There is no doubt that Verizon has the best coverage, but is also the most spendy. Been with them all my life, but just switched to T Mobile for half price and their fine if you stick to the main arteries. I just learned something very interesting. In the more remote service area's, a flip phone will work when a smartphone wont. The reason is a smartphone requires 2 towers, but a flip phone only one tower. My daughter has a flip phone and it worked fine when my smartphone wouldn't. Another competitive site for phones and service is Ting.com Buy the phone, then very inexpensive per minute charge.