<p>any one have any suggestions for mom and 2 Ds? With text messeging? In SF?</p>
<p>We are leaving our current carrier…woohoo</p>
<p>SO need some advice before tomorrow</p>
<p>We have been very happy with our Verizon plan. It includes long distance, and the four of us share 1000 minutes. H travels frequently, and S1 is a student in another state, so this works well for us. We seem to have good reception wherever we are. Good luck!</p>
<p>I’ve also been happy with Verizon. Both kids and I have this, still at home child and I share minutes. Hubby has something else from work. I don’t remember how many minutes we have but we’ve never been over and college son and I can keep in touch without using minutes. I’m sure this makes for longer and more frequent calls from him. If anyone is in college (sorry, I can’t remember), ask other students. We picked Verizon because everyone said it worked best in him dorm and on campus. They were right. He says some kids with other carriers have to stand outside in the snow to get reception. I’d never hear from him if he had to do that.</p>
<p>my H is looking at Metro PCS- I don’t know much about it- for us the services seem fine, just wondering about the signal, etc</p>
<p>and we are looking at verizon</p>
<p>we have verizon has well- its good but their selection of phones aren’t the best- some of the problems with reception is with the phone not the provider so check that out as well.
I had an lg6100 which I was happy with except for reception occasionally- my motorola 710 is much better although it is huge compared to my previous phone.</p>
<p>Verizon has excellent reception in San Francisco. I’ve been with them since they were Air Touch and their customer service is tops.</p>
<p>I’m also a happy Verizon customer. We have the family plan (4 of us share minutes) and have always been satisfied. We previously had Cingular and find the Verizon service to be much more reliable (more coverage area, fewer dropped calls, better customer service).</p>
<p>Another happy Verizon customer. We also have a family share plan, D is able to call aunts and uncles who also have verizon through their “in” network-no burning of minutes and no extra charges. Always gets great reception wherever she is.</p>
<p>Add me to the Verizon bandwagon. Grandparents have Verizon in SF, Marin, and Santa Rosa. Kids have Verizon in MN and WI, and we have it in the NW. Works great when traveling. Their service maps cover almost everywhere. A couple of years ago when we were changing over from AT&T and T-Mobile, I think the only gaps in coverage for Verizon were small parts of Wyoming and Montana. D in MN is the only one who text messages. I paid $5/mo for that service for awhile, but she never hit that much in charges. She’s more of a talker than a writer. So now we pay for the messages she sends/receives which generally amount to about $2/mo. She and I also share the cheapest family plan (free phones) and have NEVER used the 400 peak minutes/mo.</p>