Verizon or Sprint in Long Island Nassau area?

[Kennyxnyc]

I need to get wireless phone ASAP and I'm wondering if sprint or verizon has better reception around Nassau county (New Hyde Park) in Long Island. Anything will be helpful.

Thanks

[budney]

Most of my relatives that live on LI have either Sprint or Verizon. I was there in July for two weeks, and had great reception with Sprint from NYC all the way to Sayville and points in between. Just remember that both have 14 day trial periods to test the service. With Sprint I would recommend getting a Sanyo phone, and with Verizon every one likes the LG phones.

[t720]

AT&T is the most widely used throughout LI in both Nassau and Suffolk county, and through my own experience, probably has the smallest amount of holes. If there's anyone you want to stay away from here, it's Cingular and T-Mobile (since Cingular piggybacks, it's the same...awful...network...). Out here, Verizon or Sprint are both good second choices in command to AT&T. AT&T goes past Sayville, and the only place I can remember it not getting service is one area in Montauk and one area (at the VERY bottom of this hill) in Laurel Hollow where it loses signal for a few seconds.

[budney]

Originally posted by: t720
AT&T is the most widely used throughout LI in both Nassau and Suffolk county, and through my own experience, probably has the smallest amount of holes. If there's anyone you want to stay away from here, it's Cingular and T-Mobile (since Cingular piggybacks, it's the same...awful...network...). Out here, Verizon or Sprint are both good second choices in command to AT&T. AT&T goes past Sayville, and the only place I can remember it not getting service is one area in Montauk and one area (at the VERY bottom of this hill) in Laurel Hollow where it loses signal for a few seconds.

I am sure that Verizon & Sprint cover the island well. In my case the furthest east I went was Sayville, so I can't say how good the coverage was east of Sayville. I will agree with you on T-Mobile/Cingular, just plain aweful. My grandmother now has a phone on my Sprint account, as she wasn't happy at all with her service while we were there. Also the when I played around with her 3390 the only network that always registered was AT&T GSM.

[t720]

Originally posted by: budney

I am sure that Verizon & Sprint cover the island well. In my case the furthest east I went was Sayville, so I can't say how good the coverage was east of Sayville. I will agree with you on T-Mobile/Cingular, just plain aweful. My grandmother now has a phone on my Sprint account, as she wasn't happy at all with her service while we were there. Also the when I played around with her 3390 the only network that always registered was AT&T GSM.[/quote]

Exactly what I mean by bad coverage. Hopefully it will improve even further once they roll out 850 GSM here sometime this fall. I'm waiting for it, and once it happens, the signal will boost in my house...(thank GOD...). AT&T is the only carrier to get service in my house, and if it becomes 850 GSM, then it will be the only carrier to get a strong signal and/or signal in my house.

[Rasputin]

Verizon will have better in building coverage, they both have similiar outside coverage, Verizon might be slightly better.

[nyyankeegirl]

Living in Nassau, Verizon has the best coverage BY FAR. Sprint and T-mobile are the biggest p.o.s. ever... don't even try. ATT also is no good-- barely work in Suffolk. Definitely get Verizon by far.

[t720]

Yes...AT&T GSM is far from being good in Suffolk. The Smithtown/Stony Brook area is especially weak.

[beatinu316]

I know first hand Verizon is also horrible on Long Island from Centereach to Smithtown. I was considering switching to AT&T GSM. I"ve heard such mixed stories about GSM. some say its great others say its useless. Now i don't know which carrier to switch to in order to get good reception. Can anyone help. Thank you.

[jimmyd10]

I live in suffolk out east and work in the garden city area. I had sprint, T-Mobile and currently have verizon. I am completely happy with verizon. I work in a building that must have 10 ft thick cement walls and i still get a signal, which i didnt get with sprint and def not with t-Mobile. i would stay away from gsm (1900) because of the penetration issue.

at this time I will stay with verizon for a while because in my opinion it is the best on LI

[ralicea]

I've been to Long Island several times and never had a problem (even in remote areas). My carrier is Verizon.

[jackinbox]

AT&T is the most widely used throughout LI in both Nassau and Suffolk county, and through my own experience, probably has the smallest amount of holes.

Wow, I was shocked to read that. I've experienced totally the opposite. My daughter lives on Long Island and I'm there quite often. I'd say Nassau County was one of the absolute worst populated areas for reception on AT&T the numerous times I was there. Constant breaking up and dropped calls. Especially on the South Shore (Rockville Center, Baldwin, Freeport, Merrick). I just went there again 2 weeks ago and was amazed at the killer reception I got from my Sanyo 8100 on Sprint. Flawless reception just about everywhere we went. It was like night and day difference. Things may be different on the North Shore as we never make it up there. For such a densely populated area, I was amazed at how poor AT&T was in Nassau County.

Jeff