Cell phone

When I was otr, Verizon wireless hands down has the best coverage in the lower 48. Excellent voice coverage and fast data speeds if you need that sort of thing.

Now that I drive just in Texas I use cricket, which is super cheap and runs off the att network. It works and my bill is just $67 all in, service, insurance and taxes.

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Depends on what you need. Verizon has the best coverage by far but I use my phone for everything, surfing, netflix etc, so I need data and T-Mobile has truly unlimited so that's what I choose. I rarely have trouble making a call but data is usually only in cities. But coverage has gotten better since I've been with them. Usually I can find a 4G easily.

 

Tmobile is expanding 4G pretty good. You have like 90% 4G (HSDPA/LTE) with Tmobile on I20 from Monahans, TX to Fort Worth, for example. While it did roam on AT&T for a bit, I had 4G almost the whole way from Flagstaff to Denver along US89/160/191 and I70.

 

Had to leave this, very poignant ...

 

Gonna give my t-mobile to my wife and take verizon from her hahaha

 

I know at&t & Verizon are the best, however can anyone tell how well cricket is?? mostly is it better then t-mobile, metro pcs or sprint?? how about on the road is it good in most states??

 

Cricket is on the ATT network. Its not as fast and latancy is higher then ATT but overall a good budget choice.