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Jun 27, 2015

Do ATT & Verizon Limit Towers for PayGo Phones

I use ATT Go Phones and reception is not very good at my stick home. Thinking of switch to Verizon Pay as you Go phone, but wonder if it would be any better. Perhaps they do not use all their towers for Go Phone type phones??
  • Thanks for the overlay. The only thing keeping me from dumping the land line is an older sister living in Stephenville, tx. When I call her on my ATT prepay, every 5th word or so gets dropped. On my land line, it is OK. I know her phone service is poorly maintained there, so I think it is partly her land line. I'm wondering if I get a full subscription Verizon cell, not a prepay, the reception would be OK. I noticed in the overlay that prepay vs full seems very different in the Stephenville area.
  • 5thwheeleroldman wrote:
    Thanks for the overlay. The only thing keeping me from dumping the land line is an older sister living in Stephenville, tx. When I call her on my ATT prepay, every 5th word or so gets dropped. On my land line, it is OK. I know her phone service is poorly maintained there, so I think it is partly her land line. I'm wondering if I get a full subscription Verizon cell, not a prepay, the reception would be OK. I noticed in the overlay that prepay vs full seems very different in the Stephenville area.


    Borrow someones cell phone that uses Verizon and call her.

    We have Verizon full service.....used it for traveling FT.
    Had coverage/service most places.

    Then came off road....Verizon is very spotty but so is any other service at our house
    SO we have landline for home and Verizon when away from home.
  • I also believe those services have data speed caps on them as well, after you reach a certain limit down goes the speed.


    Ron W
  • 5thwheeleroldman wrote:
    Thanks for the overlay. The only thing keeping me from dumping the land line is an older sister living in Stephenville, tx. When I call her on my ATT prepay, every 5th word or so gets dropped. On my land line, it is OK. I know her phone service is poorly maintained there, so I think it is partly her land line. I'm wondering if I get a full subscription Verizon cell, not a prepay, the reception would be OK. I noticed in the overlay that prepay vs full seems very different in the Stephenville area.


    Are you in Stephenville ?
    The coverage area has nothing to do with her landline service
    Only the Cellular coverage area in Stephenville,
    Is your sisters phone pre pay Verizon?
    Or a landline

    Your pre pay Is only affected by the area you are in
    Unless you are calling another pre pay and then they area affected by the area they are in..
  • rjsurfer wrote:
    I also believe those services have data speed caps on them as well, after you reach a certain limit down goes the speed.


    Ron W


    What specific plan are you referencing? Verizon has 4G service on their prepaid plans. 1 GB included and $20 for each 3 GB after that. Phones can be used as a Hotspot.
  • TomG2 wrote:
    rjsurfer wrote:
    I also believe those services have data speed caps on them as well, after you reach a certain limit down goes the speed.


    Ron W


    What specific plan are you referencing? Verizon has 4G service on their prepaid plans. 1 GB included and $20 for each 3 GB after that. Phones can be used as a Hotspot.
    ONLY on Verizon towers, NOT partner towers or roaming agreement towers.
  • The Texan wrote:
    TomG2 wrote:
    rjsurfer wrote:
    I also believe those services have data speed caps on them as well, after you reach a certain limit down goes the speed.


    Ron W


    What specific plan are you referencing? Verizon has 4G service on their prepaid plans. 1 GB included and $20 for each 3 GB after that. Phones can be used as a Hotspot.
    ONLY on Verizon towers, NOT partner towers or roaming agreement towers.


    Correct, that is what I posted two days ago. That has NOTHING to do with speed reductions after so much usage that rjsurfer mentioned.
  • Between Verizon prepaid coverage and ATT prepaid coverage you will likely find that Verizon offers a wider area of coverage. My wife moved from ATT prepaid to Verizon prepaid and has had better coverage on her phone in places that we travel regularly than she had before.

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