What Cell Phone Service does everyone use?

[Mr. Blonde]

Especially those who travel a lot. I have Sprint now, and am looking to correct that error.

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Well, there is no service that EVERYONE uses,

but I use T-Mobile, and I love 'em. No roaming charges, no long distance charges, and for the most part I get a signal everywhere except the hinterlands.

[Tektonik]

4. I love T-Mobile as well

[Mr. Blonde]

5. I was think t-mobile seemed like a good choice

and yes I realize that everyone isn't on one service. I may be from Oklahoma but I'm not dumb. Well...

[YellowRubberDuckie]

9. Of course you're not dumb!

You're a Pokes fan!
:yourock:

I use T-Mobile too. I love it. Get it.
Duckie

[Mr. Blonde]

10. I wish I could do the You Rock smiley face

I'll just leave it at it is always good to see other pokes anywhere.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

11. Why can't you do the you rock smiley face?

[Mr. Blonde]

18. Until the post just below yours

I wasn't aware of how to do it.

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. that smiley is done by typing

:you rock:

but without the space.

:yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock:

And I know you aren't dumb, buuuuuuuuuuuut.... you did ask "What cell phone service does EVERYONE use". :7

[YellowRubberDuckie]

22. There's also a smiley look up table.

Cut and paste or click.
Duckie

[AndyTiedye]

6. Service in the Hinterlands is Why I Have Verizon

All the others are up in the 1.9ghz band, which has a shorter range.
Not so good out in the sticks.

They have no-roaming/no-long-distance plans too.

[Mr. Blonde]

8. People I know who move to Oklahoma for college

all get rid of Verizon because they don't have service here. Well, not digital service, and when in college text messages are almost as required as text books.

[ComerPerro]

31. also free mobile-2-mobile

saves my girlfriend and I a ton of money and minutes.

[CO Liberal]

52. We're With T-Mobile, Too

The Princess and I are on their Family Plan. We each got a free Nokia phone, and we share 800 minutes a month for 70 bucks. Calls between our phones don't count toward that 800 minute total, long distance calls are free and no roaming charges.

[Guy Fawkes]

2. I use Virgin...

I like not having a contract- it's cheaper for me because I don't use my cell a whole lot, so I can spend about $7 a month.

[hunter]

64. I use virgin too.

$20 every ninety days, or $80 a year.

If you actually use your phone, Virgin could be expensive.

I'm very much a luddite, and I hate phones. The only reason I have a cell phone is that my wife says it's the responsible thing to do. She has my number, my kids have my number, and a few other people who might never call me have my number.

My current balance is probably thirty or forty dollars. That $20 every ninety days sure adds up! Whenever my balance gets higher than that I figure it's okay to make a few frivolous calls.

[Speck Tater]

3. I'm a Ludite. I don't have a cell phone.

[madmom]

7. Trac, prepay and love it!

[Beaverhausen]

13. I have Sprint and like it.

I don't travel that much but when I have it worked ok.

[revree]

14. Working Assets

They donate money to progressive/liberal/environmental groups...

[grace0418]

60. Me too.

It works just fine for me. I just need a cell phone for the basics.

[Maddy McCall]

15. Cellular South

If you are in the deep south, cell service gets no better than Cellular South.

[johnnie]

16. Sprint

It works well for me. I haven't had any problems. Out of all the other people I know that use other services, mine seems to work the best.
I'm not doing an ad for them, I just don't know why you look at it as an error. :shrug:

[Mr. Blonde]

20. I suffer from more dropped calls then anyone I know

plus trouble with the company in general. Of course I don't look for customer service to be that great with any service.

[johnnie]

26. There is only one area I know of here that I will drop a call

It is an area on the highway that is about 1/8th of a mile long. Other than that I never have dropped a call. I guess it all has to do with where you are. I went to Texas last year and had no problems at all. And that was in a very small town down there.

[Rabrrrrrr]

30. Friend of had Sprint, in NEW YORK CITY, and had dropped calls

constantly. He finally got sick of it because it was messing up his business and switched to Verizon. No more dropped calls.

In NEW YORK CITY for god's sake, the place that has like 900 million towers and satellites servicing it where I could sometimes, with AT&T (which I used to have) and with T-Mobile, get service on the subway.

[miss_kitty]

33. I quit Spirit in a huff 3-4 years ago over Earthlink bullshit

Then I wished I had them when my identity was stolen so I could quit them all over again with a ginormous Fuck You. They were the rudest fucks who would not give me any help with tracking down the assholes who attempted to open a Sprint account in my name.

