What phone carrier do you have, how much do you pay, and is the service all that good?

Question

My dad is trying to find a better cellphone carrier, besides Cingular. Is verison all that good? T-Mobile? Sprint? Altell? MetroPCS?? Please tell me how much you pay, how many minutes you have, rollover, and if the service is extensive like if you can go anywhere and not rome or if just walking a few feet out of the city is roming all that...HELP!!!

Answer 1

Currently I have Verizon

Family Plan (2 lines)
700 Anytime min. shared
Unlimited M2M and N&W
250 messages on primary line (not free IN messages though)
I pay $64.19 plus tax, but I get a discount (usually the plan would be 74.99)
below is my experience with other carriers

I have had Sprint, Cingular, Verizon, and T-Mobile.

I travel a lot between Chicago, IL and Central Minnesota, and sometimes as far west as Utah and as far east as Boston.

From my experience Verizon has the best coverage overall, the one downside is it is probably the most expensive wireless carrier.
Cingular was good, no reception (or very crappy) inside most (not all-but most) buildings or in basements. "Network Busy" message every so often. Free roaming, but not unlimited. I was released from my contract for roaming too much.
Sprint was just plain bad, mainly because of billing issues and bad customer service.
T-Mobile was good, but I would get almost the same reception as Cingular, but it is cheaper (usually more min. for same $$$). Problem I had with T-Mobile is I would get a "Network Busy" message too often."

If you have any questions about the service I have had with any of these carriers I would be happy to answer them, just message me.