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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Masherbrum:
I will stick with Verizon, as for the past 3 years I have yet to have a dropped call. I was with SprintPCS/Nextel/Sprint for a total of 13 years and have never regretted leaving them. The Sprint store was more concerned with his commission than merely fulfilling my request to keep me on their SERO plan. Even their HQ in Dallas, told me what to do at any Store. I do NOT miss the crappy coverage nor the daily dropped calls.

I now have a Galaxy S3 with a 32gb SD and a 2GB data plan. I use wi-fi at home or on the road when available, have 300+ albums on the card, so I don't have to deal with Pandora and have never cracked .5gb.

AT&T's coverage is horrible and know too many who drop calls. Sprint doesn't even have 4G in Detroit/Metro Detroit. You have to go to Grand Rapids, which is why the Sprint business model is screwed. T-Mobile is horrible here, as is MetroPCS. My phone was an alarm clock/mp3 device with Sprint when I would go to deer camp, about 3 hours north. Now I can text photos, surf, etc with 4G through Verizon.

Finally, to those in this thread bringing up Verizon giving NSA data, if you truly think the other companies haven't followed suit, you are extremely naive.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bigee1212:
For anyone not in the loop. You can upgrade right now and retain unlimited. A glitch in the website. I got an iPhone 5s for one of my lines and it retained. Unortunately my s3 isn't due for upgrade yet. But try to take advantage! Check droid-life for the article.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ghodzilla5150:
Once the Note 3 gets Rooted and a Tethering App I am getting the Note 3. I am due an upgrade and will use it then. My S3 is Rooted, Bootloader Unlocked and I have Free Tethering and will get the N3 when it does the same
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] big_edd:
I thought they fixed that?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] johnston9234:
I just have to say I love Verizon. I used to have T-Mobile and it was awful. I rarely had 4G coverage and had a lot of trouble finding flagship phones on the carrier.

Verizon costs more, but its well worth it for the incredible LTE service.

Sorry for sounding like a verizon ad haha.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] joekiv:
I'llconside leaving

I have been with Verizon long before they were Verizon. I have less than a year on my contract. When it's up I am strongly thinking of finding a new carrier. Their adamant desire to control my phone is wearing me out. This control freak behavior started long before smart phones. They did it with feature phones - attempting to prevent people from transferring music, pictures and ringtones so they could collect fees to do it.

Now they are locking bootloaders, blocking tap to pay with Google wallet and if you try and use their Isis program instead, you have to give them back complete control of your phone by unrooting.

Would anyone use an internet provider that installed programs on your computer without your permission and prevented you from removing them. Told you that you could only update to the latest version of the OS when they said you could. Told you what programs you could or could not run?

I think not. In fact, such a provider would be out of business in short order.

As for them having the best network - I am in the center of the NY Metro area. I could get a signal with a popcorn can and string. When I travel, it's for pleasure and I really don't care a whole lot if I have trouble with service.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SymbioticGenius:
@ joekiv

While I agree with almost all of your points, I too live in NYC and work in LI. I've been researching coverage from the four majors and from what I have read and heard coverage in LI and Manhattan is non existent on the other 3. Can anyone here confirm otherwise. I'd really like to move to T-Mobile
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bad Bimr:
I'd love to leave as there are more/better GSM phones. However, I stuck until 2037 (or something silly like that I forget) as that's when my current promotion runs out. I have 4 lines with unlimited data and my bill is under $200. Just have to keep buying phones on craigslist :)

BB
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] epagib:
Lol. On the same boat. 5 lines (3 with unlimited data) for 210/month. Stuck like flies to cow dung.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SymbioticGenius:
I'm paying 270 for four lines. 3 unlimited and one basic phone just for upgrading. How is my plan more expensive lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] omair2005:
wow those are great deals. I'm paying $142 for two lines w/4gb :(. I'm def jumping ship.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chrisrook:
I sell phones at a third party store, and the only time I have seen this glitch is when someone renews their contract through Verizon online. I can tell you in my store, that the system prompts us to inform the customer that they will be losing their unlimited data. I have lost a couple sales that way, but it is not something I can control. However, I was just informed by my Verizon rep that there is an option available over the phone for 8 gigs of data for $30 a month. Sadly, it seems Verizon is sticking to the losing unlimited plan when everyone else is going back/honoring them. Personally, I would not leave Verizon, but if I was/had to, I would go AT&T. Coverage just as good, but the phones have better resale value. Plus, they don't get the latest smartphones 6 months after they come out *cough*HTC One*cough*.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SymbioticGenius:
I would really like to hear from people who have jumped ship
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eman3316@optonline.net:
I think there are already people in here that have jumped ship.

I jumped and could not be happier. I am currently on Aio wireless which uses AT&T's network. Picked up a Nexus 4 from the Play Store when they were $250. How can you beat that for an unlocked Nexus phone!

