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I switched from Verizon to T-Mobile a couple years ago, and where I live (Oregon), T-Mobile's service is absolute garbage compared to Verizon's. It was fine in
by RussianCow 8y ago
I switched from Verizon to T-Mobile a couple years ago, and where I live (Oregon), T-Mobile's service is absolute garbage compared to Verizon's. It was fine in the dense parts of the city, but anything outside of that was a total gamble. Driving to the mountain, the beach, or really anywhere outside the metro area nearly guaranteed a lack of service all or most of the way. I even had poor reception in parts of my house, and would sometimes lose calls in my kitchen!
I recently switched to AT&T and am much happier, but there are still occasions where my wife (on Verizon) has service but I don't. I've also heard similar anecdotes from people I've met in other parts of the country, so I don't think Oregon is the only state for which this is true.
(Before you say that this was a problem with my phone, I changed phones once while I was still on T-Mobile, and the service did not improve.)
- reaperducer 8y agoI live (Oregon), T-Mobile's service is absolute garbage compared to Verizon's It's all regional. There are places in America where T-Mobile is streets ahead of Verizon. The upper Midwest, and the Gulf Coast, for example, because T-Mobile bought VoiceStream, and PrimeCo, which were dominant in those areas years ago. Between personal and work devices, I carry AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile with me almost everywhere I go across America (usually two or three different states a month). Verizon is best in populated areas. T-Mobile is best in lower density places. AT&T is something of a crapshoot. Some places it's incredibly good, and some places it's like trying to make a phone call on an angry hedgehog.
- RussianCow 8y agoYep, exactly. So if you happen to live somewhere that's only well covered by Verizon, and consistently good reception is important to you, you don't really have a lot of other options. It's similar to the situation with ISPs in the US.
- linuxftw 8y ago> There are places in America where T-Mobile is streets ahead of Verizon. Nonsense, it's not even a comparison. Tmobile is complete garbage coverage compared to Verizon or AT&T. I don't believe there is any place in the US where Tmobile has better coverage than Verizon.
- shmerl 8y agoHow do you know?
- reaperducer 8y agoI don't believe there is any place in the US where Tmobile has better coverage than Verizon. All I can suggest is you get out more. And carry one of each device with you simultaneously, as I do.