OT - Sprint, Verizon, or AT&T?

I've been all over the country for business (or at least mostly the south) and Verizon has by far the best coverage. Just my opinion based on experience

I would say go with at &t. First of all Sprint and Verizon run a technology that is going no where fast it is called CDMA. The rest of the world(75% +) including at &t and T-Mobile run GSM. The data speeds in which GSM will increase to Sprint and VZW won't be able to catch without changing out their networks. As far as coverage goes Verizon across the country in rural areas would probably give you better coverage but if you're looking for data speed and applications(line of business) at&t would have them all beat and their coverage world wide is much much better. Other side notes at &t controls 50% of IP address in the U.S and I belive the world so other carriers have to buy them from at&t and FEMA chose at &t over the other carriers based on network and data connection speed etc. Also if you look online the amount of customers Sprint is losing per quarter is pretty high and Verizon is good a what they do but if you read up on which company in the long run is going to be the best most experts pick at &t ,because they switched out their network years ago were the other 2 will have to at some point to keep up with at &t ... what that means is you will have to buy new phones etc like I did when at &t did it when they merged with Cingular.

I've always heard that rule of thumb is Verizon has the best service and AT&T has the best phones. Saying that, I have AT&T and used to have Verizon and I don't find the service any worse, and it's actually better some places up north.

For SE Michigan and Indiana, I've found that AT&T is typically okay, with the occasional spotty point. But really, everytime I'm in the area, and that's a lot, it's pretty good coverage. I rarely ever miss a call or simply lose service. Can't really speak to Verizon, but those that have had Sprint in the area usually have almost identical coverage. Someone who lives full time in the area might be able to help more though.

I was a Sprint customer for years. They always seemed to have the best prices. Most of my coworkers say that the Sprint prices for unlimited calling and data are the best in the industry. My issue with Sprint was coverage, always seemed to have lots of dead spots. Maybe they've fixed that now. Sprint always offers the Palm Pre which everyone I've talked to likes more than the Blackberry. Currently with Verizon. More expensive, but most of my friends and family are on it, so I get most of my phone calls free. Great coverage. Limited phone selection although rumor is that they'll be offering the Palm Pre early next year so they may be working to correct the phone selection issue.

Is ATT ever gonna get with the now and allow SMS? I mean thats like so 2003.

verizon and i'm currently with sprint. and all i can say is that i can't wait till my wifes contract ends with sprint(i'm on her family plan) so i can get her to switch to verizon. out of the two verizon is the best. you can be in the middle of no where and still be able to make a call, but with sprint you can end up in roaming or not being able to contect. when i was working a the GM tech center i could never get a single with my sprint phone, while all of my co-workers that had verizon never had a problem. it really sucked when i needed to make a personal call because i would have to go down 7 flights and out to the parking deck just to make a call.

I had Sprint and loved it. When my parents moved to FL and did not have Sprint coverage, I switched to Verizon with them. I also love the coverage with Verizon. I have never had AT&T but my friend who has AT&T never seem to have a signal. The biggest problem that I had when switching to Verizon was that phones that would have normally been free at Sprint were $50-$100. My recommendation would be to go with Sprint with Verizon as a close second.

It's what I was already using anyway. also, I'm afraid of my iphone.

I would have to say go with Verizon. I used to have At&T, I couldn't even get service at my house. Granted I live in California, but Verizon has been most reliable. Even among my friends there is a propensity to hate AT&T due to their terrible coverage.

I have AT&T with an iPhone and will say the service has been spotty in SE MI (Ann Arbor specifically). This is probably due to the number of data intensive phones on their network. As for northern Michigan, I have found service once again spotty anywhere from Cadillac and Ludington north to Frankfort and east to the West Branch area. I do a lot of fishing and have found that the service in the harbors along Lake Michigan is poor to non-existent, but as soon as you are 2-3 miles out in the lake there is full service. Nextel and T-Mobile have comparable service to AT&T in the same area. I think they utilize the same network up there. iPhones, Blackberries, etc all suck so much bandwidth that I think no matter what carrier you pick, you will see decreasing service reliability as the number of smartphones increase.