Will be picking up the N5 when it is released as well. These are things you just cannot do on Verizon. You need to wait months ans months for something to release and if you want a Nexus, well we all know how Verizon fells about that.

AT&T service has also been top notch for me, actually giving me better service then I was getting with Verizon in a lot of area's.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] huntinwabbits:
Never heard of Aio. Of course until a few months ago I'd not heard of half the plans that seem to be available. But after paying to break contract, then buying a phone to work with the plan and all the other stuff it definitely wasn't worth it at the time. When my contract comes up, who knows? I doubt I'll switch. I just haven't found anything to convince me yet. I just about hate everything about verizon except my coverage is awesome. Never had a problem. And I doubt the things I hate like in-store peeps, customer service, price, etc are really that much different company to company.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SymbioticGenius:
Have a Nexus 5 on order currently. T-Mobile prepaid SIM ready to roll when it arrives. Gonna try it out and see if it's worth having.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Maphack:
Lemme get this straight, people are planning to leave their unlimited data plans with Verizon?

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SymbioticGenius:
Yeah. If it saves almost 150 a month. Damn right. Verizon's policies and plans are outdated, even the new one. Since Verizon owned the majority of cell towers they were controlling who could use them. This is why they always had better service and figured they could control and overcharge everything. Now google and the FCC is up their ass so now they have to share, this is why T-Mobile and sprint are finally able to roll LTE. I live in a major city and the only traveling I do is international. So T-Mobile makes the most sense. I didn't know google was interested in sprint and that might be an option in the future. But at this point it's not worth having signal everywhere cause an extra $100+ a month can get more important things.

I even have Verizon the opportunity to earn my business again. I called twice in the past month for a bill reduction. When you upgrade the subsidised portion is added to your bill. I have three lines that haven't been upgraded in over 3 years. Pled my case professionally and used math to show the discount had long since been payed off. They refused to do anything for me.

I even was willing to give up unlimited data in two lines cause they barely use net. Figured Verizon would bite on that They offered me a loyalty plan that costs more than those two lines currently so overall no savings. I'll be damned if I'm paying an extra $90 a month for the rest of my life cause I didn't pay cash for a POS Droid X, Blackberry Bold, and Samsung Sucksinate 3 years ago.

My mission is to convert everyone I know to T-Mobile so they get more money and a better network than Verizon. I'll even consider buying stock in them. I love the idea of business making money but not when they screw over their 10 year plus loyal customers. So evil... even google with all their KGB like activity at least has the decency to provide us nice things for free.

TLDR: There's no more value with Verizon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XRaptor29:
My contracts been up since January and I plan to jump on republic wireless when the moto x drops.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Maphack:
Are there comparative contracts that will give me over 2mb/s even after I've used 150 gigs on the month? I am not a Verizon advocate, but it just seems irrational to leave them.

If a member on my family plan decides to upgrade from a dumb phone, I should be able to remove my plan to a separate plan, right?

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jaskwith:
I'm about to jump. Final straw was when Verizon decided to be Nazis and not carry the n5... I'm so upset. Would be a waste of money to jump ship now because I'm about to deploy but when I get back, Verizon can kiss my ass.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SymbioticGenius:
You're right, T-Mobile does throttle after 1 terabyte... stick with Verizon. I used to say the same thing and make sure I stick at least 30 gigs to them a month but I'd rather keep my money

For the record, if you live in a place where Verizon is the only option, I feel your pain. But if you live in or near a city ask around, you'd be shocked to hear how much better the services that sucked ten years ago are great today
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BPHusker:
I just switched from Sprint to Verizon and wish I would have done it sooner. Coverage and Data speeds are so much better with Verizon so I won't be leaving anytime soon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Maphack:
Did T-Mobile change its throttle policy? On their commercials it said they throttle after 2 gigs, but that was a while ago. I haven't paid any attention to commercials for a while.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SymbioticGenius:
Oh hell yeah lol. That's been changed since this new dude took over and they went with this whole uncarrier business model. They do still offer a 2.5 gig plan, but for $10 more you're unlimited. Tethering however is still limited, but according to Verizon I don't have tethering so believe me I'm not concerned. In fact I think they have tethering plans as well.

The one guy a few posts up who is paying $215 I almost understand his point cause T-Mobile will be 180+ tax for 4 lines. I however pay 280 so whatever deal he got, I ain't got and Verizon refused to give me twice in the past month and I have an employee discount. I offered to drop a line and give up unlimited on two lines and not only couldn't they get me close to 200 a month. In almost all cases my pricing went up.

