cell phone carrier

[ANDREA LAPPEN]

Do people have a cell phone carrier they like? I've had Verizon for many years and while the coverage used to be good in our area, it's now lousy. I get one bar at my house and have many dropped calls. Verizon has been unwilling/unable to do anything about it. I'd like to switch companies but don't want to end up with another bad situation. Thanks for your input!
Andrea

andrea...@comcast.net

[Comcast]

AT&T seems to work OK. 

There are smaller carriers that use the AT&T network. Just saw several in a simple search. 

—Alan Gould 

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On Jun 14, 2024, at 12:42 PM, ANDREA LAPPEN <andrea...@comcast.net> wrote:



Do people have a cell phone carrier they like? I've had Verizon for many years and while the coverage used to be good in our area, it's now lousy. I get one bar at my house and have many dropped calls. Verizon has been unwilling/unable to do anything about it. I'd like to switch companies but don't want to end up with another bad situation. Thanks for your input!
Andrea

andrea...@comcast.net

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[Phillip Price]

We have Verizon and had the same problem as you: many dropped calls, really can’t use the phone from some places in our house. Then I installed a cell phone signal booster — pretty pricey at about $500 if I recall correctly — and the situation is a lot better, though still not perfect. I could probably improve it farther by adjusting the antenna, but it’s a bit of a pain and I haven’t gotten around to it.  Anyway most of our calls now work OK from most of our house. 

I don’t know the situation with Android, but with Apple phones there’s a number you can dial to get a numerical measurement of signal strength etc., you can measure it as you walk around the house, or before and after installing a signal booster.  It’s not really useful at improving the situation but at least can help document how bad it is, which I found to be somehow comforting.

Good luck!

Phil Price

[Peggy Mendelson]

I am having the same problem with calls dropping.  I thought it was my old phone.  Recently someone told me they had t-mobile and they really like it

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[mqk...@gmail.com]

I've been on T-Mobile's network for years (via reseller Mint Mobile), and found coverage spotty, especially outside cities. We also have a Verizon phone, which gets much better coverage.

I'm switching to a reseller called US Mobile, which lets you use both these networks. It's $15/month (with 10 GB of data) per line if you prepay a year. Haven't activated it yet, but their support (via email) is amazingly responsive.