Go to Verizon and AT & t head

Barbara E. Hernandez, PC World

At&t, 6-8, the record in Apple devices, active 5200000 iPhone at&t has announced the recent early next year to lose the iPhone exclusivity Verizon, these numbers to quickly change there.

Analysts estimate that between one-quarter of the approximately half of all at&t customers to Verizon become available when the defect 1 month of the iPhone. Is not going to be worse at the iPhone market is saturated, and grow to use. You couldn't protect high Verizon sell iPad next week, asylum.

Verizon really better than at&t? Let's look at wireless facts.

1. Mobile hotspots

Unless you go mobile hotspots AT & t at least on the streets of San Francisco Verizon, providing connection speed and reliability of service--that is desirable.

Benefits: AT & t

2. Customer satisfaction

like at&t iPhone users who are not. They says online complain and say so in the survey. However, Verizon Messiah still be proven not. Will be soon coming aboard iPad, iPhone Verizon so far, who conducted a comparison test of the wireless network.

Benefits: Verizon

3. Capacity

You may recall that must spend $ 2 billion company service upgrades too announced the iPhone AT & t, load, and some are. And this, in contrast to the Verizon capacity by 13000000 customers, can handle future in two years, says analyst. However, at&t's new upgraded system is faster than at&t than ago.

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4. Price

Maximum system comparing one price, but differs from device. Verizon still unlimited data plan with 30 USD per month, smartphones offer yet at&t unlimited plan offers not. Verizon's mobile broadband from $ 20 per month per 1 GB per month might have up to $ 80 10 GB, several different hierarchies. In comparison to owner of at&t, iPad limit of 250 MB per month $ 15 per month or $ 25 2 GB offers (is need to purchase additional plans if you wait for the go beyond the limits or next billing cycle) and AT & t mobile broadband device other 2 year contract per month at $ 60 5 GB--starts, but price of Verizon's $ 10 cheaper 5 GB of data per month. Each netbook Verizon's annual $ 120 savings is.

Benefits: Verizon

5. LTE networks

Verizon and AT & t LTE networks have developed, but most of the news in speed and reliability. Up its network to 38 cities, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, the end of 2010, including Verizon ever rolled talks. Better than Service Verizon 3 G on at&t's response, news was.

Benefits: Verizon

How to move to at&t still oppose price and customer satisfaction to Verizon. T need to be competitive if expects to attract customers hold the key to new ones now has lost its monopoly Apple products it. Until then, I go to the Verizon says.

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