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Posted on 3/16/25 at 6:35 pm to
Posted by hashtag
Comfy, AF
Member since Aug 2005
32685 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 6:35 pm to
Have been on Cricket Wireless for over 10 years and never have had a problem.
Posted by DiamondDog
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2019
12792 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 6:36 pm to
Lake Charles has the most unreliable service in LA. Literally nothing except one road in LC is 5G consistently- thats Nelson.

Westlake and Sulphur, where all major industry is located has no cell reception.

How you go f-in figure that?
Posted by HooDooWitch
TD Bronze member
Member since Sep 2009
11178 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 6:38 pm to
I’m Verizon’s coverage isn’t worth a shot on the Mandeville lakefront when I’m at Donz or Barley Oak, and that is in acceptable.
Posted by Red Stick Tigress
Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2005
20196 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 7:01 pm to
Straight Talk's customer service sucks but the cellular talk text and data is fine.

Switched to Mint Mobile then Visible about a year later.
Posted by Tarps99
Lafourche Parish
Member since Apr 2017
11477 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 7:11 pm to
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What do you use? AT&T bricks for me during hurricanes or even power outages and my daughter on Verizon has no issues.


Verizon is usually best the short term after the storm. Big Red usually has Diesel powered genny’s at their sites. AT&T uses batteries at their sites and deploys genny’s after the event.

For some reason in the weeks following Ida, Verizon’s coverage went to crap. I could no longer receive calls inside, so I went with AT&T and needed decent internet too since REV did not repair the fiber to my house until almost November.
Posted by FutureCorridor49
US 90
Member since May 2023
588 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 8:07 pm to
quote:

Verizon while expensive is still king in reliability and coverage


Verizon’s only advantage is their premium pricing which convinces consumers they’re buying something other than the worst of the 3 networks.

It’s not 2005 anymore.
Posted by Dixie2023
Member since Mar 2023
4602 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 9:32 pm to
Thank you. That would make sense why my daughter and others don’t have issues, but I do. I have AT&T fiber internet and it’s been good. The one issue I had they handled promptly. And I actually think it was my phone and an iOS update.
Posted by TeddyPadillac
Member since Dec 2010
29739 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 10:11 pm to
I switched to Mint (TMobile towers) about a year ago from Verizon. Kids on it too.
No complaints.
Wife switched from Verizon to Visible (same Verizon towers). Also no complaints.

Went from $210/month on Verizon to $95/month through Mint and Visible. I’ll probably switch over to Visible soon as I think Verizon is better for travel in rural areas than TMobile.


Anyone who’s not using one of the prepaid services is wasting money.
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
13747 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 10:55 pm to
Went from verizon to mint.

Way, way cheaper... same continuity of service and coverage for voice, text, data. Isn't like that everywhere though- best to find someone in your area that's made a switch they'd recommend.

When I quit verizon a year ago, was paying $189 for two lines. Now, I pay $75 for three... except Mint bills quarterly rather than monthly, but anyway breaks down to 25/mo each line.
Posted by sportsaddit68
Hammond
Member since Sep 2008
6418 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 5:10 am to
I switched to spectrum from Verizon. No complaints and cut my bill down tremendously.
Posted by Stinger_1066
On a golf course
Member since Jul 2021
2899 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 5:43 am to
quote:

Got to do something with my outrageous bill.


Define "outrageous".
Posted by cheobode
Member since Dec 2017
1493 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 6:30 am to
Switched from AT&T to Boost. Was paying $160/month for 2 phones with 5gb of shared data. Now we each have unlimited (30gb cap) paying $50 total. Service is excellent unless you live in a very rural area. I usually get 5g speeds of 300-600 maps depending on where I am.
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
162490 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 7:07 am to
Bring your own phone and port your number

Consumer Cellular
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
162490 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 7:20 am to
Spectrum was the monopoly. They lie and jack prices. I took all my spectrum boxes to their local store-closed the acct after years of being with them.

Go online to T-Mobile home internet WiFi. Type your address. They mail you two white boxes and it is $70 a month. Internet WiFi. No issues. Easy set up plug one box into the other and set up your WiFi name and password.

On a streaming TV. ROKU TV or set up, get YouTube TV or Sling.
Posted by Tempratt
Member since Oct 2013
14904 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 8:44 am to
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$275 a month for three lines with paid off phones


With paid off phones? That is too much.
Mine is $260 with 3 unpaid off phones and a gizmo watch
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