Verizon in Phoenix?

[Joe0378]

Can anyone who lives in Phoenix, AZ or who has visited there recently tell me how service is there?

Thanks

[Woodman]

Having lived here for a while, I have found the service to be great. I live in the chandler area but commute into phoenix as well as scottsdale and have had no problems whatsoever.

[Joe0378]

Thanks. I am looking into possibly moving down there from the NYC area.

[AnthroMatt]

I posted a reply over in Howard too, but Tempe service is good...never had a problem while I was visiting.

Everyone moves to PHX. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] I suppse if I could get a job there I would too, even though I would hate the weather.

[BillRadio]

Joe,
Verizon and Alltel provide the best coverage in Phoenix and surrounding areas. They are also the only carriers who provide continuous coverage along I-17 to Flagstaff. The I-17 route seems to be the hardest to cover among interstates. Sprint is 3rd along that route, followed by Nextel, AT&T (TDMA) and T-Mobile.

-Bill

[Rich]

Originally posted by: BillRadio
Joe,
Verizon and Alltel provide the best coverage in Phoenix and surrounding areas. They are also the only carriers who provide continuous coverage along I-17 to Flagstaff. The I-17 route seems to be the hardest to cover among interstates. Sprint is 3rd along that route, followed by Nextel, AT&T (TDMA) and T-Mobile.

-Bill

Hey Bill, haven't talked with you in a while, I would like to add a few things though. First, none has "continuous" coverage on I-17, like you said, this is one of the hardest intestates to cover. Since I used to live in Prescott and still travel there on a monthly basis, the best I've found on that route would be Sprint. I've had Verizon in Arizona and it was horrible, always found myself roaming on Sprint PCS or someone else. I would even rate Nextel & T-moblie better on I-17 than Verizon, also, when I had Verizon in AZ had a serious problem with a "all Circuits are busy" message. Verizon may be OK in Phoenix, but in Northern, AZ forget it, they just plan stink!!!!

[trife]

Why having lived in the Phoenix metro surrounding area 8 years, and with VZW nearly 3 years I have traveled from Phoenix 300 miles+ north west to Lake Havasu along the I-10 West to US 60 and have had no complaints or problems whatsoever. Along the way I have traveled using Samsung phones and Kyocera both which worked just fine. I have also traveled to Heber Overgard (I think thats how you spell it), with my father in laws nokia which I usally don't prefer using, but it also worked good.

[BillRadio]

Rich,
Hiya dude! I wonder why our experience is so different? When I travel through AZ I'm usually on the intestates visiting cousins in Humbolt (nr Prescott for everyone else). We travel across I-40 from NM, turn south at Flag, exit at Dewey, then head south to PHX, then west to L.A.

On that trip I have 3 phones lined up: Sprint, Verizon and AT&T. I never lose service with the Verizon phone and can make/receive calls from wherever I choose, and always on the VZ network. The only place where the VZ phone gets choppy is a 1-mile stretch a few miles north of the Rim on I-17. It usually switches to analog there.

In that same stretch, the Sprint phone has no signal, not even at the rest area. The AT&T phone works, but it roams on Alltel analog. From that I deduce that while I end up on both Alltel and Verizon analog, I do have service. Everywhere else, Verizon is nearly full bars.

I am happy to report that since the last time I was on I-40 east of Flag, Verizon has upgraded that whole stretch to digital. Here is a map of Verizon's New Digital Coverage. AT&T is still roaming on analog through there on Alltel and Verizon, unless you have AT&T GSM, then you have nothing. I'm thrilled with this upgrade. It was disappointing to see Sprint's digital signal out there as soon as you could see Flag mtn, and still have analog on VZ.

I will admit once you stray well off I-40 in N. AZ, Verizon is slim pickens. But back OT, where does the typical Phoenician travel? Do they often travel to the mountains like we do in Colorado? Up the river to Havasu? Out to L.A.? I think not too many get north of Prescott. That's high enough in altitude to get away from the summer heat.

I can't explain our differences, unless I just happen to grab the phone in all the right spots. You could very well be using it more often in more places, and have a much better grasp of problems that I just coincidently never encounter. For so many of us, ingnorance (of network problems) is bliss.

-Bill