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I've been with Sprint since I was 16,they are the best! Not only do they offer great phones at a very affordable price,but their coverage is Grade A. I can never say that I haven't got service I'm my home or ANYWHERE else I go. I used to have Verizon before I got Sprint and they sucked ass! Excuse my french but they are garbage! I couldn't get service in my own home,I had to stand in the MIDDLE of my street to make phonecalls and etc..pfft! sad. But you guys... seriously... SPRINT is the best. Sincerely, Satisfied Sprint User since 2005
I just got a new iPhone. The technology is wonderful, but the reception is lousy in my place in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood. Since my primary requirement of a cell phone is to be a phone, I'll likely have to return the iPhone, drop AT&T, and go back to Verizon.
Verizon has been very good to me in terms of call quality and reception, but with all great things comes a cost and in this case money, If your willing to pay a few more bucks for a lot more bang than Verizon is the best way to go, I get service everywhere in DC, unless I'm on the first floor in which case I have "Okay" service
Can't make calls inside my building in a first floor apartment. Will drain the battery looking for a signal inside or will say there is a signal, but can’t connect to a call. Have to go outside or sometimes even across the street to make or answer a call. Outside, calls all around the area of Capitol Hill are constantly dropped and can take forever to connect.
Cuts out constantly. Often fades in and out. Can't hear people at times but they can hear me. Makes an odd static sound just before dropping calls- terrible!
New AT&T EDGE system did not drop out at all during a recent visit all around DC and Arlington. No reception on the Metro while underground, however. Perfect voice. Emails and messages popped in while metro was crossing the bridges.
Awful Sprint reception. Sprint roams for free, but at this location there's half a bar of reception, meaning that the phone doesn't transition to roam and the calls won't go through either...