I WOULD GOUGE MY EYES OUT BEFORE USING SPRINT OR EARTHLINK EVER AGAIN.

[ariesgem]

38. Same here...

I can't complete a call no longer than 5 minutes before the call drops. I usually tell whoever calls me that "if we get disconnected it's because I have a bad signal". I thought maybe I need to upgrade to a better quality phone but my friends who have Sprint along with phones with all the gadgets have the same problem.

It takes 10 minutes of surfing through automated menus to actually find the selection of where you can speak to a live operator. I HATE SPRINT and have a 2-year contract with them.

[underpants]

48. I've never had ONE dropped not one

Verizon. I have no idea why I seem to be the only person I know that hasn't had one dropped but then I don't use it very much.

[miss_kitty]

17. None. But I have Working Assets on my land line

They are an overtly progressive company that also offers cell service.

http://www.workingassets.com/

[Dr.Phool]

29. I got rid of mine

I used to have Sprint-waaay too many dropped calls.

With Verizon and AT%T, I couldn't get a signal in my house. I was thinking about going with T-Mobile or Alltel, but I said screw it.

[auntAgonist]

19. Alltel .. good plans

no roaming, free long distance nation wide.

[Maddy McCall]

28. I had Alltel. Unfortunately, I stayed in analog more than digital.

And they contracted with Centennial towers in some parts of the south--mid contract, Centennial changed their towers from CDMA to TDMA, which made my cell service obsolete in much of the region in which I travel.

[tammywammy]

21. I've had Sprint for at least 6 years

I like it. Good reception, okay plan. And they've never overcharged me or messed up my bill in any way.

[proud2BlibKansan]

23. Sprint

I have had most of them and like it better than any of the others. I also have a weird problem and cell phones don't like my house. I have mentioned this to every carrier I have had and Sprint is the only company that actually tried to fix the problem. Now Sprint phones work in my house. So I will stick with them. It's also my hometown company.

[Field Of Dreams]

24. Cingu-scare

I think they are trying to take over the world. Just what does that camera phone do when I'm not around? :tinfoilhat:

[LeftyMom]

25. Nextel

I need the radio feature for work. Up until recently nobody else had it.

Works everywhere I need in CA, but cuts out just east of Reno in Nevada.

[katinmn]

27. I've had em all. Gave up my cell phone

and have never looked back.

When I travel (which I do a lot) I just bring a phone card.

Anyone want six old phones?

[Extend a Hand]

62. google for

recycle cell phone

THere are a bunch of charities that would love to have them.

[evlbstrd]

32. None.

I have so many other risk factors that microwaving my brain seems like a bad idea.

[Placebo]

34. Verizon

I can call any Verizon customer in the country for free! It's great. They have more coverage in the United States then any other carrier, too. Great service.

They don't have the best phone selection though. That's their only weakness.

I've had AT&T wireless and Cingular, both sucked. And when they both merged, they sucked even more. Verizon rocks. :thumbsup:

[Orsino]

43. Verizon, too...

...and I work for another wireless (among other things) provider, from which I would get an incredible discount.

It comes down to coverage area. I've got kin in places my own company doesn't yet reach reliably.

[Placebo]

44. That would make a great Verizon commercial...

you could carry the torch for the "Can you hear me now?" man! :)

[all.of.me]

45. i got verizon when i was driving across country

there are no roaming charges, which is great. i also live in a rural area, and i'm roaming most of the time.

their customer service can be improved, but that's the price for no roaming, i s'pose.

[valis]

56. Woooooo Hooo. Verizon rocks

[Lauri16]

35. cingular

I love it. Out here in the boonies, I always have a signal. When we went to Hawaii, there was never a problem there, either.

[Quetzal]

36. Here in Hawaii

Sprint is scorned upon. I don't have one friend that uses it - and those that did regretted having it as a carrier. My brother once had Sprint and his calls would drop right in the middle of the phone call. The weird thing is that he lives in Boston, one of the most wired cities in America.

T-Mobile is my carrier of choice - I never had a problem with them nor do any of my friends. Verizon is also popular in Hawaii as well particularly due to its wide coverage area.

[tjwmason]

37. Vodafone

One of the biggies here in the U.K.

