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Sprint vs verizon

Ditzydori — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 15:47:49 GMT

My Verizon bill is high. I have only one phone, unlimited everything for 127.00 a month. I think this is high, but the coverage is very good.

I'm considering changing to sprint when my contract is up. It looks like they are cheaper for unlimited everything.

Any helpful my opinions on this? What is your experience with sprint? Thanks for any helpful suggestions that can help me decide.

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qvcfreak — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 15:55:26 GMT

I've always had T-Mobile and it's also expensive and DH had to change to Sprint because of work and he hates it, a lot of areas he doesn't get service.

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Abrowneyegirl — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 16:18:52 GMT

Your bill seems VERY high!

We have Verizon (had it for 20+ years) and for $200 we have FiOS internet, landline, AND 2 cell phones.

I just realized we are getting a discount for bundle package.

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FrostyBabe1 — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 16:24:08 GMT

I have unlimited everything from Sprint and I pay $65 a month for it. This also includes 3G of use as the phone as a personal wifi hotspot. For an extra $30 a month, I could have unlimited use of the phone as a hotspot. I'm seriously considering doing that the next time AT&T jacks up my price for U-Verse internet. Coverage and speeds with Sprint are great most of the time. Their customer service is awful, but I think that's pretty much the same with all cell carriers. It's fine if you can resolve the problem thru their on-line chat, but if you have to actually call them it's a nightmare.

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Kindaglitzy — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 16:39:13 GMT

I've been with Sprint/Nextel since late 1990's. I have unlimited and pay $99 a month including the phone insurance. I may have a limit on phone calls but since I rarely use it for the phone have not paid much attention to that. I have LTE service almost 100% of the time. Do think you have to look at what is best for area where you live as far as service.

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NicksmomESQ — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 16:53:10 GMT

For the last several years I've had Boost mobile.It runs off of the Sprint network.My service is excellent & the price can't be beat.I just switched to the family plan.I pay $90.00 +$8 in taxesper month for 3 phones.They each have unlimited talk & text & 10 gigs of data!! No contract is required.You do have to pay for the phone but they give you a reduced price. I just got a new Samsung & my husband & son each got an LG.

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Bri21 — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 17:00:43 GMT

We have four lines with T Mobile, and our bill isn't much higher than your one line. We also have unlimited usage.

I am satisifed with the coverage.

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pdlinda — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 17:11:41 GMT

I have an excellent deal with T-Mobile as I bought the phone and dropped the insurance and get a special discount as I am a State retiree. $35/month with unlimited everything! ALSO, their customer service is US based and EXCELLENT!!

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Moonchilde — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 20:10:40 GMT

They can have the best prices - for a reason. Because generally in most places their signal/speed sux. Everything depends on where you live and how you use your phone. You need to know *for certain* how good the coverage is *everywhere* you'll use it - home, work, trips, vacation. If your coverage...isn't, you could have a great price and it could be useless.

In the second largest city in the country, in the middle of the city, I could never get a signal inside a building.

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Nuttmeg — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 20:17:50 GMT

I have been a Verizon Wireless customer for 16 years. The service works very well, and I could not get better service from another provider.

You should check Sprint's site for service coverage.

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raven-blackbird — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 20:20:32 GMT

@pdlinda wrote:
I have an excellent deal with T-Mobile as I bought the phone and dropped the insurance and get a special discount as I am a State retiree. $35/month with unlimited everything! ALSO, their customer service is US based and EXCELLENT!!

Couldn't agree with you more................left Verizon 10 years ago and have been with T-Mobile since..........outstanding service AND customer service.......................................raven

Re: Sprint vs verizon

Ditzydori — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:18 GMT

Thank ladies for your very informative replies. I do get excellent service with verizon, but I must look into why I pay such a high price for just one phone. I have unlimited talk and text and 8 gig for data, plus insurance on the phone.

Maybe they can work work with me and give me a better deal since I've been with verizon forever.

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NYC Susan — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 06:31:44 GMT

@Ditzydori wrote:
My Verizon bill is high. I have only one phone, unlimited everything for 127.00 a month. I think this is high, but the coverage is very good.

I'm considering changing to sprint when my contract is up. It looks like they are cheaper for unlimited everything.

