AT&T vs SPRINT

Good evening! I was doing research into this today, myself. We're due for a PMV shortly and our two Verizon phones will not work there---or cost us big $$ so we're going to do one of the pre-paid options. Right now....Tracfone is looking nice with the triple minutes deals, inexpensive phones and good coverage thru USVI and Puerto Rico. Virgin Mobile, AT&T Go Phones are also not looking bad.

As to long-term.....a current resident of USVI may be a better resource- but do weigh the costs of a contract commitment with the options of a no-contract carrier--- as I'm seeing once I'm free from Verizon, may not be worth anything to get locked back into a contract again!

Wishing you happy hunting!

The cheap phones don't have as strong an antenna as the higher end phones so the service isn't the same on a cheapie phone.

I sometimes buy a Tracphone during hurricane season as a back up, but I love my unlimited data plan. I'm going to help a friend pick out a phone this week, so may report back with more details.

I remember coming for my PMV with a Verizon phone and we thought, well, it's roaming, but how bad could that really be? Got a bill with $1,350 in roaming charges on it for the 5 days we were on island. Guess letting my son watch fireman sam videos on my phone while roaming was not a great idea 😉 Not that you were going to keep your Verizon phones, but just reminded me of the story from last year.

Surprisingly, when I broke my phone and had to go to the ATT store in Crown Bay for a new one I braced myself for an Innovative-type experience. I was out the door 12 minutes from when I came in with a perfectly working and synched new phone. Very pleasantly surprised!

I'm going to help a friend pick out a phone this week, so may report back with more details.

I just picked up a galaxy S5.... pretty nice piece of hardware, very strong antenna also... but it's AT&T so it's good to begin with.

I just visited last week. Go with Sprint. The have their LTE network rolled out there. We don't even have that here in Denver. Plus the data plan I have here covers 100% there. No roaming, unlimited etc.

Hey @meatman great to know! Is it true that Virgin Mobile uses Sprint towers and would work just as well? Anybody down there using Virgin Mobile?

att works awesome. they just lowered all data limits so loving it.

I think you'll find that Sprint is more "iffy" and more susceptible to your physical location than ATT.

I switched from Sprint to AT&T a couple of yrs ago.

Can you transfer your sprint number to AT&T?

I was able to.

My phone shows that AT&T has activated LTE on STT.

AT&T has had LTE for something like 2 years.