From pre- to post-paid...
Jan. 9th, 2008 02:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
strredwolfOn one of the down-times in programming, I checked into post-paid phone plans and WWAN cards at the suggestion of Bookworm.
I tossed Sprint without even looking at their site. I've heard too many complaints, both when I did a short stint at a wireless kiosk and at work. Plus, they recently were borged by Nextel and they're still having problems getting their act together -- so much the Consumerist was able to get them to set up a special hotline. The third strike is that they're CDMA, which doesn't fly if I go to Canada or overseas. They're out.
Verizon is also out, because they too are CDMA (although they're switching because their wireless part-owner, Vodaphone, is GSM and they also want to go with 4G LTE). The same with Alltel, and there's no word on them lasting.
Which leaves the GSM providers, T-Mobile (Deutche Telecomm) and AT&T... unfortunately, T-Mobile's coverage map is spotty, and there's no word on them having 3G service AT ALL.
So it's AT&T. At least I'm in an area with 3G data coverage. Guess I'm looking at a phone/datacard combo purchase.
I tossed Sprint without even looking at their site. I've heard too many complaints, both when I did a short stint at a wireless kiosk and at work. Plus, they recently were borged by Nextel and they're still having problems getting their act together -- so much the Consumerist was able to get them to set up a special hotline. The third strike is that they're CDMA, which doesn't fly if I go to Canada or overseas. They're out.
Verizon is also out, because they too are CDMA (although they're switching because their wireless part-owner, Vodaphone, is GSM and they also want to go with 4G LTE). The same with Alltel, and there's no word on them lasting.
Which leaves the GSM providers, T-Mobile (Deutche Telecomm) and AT&T... unfortunately, T-Mobile's coverage map is spotty, and there's no word on them having 3G service AT ALL.
So it's AT&T. At least I'm in an area with 3G data coverage. Guess I'm looking at a phone/datacard combo purchase.