[pinniped]

39. I have T-Mobile and it works ok but the 9:00pm off-peak sucks.

With AT&T I had 7:00pm off-peak. I might have to switch back to my old TDMA Panasonic Duramax on the AT&T/Cingular network after the stupid contract is up.

[northzax]

63. they won't let you

Cingular no longer activates non-gsm phones.

I have cingular gsm, no complaints, except that the wireless web isn't consistent enough for me, and I keep losing my phone, but that's not really their fault.

[Kellanved]

40. T-Mobile too

In the European variant.

[LynneSin]

41. Cingular and I have national long distance

I could make all the calls I want out of my region and I don't pay any extra!

[RogueTrooper]

42. I use

Orange in the UK and Meteor in Ireland.

[Taxloss]

46. Orange.

[underpants]

47. Verizon. Two lines $60 --500 minutes large calling area

calls to the second line and any Verizon phone don't count. After 9 and weekends don't count either. I've never had a call dropped either.

For $70 you get 1,000 minutes but I am cheap

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

53. I have Verizon too.

We've been using it for 3 years now. They do have a very large calling area. We've traveled down the east coast with it and we were able to get a signal in just about every place (even Maine). We only have one cell phone right now, but we might upgrade to the 500 minute family plan if I end up working in the fall.

[underpants]

57. We did only have one ($50) but we need two

"We" are pregnant so I went and got another for an extra $10.

[purr]

49. Verizon..

wont change especially in this area!

[huskerlaw]

50. Alltel

I'm kinda a newbie, but so far so good. I used to have AT&T/Cingular...they SUCK. Their customer service is flat-out awful.

[NoSheep]

51. Alltel. I've had it for years. Never a problem and the customer service

folks are so nice, makes you wanna take 'em out for a drink or something. ( I realize they HAVE to be nice-but I like it!):+

[BiggJawn]

55. I use Alltel's pre-paid service.

"Simplefreedom".

Now before you all jump my ass for paying $.25 a minute for cellie service, consider than I talk MAYBE 5 minutes a week on the thing.

Six bucks a month. Can YOUR "evenings and weekends free roll-over minutes" plan do THAT?

[Ratty]

58. I have prepaid too. I don't know why everybody doesn't

And I get a LOT of flack when I tell people how much I pay per minute. But then I tell them how much I pay per month and ask them the same. That usually gets the point across. I LOVE prepaid. I don't understand why more people don't do it. I'm not worried about being locked into some slimy contract. I'm not worried about accidently roaming or somehow running my up my bill without realizing it. If my phone gets stolen, well, that's too bad but it's not the end of the world. Plus, it's anonymous. Nobody on Earth can associate my phone number with my name. If you have a landline to talk in the evenings, and a work phone to talk in the daytime, why wouldn't somebody go prepaid? I just don't get or make that many phone calls when I'm not near a landline.

[BiggJawn]

65. You're right!

I have a phone on my desk, and I have a land-line (even though my pooter is yaking on it most the time)at home.

I guess if you're one of those people who just CAN'T get through the check-out line without telling 5 people you know (and all the strangers in line with you) the blow-by-blow of your last D and C, then a prepaid might be a bit pricey...

Even if I didn't have the landline, I'd still be able to talk for 3 hours on what I pay for a freakin' dial tone...

[Lydia Leftcoast]

54. Verizon now

I had AT&T prepaid, but even though I had them signed up to debit my bank account when I ran low, they often didn't do it, and suddenly I'd try to make a call and get a message saying that I no longer had service.

I went to a cell phone store that handles all varieties and consulted them. We decided that Verizon would suit my needs, so then I tried to transfer my number.

Oops, wouldn't work. I couldn't transfer my AT&T number because my account had run out--they had once again "forgotten" to debit my bank account. The only way I could transfer my existing number was to pay to reactivate AT&T (non-refundable) and THEN transfer.

So I told Verizon just to get me a new number. I've been with them for over a year, and they're fine. They even downgraded my plan at my request when I realized that I wasn't even coming close to using up all my minutes.

[Mr.Green93]

59. Trac Phone

[Left Is Write]

61. I have Verizon.

I don't pay roaming charges, and I don't pay for long distance.

[hunter]

66. Heh, you can recognize the true subversives by their cell phone service...

...or their lack of cell phone service.

From our beloved government's point of view, the nicest thing about cellphones is that no formal wiretaps are required.

[curse10]

67. I have Verizon- and I love them

Never had any problems. I get great service. No roaming charges.

[jonnyblitz]

68. t-mobile. nt