verizon or sprint

lugnut

lugnut

Well-Known Member
Joined
Mar 23, 2005
Location
SnowCamp
Its time to drop AT&T so I'm looking at Sprint or Verizon. Verizon has a better coverage map but Sprint is cheaper and I'm told they roam on Verizon's towers. Any body have Sprint? Hows it work?
 
I have sprint for my work phone and it is crap . It is so bad I just went got me another phone and it's a verizon. Sprint is Ok if you don't plan to leave the city other then that as I sad the sprint service is crap.

I base this on the fact I travel the lower 48 for work and the only time my sprint phone works consistantly is when I am roming on the Verizon network with it.
 
go with Verizon you will never look back and will be very pleased with it. That being said my wife sells Verizon phones so if you want pm me and I will get her number to you she can give you a deal on the phones.
 
GubNi said:
sprint doesn't share verizon
Click to expand...

According to them they do that is why my work changed to them. We were dropping At&T because they national coverage sucked also and going backed to Verizon. But the Sprint sales man convinced my company they were as good because they shared towers with Verizon. Both Sprint and Verizon use the CDMA network. So my company went with Sprint because they were "Cheaper".

I have been in areas where the only coverage was Verizon and my sprint phone had the roaming triangle. Like I sad when I have the roaming triangle is the only time I can a make a call first try with my sprint phone. We have been with sprint for about 4 months and my company is already talking about dropping them for Verizon.
 
did a little research way back, picked Alltel which has now become Verizon. No real complaints here, although I havent really looked into anything else. Seem to always have coverage when we need it.
 
I have a droid x through verizon. Coverage is awsome and navigation is kick ass......
 
Our company cell phones are through sprint and they would not work in our building, There is some old relationship with my company and sprint so thats what they use. We ended up putting in an indoor cell network to get it to work.

My personal is Verizon and it worked fine in the building.
 
Verizon FTW its not even a fair comparison on how much better Verizon is. At my house the only service that works is Verizon it. I've been all over Wnc and rarely do I not have service.
 
and where verizon doesnt work..they have this neat little device that you hook to the internet and your phone connects to it instead of the tower when it makes a call.
 
"Please hold while the Sprint subscriber you are trying to reach is located... Please hold while the Sprint subscriber you are trying to reach is located... Please hold while the Sprint subscriber you are trying to reach is located..."

That's all I know about Sprint. I dunno WTF people pay them for, but it sure as hell isn't for cell service.
 
Shawn said:
"Please hold while the Sprint subscriber you are trying to reach is located... Please hold while the Sprint subscriber you are trying to reach is located... Please hold while the Sprint subscriber you are trying to reach is located..."

That's all I know about Sprint. I dunno WTF people pay them for, but it sure as hell isn't for cell service.
Click to expand...


got sick of hearing that myself
 
I don't have a cell phone but my gf goes through Verizon...only time I've ever known her phone to not have service is in WV headed to Horseshoe. Another complaint she has, is some times she'll see a missed call, but won't get the message until the following day...probably happens 2-3 times a week.
 
I have sprint and have no complaints. I have been with every provider and I am happy with sprint. Of coarse there are always gonna be places you don't get any service, but that is everywhere. My buddy has the samsung Fascinate through Verizon and I have the HTC evo through sprint. I can load videos faster, web pages faster and dowload content faster, without using the 4g service. I believe both phones have the same size processor.. Now I did have sprint before and it was garbage...now....I will stick with sprint. Not paying over $200 a month for 2 phones with unlimited everything, when I can pay $150 a month for the same thing at sprint. I have never had any problems with my phone or service. I believe that Sprint is kicking it up a bit and finally starting to realize without customers, they have nothing.

Thumbs up for sprint!
 
I have a sprint work cell phone and verizon personal phone. Verizon wins hands down. Sprint is loosing customers every year, while Verizon and at&t grow. Sprint will be bought out, most likely by verizon, they dont want to let the cable companies get a hold of a cellular company.
 
I'd say Verizon wins between them and sprint. I have had ATT for about 13years and have pretty much been happy w/ them. Everything has gotten better but the price.

Now let's discuss which is better Verizon or AT&T. Since my wife is on my ass to renew and get that texting crap.
 
I have Nextel which is now Sprint. We have 5 phones as soon as the last contract runs out in June we are headed to Verizon.Same plan same mount of phones pretty much the same$$$$. Alot better coverage.

Just my opinion
robert
 
lockedup5 said:
I'd say Verizon wins between them and sprint. I have had ATT for about 13years and have pretty much been happy w/ them. Everything has gotten better but the price.
Now let's discuss which is better Verizon or AT&T. Since my wife is on my ass to renew and get that texting crap.
Click to expand...


As I said in a previous post my work dropped AT&T for Sprint. They dropped AT&T because their national coverage was horrible, but after going to Sprint we have realized AT&T was actually better. But as far as national coverage goes you could combine Sprint and AT&T and they still wouldn't compare to Verizon. Verizon has the best national coverage hands down, any of the carriers are going to work when near a major city it is when you outside the prime areas is when Verizon can’t be touched.

That being said I still have major issues making calls with sprint even when I have 2-3 bars, most times it takes two to three tries to get a call to go out. I would be extremely pist off if I was paying for the Sprint phone I carry. But since my work pays for it I just leave it on the dash of my truck and use my Verizon phone 95% of time.
 
jds97Wrangler said:
I have sprint for my work phone and it is crap . It is so bad I just went got me another phone and it's a verizon. Sprint is Ok if you don't plan to leave the city other then that as I sad the sprint service is crap.
I base this on the fact I travel the lower 48 for work and the only time my sprint phone works consistantly is when I am roming on the Verizon network with it.
Click to expand...

I had Sprint until they dropped me for having close to a thousand roaming minutes a month. (I had unlimited minutes and roaming) Their rep told me I was using Verizon's towers to get signal and they were loosing money on me. So I went with Verizon and have been happy since. :beer:
 
Had Sprint for 12 years. No complaints.
 
had sprint for going on 6 years now not had one problem. Verizon cost too much for the same stuff you can get with sprint and sprint has faster service from what I have seen.
 
Verizon
 
The bottom line is this. Everyone is gonna have a favorite. Everyone on here seems to be praising Verizon and you might go with them and hate it. You need to go to each store and see what YOUR coverage is gonna be. Certain parts of Jamestown, I can't get great coverage. (Sprint) my future Bro in law has verizon and certain parts in K-ville, he can't get good coverage. Also, you can test each out for 30 days and if you don't like it, they will be you your money back and will not have ETF or contract to get out of. I spend most of my time in Greensboro and High Point, and I always have full bars and even can get good 4g service in High point.
 
Back
Top