Poll: What's your phone/carrier?

[oandapartycock]

I was with ATT for years but when Cingular took over it was a cluster fuck a few years back, so I moved over to Sprint. Then ATT re-takes Cingular? Oh well.

I'm VERY happy with Sprint. But like the Anthony said, everyone is gonna bash/praise every other company depending on the signal they get at work, home, etc.

In SoCal and Las Vegas, Sprint is awesome. I've got the Mogul/HTC 6800 with the new firmware upgrade that has everything, including GPS, Wireless Access Point emulation, WinMobile 6 (much more stable and faster) data connect speeds at 1.5mbs with my laptop and a ton of freeware apps installed.

I have a freeware backup program that backs everything up at night to my 4gb MiniSd card so I can also hard-reset my phone and get everything back without worrying about "syncing."

I just re-signed with them for two more years and they gave me a $140 credit for renewing 4 lines. My family shares 1400 minutes, unlimited data and text, long distance, free mobile to mobile, and evenings starting at 7pm for $109 a month. Can't beat that.

I know the learning curve would be kind of steep for a guy like Jimmy, but I think more people need to know there's other "cults"out there.

I've never gotten into the Crackberry, but everyone I know swears by them. It wasn't until the last couple of years that they made them more media-friendly.

[Rob D]

I made the switch from Cingular/ATT to Verizon last month. Cingular was dogshit for as long as I had them. My phone never even worked in the goddamn house. I had a Razr with them. Now I have a Blackberry 8330 and it's fucking awesome. Fast internet, decent battery life, and none of the homosexual stigma that comes with owning an iphone.

[cokelogic]

I have Verizon and it is pretty good. But I could smash my fucking phone for it's awful fucking reception. I had a basic phone and everything worked well, I was give a used Razor and it sucks chimp ass.

The phone will ring, you'll answer and then pick up to see you just lost all your bars and "call ended".

I think I need to find a new phone this weekend while it's on my mind.


But I do like Verizon.

[Phi Mu Alpha]

What if your phone is a piece of shit from Verizon where do I click for that?

[Rev]

I'm on At&t, and have no complaints. I also have their aircard, which comes in pretty handy.

[Sinn Fein]

Verizon. Motorola phone (basic cheapie - but it's company-issued. Allegedly I'll get a Blackberry next year when it's time for a new phone). Got an aircard too.

[Bagel Lord]

I have T-Mobile with the T-Mobile Shadow by HTC. Posting from it right now actually. Just got it a couple of weeks ago. Absolutely loving it so far.

[gynecometrist]

I have ATT with a Nokia N95. I get great reception as long as I stay on their 3G network. AT&T/Cingular's GSM network always sucked...

[blee]

Verizon - Razr
Only complaint I have is that Verizon blocks a lot of stuff on the phones. I want to get a phone that is WIFI but under Verizon the only phone they have available says it is WIFI but after reading through reviews, you cannot connect to a hotspot. So no fancy phone for me.

[Ballbuster1]

Sidekick III from T-mobile. We have the 5 favs plan and free T-mobile in calling.
My bill is lower than it was with Verizon and we get more services now. I'm happy.

[Bagel Lord]

Sidekick III from T-mobile. We have the 5 favs plan and free T-mobile in calling.
My bill is lower than it was with Verizon and we get more services now. I'm happy.

When are you eligable for an upgrade? I tried the Sidekick III and didn't like it as much as the Shadow. The Shadow is such a better phone than the Sidekick I think.

[Ballbuster1]

When are you eligable for an upgrade? I tried the Sidekick III and didn't like it as much as the Shadow. The Shadow is such a better phone than the Sidekick I think.
Not really sure when. I'm not in any hurry. The s/k does what I need so I'm
not in any rush to upgrade yet.

[Bagel Lord]

Not really sure when. I'm not in any hurry. The s/k does what I need so I'm
not in any rush to upgrade yet.

That's cool. I'll show you the Shadow at PNC, provided it doesn't go up in flames like my car before then.

[alclark]

Started with Verizon in 2004 with LG (2 years), Moto (2 years), and Samsung (just recently) phones. Never had any problems with service in the remote areas I work/live.

