Guess it depends on where you live. I've had some really bad luck with AT&T in So. Cal.

Sometimes it has to do with the phone too....my first first Verizon phone (a motorola) had crappy reception.

 

I'm with Verizon. So far, so good. No real problems when traveling.

Ride safe,

John

 

i love my verizon best serivce of both imo

 

verizon is the best. I've had nextel and at&t . i've used it out west and up north sledn. awesome coverage

 

I was gonna say my pocket, but then I read the thread. I have a Virgin Mobile pay as you go. I believe it uses the sprint network, not sure though. Works well throughout the Southeast and whenever the OL travels for her job she always uses it. Been around the country, mostly around metro areas, never had a problem. If you don't want the contracts or bills, it's great. Costs me about $10 a month.

 

I've had good luck with Verizon when travel around the country. My buddy didn't have any complaints with his service from ATT. I think we both lost service generally in the same places.

 

Rode all over the area around Deals Gap, NC with four other guys. The only one of us who had consistently good connection was the guy with Verizon.

 

This is why I like Verizon, they have never let me down. They never claim to be the cheapest but they always get high marks in customer service. One year there was a phone I wanted really REALLY bad (I'm spoiled, spending a long time in a patrol car I like good phones) anyway, my wife called and set it up with the store we have always gone to, to have a cake and coffee waiting for me as they opened the store an hour early. My wife and kids woke me up, blind folded me and took me to the store. The phone was waiting for me and we all had cake and coffee, not the kids, they had juice.

 

As mentioned, any carrier works in the big cities and along the hiways. One of the reasons Verizon works so well is that it is not only digital, but in many areas, it can fall back to an analog signal as well. ATT is digital only (GSM) and while it works great in Europe when you take your phone, it mau not work well in Resume Speed, Iowa. Analog signals spread over a MUCH farther area than digital, hence the better ability to get a call thru. If you don't want a contract, buy a phone on eBay cheap and just get a month to month service plan, that way you avoid a the subsidized phone costs. If you choose not to use Verizon, get a plan with a local carrier that still uses the CDMA type service in addition to digital, for the most part, it will let you 'roam' on another carriers network. Sure, you will pay thru the nose for a call when roaming, but hey, whats a dollar a minute when you are stranded?

 

Verizon has been aces for me up and down the east coast. I also got the navigation which gives me maps and directions right to the phone for about $10 additional monthly.