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Quote: Originally posted by Don Pisto  | | Quote: Originally posted by lencho | | Quote: Originally posted by Hook |
We use it constantly at our home in Sonora and never come close to our data limit,
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use either Telcel or Movistar towers. Never without coverage except well out at sea or in some enclosed canyon
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Verizon has much better coverage in the areas of the Western US that we travel. |
Very helpful, thanks.
On the U.S. coverage angle, I agree: A few years ago I was on a remote mountain pass in Colorado with my ATT phone showing one bar while a friend was
happily chatting away on Verizon, no problem. We got back to town and I switched over, never to return. |
Verizon vs AT&T....lets get real, Verizon has Joy AT&T has Lily......GOD I MISS T-MOBILE!  |
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| Quote: Originally posted by lencho | | Quote: Originally posted by Hook |
We use it constantly at our home in Sonora and never come close to our data limit,
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use either Telcel or Movistar towers. Never without coverage except well out at sea or in some enclosed canyon
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Verizon has much better coverage in the areas of the Western US that we travel. |
Very helpful, thanks.
On the U.S. coverage angle, I agree: A few years ago I was on a remote mountain pass in Colorado with my ATT phone showing one bar while a friend was
happily chatting away on Verizon, no problem. We got back to town and I switched over, never to return. |
I have switched between verizon and ATT over the years. Just last month switched back to ATT. the coverages are pretty much the same these days,
verizon might have a little bigger area, but it is not significant difference anymore -- and when traveling, the extra coverage is usually
unimportant. 99% of the areas i travel have essentially similar/same service.
of more importance is the signal strength at your house and frequently-visited locations where you want/need a phone.
a bit of extra coverage in a few remote locations I rarely visit is unimportant.
ATT is a bit cheaper than verizon.
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The thing about the claim that ATT has 90+ percent of the coverage of Verizon is that that extra 10- percent is in remote area where you'd be phuqued
without service, in case of a breakdown or emergency.
If you're really just looking to save money, Goat, you should probably check out T-mobile since the merger with Sprint and all their new 5G upgrades.
I suspect their coverage is right there with the Big Two.
Verizon is forced on us a bit as Verizon generally has the C.O.W (celltower on wheels) contracts with the Federal government to supply COWs for
wildland firefighter command posts. My wife has a seasonal job supporting wildland firefighters. I can generally communicate with her, no matter how
remote the command post. Alaska is the exception; they seem to contract with ATT for COWs.
But even before she had this job, in our travels in the mountains of the Western US, ATT couldn't hold a candle to Verizon's coverage in the back
country. Maybe that's changed. ATT was always so much more city/town oriented.
I do know that Verizon and T-mobile's coverage in Mexico has improved dramatically in the last five years. Neither was using Telcel towers back then;
now they both do. ATT bought a smaller Mexican cell tower company a couple years back, gave up their arrangement with Telcel (at least in our area)
and their coverage is not as good as before.
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For quite a few years, I have used an ATT pre-paid phone for my Baja trips. It roams on the Telcel system on most of the peninsula at 35 cents/min,
but in the La Paz area it now connects to ATT/MX AT 25 cents/min.
The ATT tower works great for calls to and from the US, but connections to local numbers was not as good as when it is on Telcel.
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AT&T works at my house in LA, Verizon does not.
AT&T coverage has crushed Verizon in MX for many years. Have had free unlimited data in MX for 5 years at least.
AT&T has been much better for international travel for 20 years because they chose the same technology as 90% of the rest of the world, unlike
Verizon and Sprint.
AT&T >>>>> Verizon.
[Edited on 6-9-2021 by JZ]
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| Quote: Originally posted by lencho | | Quote: Originally posted by Hook | | The thing about the claim that ATT has 90+ percent of the coverage of Verizon is that that extra 10- percent is in remote area where you'd be phuqued
without service, in case of a breakdown or emergency. |
Exactly. I've recently started using an Inreach, which might just resolve that remote area cover-my-arse concern enough to consider switching away
from Verizon, but at this point I think it would be to T-Mobile; their merging with Sprint and intense 5-G roll-out is making them a lot more
interesting.
Plus, I believe they've historically been ahead of the other big players in terms of Mexico roaming. |
AT&T and T-mobile have always used the same technology. Which is online with 95% of the rest of service providers.
So international roaming with T-mobile and AT&T has always been better than Verizon.
Verizon didn't get on board with the same technology until LTE 4G.
[Edited on 6-9-2021 by JZ]
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