The network is only one part of the experience, the other part is how the carrier treats you, provides that service and frankly Verizon sucks at everything except for the network. I have been on AT&T for about a year now and really I have no issues where I am and get far better speeds on 4G and LTE with AT&T than I ever did on Verizon's LTE.
For Samsung to not have Samsung Pay on Verizon phones is plain stupid, cutting their own throats, Apple doesn't have this issue, Verizon is no longer vested in SoftBank aka ISIS before the name change. So WTF Verizon, sub standard service and sub standard value.