| You may have heard it said that a cell phone is | | | | were conducted, two companies did extremely |
| only as good as the network it communicates | | | | well in both performance and customer service, |
| with, and that is a very true statement. So | | | | and they are Verizon and T-Mobile. It also became |
| although choosing the right cell phone for your | | | | apparent through most of the surveys that the |
| personal use will be important, the most important | | | | companies offering the cheapest service plans are |
| decision you can make when buying a cell phone | | | | usually not able to offer the best service or cell |
| is which network you plan to use.Unfortunately, | | | | phone network performance, so essentially you |
| it's not very easy to compare cell phone | | | | get what you pay for in a cell phone plan.These |
| providers head-to-head. This is because most | | | | independent reviews establish that both Verizon |
| phones that work on one network will not usually | | | | and T-Mobile had excellent reputations for |
| work on any of the other cell phone networks. | | | | performance with fewer dropped calls and circuit |
| So it's hard to make a direct comparison using | | | | overloads than most of the other carriers. In |
| the same equipment. It's also hard to compare cell | | | | general, several reviewers were of the opinion |
| phone providers because service can vary | | | | that Verizon's service was slightly better than |
| dramatically from one location to another. So how | | | | T-Mobile's, but the differences were very slight, |
| can you make an honest comparison of cell phone | | | | and hardly worth mentioning.It should be noted |
| providers regarding their performance and | | | | that T-Mobile uses a GSM network that is |
| service?Perhaps the best way to compare cell | | | | compatible with most networks overseas, making |
| phone companies is through massive consumer | | | | it an excellent choice for consumers who travel |
| surveys that get opinions from people all across | | | | internationally and want to be able to use their cell |
| the country on the various cell phone provider | | | | phone when they do. Verizon on the other hand |
| networks. Actually, several of these consumer | | | | works on the CDMA network instead, and is not |
| surveys have been conducted by some | | | | compatible with other international cell phone |
| well-known consumer groups and magazines. One | | | | networks.If you would like to examine the results |
| such survey collected information from over | | | | of the cell phone surveys even closer, you can |
| 50,000 people in 18 major cities across the US. | | | | find them at the web sites for Consumer |
| Another polled over 24,000 households regarding | | | | Reports, PC World, and J.D. Power and |
| their cell phone usage. So by compiling the data | | | | Associates, as well as others.Steadman Issenburg |
| from these large consumer surveys, some very | | | | writes on many consumer related topics including |
| clear patterns began to emerge that can be | | | | communication. You can find a cell phone plan |
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| buying a cell phone.On most of the surveys that | | | | by visiting our communication website. |