cell phone carriers - who best at rating them ?

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 9:55 am

I'm thinking of dropping sprint again. is there any good sites you know of that really rates carriers and there coverages . are there any advange to going to cheapo carriers like straight talk or cricket .?

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 10:38 am

If you're satisfied with Sprint's coverage and speeds, then look into Ting.com:
https://ting.com/

Very reasonable rates. No contract (but it's not a pre-paid service). You only pay for what you use. They use Sprint's network, and you can port any Sprint phone over to them.

However, it's not cost effective if you're a heavy data user.

Review here: http://cell-phone-providers-review.topt ... eview.html

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 3:14 pm

As for the major ones, depends on your needs and coverage areas. I had US Cell. for years and the coverage was great everywhere but one place that I really wanted a smart phone to work, our cabin. Only AT&T works there so I switched because of that.
The smaller companies probably won't have good coverage's in more rural areas and/or service could suck.
With any of them, they'll all have reviews available online via search.

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 3:51 pm

my contracts been up I'm month to month -my wife still under contract on sprint. and seeing there no free phones per-say .my s-3 galaxy is some what beat up .crack screen and acts weird at times . we also drop are daughter off are plan a couple months ago .she went on her boyfriends plan there getting married in march anyway. were on a 1500 min shared everything plan .same as it was when are daughter was on the plan .also had this plan for the last 10 plus years or more .but now were splitting it 2 ways not 3 ways .were paying $110.00 plus 1-apple s-5
$10 extra data charge and taxs for are service by sprint .

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 6:30 pm

and seeing there no free phones

There never were free phones. You paid for those phones and then some in higher rates over the 2 year plan. People need to understand that.

The new system is much better. You just finance your phone unless you can afford it outright. The old way was a rip off.

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:09 pm

I have 4 phones on my plan using Verizon, and I pay a whopping $200/m, but I have very good coverage everywhere we go. Even here were I live now in Woodland, CA, I'm still using Verizon even though AT&T is here. Even my company gave me a Verizon Jetpack to receive wifi on the train.

GuardianAsher · Post by **GuardianAsher** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:10 pm

I was using a local MVNO off of Sprint called Cleartalk, that let me port my old Verizon phone over when VZW tried to screw me over. But the coverage sucked so now I'm with Boost. Got a really good deal on phones when I switched, and I actually have data service everywhere I go. It's amazing.