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Sprint to Verizon Pros v Cons?

ROLLTIDE1 said:
They do not throttle unlimited 4G plans at this time only 3G ones and even those are on a tower by tower basis and it doesn't last longer than 1 day
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It's still something to consider. I doubt people will be on LTE all of the time, varies on the coverage. Some people don't even have LTE in their area. Most of their usage would be on 3G.

But I guess this varies on the customer and how the coverage is around them.
 
JokerElite said:
It's still something to consider. I doubt people will be on LTE all of the time, varies on the coverage. Some people don't even have LTE in their area. Most of their usage would be on 3G.

But I guess this varies on the customer and how the coverage is around them.
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by the end of next year all EVDO areas will be converted over to 4G and so far they have delivered what they have said when it comes to expansion unlike AT&T
 
ive used on average about 1.3 gb of data per month on average with sprint....


should i just get the 2gb data plan through verizon or am setting myself up for failure since verizon since they have the LTE ?

thanks
 
paulie6978 said:
ive used on average about 1.3 gb of data per month on average with sprint....


should i just get the 2gb data plan through verizon or am setting myself up for failure since verizon since they have the LTE ?

thanks
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2 gig plan would be great for you or you could go with unlimited 4G
 
I'm thinking about making the jump too.

I started off with an Evo 4g and never had Wimax service. Hopped onto the 4S bandwagon last year, but still see terrible 3G speeds.

I am in the Orlando FL area and hoping to see improvements by the end of the year. If my 3G doesn't stay consistently above 1Mbps at that time, I'm going to head to Verizon and either pickup the iPhone5 or Note II.

Price isn't a big deal for me, as I am still paying $130 on Sprint for one line with unlimited everything. (I use my phone for work and average 2000 minutes/month).
 
sddabrow said:
I'm thinking about making the jump too.

I started off with an Evo 4g and never had Wimax service. Hopped onto the 4S bandwagon last year, but still see terrible 3G speeds.

I am in the Orlando FL area and hoping to see improvements by the end of the year. If my 3G doesn't stay consistently above 1Mbps at that time, I'm going to head to Verizon and either pickup the iPhone5 or Note II.

Price isn't a big deal for me, as I am still paying $130 on Sprint for one line with unlimited everything. (I use my phone for work and average 2000 minutes/month).
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data would be the important part for me although im only up to about 750mb data with about 2 weeks left in my billing period. ove never gone over about 1.5 gb for data yet
 
paulie6978 said:
data would be the important part for me although im only up to about 750mb data with about 2 weeks left in my billing period. ove never gone over about 1.5 gb for data yet
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Yep, I just looked and the most I have reached is 1.8GB and I stream Pandora all the time. I could easily limit this if I jumped carriers and was worried about data overages.
 
coolosxapps said:
Take a look at this thread I posted to see which carrier performs best in your area.
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Thanks! That explains it lol, Sprint has 0.2 average Mbps speeds in my area....


orlando data scores***
Carrier Score
1 AT&T 11111 91.8
2 Verizon 1111 79.4
3 T-Mobile 11 34.7
4 MetroPCS1 11.7
5 Sprint 0.2
 
paulie6978 said:
Does anyone have a list of pros v cons they think ?
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Subjective matter. Typically coverage is a priority. What are yours?

paulie6978 said:
so many opnions !

aghhhhhh

what to do??!!:confused:
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Decide based on your priorities -- same as with selecting anything else. Random opinions aren't necessarily relevant to you. If you're really wondering then keep your current carrier, sign up with the new one and decide if the new one is better for you while you can cancel the new carrier without ETF. First hand experience is always the best way to definitively answer questions that rely on subjective matters.

thegreatdivorce said:
Spoken like someone who has never been with AT&T.
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In this case the grass is always browner on your side of the fence. I've used all 4 of the majors and they all have their pros and cons.
 
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I just switched yesterday when I walked into a verizon store and they had a 32 gb iphone and no line and only one other customer. I will only miss the google voice integration because of getting all calls and texts on my ipad too..
 
takeshi74 said:
Subjective matter. Typically coverage is a priority. What are yours?


Decide based on your priorities -- same as with selecting anything else. Random opinions aren't necessarily relevant to you. If you're really wondering then keep your current carrier, sign up with the new one and decide if the new one is better for you while you can cancel the new carrier without ETF. First hand experience is always the best way to definitively answer questions that rely on subjective matters.


In this case the grass is always browner on your side of the fence. I've used all 4 of the majors and they all have their pros and cons.
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Thanks for condescending input. I switched to verizon
 
im enjoying verizon so far. very fast compared to sprint

i am scared about my data usage though. used about 500 mb in 4 days

only have the 2gb data plan. try to switch to wifi as much as i can.

ugh:confused:
 
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