Verizon vs AT & T

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what works best for you. is the best for you. its different for each person.

 

Well customer service it is no secret att would be better in this case. As far as better phone service you will have to get them take it to your home work commute and see which one will work for you.

 

Everyone has had different experiences with cell phones as well as service providers. It's much like a car, you have to choose what suits you. All you can do is take a look at the very personal experiences of the rest of us on this forum and just use it as a guide keeping in mind your own personality, etc. I've used both service providers for quite a few years, my experiences after awhile with both were not good, which is why I am no longer with either service provider.

 

AT&T has a trial period of I think 30 days. I think Sprint's trial period is 14 days. Find out the details of the trial period before you leave the store. You can sign up for the service, but remember if you decide it is not working out take the phone, box, & everything else they gave you back to the store within the trial period. The ETF will be waived, but you will probably have to pay a prorated bill for the service you used.

-Jay

 

The Tilt is a very nice device, I have one myself and are very pleased with it. If you just want a good basic phone with voice dialing might I suggest a standard V3? Most dealers will give you one free after rebates, and your GPS should be able to go via BT and get traffic updates. If you want faster data get the V3xx. Either would probably suit your purposes fine.

-Jay

 

Isnt there an update that will make the tilit run on hsdpa??

 

Yea, there is a hack available and I have it installed on my Tilt.

-Jay

 

I tried an ATT USB 881 modem AND an Option GT Max 3.6 card for my train trips from Morristown NJ to Grand Central and for use in the building I work in near Grand Central. Of the two, the GT Max was slightly faster. But the ATT network was like an intermittent dial-up connection; real slow, and lots of drops.

Without closing the ATT account, I went and got a Verizon account with a 5750 card. It's almost like a cable connection; 10x as fast as the ATT network, and a good connection ALL THE WAY from Morristown to Grand Central, although signal strength varies. I'm writing this in the tunnel as we approach Grand Central, and I still have 4 bars. The ATT network was long dead by this point in the trip. I'm going to return all the ATT equipment and close that account before my 30 day trial runs out!