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Originally Posted by SKS06460

Wait, let me understand.

VZW and Sprint let you roam over each others network, and Sprint costs less for the same coverage, but neither lets you roam off off of the network, therefore VZW is better.

Yeah, and government supplied healthcare is going to cost less than private insurance. Right. Sure. I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you.

There is a very large misunderstanding of how roaming agreements work on this forum. Roaming agreements don't apply everywhere. In other words, if you have Sprint, and you run into an area that doesn't have Sprint coverage but has a Verizon presence, it doesn't mean you're going to pick up service every time. Same for the other way around. Just because VZW or Sprint is in a particular area and they have a reciprocal roaming agreement doesn't mean you're going to have signal.

Moreover, if you want to talk overall footprint, Verizon's EvDO network is much more vast than Sprint's is, and when it comes to this, roaming agreements don't even apply as a Sprint subscriber can't roam on VZW's Ev. It comes down to getting what you pay for and what your needs are. Live in a area that has great Sprint coverage? No reason to switch.