout the duration of the call or the call is dropped.
Second, it is not a Verizon design constraint - it is an Apple design constraint. All Androids until recently could do both talk/data on Verizon. Why? Because they had 2 antennas - 1 for the CDMA radio and 1 for the LTE radio. The iPhones could not because APPLE decided they did not want to put 2 antennas in the Verizon branded devices (which probably wasn't a bad idea given Apple's lackluster performance in antenna design).
Last edited:
As you pointed out, you have to be calling another VoLTE user but not only that, it has to be another Verizon VoLTE user until VoLTE interoperability b/t carriers is established. That is in the works at least b/t Verizon and AT&T, but idk when it will be functional.
The other downside of using VoLTE is that if you are in a moving car and you are moving in an area where you will travel through pockets w/o LTE coverage, you will drop the call on your end.
Last edited:
I have had AT&T for about 10 years now, would never think about switching, I currently pay ~$50/MO for Unlimited Talk/Text and 3GB Data. I initially switched from VZW because of the no talk and data at the same time issue and I will not get T-Mobile because their network is unreliable (especially outside of the major cities) so I am happy with what I have.
Can any Verizon iPhone users answer my question about Good for Enterprise?
Can any Verizon iPhone users answer my question about Good for Enterprise?
I posted my question here:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1838667/
Thanks!!!
Can any Verizon iPhone users answer my question about Good for Enterprise?
I posted my question here:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1838667/
Thanks!!!
Last edited:
I am presently on T-Mobile family share $100.00 for 2 lines, unlimited data and 5 gigs each worth of monthly hot spot, which is way better than what I had before. It proved to be a bonus for my wife and I.
I’d spent the year before with T-Mobile on a $75.00 independent plan of unlimited data and 3 gigs worth of hot spot. My wife’s phone beforehand was on Straight Talk for $45.00 per month unlimited data with severe restrictions and crap technical support.
Upon upgrading and getting superior value for spending less, T-Mobile sent me a high-spec router to use at home and waived the one-time $25.00 fee that they normally collect. The router's gotten rave reviews at sites such as Cnet, but I've not installed it. I've been using an Apple Time Capsule and haven't had time to get up to speed on manners of integrating the router.
I’d spent the year before with T-Mobile on a $75.00 independent plan of unlimited data and 3 gigs worth of hot spot. My wife’s phone beforehand was on Straight Talk for $45.00 per month unlimited data with severe restrictions and crap technical support.
Upon upgrading and getting superior value for spending less, T-Mobile sent me a high-spec router to use at home and waived the one-time $25.00 fee that they normally collect. The router's gotten rave reviews at sites such as Cnet, but I've not installed it. I've been using an Apple Time Capsule and haven't had time to get up to speed on manners of integrating the router.
Does that include the Next payments for the phones or did you do a 2 year contract for the phones?
AT&T original
I have been with AT&T since the Cingular days. Very happy with them in New York and have great coverage most of the time. My only issue was at my home where I got no service whatsoever in Northern Long Island so I got the AT&T Microcell and that solved that problem.
I gave up my unlimited data plan two years ago and changed to the Mobile Share Family Plan for two devices (6+ and iPad Air) with 10 GB and then took advantage of the promo in October to double it to 20 GB. I only came close to that data last month due to watching the NFL Redzone on LTE for hours upon hours while away from wifi. Ended up using 16GB last month but my average usage has been around 6 GB. I think the change to the data plan was best since my unlimited plan has since had all types of throttling issues that would have affected my viewing last month.
So far for $100 for 20 GB of nice speed data is all good. No need to change yet.
I have been with AT&T since the Cingular days. Very happy with them in New York and have great coverage most of the time. My only issue was at my home where I got no service whatsoever in Northern Long Island so I got the AT&T Microcell and that solved that problem.
I gave up my unlimited data plan two years ago and changed to the Mobile Share Family Plan for two devices (6+ and iPad Air) with 10 GB and then took advantage of the promo in October to double it to 20 GB. I only came close to that data last month due to watching the NFL Redzone on LTE for hours upon hours while away from wifi. Ended up using 16GB last month but my average usage has been around 6 GB. I think the change to the data plan was best since my unlimited plan has since had all types of throttling issues that would have affected my viewing last month.
So far for $100 for 20 GB of nice speed data is all good. No need to change yet.