Switching...anyone regret dropping Verizon?

[svu-boat]

ATT coverage in Arizona...

We left verizon so that we could be prepared to get the (newer) iPhone in Summer 2009. We've been with ATT for 6+ months and have been chiefly disappointed in the quality and breadth of their coverage.

I always knew the smaller networks (Sprint, T-Mobile) were mediocre unless you were dead-center in a major city, but I was surprised at how intermittent the reception was with ATT in the surrounding/county areas, compared with Verizon. Just an absolutely huge difference in the number of dropped calls and/or quality of the link.

That said, while we are able to switch back to Verizon, there's nothing that really compares to the iPhone... especially now with the 3.0 software and other additions connected to that (talk-n-turn GPS, tethering, stereo blue tooth, etc.). And with the new Palm-Pre and 2nd Gen Android phones staying locked to their networks (Sprint and T-Mobile, respectively) and Apple and ATT locked together until mid-2010 (at the earliest) we are reluctantly sticking with ATT... because of the iPhone. Of course, by 2011, both Verizon and ATT will be sporting 4G networks and the research and decisions start anew!

M.

 

[Untaken]

As I posted in another thread, Verizon's network really is the best but the way they cripple their phones and screw their customers as a result is why I have no regrets ditching them. I'd rather be able to use the AT&T network to its full advantage with my iPhone than be crippled with some POS from Verizon.

 

[marine610610]

Verizon's network and customer service trump ATT. I have more problems with the ATT phone i use for work than my personal Sprint phone.

My biggest gripe with ATT is talking to family that have them, the calls CONSTANTLY drop or fade. I have yet to drop a call with someone using Verizon...

 

[rjphoto]

ATT coverage is pitiful in my area.

I've been with Verizon (and the previous named company's) since the 80's with indulgence from company paid phones on the side at the same time... all of the ATT service was sketchy everywhere I travel most (lots of hill and open rural areas). Verizon covers those same areas.

My wife and I both drive older cars so service is important and trumps coolness of the phone.

Don't get me wrong... I would jump on ATT for an iPhone in a heart beat if the coverage was here...

Since it's not, I steal my son's iPod Touch every chance I get... I have my email set up on it...

 

[mechanesthesia]

I rarely if ever get dropped calls.

The only time a drop calls is a few times here and there when I call my parents who live in a pretty small town.

 

[Nanook]

I gotta agree with the guy with the Marley avy who posted on page one two years ago. Los Angeles is pretty mediocre with AT&T compared to Verizon. Call quality is worse, and more dropped calls. Still usable, but definitely noticeable.

 

[Crotalus_Joe]

I dropped Verizon 4 years ago and haven't regretted it at all.

I was really shocked at the way they cripple thier phones.