leets

So, my contract with Verizon is almost up, and after being a loyal Verizon customer for the past 4 years I'm considering switching. Their service is fantastic, but I'm currently looking to upgrade to a Blackberry to utilize all its services. However, Verizon wants to charge me $149 (after mail-in rebate) for the 8330 and then $100/month for the full service w/ unlimitted text. Considering my roommate is paying $60/month for basically the same service with t-mobile I'm a bit hesitant.

If I get AT&T I get an 8% discount on my monthly bill thru work. I also figure I can get a much better deal on a phone since I'd be a new customer. My only hesitation is that when I had AT&T before I received absolutely horrible service, both reception-wise and from customer service.

So I'd like to hear back from anyone who's using full data/voice services and get some feedback on which direction I should go. Thanks everyone.

05TurboS2k

I HATE VERIZON..... I swore to never deal with em again. That's just me.

leets

Care to elaborate?

lookuphere

i've been using Cingular for the past 3 years which recently switched to At&T after the buyout.

Service is still great and I'm going to be renewing my plan in a few months. Rollover minutes is a plus and free mobile to mobile saves tons of minutes.

leets

Did you notice any improvement in service after the merger? Service reliability is my main concern. From what I've seen t-mobile has the best pricing, but reception is poor just about everywhere. I can always count on my Verizon to get signal(when their crappy software isn't shutting the phone down for no reason), but I still think their charges are a bit high.

MrForgetable

Where are you in SoCal? T-mobile has pretty good coverage and their plans are hard to beat.

leets

All over.


I live in Orange, but am always up in Fullerton or in South LA. I'm also a bit concerned about reception at the track. At WSIR I'm able to get reception (depending on where I stand) but my roommate's t-mobile is always useless up there. Not a good thing when you're in desperate need of a tow.

MrForgetable

I keep a backup AT&T pre-paid phone in case of those situations. There are places that T-mobile don't cover that AT&T does, and there are also places that T-mobile covers and AT&T doesn't. It's nice to be able to get the best of both worlds.

AZDavid

I have never had a problem with AT&T/Cingular since being with them for over 5 years.

6gearpower

I know tmobile doesn't cover some part of Pasadena and i hate it. I'll give credit that tmobile has the best customer service though by far over other carrier.