[Turtle]

Sprint

[Kris_LTRMa]

I've had Sprint for almost 10 years and am very happy with them. I just upgraded to the LG Rumor which is a pretty decent phone. The camera doesn't have a flash like some of LG's other QWERTY phones, but for the amount of times I take pictures on the camera, I'm not going to worry about it.

[Dre]

At&t

[UsedLadBag]

AT&T sucks a fat cock. I will never go back to them.
Nextell was way over priced, but at least they didn't try to fuck me.
T-Mobile has been alright so far.

[roche]

When are you eligable for an upgrade? I tried the Sidekick III and didn't like it as much as the Shadow. The Shadow is such a better phone than the Sidekick I think.

How much is the data plan for that phone?

[CM Mark]

How much is the data plan for that phone?

Same as the Blackberry on T-Mobile, $19.99 a month, unlimited data, plus T-Mobile Hotspots at Starbucks and the like on either the phone, which is WiFi capable, and my laptop.

[ghirshorn]

Verizon- have never had a problem with it

[Southern Fried Pest]

I've got an iphone 3G on ATT, no problems with it other than no signal in my house (but not even verizon has much of a signal inside). And a RAZR V3M on verizon

[girthymac]

I have a blackberry curve on ATT which i love! I just wish it was on Verizon and I have an ENV2 on Verizon........The ENV2 is a great phone......And I own a Verizon Store so im kinda partial to VZW

[maddog1507]

Verizon had razor that really sucked. just got the enV so far great phone. and verizon is bring back some of the things they used to restrict. I can now make my own ringtones where on the razor I couldnt

[DonkeySausage]

Verizon
Blackburrry Curve

need the appsssss

[MelissaY1]

I like SPINT as one of the choices you non proofreading people;)

[Teddy]

att but im in between phones right now. dont know if i want to go with the iphone or that new blackberry thats coming out or just go with a winmo phone

[mikeybot]

T-mobile and I have a Blackbrry Pearl.

[jsc315]

I've had sprint for about 8 years now and the last year or so They have pissed me off to no end. My contract ends with them in october and i couldn't be fuckin happier to get rid of those fuckers for screwing me over. About a year or 2 after the merger with nextel they really have fallen far and have just become a shitty company with horrible customer service and being charged with shit i never signed up for yet it takes fuckin 8 damn months for them to finally clear it up and they say there isn't shit they can do. So i paid an extra $5 a month for shit i never even wanted on my phone and i never got anything back from it. Yes there such a great company on screwing customers over. I'm not bitter at all. Fuck spint in the fuck hole.

[xmbubba]

att and 4 phones on it now palm treo, blackberry 8700, blackjack, and razor love my treo service is good in all areas

[nneptune]

I have Verizon and it is pretty good. But I could smash my fucking phone for it's awful fucking reception. I had a basic phone and everything worked well, I was give a used Razor and it sucks chimp ass.

The phone will ring, you'll answer and then pick up to see you just lost all your bars and "call ended".

I think I need to find a new phone this weekend while it's on my mind.


But I do like Verizon.

I notice too that it depends whee in Chicago you live.
On the North Side, I often end up gettin dropped or other people's phone calls end up within my conversation.
South Side reception seems better. Whatever.

[mobybeaver]

Glad to see I'm not the only iPhone-owning douche

[Stormrider666]

Verizon/Motorola. In fact, I just got my 4th phone in 6 years the other day.

[Jef Leppard]

im with OP all the way. i never thought a fuckin cellphone can do the shit this thing does and free.

Verizon - Razr
Only complaint I have is that Verizon blocks a lot of stuff on the phones. I want to get a phone that is WIFI but under Verizon the only phone they have available says it is WIFI but after reading through reviews, you cannot connect to a hotspot. So no fancy phone for me.

depending on the phone ....yes you can.



i used to have nextel years ago and i had a verizon phone from jersey, in the south subs that fuckin verizon phone blew ass. i had to stand in the middle of the street to get a signal. companies are regional anyway depending where you are makes a difference. i think att and sprint are close to the same in chicagoland verizon sucks and i think stupid u.s. cellular is the shit as far as signal goes here.

