Verizon vs AT&T
Here's our situation: We'll be using devices for a personal wifi hotspot and wireless home phone when we RV in the U.S. We're planning to be in the southwest, and we'll probably at some point head...
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We have ATT phones, and a Verizon MiFi hot stop for internet.
Right now we are sitting at a Corps of Engineers CG 20 miles northeast of Dallas. We have great connection through the ATT phones - but the Verizon MiFi cannot connect. Neighbor in the next campsite is complaining about not being able to make a phone call with Verizon.
Every network had dead spots and places. In Ruidoso, NM last August - ATT was poor 3G - would barely load weather radar in 5 minutes. Verizon was perfect.
There are some very big areas in this country that neither network covers. Heck, probably 20-25% of the land area of Texas has no cell phone coverage. We've camp hosted at a national park and a state park - and neither had any cell service. For one it was a 30 mile drive to cell service - the other it was 6 miles.
We were planning to go with Verizon for the cell phones, but after traveling a bit - we feel that Verizon for a data plan and keeping ATT for phones is the best answer. (Also 20 gb per month with ATT for us than 10 gb with Verizon.)
Right now we are sitting at a Corps of Engineers CG 20 miles northeast of Dallas. We have great connection through the ATT phones - but the Verizon MiFi cannot connect. Neighbor in the next campsite is complaining about not being able to make a phone call with Verizon.
Every network had dead spots and places. In Ruidoso, NM last August - ATT was poor 3G - would barely load weather radar in 5 minutes. Verizon was perfect.
There are some very big areas in this country that neither network covers. Heck, probably 20-25% of the land area of Texas has no cell phone coverage. We've camp hosted at a national park and a state park - and neither had any cell service. For one it was a 30 mile drive to cell service - the other it was 6 miles.
We were planning to go with Verizon for the cell phones, but after traveling a bit - we feel that Verizon for a data plan and keeping ATT for phones is the best answer. (Also 20 gb per month with ATT for us than 10 gb with Verizon.)
