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I've had Sprint for a year. The coverage is fantastic, given that Verizon and Sprint have a reciprocal roaming agreement, so the coverage is as good as Verizon, but for ~$20 less than Verizon's. I highly recommend Sprint for this reason. The only bummer is they charge $10 extra per month because my phone is 4G capable, even though the only Sprint 4G in MI is in Grand Rapids. So to avoid this charge avoid 4G phones. Even with this bogus fee, it's less than Verizon. "Sprint and Verizon Wireless have a reciprocal data roaming agreement[15]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_Nextel#cite_note-14> that even allows for the use of Sprint Power Vision content like TV, movie downloads, and stream radio in Verizon 1x coverage areas." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_Nextel Brian Hoort | 517-355-3776 ANR Technology Services, MSU From: Richard Wiggins [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 11:27 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Need your help in choosing a new phone I think it's been well documented that Verizon has the best coverage in the US. But other providers may do just fine if you're not expecting service in the middle of the woods up North. On campus, various providers have strategically placed antennas. Some buildings are hard to penetrate. So your campus experience may not reflect service elsewhere. Someone from Telecom could maybe elaborate. /rich On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Gary Schrock <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: For me, Verizon has by far always seemed to have the best coverage anywhere I've been. ... My phone rang while I was working in a room in the basement here on campus, and the other people in the room looked at me and said "wait, you get service in here?" The only real times I've said I've been in areas without service in the US were in some pretty remote locations, and in those spots, nobody was getting service. Gary