[Razor Roman]

Verizon - just switched from a Chocolate to an LG EnV - i know it's a little bit "old hat" now, but my Chocolate was crapping out and I wasn't due for an upgrade for a year, I managed to get an early upgrade to an enV for $70. I wish the web browsing was a little more robust, I know some people visit the Bag on theirs, but I can't quite get it to work - and don't feel like wasting more time figuring it out :)

My reception seems to be kind of crappy in my apartment, but generally it's at least "OK" just about everywhere... overall I like Verizon's call quality better than Sprint, but I haven't had sprint now in almost 5 years

[Ballbuster1]

I use the PDA skin on my sidekick. That's the old Pat Battle Mode.
Works good since it eliminates sigs and avs.

[Jef Leppard]

theres a site, of course i cant find it, that shows all carriers coverage strength across the country.

[ASSMAN]

Alltel is what I use and the phone has been good. However the people who work for the customer service were assholes to deal with. I was having a problem with my phone and the local store where I got it gave me the run around, so I called the toll free number and they lied to me about what I could do to fix the problem. Fucking cocksuckers

[Kurto2021]

T Mobile with an unlocked and Jailbroken iPhone.
For $79 I have 2 iPhones with unlimited internet and 1000 minutes.

Oh yeah and the poll is dumb because it wants carrier and phone....if I choose T Mobile then I can't choose iPhone (the i is lower case and the P is uppercase by the way) and vice versa.

[boardsofcanada]

Never had any problems with verizon ever...great service.

[fandango86]

Verizon - Samsung i760.

[Capt.Caveman]

motorola nextel and it sucks my ass, it's free though so i caqn't complain

[Begbie]

I've got ATT with a Palm Centro. I've actually always been lucky with Cingular/ATT so far. I've been with them for over 8 years now...back when Cingular was Cellular One.

I love the Centro. It suits my needs...the keyboard is a tad small though.

[girthymac]

Never had any problems with verizon ever...great service.

You are correct sir! Oh BTW, I am giving wackbaggers discounts if your interested in switching to verizon......Just PM me :action-sm:action-sm

I know im a shill!

[pez_head]

Only complaint I have is that Verizon blocks a lot of stuff on the phones.
yeah same complaint about them but love my env and the wife loves her env2

[elitemrp]

ATT/iPhone (1st gen)

[oandapartycock]

T Mobile with an unlocked and Jailbroken iPhone.
For $79 I have 2 iPhones with unlimited internet and 1000 minutes.

Oh yeah and the poll is dumb because it wants carrier and phone....if I choose T Mobile then I can't choose iPhone (the i is lower case and the P is uppercase by the way) and vice versa.

You're not supposed to be using an iPhone on T-Mobile. :rolleyes:
But I thought the poll was set up to use multi-click?

I used to use an unlocked Treo 650. I miss the SIM card features of GSM phones. You can pop a prepaid one in if you go to another country so you don't pay those ridiculous international roaming rates.

[Kris_LTRMa]

I've had sprint for about 8 years now and the last year or so They have pissed me off to no end. My contract ends with them in october and i couldn't be fuckin happier to get rid of those fuckers for screwing me over. About a year or 2 after the merger with nextel they really have fallen far and have just become a shitty company with horrible customer service and being charged with shit i never signed up for yet it takes fuckin 8 damn months for them to finally clear it up and they say there isn't shit they can do. So i paid an extra $5 a month for shit i never even wanted on my phone and i never got anything back from it. Yes there such a great company on screwing customers over. I'm not bitter at all. Fuck spint in the fuck hole.

And I've had just the opposite experience. Every time I've called, I've had no problems with customer service. I've found it's improved even more over the last year or so ... seems they're hiring more Americans and getting away with outsourcing to India. I had a problem a few months ago - ringtones etc weren't coming through. There wasn't a block & nothing was locked. The tech stayed on the phone with me for over an hour going through every diagnostic in her manual and then some. After it seemed that things were fixed, she told me she'd call back before her shift ended to make sure. Gave me her name & ID and told me to call after I received my bill for credit (said she couldn't credit what she wanted prior to the bill hitting) & said she was making a note so that there'd be no problem when I called. Sure enough, she called back and spent another 45 minutes on the phone going through the diagnostics again. And when I billed, I called and the notes were in the system, just as she promised they would be.

