<p>Any suggestion from those with the downlow?</p>
<p>My Verizon contract is up and I'm going to renew sometime this summer with a new service. I really hate Verizon and sorta want to go to Cingular... soooo</p>
<p>Input is appreciated :)</p>
<p>I like my Verizon. :) </p>
<p>I think all the major companies are probably fine.</p>
<p>Haha same, tho now its called [the new] AT&T. Cingulair has nice phones. In any major urban area I wouldn't think phone coverage is a problem for any SP.</p>
<p>I just ask because here in Phoenix some of the big companies get crappy reception.</p>
<p>Alltel, Sprint, and Verizon all have somewhat mediocre service here and we're the 7th largest city in the US =/</p>
<p>Switch to Cingular so you can pick up the iPhone when it drops.</p>
<p>I love cingular. I've never had a dropped call in the YEAR that I've used them.
And like somebody said...it's CHICAGO. Anything will work.</p>
<p>I live rather close to the school, and I have to say that Cingular is my favorite. Living this close to the city- any service is decent, so pick the best price or phone you wish to use. </p>
<p>Just dont' get the razr or c'razr. Their battery lives are poor and they cause more trouble than it's worth.</p>
<p>My Razr has a 1 week long battery life... but I dont talk on the phone too much so I guess it depends. I got mine back in December '05.. and it works great in and around the chicago area.</p>
<p>Tks for all the info guys.</p>
<p>As for Razr and Crazr or whatever it's called, I don't plan on getting either. I currently own a Razr and the battery life is actually pretty short (it varies from phone to phone though, so I have no doubt that Kensir's is still great)</p>
<p>I'm planning on getting a Blackberry Pearl or a Samsung Blackjack and getting the data plan so I can check email and surf the web and such whenever I feel like it. I might not though.. Still, blackberry pearl is the sweetspot of the cellphone market, imo. Great compact size, good price, loaded with features.</p>
<p>D has T-Mobile (family plan, works great for the rest of us), and it's tolerable, but plenty of dropped calls. It was worse her first year, because her dorm room was essentially a dead spot -- down the hallway was much better. On the main campus, it always works fine.</p>
<p>So . . . if you're choosing fresh, I wouldn't pick T-Mobile, but it's not so bad that you should pay a lot to get out of your contract if you already have it.</p>
<p>We also have the T-Mobile family plan. S had no problems using it last summer when he was at Chicago. No extra charges. No dropped calls - but he was living at Max P. and would call us from there.</p>