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Mountain Wireless Cellular Carrier Reports
We gather information on all the cellular
carriers in the US to help you determine
which is 'best'. Wireless network performance
and coverage vary by location.
Start by choosing Your State. There, you can compare the carriers that
serve where you live or travel. For a broader review check our General National Observations, below.
Wireless Carrier Reports by State. Click on Yours:
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General US Network Observations:
We note the most geographic coverage
and
fewest complaints with Verizon Wireless. AT&T is nearly as good, but they have a number
of coverage and capacity challenges in both
western rural markets and in the largest
cities. Sprint often tops AT&T with service and coverage
in many markets and often has broadband superiority.
T-Mobile normally offers the best value with excellent
urban neighborhood-level coverage but somewhat
limited rural roaming. MetroPCS and Cricket have new but growing networks that serve
complimentary markets with an expanding lineup
of phones and good broadband services, but
both have some limitations outside urban
areas, although roaming is available. Nextel is slowly being absorbed into Sprint.
Some markets have additional
local carriers
that offer a better wireless
value, and we
include them on our State Pages. These include US Cellular, Alltel and several other small companies with a
number of consumer benefits. We often recommend these smaller carriers
over the larger companies. Also see Ratings of these carriers.
More Reviews:
- Pros & Cons of the Top Carriers Good and bad points of the country's largest
cellular companies.
- "The Best" We chose what we feel are the Top products
and services among several
cellular categories.
- Carrier Ratings A numeric chart ranking the major cellular
companies based on coverage,
pricing, customer
service, roaming and more.
- Report on All US Carriers An alphabetical list of reviews for all the
cellular companies we have
researched.
- Prepaid Reviews Our take on the various choices of Pay-As-You-Go
services.
- Discount Reviews Find the best web-only prices from the carriers
and the top wireless retailers.
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