[weeniewawa]

ATT and an iphone gen1. I also have a verizon air card.

all cell phone carriers suck the big one, all of them. You just have to find the one that sucks the way you like it so to speak. you will never find anyone that absolutely loves their carrier. they're either too expensive, or their coverage sucks, or they don't have the phone you like. I have had ATT for years and travel all over the country and have had pretty good luck with them. The coverage could be better and up until just very recently, their data service was something out of the stone age. They still have years of equipment upgrades and initial installs in their data network to get close to sprint and verizon. I am actually happy with verizons data service since I got a new rev1 card that is much faster than the old rev0 one that died.

[Pendulum]

i've been a Verizon customer for almost 10 years and any problems i've had have been taken care of quickly

i love my LG enV (orange)

[Digital_Trauma]

I've been with Sprint for about 10 years, with a few problems along the way. Their customer service has gone down a little, but was never all that great to begin with. I guess I've been lucky enough to not need a lot of help along the way. It's been my experience that the main problems arise from using the cheapo handsets. I have a Treo 700p for my personal phone, and also carry a Treo 755p for work. I wish they made some phones with multiple lines available. I'd pay a little extra to not have to carry two phones and a data card with me most of the time.

[NorfCal]

I think it is an unwritten rule that no matter what service you have it won't work at your house.

Kinda like how the traffic light won't turn green until you come to a complete stop.

[kimothee]

Verizon with the Samsung flip which has a small keyboard. I love it! The service isn't great at my actual house but it's actually improved in the past year. Verizon service worked 90% of the way on my cross country road trip - only problems I've had was when I was in very rural areas, which is going to happen with any carrier.

[PartyRock24]

Verizon Razor, i have no complaints about it.
It's survived a year with out any major problems or anything like that so I'm fine with it.

[meaty_vag_lips]

Verizon with a Motorola something or other. Basic phone. Never had a problem with Verizon. I make calls and I receive calls. IMHO anything else is stuff to occupy your time when you could be doing something else.

[BlackNinja]

i had the wing from T-mobile, and recently switched to AT&T. I use the tilt now. I switched because AT&T uses sim cards, the Tilt was a vastly better phone than the wing, and because i refuse to use non 3G.

I actually dont have anything really terrible to say about T-mobile. Just that their network isnt as fast. Their prices are still pretty good, but since money's not a huge issue since graduating. might as well get a better network/phone

[Jef Leppard]

T Mobile with an unlocked and Jailbroken iPhone.
For $79 I have 2 iPhones with unlimited internet and 1000 minutes.

Oh yeah and the poll is dumb because it wants carrier and phone....if I choose T Mobile then I can't choose iPhone (the i is lower case and the P is uppercase by the way) and vice versa.

its a total waste. tmobiles network is a fraction of at&t

[stew560]

Just upgraded to the LG Dare on Verizon, very cool iPhone knockoff, but no 'apps. Had a Motorola E815 before this, that phone was easily the best phone since the Startac in terms of being a phone.

Been on AT&T and Sprint in the past and neither had nearly the reliability of Verizon's Network.

Also sporting a Blackburry 8800 on TMobile from work.

[wetandstickyjim]

I work in the industry as a Site Acquisition Manager. I manage and sometimes perform the work my self in finding suitable properties (rooftops or raw land) for erecting cellular sites. I've worked for them all. Verizon is the most solid company I have worked for. They are slow and methodical and put money were it is needed. Other carriers will fold up shop halfway through projects due to bad financials and planning. The mergers didn't help anybody. T-Mobile around the NY Metro area stinks as does AT&T...and I have leased a shit load of sites for AT&T in NYC and Jersey City. I go and scope sites for Verizon and I'm showing full bars in areas because I am there during a low traffic period. They are adding "capacity" sites when the other carriers are still getting their networks filled out, or in the case of merged companies (Spring Nextel, AT&T and Cingular), are still trying to get their networks in line.
Oh yeah, Verizon also has added generators, and is including them in all new site builds, to all thier sites so when a tragedy like 9-11 goes down again, or a simple power grid issue, the generators will be able to make sure people can make and receive calls.

