Cell Phone Service...

<p>I assume, since it's Boston, the cell phone service is good all over campus and in all the buildings, true?</p>

<p>Does anyone have any comments on particularly good or bad service in and around NEU?</p>

<p>We currently have AT&T, but our service contract is up next month, and I'm thinking about switching to Verizon.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

<p>i came to boston in need of a provider, and i was directed toward sprint. i have never not had all 5 bars in boston. i’ve been extremely pleased. i have friends with verizon as well as at &t and they seem satisfied with it.</p>

<p>i think every major city in the US is pretty good with all providers.</p>

<p>^ I figured as much. I just thought I’d check, since we have so much trouble with service in our area. Thanks for the info.</p>

<p>I have Verizon and I get full service all over the city and in every place on campus. I’d advise getting a plan with lots of texts, if not unlimited. I never ever texted anyone in high school, although I had a few on my old plan, but when I came here I saw that no one ever uses a phone the normal way. Now I’m one of those people who can’t imagine life without unlimited mobile instant messaging.</p>

<p>So unlimited texting better than having internet access (smartphone or blackberry)? Asked another way, if the phone has email access will the student also need to do a lot of texting?</p>

<p>Unlimited texting and internet access :)</p>

<p>Everybody texts a lot, in my experience. My roommate has an iPhone but still primarily communicates via text. I have unlimited texting, but I really wish I had internet access as well. As I said, my roommate has an iPhone, so we use that to find directions to places and whatnot when we’re out and about, but when I’m without her, I realize just how handy it is.</p>

<p>Good advice on unlimited texting and internet. Thanks!</p>

<p>haha if you have to choose, I’d go for the texts. Smartphones require like a ‘data package’ or whatever it’s called that can be really expensive.</p>

<p>Yeah I’m definitely extremely happy to have unlimited texting, and I’m functioning without Internet. But if you can afford both, I would definitely go for it!</p>