You are a professor correct? See if any of those companies have some type of deals for people in your profession. Don't know if they do, but it might be worth a shot.

Stay away from t mobile. I have had att/cingular for the last 6 or so years and don't have any complaints.

 

nau gets 10% off plans for sprint...15% off plans for verizon. ATT website said i didnt get anything...but I should probably check the local stores...

 

I'm with 19Accord97... I've got U.S. Cellular, and haven't had a complaint for the 5 or so years I've been with them. It works great in the northeast, not sure about the rest of the country. And smaglik... you're getting kinda liberal with your usage of that dirty teabag, eh?

 

if you've got it, show it!

i havent looked into us-cell. I'll see what they have to offer.

 

just checked. no us-cell service in flag. thanks though. their coverage looks pretty good around here. kinda surprising.

 

My $0.02

I have T-Mobile. They have the cheapest rates and their customer service is the best, but their coverage and dropped calls suck.

I had ATT/Cingular/Suncom. Their customer service sucks and they've put wrongful charges on my credit report because they screwed up in their accounting. Also, when I moved back up north, rather than transfer the entire account to the parent company of Suncom which was ATT/Cingular, they closed my phone account, but kept billing me for service. This was corrected after about 20 hrs on hold and then they charged me a contract termination fee after the agreement was that if I went to their parent company, this would not happen .... this is what lead to the credit dispute (furthermore, Suncom cannot offer service in NJ, so they cannot charge this fee since my legal address had changed).

Verizon is the best cell service, but they are expensive.

I've heard that Sprint is excellent in NYC, but not elsewhere.

Good luck, because IMO, this is a decision of which suck the least!


BTW - A big part of my decision was based on the phone features that I wanted (QWERTY, Wi-Fi, Outlook).

 

very true. just like voting.

 

That sucks about US cellular not in your area. They are the cheapest here.

Let us know what you find, and if I were you, I would wait until Thanksgiving and Christmas...dont forget about that b/c they have great deals around then.

 

i have had AT&T/Cingular for about 4 yrs. no complaints and every phone that i have gotten has been great, and service is basically everywhere except for my house[&:], but thats why there are house phones!

btw, you can get the iPhone with AT&T! (if interested)

 

you should be able to get ATT 550 minutes and unlimited texting for 65 bucks.and if you already know you have service with them, not much need to change. unless you know someone that has another company and better service