Any helpful my opinions on this? What is your experience with sprint? Thanks for any helpful suggestions that can help me decide.

I've had Verizon since my very first cell phone years & years ago, and I'm very happy with them. I pay a lot less than you do, partly I think because I've been given loyalty discounts. But even taking that into account, your monthly amount does sound high.

A year or so ago, I used a friend's phone for a few days. She had Sprint, and the coverage wasn't as good. I went out about my daily business, using her phone instead of mine, and ran into problems in locations that never gave me any issues at all with my own phone/Verizon.

I can't imagine switching from Verizon. The coverage and CS have always been excellent. The cost would have to be pretty significant for me to even consider it. JMO!

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NYC Susan — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 06:35:56 GMT

@Ditzydori wrote:
Thank ladies for your very informative replies. I do get excellent service with verizon, but I must look into why I pay such a high price for just one phone. I have unlimited talk and text and 8 gig for data, plus insurance on the phone.

Maybe they can work work with me and give me a better deal since I've been with verizon forever.

I just wrote a reply before seeing this. Try asking for a loyalty discount. I've received several over the years, and a friend of mine was able to get one a few years ago too when she called and asked. I hope it works out for you!

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Nuttmeg — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 07:58:57 GMT

@Ditzydori wrote:
Thank ladies for your very informative replies. I do get excellent service with verizon, but I must look into why I pay such a high price for just one phone. I have unlimited talk and text and 8 gig for data, plus insurance on the phone.

Maybe they can work work with me and give me a better deal since I've been with verizon forever.

Please Call CS at Verizon and ask about you account. Most folks do not use/need 8GB of data on just a phone each month.

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Pooky1 — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 13:13:58 GMT

we had sprint and found them very exspensive.they change stuff without telling us. once my wife had unlimited text and i didnt. so i called and added unlimeted text to my phone. text month bill came super high because they charged for all her texts. i called and they insisted i only just added it, i saying we she allways had it. i just added it ti my line. i had to pay for it. another time i took my phone to be fixed and they said it was like 100 bucks. i said i pay for contract for it to be free repairs. hey said it shows on your account it was removed by you.i said no it wasnt.again got stuck paying for it. and bill some months would come in super high for no reason. we swithed to metro pcs and there awesome. everything we had with sprint but way cheaper.70 bucks a month and never goes any higher. and there signal is allways very good.

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Winifred — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 13:59:18 GMT

Only comment I can say is I walked away, no I ran away, from Verizon due to their horribly high costs and how much they kept adding to my bill. That was the cell phone business - I have Metro PCS now. Now Verizon is gone from my landline, TV and Internet. Frontier took over that and not real happy with them but better than Verizon. And I use to swear by Verizon - sad.

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151949 — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 15:24:57 GMT

Here in Florida Verizon was bought out by Frontier. We loved when we had Verizon - so far all bad experience with Frontier. Every month we get a different bill, and DH has to call them and argue with them. For a landline phone with the most basic service (we only use it for the gate to the community and the security system) plus our internet access we are supposed to be paying $79/month. But it is a monthly battle. This month the bill came it was $124. Then DH either has to go to the office and sit arounfd there waiting or call them and be on hold forever. Very frustrating. If we didn't have a contract we would drop them- we will drop them when the contract is up.

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Moonchilde — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 15:57:00 GMT

@Nuttmeg wrote:
@Ditzydori wrote:
Thank ladies for your very informative replies. I do get excellent service with verizon, but I must look into why I pay such a high price for just one phone. I have unlimited talk and text and 8 gig for data, plus insurance on the phone.

Maybe they can work work with me and give me a better deal since I've been with verizon forever.
Please Call CS at Verizon and ask about you account. Most folks do not use/need 8GB of data on just a phone each month.

You also don't need their insurance fee. Buy it from Square Trade, pay a one-time fee, and that's it. Your 8GB of data is $70 by itself. If you don't use a lot of data, i.e. Aren't internet browsing every day, or using two devices or sharing, you probably don't need 8GB. 4 GB is only 50/mo/

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ALRATIBA — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 16:12:31 GMT

I've had AT&T since 2001 ... couldn't be happier with them.

I wouldn't ever even consider using Sprint or Verizon - based solely on what I've heard about the experience of friends and relatives who have used those services.