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Message: <blockquote data-quote="inactive" data-source="post: 1929150" data-attributes="member: 7488">I had AT&T for some 9 or 10 years.  I last had an iPhone 3G in 2010.  The dropped calls at the time were annoying, but didn't seem like that big of a deal.  After all, it was still better than I was used to back in 1999, right?In 2010 I got business phone through Verizon.  It's a basic flip phone, so I cannot comment on the data plans or which smart phone is best.  But the reception has been fantastic.   From what I understand, in Tulsa Verizon built their network from scratch fairly recently; in OKC they assumed the robust Alltel network with that buyout.  It's been far and away better than any AT&T service I have ever had.  I have probably had only 8-10 dropped calls in OK over 2 and a half years.If you travel, especially out west, I think you will find that difference is ever more pronounced.  In southern CA for example, an AT&T phone is pretty much worthless anytime you are in a valley (and all of the population there is the valleys), while Verzion holds it signal well.  In Michigan, I never lost signal with Verizon driving from Detroit across the state trough Ann Arbor and Lansing to Grand Rapids, save for when I was deep inside our corporate building there (where no phone had signal).  While driving though rural KS, I rarely lost signal; and I always had it in KC (I think tower sharing with Sprint helped out, since Sprint is saturated in KC).If you are looking for a one phone plan and would pay a bit more for the reliability, I would recommend Verizon without reservation.</blockquote>

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