[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 4x4le:
I ran into this thread about a week ago and actually read through the entire thing.

I have been a verizon customer for 10 years and they did come a long way in that time. I used to be happy with their coverage but it always seemed like something was up with billing or random outages. I would always swear them off and customer service would make everything "better" but I started realizing I was just being passified into signing up again. When verizon first started getting android phones, I was allowed to upgrade early in order to get one and I got unlimited data with it. It had to go back several times until they allowed me to get an Incredible by signing another 2 year agreement, they also talked me into adding more minutes to my plan and as I have 3 phones on my plan I was eligible to get 1 year upgrades on my primary device. This happened 1 time when I got the thunderbolt. I then got my wife to upgrade to a thunderbolt from a dumb phone because of how great the coverage was for it in my area, I literally had 4g everywhere and it was fast. Both of our thunderbolts were great for the first 5 months or so and data got really slow, coverage seemed like it was non existant. I used to get around and sometimes over 20Mbps/sec at home and would rarely ever see less than 10 anywhere in my area. Now my phone is rarely usable for anything other than voice. My emails come through but following links to websites usually drops my 4g. Checking facebook usually dropps 4g. I can somehow manage to stream pandora when I drive with no problem but trying to open a webpage will drop my 4g. My wifes phone is the same as well as everyone I know in my area with 4g verizon phones.

I didnt flat out talk my friends and family into purchasing 4g unlimited phones from verizon but I think many of them want to somehow hold me accountable for their now ****ty service. There are about 6-7 people at work that were content with their dumbphones untill I kept rubbing my "neat phones" in their face. There is also my wife, brother, mom, and grandpa that all have "unlimited" data plans now with verizon that are pretty much useless.

Also, the 1 year upgrade that they offered me, happened 1 time. When I tried to upgrade the tbolt after my year was up they told me that they dont do 1 year upgrades anymore. I told them that I was up-sold on a plan and that its part of my contract, and they informed me that it was just a curtousy they used to do and no longer do. I told them I wanted to lower my plan, they informed me that my unlimited data would go away. They had me by the balls. My data droppage has done nothing but got worse. They used to always throw me a discount, remind me they have the best coverage, in order to keep me. Now they dont have the best coverage, nor the best speeds, nor am I saving money by having 3 phones on my plan. Im paying 190/mo for 2 unlimited data phones and 1 dumb phone. That is with a 20% discount from work too! I can have three smart phones on strait talk for less. They also dropped doing the new every 2 for the other 2 phones on my account and charge a $30 upgrade fee, so it now also cost $80 more to upgrade than it used to. My eris ended up costing me around $200 I believe, and the incredible and thrunderbolt were around $300, so buying a Nexus phone for $350 is not going to be a big deal to me. I am just so tired of verizon. They must have just outsold their capability. Id actually be willing to pay more for the level of service I once had with them, but it just is not an option, nor do they recognize that there is a issue or problem. They have outsold their capability, at least in my area.

So going prepaid is not something I am doing to look for savings, it is mostly because I love that I can (yes spend some money on sim cards and activations but) test drive all of the different services.

Doing a search on solovie actually brought me here, so Im glad that it wasnt banned from being talked about as I got tons of information. I have been using google voice since it came out, mostly just to have a different number for my side business calls to come through, and so I can turn do not disturb on for it. I would like to keep its number and have my verizon number ported to that. How does it work though with having 2 GV numbers? Can you have different settings for each number?

I think I will order a nexus 4 when they become available again and my first leap will be buying a go phone burner, that I will unlock, that way I will have 2 phones to try out different services with in order to trouble shoot problems or just something to use for voice if Im on the lake, in the woods, or at the race track, or work.

Anyways, solovie or whatever actually sounds like (even without doing any referals) that it would fit me needs the best provided that the coverage is good here.

I wouldnt mind paying even more, for good service, a good amount of data with good speed, and unlimited (or allot of) voice. All Im really trying to get away from is contracts. I feel like I have been pinned down too long not getting the service Im paying for (and obligated to continue paying for).