Originally Posted by phred
Consumer Reports in general (and my wife, most vehemently, in particular) would reverse your order of US providers. She travels a great deal and finally got rid of AT&T/Cingular in disgust because in most places in the US she could get only crap signals. She'd be in a conference room during a break when everyone was chattering away on their cells - except her. She'd be the one walking up and down the halls looking for a signal.
She changed over to Verizon and is totally happy.
As always in such matters, YMMV wildly. I once googled up the phrase "X sucks" substituting the various carriers for X and there's plenty of internet venom to go around for everyone.
Wow, I really agree with you. TMobile and Verizon basically battle it out for top customer service in every survey, everyone else is a also ran. I have a friend that has Cingular and everytime he is with me almost he ends up borrowing my phone Verizon or TMobile phone because he cant use his.
Within the US, no one can touch Verizon although TMobile is close in coverage. Internationally Verizon of course is very limited while TMobile is great and has good rates. Ive never been refered to as a "trucker" before, nor someone who doesnt "travel alot" I have to say.