Do ATT & Verizon Limit Towers for PayGo Phones

[5thwheeleroldma]

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??

[Naio]

The verizon website has separate coverage maps for prepaid and plan.

Linky.

(That link looks messed up, but I clicked on it and it worked. RV.net site formatting is just weirded out by the URL formatting.)
Moderator's Note: Fixed the link.


Click on 'Detailed coverage map for your area' and you will see options for prepaid, 4G, etc.

Depending on where you go, there may be no difference or a pretty big difference.

[K_Charles]

I have ATT pay as you go and the wife has prepay, mine is better at home but I think it's the phone. My pay as you go works everywhere hers does and it worked everywhere hers did when she had a plan.

[TomG2]

Verizon Prepaid has a lot less coverage as it is only on Verizon towers and not on towers where regular Verizon has roaming agreements. Try half of Missouri and Oklahoma for examples. I still use prepaid as it does have service where I need it.

[The_Texan]

BOTH restrict the users of any PayGoPhone to their own towers. They are not allowed the use of partner towers or roaming towers. The same is true of all the resellers like Walmart Straight Talk, Tracphone and others. If you think this is wrong info, call the company and ask them. I did.

[downtheroad]

We have Verizon (on a plan). We get weak reception at home and also got weak reception at home when we were with ATT.

We get excellent reception everywhere else with Verizon. I'm thinking our home is in a dead spot. I can drive a couple of miles and get great reception.