<p>Which one's the best?</p>
<p>that would depend upon where you're living</p>
<p>im gonna be living in Boston.. and Verizon is the best there...
so far while ive been in the Cleveland area.. its been pretty solid..</p>
<p>Cingular and it's not even close.</p>
<p>That would be Chicago. Also, I will probably be making a good number of out-of-state and international calls, send sms messages, and make use of international roaming. It would be great to get e-mail and surf the web from my phone as well.</p>
<p>Cingular, then Verizon, for Boston. T-Mobile gets very spotty coverage - I know people who, when on well-traveled interstates, didn't have signal for hundreds of miles.</p>
<p>I live around Boston and I would go with Verizon. For the most part its coverage is extremely good in the Boston/Boston metro region.</p>
<p>cingular wins by far. i've heard so many complaints about t-mobile and verizon service from friends in several diff states, but none about cingular. you also forgot sprint, but i hated sprint when i had it. customer service is horrible.</p>
<p>I think cingular has the whole nation covered. There was only one time verizon had service when my cingular phone did not. All other times cingular has service when others didn't.</p>
<p>Raising the Bar, foo.</p>
<p>t-mobile's based in seattle so t-mobiles the best here by far. verizon just sucks, and cingular gets sketchy reception, only in the lowlands. i live in the foothills and its usually 2 bars. im chainging to t-mobile in jan.</p>
<p>In some more remote areas the GSM networks don't officially support their phones since they're on partner coverage. Their network combined with the network of other companies makes for their good coverage, while with verizon you're on the home network almost all the time.</p>
<p>International calling is a seperate deal and you'll have to confirm that with a rep from whatever company, but if you plan to travel overseas, a GSM carrier is your best bet, since you can use your same phone but get an international carrier to keep your rates down.</p>
<p>t-mobile blows... it has the worst coverage.</p>
<p>What about Sprint?</p>
<p>i would have to 100% disagree with some people in here. i say that Cingular is the WORST BY FAR. not the best. </p>
<p>from what i know Verizon has the largest network and coverage out of all the phone companies. i personally have T-mobile, and it depends on where u live. in california Sprint is really good. but if u go to Texas, everyone there has T-mobile as opposed to Sprint because of the coverage.</p>
<p>i like T-mobile, its cheap and u get alot of minutes. and they dont nickel and dime u like Sprint does. but Sprint isnt bad, dont get me wrong.</p>
<p>T-mobile is the cheapest. you prolly get the best service for your money if you go with t-mobile. HOWEVER, if you are anyone's basement or dorm room or anything like that, you will NOT get service with T-mobile. that is why i hate it.</p>
<p>tmobile is at the bottom, above them i'd say cingular/att, then spring/nextel, then verizon. in my area anyway... i just switched from tmobile to verizon and it costs more however my reception is 5x as good (literally, i went from having 1 bar at most places to 5)</p>
<p>fendergirl, i soooo want to do the same...</p>
<p>cronus, </p>
<p>most people i know in texas i know have cingular and it gets reception everywhere i've been, whether it was major cities or boonie towns. and it's much more popular than t-mobile.</p>
<p>I have Cingular and I really like it, I live in the Bay Area and have great service and then I moved to Los Angeles for college and get great service...
EXCEPT on my campus. Especially in my dorm, anywhere. But that's the case with any cell phone service, none of them work well.</p>
<p>So I still say Cingular!</p>
<p>Dude im from Chicago, and I'd say Cingular. I've been a happy customer for so many years now, one of my friends has had sprint, verizon, and t-mobile.... all of which she realized is terribly inconsistent in Chicagoland. Cingular has one of the best and most comprehensive networks in the city and suburbs.</p>