<p>I currently have T-Mobile and am very satisfied with it here in San Diego. I'm gonna be switching to a new carrier soon and from what it looks like Verizon and AT&T are the best for use @ Cornell.</p>
<p>Everyone's saying Verizon is better, but I just really intensely dislike Verizon - their rates, their phone selection, features, etc. - and I'd really prefer to go with AT&T.</p>
<p>Basically - does AT&T work at Cornell? In the dorms? In the buildings? Outside? In Collegetown? I'm in Donlon, if that helps any.</p>
<p>We have ATT. My daughter was in Dickson last year. Reception was spotty at best in her dorm. Everywhere else was fine. She was using a Palm Treo 680 phone if that matters to you.</p>
<p>Sprint is okay around some parts of the campus and cruddy around the others.</p>
<p>The guy on the other side of the phone told me I wouldn't pay anything for roaming. Mainly because Alltel and Sprint has an agreement and Alltel is being bought by Verizon. In addition, the two have always had a similar agreement.</p>
<p>Before you do purchase your phones/plans, let me check it out for a little bit. I'll post something in regards to this, but so far I've had no problems with roaming.</p>
<p>You also don't know which company you're roaming with, but it doesn't really matter. I keep my phone on Sprint so I can receive and send text messages and that's enough for me considering that's all I do. In the event that I have to make a call, I just switch over to roaming with ease.</p>
<p>I think a majority of your calls have to me be made on the Sprint network. I'm planning on doing all my majority calls on the weekends to family.</p>
<p>Their unlimited plan is $99 a month, but no discount applies...and compared to Verizon at 150 a month and ATT at the same, that is a steal.</p>
<p>I'm getting the new Instinct as well.</p>
<p>But as I said, let me fool around with it. Also, try to order over the phone...you have some more pull from what it sounds like.</p>
<p>i am an international student
i heard that Verizon doesnt give you a SIM Card, just a phone
is that true?
i mean i like my phone and i bought it especially for college
can i get a verizon sim?</p>
<p>snowman1206,
no it's not possible. which is the only reason i dislike verizon. i love switching phones and it's just not possible w/o a sim card</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I've got an iPhone so I'm going to be stuck with AT&T on West Campus... hope reception isn't as bad there as what I've been hearing here.</p>
<p>I got assigned to North Campus.. I heard it's bad there.. So I decided to switch to Verizon.. and I do know what you guys feel about not being able to use the phone that you like.. -___- because we are in the same boat..</p>
<p>My experience is that AT&T works slightly better than Verizon on West. Both work equally well in Collegetown. I don't know about North though -- Verizon is probably better, but not that much better.</p>
<p>you have BETTER reception on west with At&T sjar? What building were you in?</p>
<p>I've been in Becker and Cook and the reception is horrible. No bars in the rooms and about 3 or 4 bars outside the building. Verizon had 3 or 4 bars service in the rooms. iPhone users that I have none have said the same thing.</p>
<p>I'll be on West with AT&T as well; I hope things go well also because I just switched to AT&T from T-mobile and I don't want to have to pay $175 to switch again.</p>
<p>I was in Bethe and at one point had both an AT&T and a Verizon phone. Verizon cut out all the time, whereas AT&T was pretty consistent. I guess it's not surprising that there's variation across houses (and probably machines as well).</p>