It depends on where you are. In one location Verizon may be the best carrier, in another location it may be the worst. It's like asking someone in another part of the country to look out their window to tell you what the weather is like where you are. Around here, Verizon is - at this time, it changes - solid coverage. (The "service" in the stores leaves a little to be desired.) In some places Verizon has almost no coverage. (And in times of a disaster, no carrier has good coverage in the disaster area. On 9-11-01, no carrier had service in the WTC area until mobile cell trucks were brought in.)