Is VZW the best 4G provider?

[emoeskaite]

Hey. I've been with TMO for years but I've had enough of their HSPA+ crappy network now. It often works so slow that I fall asleep before a website opens up.

Is VZW really the best 4G network (yeah, I know it's not true 4G) out there? I live in the middle of Chicago so there should be good coverage here. Do people also got issues with them? If so, what kind? What really interests me is the LTE quality, not pricing.

I know that SPT and ATT are rolling out their LTE networks but it will take time when they catch up with VZW, I guess.

Should I switch to VZW now?

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[Johnly]

If you want the newest and largest LTE network, Verizon hands down. I have LTE on Verizon and are never frustrated with a slow experience.

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BTW, have they ever caught up? I would be happy on most networks as long as I had decent data and a strong connection. I would only switch if you aren't receiving a valuable experience for what you pay.

 

[emoeskaite]

Thanks! No, I don't think any of the carriers will catch up with VZW any soon, unless they'll open their LTE Advanced networks in 2013 what all three are planning to do.

What I am planing to do is wait for the Galaxy Nexus successor, which is expected soon, and then have a new 2-yr contract ith VZW. I really like this phone more than SGSII/III.

Do websites ALWAYS open up fast, or you need to wait sometimes for a minute or so..? Cuz here even when my speedtest shows 10mbits/s the WWWs don't open perfectly nice. It maybe from slow ping I guess, which happens to be 1000ms or more....

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[mattsterful]

I live in Pittsburgh and the 4g lte is awesome with Verizon.

That being said, I visit Chicago a few times a year for vacations, and plan on moving there in a couple years, and my 4g acts up out there. Lots of drops to 3g then back to 4g. Pretty constantly. Although it could be my crappy HTC phone.


sent from my crappy thunderbolt. patiently waiting for the note 2...

 

[cgardnervt]

Verizon has LTE where I currently live and I never saw it as a selling point. Now they have great coverage I guess too. But for me ATT offers better speeds all around with HSPA+ and it doesn't kill the battery. Plus I save about $15/month with ATT vs Verizon. So I would go with what works best for you. (I get 6meg down on avg with ATT with HSPA+ where I live.) So when ATT gets around to putting up LTE in my town then great! But its not worth the jump to me personally for for money.

 

[johnriii]

hands down, verizon is the best all around carrier. however, they can be the most expensive as well. I'm in KC, have had verizon for over 8 years, and I bet I can count on one hand the calls dropped. I've been contemplating a move to TMO, (to save some cash) but slowly I'm realizing that their network can't match Big Red's reliability. I too have the crappy Tbolt, and my LTE signal is iffy at times, but when it works, It's killer, even on this dinosaur of a phone.

 

[Unobtanium]

I've been a VZW customer since they were Airtouch. I, too, have a Thunderbolt, and have been happy with the phone, though there is this occasional LTE drop-out that is sometimes the phone, sometimes the network (I have a work laptop with a VZW LTE card built-in). I travel some, and have had good results with VZW at home in the Atlanta area, plus on the road in Georgia and Florida (it was awesome inside the Disney parks and at Sea World). I've also been to several cities up and down the eastern seabord as well as LA and Orange County. I don't have other direct experience with other carriers. You will likely pay more $$ with VZW, but when I look at the MVNOs (Straight Talk, Metro PCS), and read their fine print, my monthly bill would be within 20 bucks of what it is now.

 

[Nakrohtap]

Also, your phone has a lot to do with how fast Web pages load. Even with phones with all specs being equal, there is some variance.

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[dwaynewilliams#WN]

Verizon has been good for me. The LTE speeds have been good. Sometimes I get up to 20 mbs down and 20 up. The lowest I have seen is around 5 down and 1 up. That's not bad to me.

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[Jude526]

Verizon is the best. I am a long time customer. It was Airtouch back in the day. I have always been with them

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