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RE: And things like this
By Luticus on 1/18/2011 9:34:03 AM , Rating: 3
How's sprint's coverage/signal?... about the only thing that keeps me on verizon is the fact that it's so reliable. Otherwise i completely hate verizons stinking guts... worst carrier ever.

RE: And things like this
By wolrah on 1/18/2011 10:41:55 AM , Rating: 3
Sprint and Verizon have full roaming agreements with each other, so if you have Verizon signal you can use it on a Sprint phone.

Obviously each phone will prefer its native carrier's towers, so if you have a weak but usable Sprint signal it will prefer it over the Verizon tower next door, but for all intents and purposes 2G data and voice coverage is identical between the two.

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Does the roaming agreement cover 3g data?

I know 4g is a lost cause due to different platforms.

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RE: And things like this
By rudy on 1/18/2011 5:18:51 PM , Rating: 2
You know coverage was like year 2000 talk. Every carrier out there has basically blanketed the US with roaming agreements. Speed, etc... Now days the only one who could break ahead is if someone figured out some crazy way to penetrate buildings and ground much better. Most towns have limited towers and they make all the carriers put up panels on the same tower. Sometimes one carrier or another has more or less ability in a certain spot. But the only really important thing that people neeed is to check who has the best coverage in their home and work. The other factor is price. I could care less if verizon has slightly better signal if it cost me more than I am willing to pay to get data what good is it. I can have everything on another carrier for less . Maybe sometimes I need to walk 10 feet to get a better signal.

RE: And things like this
By Smilin on 1/20/2011 1:27:57 PM , Rating: 2
Not so.

I just switched to AT&T and there are some dead zones near my home. Verizon was fine. They might have agreements with other carriers but doing "roaming" in the suburbs of a major US city in this day and age would be unacceptable.

But.. I'm still happy. Verizon is letting it's success get to it's head and is really treating customers like crap.

AT&T is a stopgap for me. I'll probably check Sprint near the end of my contract.

