Study Shows AT&T iPhone Owners Rely On WiFi More Than Verizon iPhone Users

I have my WiFi on all the time, not because of reception issues, but because at&t has EDGE around here and it is disgustingly slow. In fact, I grew so sick of the speeds that I built out a WiFi network throughout my house, yard, barn, and underground storage facility. Works like a charm

 

I am on WiFi anytime I can. I have 3g here but WiFi is still faster.

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I rarely use the WiFi on my phone... I live in a virtual Wifi desert... mostspots that I travel by are secured and I am rarely at one spot for long to use it. So I am camped out Verizon's network. I have WiFi at home, but I'd rather use my laptop for computing purposes at home.

I did access WiFi on the Greyhound bus; alas, it was based on Sprint towers. It made for slow surfing in the sticks. I gave up and used my Verizon phone. A few local buses have it as well, but VZW's network is faster than the Sprint network based WiFi hotspots.

 

I use WiFi on my iPhone 4 for 3 reasons:

1- Battery seems to last longer.
2- Saves my data plan from going over my 2GB limit.
3- Is faster than 3G. Although 3G is very good in my area and very fast.

 

Use WiFi all the time at home. Why not make use of my little wireless network. It's much faster than Verizon's data network out here. It also keeps my monthly data usage on VZ down considerably, though I've never used more than 350MB in a given month on Verizon while on an unlimited plan.

 

Although I have no data limit to worry about, I keep my WiFi on just about full time. I keep it on at home, at school/work, and when in the downtown area. Obviously, I do this because my vzw data doesn't work around here. However, there are enough open wifi spots that I can just leave it on and I connect to something.

 

Considering I don't even get Verizon 3G in my house anymore...I'll take wifi.

Verizon needs to get 3G on 850 in south New Jersey. It's stupid to have 3-4 bars (-80) signal of voice and no 3G. I love how at&t got flack for this, though admittedly on voice channels, but with Verizon it's ok.

 

I've noticed that a ton back home in the NYC market. Since Verizon has voice running on both 850 and 1900, you will never really see that signal dip below EV, which is only run on 1900. This creates a lot of situations where my phone will get stuck on 1x, since every time a call is made or a text is sent or received, the phone must use the 1x channels, and then reacquire the weaker EV signal. That never happened on Sprint, as everything was just on 1900.

 

Wifi whenever it is there and if it is faster I stay on it. 99% of the time when there is WIFI, it is usually faster than using 3G I would do the same if it was even 4G. I don't care about what I am using (have the unlimited, but what ever is faster wins.

 

Since I switched to the Verizon iPhone, I am using wifi much less. Just because the 3G at my house is faster than my wifi. Quite sad, but I'm loving it way more than AT&T's EDGE