Not really important to me... but is that it? Because if I walk into an AT&T store and find that the download/upload speeds are similar to VZW's speeds... I'll just make the switch.
I travel a lot in the US so VZW has by far the better network.
AT&T has just started to launch LTE so that doesn't compare but there 3g is much better than VZW's.
Also the AT&T GSM is much easier to use in other countries than Vzw if you travel internationally.
If you don't travel much coverage and reception are really personal and local issues. It comes down to who has towers close by where you live work and play.
NOT THE DOWNLOAD SPEED IN THE STORE. All phone stores should have smokin' speeds if their manager has any since. They can have repeaters and extenders turned all the way up and a tower near or on store property.
In my subdivision Sprint is poor & AT&T is just ok, while Vzw is great. Just down the road a mile AT&T smokes at a friends house because you can look out the window and see an AT&T tower (Vzw is still good there, while Sprint was still poor). Personally, I couldn't use a carrier that wasn't strong at my home or where I spent most of my time working.
I'm a fellow T-Bolt owner, so I would think for you like me, the biggest reason to stay with Big Red over AT&T is Unlimited Data.
New T-Bolt owners were the last to be given Unlimited Data (unless you bought yours later).
Starting a new contract on AT&T will give that up. There are ways to maintain it on VZW.
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