Either way, my Nexus 5 should be arriving tonight and if T-Mobile is even half as good I'm out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] imjackdupp:
I was thinking of switching to T mo myself. I looked at their coverage maps and found that it was mainly 3G in my area still as I'm a few miles outside of the city. I could live with that but after borrowing a T mobile phone from a friend It seems that there is no service whatsoever in a 1 mile radius around my house. Theres coverage for at least 20 miles in any dirrection, Guess I'm in the twilight zone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Maphack:
Meh. I couldn't logically justify leaving Verizon for lesser speeds and poorer coverage. I salute those that do, though. I personally hate Verizon (I guess it's more of a few in store instances with useless reps), but business is business; can't let personal vendettas cloud my judgment.

But I'm satisfied with my s3 so a lack of new flagship phones doesn't bother me...

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I'm rambling

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] razz1:
I'll be moving on simply for the Gnex 5. I might give t-mobile a try in the Chicago area.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Unoid:
Is there a reliable PRL hack for our verizon GS3 to roam on sprint's network? I get bad service at home.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kaslopis:
Dreaming...

What if Google took Project Loon a little further and created a floating LTE (or whatever) network with no data limits throughout the world and only charged half of what Verizon does... :fingers-crossed:

Yeah, only then I'll drop Verizon. I hate sharing 4GB a month and paying over $120. I already have FIOS at home and in the end they're getting over $200 a month from me. :eek:

Good coverage though, I gotta give them that. All the other carriers have slow speeds or horrible coverage in my area.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
Wow really verizon is bad in your area?

my area sprint sucks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SymbioticGenius:
Just made the move. Couldn't be happier... Scratch that I'm going to be happier when Verizon refunds the rest of my money and T-Mobile sends me their first bill saving $130 a month. Once I pay these phones off 170 a month savings
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] donnyp1:
I drive all over the midwest for work. No way i can change till other carriers get good rural coverage. Not to mention i get awesome lte speeds. As high as 50. Can tmobile do that? My agents that have tmo have no service in the country. I can drive from wichita to branson missouri and never lose lte. That is huge for me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tekhna:
It's really hard for me to justify leaving when I still have an unlimited line and an employee discount, but I'm getting real sick of not being able to buy a Nexus.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blestsol:
My exact reason. And I have unlimited 4g hot spot
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mrhunter13:
I have a Verizon s3 bill was to high so I just flashed the phone my self to straight talk ...u can't bet 45 dollars a month

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
Will verizon ever get a nexus device?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
Never again.... Lol jk. They do have some kind of partnership lined up exclusively with vzw and google next year.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
Moto N?

i see the Droid Line is kinda exclusive to Verizon

perhaps a nexus device by Motorola for verizon?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hellven:
That is why I would leave. I want a nexus device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
Once t-mobiles network get better im leaving
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] danstar:
I work for an ambulance company and travel all over Ohio. When I was with Sprint, there were large areas where I had no service. With Verizon this hasnt been an issue. As frustrating as Verizon gets at times, until another carrier has as good as or better coverage than Verizon, I am staying put....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
This :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Maphack:
Am I missing something about the luxury of a nexus device? Is it basically because they get updates the fastest because of Google? Is there anything other than that?

I'm just wondering because I don't really see what I'm limited from on my s3

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
Pretty much a 100% google experience

and the fact that the device costs like 300$ less
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] donnieseech:
Ha honestly I will NEVER leave. I've been selling phones for about 5years with bestbuy, radioshack and walmart. And had tmobile and att before I went to verozon. Tmobile had 4g where I was in Maryland which was nice except for where I used my phone most I was lucky to get 2g. Not to mention horrible customer service. I don't even want to discuss the hell I went through with att. And with selling phones I've been cussed out by sprint and att reps, and on every carrier but verizon you get someone outside the U.S. (from what I've seen from calling). So I'd rather take less to no updates and keep better coverage and english speaking employees
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jonniboy19:
i don't see any advantages to switching... pricing seems all the same from various companies for the same bennies
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SymbioticGenius:
From my experience the only companies worth having is T-Mobile for those who have LTE and Verizon for those who don't get LTE on T-Mobile.

I left Verizon for T-Mobile almost a month ago. Love the new customer service. Love my Nexus 5. Love my bill getting less than half of what it was. Love that on the few occasions I drop LTE I have HSPA instead of 3G. To be honest, if you're on a solo plan get a Moto X off contract cause there is only about $50 savings. My family plan went from 279 to 132 a month all inclusive. Even though I make more than enough to afford the price, what I always look for is value. Once T-Mobile gained a competitive service I could no longer justify the price.

