It still sucks. In downtown Baton Rouge, I had no Internet connection at all at the restaurant for lunch. Walking back to my client's office, I got a connection for a bit, and it was definitely faster than before, when I had it. But within a block, I had lost connection again. I've got 1 or 2 bars of signal strength and I've had a call go straight to voice mail without even ringing or registering as an incoming call on my call log. In short, C-Spire still sucks out of their service territory. But they're still the cheapest with good coverage 95% of the time for me, so I keep using them. I think I need to just bite the bullet and go to Verizon though.
C-Spire roaming data update.
- Thread starter patdog
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Be cautious with Verizon
Verizon has good coverage. Everything else about them sucks.
Thier plans have a limited amount of data included (2, 4, 6, 8gb not sure of the exact numbers). I have 2 phones with the 8gb plan that’s about $115 per month (phones are paid for. Would be $170 or so if not). Internet is reasonably fast, but runs out quickly if you ever look at videos. Forget about streaming all together. I watched about 15 min or so of a State baseball game on Watch ESPN when I first got it and didn’t know any better (had CSpire unlimited before) and burned through my data in about half the month. I was tired of constantly watching my data usage so...
They have an “unlimited plan” that costs about $15 more per month. I put “unlimited” in quotes for a reason. It’s trash. They put you as the lowest priority at all times. That translates into dialup like speeds. Internet is useless. Remember back in 1998 when you had to wait a minute for a picture to load? Verizon has brought that little piece of nostalgia back! I called to complain. They offered me the “beyond unlimited” plan. (Didn’t think you could get more than unlimited in the English language). That would bump me up to $155-160 per month. It’s a bait and switch. Offer up useless “unlimited” and after you see how ****** it is they up sell you to the next plan.
If money is no object, I guess Verizon’s ok. Otherwise, find a carrier with good coverage and decent (honest) plans.
Verizon has good coverage. Everything else about them sucks.
Thier plans have a limited amount of data included (2, 4, 6, 8gb not sure of the exact numbers). I have 2 phones with the 8gb plan that’s about $115 per month (phones are paid for. Would be $170 or so if not). Internet is reasonably fast, but runs out quickly if you ever look at videos. Forget about streaming all together. I watched about 15 min or so of a State baseball game on Watch ESPN when I first got it and didn’t know any better (had CSpire unlimited before) and burned through my data in about half the month. I was tired of constantly watching my data usage so...
They have an “unlimited plan” that costs about $15 more per month. I put “unlimited” in quotes for a reason. It’s trash. They put you as the lowest priority at all times. That translates into dialup like speeds. Internet is useless. Remember back in 1998 when you had to wait a minute for a picture to load? Verizon has brought that little piece of nostalgia back! I called to complain. They offered me the “beyond unlimited” plan. (Didn’t think you could get more than unlimited in the English language). That would bump me up to $155-160 per month. It’s a bait and switch. Offer up useless “unlimited” and after you see how ****** it is they up sell you to the next plan.
If money is no object, I guess Verizon’s ok. Otherwise, find a carrier with good coverage and decent (honest) plans.
Interesting. I don't use a lot of data or do a tremendous amount of streaming, but I do stream the occasional game on Watch ESPN. That would suck. That is one thing I really like about C-Spire is that their unlimited is truly unlimited. And for the 95% of the time I'm in Mississippi, I have no complaints. Just frustrating as hell when I leave the state.
The instance I mentioned with the Watch ESPN app, I had used my internet normally for the first few weeks of the month, then decided to stream the game for 15 min or so. Got the auto-texts Shortly thereafter that I was out of data. Any amount of streaming for me is a no-go and I can’t justify spending an additional $50 per month to do so. And I’m just assuming that the next plan up is capable. If I remember correctly, there’s another level up from “beyond unlimited”. Probably something magical like “super duper beyond unlimited”.
I have Verizon and stream a lot of video with no issues. Paying what I paid at Cspire. We made the move because we got tired of no internet or apps data outside of Mississippi.
I'm on Verizon unlimited and haven't had any issues with streaming or other data and never have experienced dialup like speeds. It's faster than any CSpire I ever had and gives much better coverage than TMobile or Sprint. It does cost more than the other carriers but I got tired of slow speeds and no service.
would second going to Verizon. I've had AT&T, CSpire, and Verizon.
AT&T and Verizon are comparable, but AT&T has the suckiest costumer service I've ever experienced. AT&T's bill would always fluctuate and never would be the same even with an unlimited plan. We would always go over on the other plans even though most of the time we were supposedly on WiFi.
