[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Anonymou5:
I live about 30 minutes north of Huntsville, Alabama. T-Mobile just started their 4G LTE network a few months ago, and they already have it in Huntsville, Decatur, Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, Mobile, Nashville, and Knoxville, so I do not think coverage or data speed will be an issue for me, especially since I don't travel. They already have 4G LTE available to 150 million people, supposedly. Unless you're planning on tethering to your Xbox or Playstation, then why is speed such a concern? Even that I think is quite possible. I've heard of people doing it. Downloading large files isn't even bad on T-Mobile 3G out here in the middle of nowhere. I know that I can download something at an actual speed of around 350KB/s on 3g or 550KB/s on 4g. One GB every 35-45 minutes. 4G LTE will be way faster than that. In the past year, I never saw a download speed faster than 1.1MB/s on my Verizon S3 and it usually is less than 800KB/s, so it's barely faster here. At best, twice as fast. My Verizon speed tests are usually like 4-8Mbps down, 10-14Mbps up. In Huntsville, the speeds were 12-24Mbps down, but still... when it's not unlimited, it sucks. I don't care if I can download a TV show in 3 minutes, if I can only download 25 shows a month and it costs $100 in data. That's like having a fire truck fill up a bucket...

I noticed that pretty much everyone on this thread that likes Verizon is grandfathered in to unlimited data and/or getting some kind of discount of around 20%. When that's not the case, Verizon's prices SUCK. Pretend for a second that you're a NEW customer with NO discounts and then you will realize that Verizon charges significantly more for much less and basically enslaves you. On Share Everything, it costs $40 just to add a smart line, which is forced to share a tiny amount of extremely expensive data. Compare that to T-Mobile's Simple Choice no contract plan ($50 for the first line, $30 for the second, $10 for additional lines, and $20/line for truly unlimited data).

So a family of four on Verizon with 2.5GB/line of data would pay $260 locked in for 2 years. On T-Mobile they would pay $180 and have unlimited data with no contract! Or if they only wanted 2GB/line on T-Mobile, then shave off another $40, so $140. $260 is nearly double $140...

After 24 months, the Verizon family paid 24x$260=$6240. Compare that to 24x$180=$4320 for truly unlimited T-Mobile for a difference of $1920. That's a lot to pay for "happiness," and with that kind of savings you could afford to buy a really awesome signal booster, in case you don't have good service. 24x$140=$3360, for a savings of $2880! That's like giving up a decent car every two years just to have better coverage...

Just put a Wilson sleek 4g booster in your car and use speaker phone or a headset if coverage bothers you so much. How often are you not at home, near your car, or anywhere near a city/highway when you desperately have to make a phone call with 0% chance of dropping the call? In that event, just redial and get over it or text. If you're in a building, then step outside and think about how much $ you're saving by doing so.

To the guy that asked about using Verizon phones on T-Mobile: I assume you have a Galaxy S3 SCH-I535, in which case, you can unlock your phone, but it will only get edge data speeds. There is a thread on here where people are trying to get 3G and 4G working, but apparently 4G LTE is beyond possible. To the person that mentioned the $250 Verizon signal boosters: I read that they usually quit working after about 6 months; Probably smarter to go with a Wilson product.