Sprint and T-Mobile are on the way up. With the next round of FCC auctions things will be very different next year.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RedRumy3:
I had them for a long time going on idk 13 years. I had T-Mobile and use to get drop calls like crazy in NY. Idk how other providers are now but I really wanna go to sprint since I'm stuck from upgrading or buy a phone for 500$ no contract so Idk. Just love Verizon service.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kendonsh:
I am all about value

I live in NY and have T-Mobile and travel from NYC to WNY every month and the service seems to always get better even in the places in-between. So i cant complain about service or customer service (got a credit because i didnt wanna pay the instore price for a phone because it was cheaper online, went in-store got a credit for the difference). free national roaming, free gobal data roaming, wifi calling that works in any country (tried it in 2 countries made US calls like normal). insurance is $8, add an extra $2 and get jump and 2 upgrades a year. better resale value for the phones since they work on both T-Mobile and at&t, and internationally.

oh yea, i did a speedtest with 2 other buddies, one on at&t the other on Verizon, me T-Mobile all on LTE with full bars in buffalo ny (not a major city)

i won hands down with Verizon in last place lol.. on H+ (non LTE 4G) i about tied with at&t 1-2 mb difference in my favor.

didn't mention plans because they are one of the cheapest, shoot metropcs (now t-mobile) had a promo for 4 new line on a family plan for $100 inclusive if i wasn't mistaken unlimited everything, just got purchase phone or bring your own which can be t-mobile since the metropcs sim is basically a tmobile one lol.

and the plan to move metropcs over to GSM and converting there towers for more LTE goodness

And more.. (let me know, can write more later lol)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SymbioticGenius:
Seems we have similar experiences. For those that had T-Mobile in the past. I did too. I actually convinced my parents to switch over to Verizon for signal. When I got an employee discount I took over for everyone and took the bill on my hands. Started out as 407 a month for unlimited all for a few phones and a laptop. Nixed the laptop and unlimited minute by taking advantage of root and tether and 10 friends and family. Only dropped it to 270. As soon as T-Mobile switched their plans I knew that I would switch it was just a matter of time, now I can't stop thinking about all the money I wasted while waiting.

T-Mobile gives 14 days to try. I got prepaid anyway. In less than 14 days I was convinced, more wasted money but I never expected it to be this good.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 0331:
I used to say that I was jumping ship, but now that I'm off contract and have an upgrade waiting, I don't see anything I like on other carriers and in my area big red has the best service for LTE.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MartyMacGyver:
I was considering a switch to AT&T, but frankly both seem to have spotty service around here (San Jose area). Surprisingly an iPhone I briefly "upgraded" to on my AT&T work plan got even worse coverage than the HOX I usually use (which itself isn't that great).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thank Me Later:
Remember with T-Mobile you get the Wi-Fi calling feature if you're in a bad area. I made the switch in September. It's awesome for me. No contract, no early termination fees, unlimited data, even if you have a capped plan no extra fees for going over the cap just throttled speeds. Like I said before though, do research before switching carriers. Make sure the carrier you're thinking of switching too has good coverage where you live or places you spend most of your days. My coverage is excellent. It was real nice being on Verizon but I had to go. Too expensive for my pockets.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 0331:
wifi calling? tell me more.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blestsol:
Untouched T-Mobile Roms connect to wifi for calling and texting. I miss that a lot lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thank Me Later:
Wi-Fi calling doesn't work for Nexus devices though. On stock at least.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] technomom:
Once unlimited data is gone, so am I.

I'm going to be the last family member off VZW. My husband and both kids are now on TMobile and they've been very happy with it. Yes, the wifi dialing definitely helps.

The only reason I'll stick it out is for the grandfathered unlimited data. Once that's gone, so am I.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 0331:
t mobile sounds promising. that's good to know!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] clembrowning:
Shoot I would, but its the only dang service that works at my house. that's what you get for living in the boonies and have a Verizon Tower right across the street
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afm1118:
i jumped for the nexus 5. Hooked it up on straight talk and ported my number to google voice. best thing i ever did. at&t's network crushes verizons in my area (metro NYC). Verizon LTE is faster at times but has become overcrowded and unreliable. At&t has solid LTE coverage and their hspa+ network gets near LTE speeds and is a much better network to fall back on then Verizons 3g data network thats so great im not even sure if it works anymore...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 0331:
will straight talk let you bring any phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afm1118:
Any gsm phone that runs on att or tmo
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 0331:
how do you Port a number to Google voice?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ace2d:
You can take verizon phones that use a sim card too. Just won't get 4g. Straightalk has 4g on att n tmobile spectrums. Been researching because im ready to not pay 100+ /mth for my phone but dreading losing my grandfather data... I average about 20gb/mth n though straight talk doesn't charge overage fees for data i know the knock you down to 2g after you hit your 2gb limit.

Edit: i definitely want to jump ships but i don't want to lose my grandfather data because im a data heavy user. When i do im going Straightalk. $40/mth unlimited.

Crtl+z
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 0331:
T-Mobile has cheaper (than Verizon) unlimited data plans.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] donnyp1:
This is why verizon rules. Middle of no where. Still usin google maps and xda app.