<p>Hello. I will be attending Berkeley this fall and I was wondering what is the best cell phone carrier in the Berkeley area. I am pretty interested in getting 4G LTE so testimonials with that kind of reception would be more than welcome. Also if anyone uses a MVNO like Straight Talk or Red Pocket that input would greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>I’ve had T-Mobile for two years now and it’s been great! Especially having a T-Mobile smartphone, I have the Wi-Fi Calling feature which definitely comes in handy when I’m at a dead spot like Soda Hall. My friends have Verizon and they seem to have better signal most of the time. I would sometimes not get signal in Dwinelle but they’d have a couple bars.</p>
<p>Verizon is the best. AT&T is your only other option for LTE, but isn’t quite as good.</p>
<p>As an example… I get 35Mbps/15Mbps on Verizon’s LTE network on my iPad in Berkeley. Call quality on my iPhone is very solid as well.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about the 4G LTE, but Verizon has been great overall for me. I get service pretty much everywhere whereas my AT&T friends don’t (especially on the North side/Foothill area).</p>
<p>Never had a problem with Verizon on or near campus.</p>
<p>i have tmobile and i never have service at mainstacks or at haas. i think it depends on your phone. some of my friends with tmobile have no trouble</p>
<p>For Sprint, coverage is decent to good outside Berkeley buildings - inside buildings, there is little to no coverage.</p>
<p>Tmobile is the worst! 4g is amazingly fast…if you have surface. I was a Molecular Toxicology major and most science buildings you won’t get service… Pimentel,vlsb, mulford.</p>
<p>Well this is more the case. When you’re inside or underground. Its good outdoors.</p>
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