C Spire had the best in Mississippi coverage, but it was garbage outside of Mississippi even in places like Atlanta and Dallas where I should have had plenty of coverage for data.
Verizon has the best overall coverage in areas. It used to be great on game day inside of the stadium, but it's only soso. It's a little more expensive for unlimited, but we also got great deals on phones so that I don't even pay for one of them. We actually pay less per month now for unlimited than we did with 16GB with AT&T. Costumer services has always been spot on and bill is the same every month. I will say they lie about service sometimes when you should have 4 bars, but it is only giving about 1 bar worth of service. It's still by far better coverage.
AT&T and Verizon are comparable, but AT&T has the suckiest costumer service I've ever experienced. AT&T's bill would always fluctuate and never would be the same even with an unlimited plan. We would always go over on the other plans even though most of the time we were supposedly on WiFi.
C Spire had the best in Mississippi coverage, but it was garbage outside of Mississippi even in places like Atlanta and Dallas where I should have had plenty of coverage for data.
Verizon has the best overall coverage in areas. It used to be great on game day inside of the stadium, but it's only soso. It's a little more expensive for unlimited, but we also got great deals on phones so that I don't even pay for one of them. We actually pay less per month now for unlimited than we did with 16GB with AT&T. Costumer services has always been spot on and bill is the same every month. I will say they lie about service sometimes when you should have 4 bars, but it is only giving about 1 bar worth of service. It's still by far better coverage.
We have an older Verizon plan with 30 gb of data and one phone and one ipad with LTE service. It is our only source of internet and my wife works from home using it. I watch Watch ESPN regularly and I think we have went over our data once in the years we have had it. I needed a new phone last year and went to upgrade and the girl at Verizon told me that my old plan had data that wasn't throttled after so many gigs of usage, her suggestion was to buy a new phone and keep my old plan because it was better than the new unlimited plans because it was so much faster. That's what we did. $160 per month for both lines and another 5gb of data is like $10 if I need it.
^^^ THIS is the reason I switched from CSpire to Verizon. I got fed up with data being non-existent once you crossed the MS State lines. I have the unlimited plan and have no issues at all. True it's a few bucks more, but it's worth it for the peace of mind that it will be there when you need it the most... which is away from home.
Check out Boom! mobile. https://www.boom.us/ I am on a 5 GB Boom Red plan, unlimited talk & text, it uses the Verizon network, and I pay $39.99/month, taxes included. Very happy for what I pay. They also offer plans through the other networks (different colored plans, I think yellow is Sprint?).
I have recently seen that they have a 10GB plan for $49.99/month; may switch to that soon.
Paying $160/month for a cell phone plan is for suckers.
I have recently seen that they have a 10GB plan for $49.99/month; may switch to that soon.
Paying $160/month for a cell phone plan is for suckers.
I have Verizon's unlimited plan and don't have trouble streaming (Netflix, youtube, live shows/sports, etc) at all. One phone. About $120 a month and part of that is paying for my phone. Granted I don't live in MS, so I can't speak on their coverage there.
Go Unlimited plan $130 a month is plan price for two phones not counting taxes.
I switched from CSpire to AT&T. There are huge gaps in calling area and LTE in the central part of the state on CSpire that it isnt worth having. If you stick to the highways, any company will do. I got a Verizon phone and their internet in rural MS is brutal compared to AT&T. Find who has the best coverage in your area and go with them. For my needs it happened to be AT&T
Earlier this year, I got stuck in Los Angeles with no data signal trying to hail an Uber. Nada.
I had to walk 2 miles through God-only-knows where before I could get a signal. That was the last straw for me. I am going AT&T for more money as soon as this contract is up. Been with CellularSouth/CSpire since 1999.
I had to walk 2 miles through God-only-knows where before I could get a signal. That was the last straw for me. I am going AT&T for more money as soon as this contract is up. Been with CellularSouth/CSpire since 1999.
I'm Cspire now and good in almost all of MS, but like others said, cross a state line and you might as well have a can on a string. It's spotty at best.
It wasn’t even crossing state lines. I live in oxford and EVERY time we went to Southaven or Horn Lake my phone basically became a paper weight
I've had AT&T and Cspire. Cspire from 2001-2014, then AT&T from 2015-2017, now back to Cspire from 2017-present.
I need coverage and Cspire had better coverage for me and my travels.
I need coverage and Cspire had better coverage for me and my travels.
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