Is there a good website that compares actual coverage of all the carriers? Each company has their own map and says they are the best, but I'm looking for something more than that.

I live in Nashville and am comparing Sprint, Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile.

Verizon and AT&T are roughly the same price for 10-12 gbs but I'm having a hard time ignoring T-Mobile unlimited at $96/month which would include the phone cost as well as taxes/fees.

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Posted by Dirtman16

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Posted on 2/2/17 at 2:48 pm to jumbo

Give this a shot.

Open Signal

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Posted by corndawg85

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Posted on 2/2/17 at 2:58 pm to jumbo

Or you could get Cricket Wireless Unlimited plan for $65 which runs on AT&T towers. Only thing is your data speeds are capped, but if you don't need to watch movies, and own your phone it's the perfect route to take.

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Posted by gobuxgo5

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Posted on 2/2/17 at 4:59 pm to corndawg85

Total Wireless is 5gb LTE off Verizon towers. I haven't looked back. I have had Cricket in the past and many many others.

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Posted by shotcaller1

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Posted on 2/2/17 at 7:47 pm to jumbo

I don't get the hate for sprint. I've had them for a while, and haven't had any problems

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Posted by Texas Weazel

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Posted on 2/2/17 at 8:39 pm to shotcaller1

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I don't get the hate for sprint. I've had them for a while, and haven't had any problems

Sprint has lowered their CAPEX and is not really spending much money on their network compared to the other 3 major carriers.

They also have dedicated the least amount of low and midband spectrum to LTE. They offer a lot of bandwidth in high band spectrum, but it has a hard time penetrating walls. They are very reliable, but reliability does not equal data speeds. Calls and texts are fine, but they're so slow in so many places.

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Posted by Texas Weazel

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Posted on 2/2/17 at 8:44 pm to corndawg85

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Or you could get Cricket Wireless Unlimited plan for $65 which runs on AT&T towers. Only thing is your data speeds are capped, but if you don't need to watch movies, and own your phone it's the perfect route to take.

Ping times are a bit higher for cricket users. I don't know why cricket does that, but they cause phones to be less snappier when browsing webpages.

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