Truth Or Dare — What Is the Best US Cell Company?

Epsilon Eridani writes "I am returning to the US after an extended time overseas and upon my return I need to jump head first into the data enabled phone bandwagon. I have to admit ... I am lost as to what is the best company to choose. Before I left the US I used a Sprint HTC phone running Windows with the 'simply everything' plan to communicate and stay organized and a Sprint Wireless Card to connect my laptop to the world. Coming back several generations of technology later, what is the best set up technology-wise to link phone and laptop or two to the Internet? (Open source solutions accepted too!) Can the Slashdot community verify some of the claims on quality of service before I give my first born up when I sign a service contract?"

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Re:Agreed

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Here's why I like TMobile:

1) Ads - Catherine Zeta-Jones-Douglass
2) Parent Company - DT

Why I HATE and WILL NEVER USE TMobile

1) "* Great coverage in US. Every city I've been to has had solid coverage. I've only been to fairly large cities though."

  May have coverage for the snooty city slickers, but where I live and go I may as well carry a concrete block and string around as it would be more useful

2) "GSM network so most phones can be used overseas-- "

  GSM . . . HATE IT HATE HATE IT HATE HATE HATE !

  And most of TMobile if not all of it is now UMTS which is WCDMA, so thats better, at least its in the CDMA family now, but I hate GSM and its Eurotrash baggage.

They're total lack of meaningful coverage is the deal breaker.