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**p-slim** · #**311** (**permalink**) 12-31-2009, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by rorytmeadows

What stories? I had a friend and a brother with T-Mobile. Friend left because there was no signal at his house. Bother left because he wanted a Chocolate phone with Verizon. I've been so happy for 6 years with T-Mobile. I've said numerous times, I don't think the coverage Verizon offers is worth all the fees and packages they have. Sure T-Mobile may not have the best coverage, but it's there wherever I seem to go. I'm never stranded trying to get a signal when I can just move 50 feet and get one. I've dropped like 2 calls in 6 years! If you want to be on the phone constantly, talking about your feelings, talking all the way home from work to your friends or your mom about your stressful life, then maybe you need a different carrier to handle your "needs". There would be absolutely no reason for me to switch otherwise, especially since T-Mobile is about to blow speeds out of the water for the next few years.

when someone steps off the airplane and can't get signal and one person can, that alone says enough for me. I doubth there is any airport where sprint can't get service, I can name at least 2 where tmobile doesn't get service. One of my girls had tmobile before i she got the hero and the difference in service is night and day. like i said i travel at least once every 2 months (most of the time more) and i'm not just picking on tmobile just to do it.

rorytmeadows · #**312** (**permalink**) 12-31-2009, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by p-slim

when someone steps off the airplane and can't get signal and one person can, that alone says enough for me. I doubth there is any airport where sprint can't get service, I can name at least 2 where tmobile doesn't get service. One of my girls had tmobile before i she got the hero and the difference in service is night and day. like i said i travel at least once every 2 months (most of the time more) and i'm not just picking on tmobile just to do it.

And that's fine, but if you're going to make claims that T-Mobile SUCKS or their signal reliability and speed SUCKS, then you have to back it up. Case studies are not efficient ways of showing that.

T-Mobile and their reliability and speed sucks FOR YOU and one of your girls. Don't make claims that are more than that.

I'm sorry for YOUR bad experience.

rorytmeadows · #**313** (**permalink**) 12-31-2009, 12:28 PM

And I like Denny's cheeseburgers.

**p-slim** · #**314** (**permalink**) 12-31-2009, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by rorytmeadows

And that's fine, but if you're going to make claims that T-Mobile SUCKS or their signal reliability and speed SUCKS, then you have to back it up. Case studies are not efficient ways of showing that.

T-Mobile and their reliability and speed sucks FOR YOU and one of your girls. Don't make claims that are more than that.

I'm sorry for YOUR bad experience.

so lets agree on 1 thing, verizon has the best network out, where is the proof?

rorytmeadows · #**315** (**permalink**) 12-31-2009, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by p-slim

so lets agree on 1 thing, verizon has the best network out, where is the proof?

I don't agree. Verizon has the best COVERAGE. That's it. If you're going to assume that each carrier is being truthful on their coverage maps, proof is in the surface area of all that red. Sure, most of my friends have Verizon and a lot of them say they get a better signal, but phones and towers all differ anyway.

http://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp

http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/#?type=voice

http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/C...atorController

http://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/pcc.aspx

http://vzwmap.verizonwireless.com/do...comparison.pdf

**p-slim** · #**316** (**permalink**) 12-31-2009, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by rorytmeadows

I don't agree. Verizon has the best COVERAGE. That's it. If you're going to assume that each carrier is being truthful on their coverage maps, proof is in the surface area of all that red. Sure, most of my friends have Verizon and a lot of them say they get a better signal, but phones and towers all differ anyway.

i understand what you're saying but just to clear up what i was saying, i was talking about coverage. evdo rev a vs. what tmobile has right now, i'm not even going to compare that. tmobile needs to flip that switch before i will even debate with you about data coverage.

SporkLover · #**317** (**permalink**) 12-31-2009, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by p-slim

when someone steps off the airplane and can't get signal and one person can, that alone says enough for me. I doubth there is any airport where sprint can't get service, I can name at least 2 where tmobile doesn't get service. One of my girls had tmobile before i she got the hero and the difference in service is night and day. like i said i travel at least once every 2 months (most of the time more) and i'm not just picking on tmobile just to do it.

Sprint's coverage sucks at Ted Stevens International airport, actually in the whole state

As far as nationwide coverage goes Tmobile isn't there. I'm sure there are areas other carriers suck as well. Oh well. I'm sure in the areas where Tmobile covers, their customers are happy. Done.

For me, switching to Tmobile for a phone would be a case of paying more for less service. Coverage sucks in my area, and is not as reliable as the other carriers, and EDGE sucks.

**brownhornet** · #**318** (**permalink**) 12-31-2009, 12:37 PM

There's no point in trying to debate that verizon has the best network no matter which way you put it... just like there's no way you can debate the fact that T-mobile has the worst and their 3G coverage in most places is laughable. Like I said... i've had both services and have done a bit of traveling and its no contest on which service had better coverage FOR ME.

**p-slim** · #**319** (**permalink**) 12-31-2009, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by rorytmeadows

I don't agree. Verizon has the best COVERAGE. That's it. If you're going to assume that each carrier is being truthful on their coverage maps, proof is in the surface area of all that red. Sure, most of my friends have Verizon and a lot of them say they get a better signal, but phones and towers all differ anyway.

http://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp

http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/#?type=voice

http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/C...atorController

http://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/pcc.aspx

http://vzwmap.verizonwireless.com/do...comparison.pdf

according to your maps, tmobile had the worse but it was better when you included roaming covergage. Tmobile doesn't roam on cdma, So when sprint roams ( and roaming is free) we just jump on the best coverage provider's network, so technically we have the best coverage as well.

SporkLover · #**320** (**permalink**) 12-31-2009, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by rorytmeadows

I don't agree. Verizon has the best COVERAGE. That's it. If you're going to assume that each carrier is being truthful on their coverage maps, proof is in the surface area of all that red. Sure, most of my friends have Verizon and a lot of them say they get a better signal, but phones and towers all differ anyway.

http://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp

http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/#?type=voice

http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/C...atorController

http://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/pcc.aspx

http://vzwmap.verizonwireless.com/do...comparison.pdf

If you want some evidence backing up that Verizon has more than the best coverage, check out Consumer Reports report on Cell Carrier Coverage.

They cover 30 or 50 metropolitan areas (I can't remember which, and it's all of the major metro areas in the US), and Verizon wins for coverage, call reliability, call quality, and in other areas. I think the only area where they were regularly beat was in data access speeds.