Am I making a mistake switching Verizon to AT&T

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   Right now, we are on Republic Wireless. I have had issues with both Verizon and AT&T that make those much less desirable options. Republic does use either Sprint (CDMA) or T-Mobile (GSM) networks, depending on which model phone. Mine uses T-Mobile but the great thing is if I have a WiFi connection, it will use that for calling and data, switching as needed to cell. It worked pretty well when we went on the cruise last August. Admittedly, T-Mobile's network is not as extensive as Verizon's or AT&T's, but WiFi makes up for that in a great part.

However, in this case, if one wants the television streaming of DirectTV, then AT&T seems to be the way to go. That is not something that interests me though.

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StephenH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6417	Topic: Am I making a mistake switching Verizon to AT&T Posted: 02 Mar 2018 at 10:19am
	Right now, we are on Republic Wireless. I have had issues with both Verizon and AT&T that make those much less desirable options. Republic does use either Sprint (CDMA) or T-Mobile (GSM) networks, depending on which model phone. Mine uses T-Mobile but the great thing is if I have a WiFi connection, it will use that for calling and data, switching as needed to cell. It worked pretty well when we went on the cruise last August. Admittedly, T-Mobile's network is not as extensive as Verizon's or AT&T's, but WiFi makes up for that in a great part. However, in this case, if one wants the television streaming of DirectTV, then AT&T seems to be the way to go. That is not something that interests me though.
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lostagain Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2595	Posted: 02 Mar 2018 at 10:36am
	Most companies in the communications business engage in some pretty deceptive practices, especially with their special offers and such. In my experience ATT/Direct TV is one of the worst. I am still involved in a protracted battle with them over a rate increase they tried to impose last March. I was promised 2 years of level pricing for Direct TV service, then they decided to double the rate after a year. I cancelled and they tried to charge a substantial cancellation fee. I received repeated abusive calls from their retention department and finally turned off the phone after call blocking proved ineffective. I have invited them to join me in court to decide the case, but they have so far only continued their harassment efforts, now reduced to once every 4 months or so. This is a deceptive company that makes many promises but keeps few. I had a work phone with ATT for many years and the service was good in some areas but not in others. The company wisely switch to Verizon and there was a noticeable improvement in service all over the country. As for international service, which I used a lot, there is no difference because both companies contract with the cell carriers in the country you visit so, with your international call sim chip, all you do is get rerouted to the local cell provider. i agree with jato, Glueguy, and Live2Camp.
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TheBum Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 Feb 2016 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 1407	Posted: 02 Mar 2018 at 4:08pm
	AT&T here too. It's the only carrier that has data coverage in the part of West Virginia where my mother-in-law lives. She's on our mobile share plan. Getting free mobile streaming of DirecTV Now content is nice too.
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karenkay1970 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 13 Dec 2017 Location: PA Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Posted: 03 Mar 2018 at 7:37am
	When I traveled for a living, many of my co-workers had AT&T I have Verizon. There were a lot of places they had no or poor service while I had no issues.

Olddawgsrule Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 20 Sep 2017 Location: New Hampshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 1014	Posted: 03 Mar 2018 at 3:00pm
	With much deliberation, I did switch to AT&T. I thank you all for your input as always, it does mean a lot! I took the risk and it workout for my area. Stronger 4g LTE signal. Though less than what Comcast offers (by half), I've yet to see any difference. Comcast is over-charing and Verizon is under performing. Now to see how it works on the road! More to come on this matter.
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