Which cell phone carrier?

[cessna182b]

I'm thinking about getting a new Ipad and Iphone.
There are a couple of good carriers in my local area so that is not a problem, but a few times when we have been at remote airports, reception was ok on the AT&T phone, but not on the Verizon Ipad; and at other times it was reversed. I might just go with AT&T again, but I really don't like AT&T.
Who do you guys like for nationwide reception and decent pricing plans?

I see that many replies vote for Verizon. As a long time customer of theirs I'd say that the cell phone service is fine - but the data service has gone from great (in the early days of 4G) to generally lousy. Sometimes I have long waits , get stepped down to 3G then 1X (modem speed) - or get no service at all. Be that as it may, I wouldn't touch AT&T with a 10-foot pole. My solution is to use Page Plus Wireless. They use Verizon's network, so no changing phones is required. Prices are significantly better.

Dave

 

[tinerj]

We have been to every state west of the Mississippi and most of the southern states in the last 8 months and Verizon works everywhere -- except in a 300 x 300 ft square with our own home in the middle of it near High Ridge Missouri -- but Verizon sent some sort of hook up that let's the cell phone work through the Internet.

 

[One Short]

We have been to every state west of the Mississippi and most of the southern states in the last 8 months and Verizon works everywhere -- except in a 300 x 300 ft square with our own home in the middle of it near High Ridge Missouri -- but Verizon sent some sort of hook up that let's the cell phone work through the Internet.

Verizon doesn't work in the Missouri Breaks of Montana (when you have a flat tire and a rattlesnake is trying to help you change it )