parkwoodtech

I actually work in IT so I am aware of all that. There are 5 towers here in Rockingham County (the county north of Guilford County) that are still 3G. And the one that is closest to my house, which I can see the beacon strobe from here, hasn't been upgraded yet. I did run a test since I purchased a Boost phone got it yesterday. Where I can get 3G here in Eden, the speeds in some places are as good as Verizon's LTE. But move down the road a bit and it is horrible differences. Like Verizon is still at 15-16Mbps and Sprint is down to 2-3Mbps. But I have had Verizon for 2 years now and was with Sprint previously. I travel all over the Southeast and I am gone 4-5 days per week and home on weekends. Over the past few weeks I can not get signal in some place I used to be able to with Verizon. I have experienced a high rate of dropped calls. Also where I know I have gotten 4G before I can only get 3G now. I was happy with Sprint before I left, with the exception of some of my texts were coming 10-12 hours late and had some come 3 days after it was sent. Up to that point everything was good with Sprint. Then all of a sudden that happens. It went on for several weeks and multiple calls to Sprint told me there was no problem. Then mysteriously 2 days before I switched to Verizon everything was back to normal. I had already purchased my Verizon phones online and was awaiting delivery. But now Verizon is having issues and I am paying $350 a month for 4 phones and data. so I am looking for cheaper alternatives even if I have to pay full price for phones or "finance" them through the carrier. So I got this Boost phone to carry with me for a few weeks on my travels and see how it stacks up to my Verizon phone and if all is well then I might switch.

I am currently with Verizon. I used to have Sprint until about 2 years ago. I had issues with getting text messages several days late when I was with Sprint before. I am considering a Framily plan for my family. Right now at home I get 10Mbps with Verizon on LTE. I bought a Boost phone to "test" while I travel to see if I can deal with Sprint's 4G coverage. With the Boost phone while at home and in town I get 1Mbps. The tower closest to my house is one of the towers in the county that hasn't been upgraded. If they would get that upgraded I am sure I would be ready to get away from Verizon.