Swapped iPad 3 from AT&T to Verizon

With no LTE coverage in Seattle and Portland, barely any in Las Vegas, and sketchy coverage in Denver metro, I've finally decided to ditch my AT&T iPad and switch to Verizon, who has blanketed all four of those markets, and their suburbs with solid LTE signal. I've had AT&T iPad since day one.

I'm bummed to lose the unlimited plan, but I'd been keeping track the past few months. Only once did I exceed 2GB in a single month. Normally I sit around 1.2-1.4GB of monthly use.

I'm only two days in, but so far loving the speeds. Seattle coverage and speeds have been great. I'll be in Las Vegas next week for a real test. Even 3G coverage on the Strip sucked with AT&T so I'm really hoping to see improvement there. the company I work for is HQ'd there and I'm in Vegas 6-7 times a year.

I know others have probably said it before, but this could cause me to rethink AT&T for voice come iPhone 5 time.

 

Hadn't thought of that, but I still have the SIM, and haven't cancelled the plan. Hmm.

 

I haven't cancelled it yet so it'll keep auto-renewing itself until I do... But yeah. Just saw one for $450 on eBay. So going to do this.

 

At your suggestion, I've decided to list this on eBay.

Posted a new thread so everyone can take a look. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1427966

 

Just wanted to update this thread now that I've had the Verizon iPad for a few weeks. I absolutely love the speeds I'm getting. It's been consistent at 19-22mbps down and 8-12mbps up.

Traveling tomorrow and hoping to get a feel for a few other areas.

The better data speeds has inspired my exodus from AT&T for the phones as well. We have three iPhones on our account, just preordered with Verizon. Gonna get nailed with early termination fee with AT&T but in the end I think we'll be happier.

If you live in an area that AT&T doesn't service with LTE but Verizon does, you may want to seriously consider the move. Waiting for AT&T is like watching a boiling pot (that you forgot to turn on)!

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I got $550 for it!