I had Nextel before VZW and I liked them very much and would use them again. AT&T - though they buttered my bread - no thanks, same for TMO, who I hear is great down South. Whatever.

Write me a letter.

[Jerry1]

Just got the Sprint Samsung Instinct. I'm so liking this phone!!!

[blotto98]

I had Verizon for years and loved it. But all my friends went to Nextel for the two way function so I did also. Everything was fine until Sprint bought them out, then my Nextel service went to shit. Their customer service is the worst. All my friends left Nextel after that so I didn't even have anyone to two way anymore. I stayed with the Sprint side and can't wait for the contract to expire.

I HATE SPRINT-I HATE SPRINT-I HATE SPRINT, come on everybody, I HATE SPRINT.....

[ddberry]

Switched to Verizon from Cingular/ATT so I could track my kid, my only complaint is that those verizon guys go everywhere but down one stinking flight of stairs at my job. People with ATT, Sprint & Tmobile all get signal, while the rest of us have to go upstairs.

[Shootr]

Alltel - SUCKS SWEATY MONKEY BALLS!!!

[YellowTreats]

ATT
8525 WinMobile6, qwerty slide, etc

Coverage and signal quality for ATT is much better here in Florida than other carriers.

[samurai]

The xds450 from whogivesafuckcom

http://ypcommando.com/images/tin_can_string.jpg

[Wilmington WOW]

ATT [opie voice] blackburry [/opie voice]

I love my phone, best email samrt phone
syncs up nicely with outlook

i had an issue with my 8300 curve
i tookd it to the service center in king of prussia
if 15 minutes i walked out with a brand new phone and the lady set up my screen and email

very happy

[Jef Leppard]

The xds450 from whogivesafuckcom

http://ypcommando.com/images/tin_can_string.jpg

most reliable communication device ever made

[4.6CrownVic]

uhh where is the choice for blackberrys?

[striker]

I've had AT&T, I currently have Verizon. It's nice to be able to make phone calls. I have 4 regular areas that I travel into, I know of a few dead travel areas, but they are dead for all carriers. My company uses Sprint/Nextel in the semi's, it sucks, shit loads of dead areas, anything more than 99 miles in any direction from Denver and the NEXTEL doesn't work.

[wetandstickyjim]

most reliable communication device ever made

Yeah, but the photos stink!

[ChimneyFish]

His name is Charles.

[stinkbud]

I am on Sprint after 4 years of ATT/Cingular. I am currently using an HTC Touch Windows Mobile phone and I don't like it.

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I signed on to an employee friend/family referal plan in the last week it was being offered. I get 1250 minutes a month and unlimited texting/internet. All I pay is $50 a month. ATT couldnt beat that deal so here I am today.

The touch is a great phone. It is a Windows Mobile phone that is about as small as a closed Motorola RAZR. It is loaded with all the good stuff, GPS, 3G speeds, WM 6.1, and it has basically replaced my mp3 player, PDA and phone. I stream XM on it, I listen to baseball on it and using Orb, I can have access to all the videos and music I have on my base hard drive.

If O&A ever lose the satellite gig (and with all the talk about internet radio they have been doing, I think they may be expecting the worst with this merger) these unlimited data devices will be a good medium to use for the show. JV & Elvis tried it out a few months back before they split up. You could stream the show live as it happened, and if you were listening on their web site, they had an app called the Blinko Player, which is a video of them in the studio (bigger than the paltalk vid) and they could show videos and pictures they are commenting on in real time. I checked it out a few times when the show was still on and it was pretty cool.

[Jef Leppard]

If O&A ever lose the satellite gig (and with all the talk about internet radio they have been doing, I think they may be expecting the worst with this merger) these unlimited data devices will be a good medium to use for the show.

http://www.thestreamcenter.com/pda/

put that in your browser, save to favorites. stations will save to my documents


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