Cellular Service reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 233 Reddit reviews across 42 subreddits and 45 posts to rank the best Cellular Service brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/vegaslocals, r/londonontario, r/sandiego, r/Bend, r/lakeland. Top-rated brands include Verizon (4.3/5), T-Mobile (4.3/5), AT&T (3.8/5).
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Reviews233
Subreddits42
Posts45
Brands54
Products11
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#1
Verizon
4.3
(48)
"Anything using Verizon cell towers."
"I left sprint/t-mobile for Verizon and was amazed when my iPhone 'actually worked'."
"I think Verizon is the best."
"Verizon has the best overall coverage."
"Verizon has the best coverage."
"Verizon hands down."
"Verizon is the best in town."
"I'm in SE Henderson and use Verizon with zero issues at at all."
"Verizon hands down."
"I haven’t had issues with my Verizon service."
#2
T-Mobile
4.3
(37)
"With T-Mobile I pay $15 total for two watches."
"I have T-Mobile, their international plan is phenomenal."
"T-Mobile 10+ years with zero issues."
"Had Verizon and T-Mobile. T-Mobile is the best in the 5G era so far."
"I use TMobile and never had any issues anywhere in Columbus."
"Switched from Verizon to T-Mobile... couldn’t be happier."
"TMobile was the best when I had it, now we use the Ting GSM network which uses TMobile."
"We have TMOBILE and have no issues."
"This shit is $35/no for unlimited everything."
"TMO has been the best by far for me."
#3
AT&T
3.8
(26)
"I knew I would never go back to Verizon."
"I do think you would have better luck with AT&T or Verizon in rural areas."
"Spoke with Customer Service and they hooked both watches up on my plan to be a flat $5 a month a piece here on out."
"I've been using AT&T for close to a decade, no coverage problems."
"...unless something major happens, I’ll never go back."
"Your with the best right now only competitor would be AT&T."
"I've had AT&T for years now with no problem."
"Get a cheap carrier on the AT&T network."
"I use AT & T without problems."
"AT&T and Verizon have a network that’s supposedly a bit cheaper."
#4
Google Fi
4.2
(18)
"Just switched to Google Fi and love it, much better than att or Verizon."
"Happy ProjectFi user here."
"I've been on Google Fi for several years now and love it."
"I've been using Project Fi for 2 years. It works great for me."
"I use Google Fi as my cell carrier and its $20/mo + $10/gb of data used."
"Running a company I have used a handful of services, I would recommend the following; Google-fi, ATT (especially FirstNet if you qualify), T-Mobile."
"Personally I use Google Fi, but have also used Verizon in the past and it was fine."
"I've had great success with Google through Verizon."
"I use Google Fi and have no complaints."
"Also pretty happy with Google Fi."
#5
Mint Mobile
4.0
(8)
"$15 a month for 3 years now and I haven't had a single issue so far."
"For simple play-around use, the Mint Mobile Prepaid Trial should grant you access to the T-Mobile 2G GSM network for a week on trial."
"I like Mint Mobile personally."
"Mint Mobile is cheap and the coverage in Springfield, IL is great."
"Mint mobile (runs on T Mobile) for $15/mo."
"If you buy a year's worth of cell service you pay $15 a month for unlimited text/talk and 3gb of data a month."
"MintMobility here. $180 - FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR."
"You can try the Mint Mobile trial for 7 days which is cheap enough for fun."
#6
Cricket
4.3
(7)
"I've got really great service with cricket wireless I've been with them for 6yrs."
"I just switched over to Cricket. $55 a month for unlimited everything and that includes roaming."
"I will take your advice and do the 14 day free trial from cricket and see if I have any congestion issues."
"Cricket $25 unlimited plan when you prepaid 3 months at a time $75 for BYOD."
"I use Cricket and it’s been great for almost every where."
"Not bad for the price and get good reception."
"Cricket is what I use, I get service from gulf breeze to jay."
#7
Visible
4.1
(7)
"Free I have visible+ with an iPhone 12 and awu2"
"It’s amazing, it’s run by Verizon and it’s made for college kids."
"$30/mo unlimited on Verizon towers."
"I pay $395/year for my cell + AW plan on Visible, so that works out to $32.91/month for both phone and watch."
"I’ve had great luck with Visible all around town for the past few years."
"I never notice bad service."
"I have been using Visible and that is Verizon as well and I am not happy either."
#8
Virgin Mobile
4.0
(5)
"They are great good service cheap plans"
"I pay 50 a month for 20 gigs I had no issues during rogers outage."
"Great service"
"I never lost service during the Rogers outage."
"I've had it for 6 ish years and it has been great."
#9
Telkomsel
3.8
(5)
"Haaaave you met our saviour Telkomsel by.U?"
"I prioritize good signal over speed."
"It's reliable, speed is OK."
"It's the most stable. Not the best."
"Speed lumayan, cuma mahal n kuota termasuk kecil."
#10
Bell
4.5
(4)
"Just go with Bell. Biggest service provider in the country."
"They have never given us issues with reception."
"We switched to bell. It’s expensive but I’ve never had a dropped called or experienced a dead zone."
"I don't have a single complaint, I always have service."
#11
Sprint
2.8
(6)
"Also have sprint and have had no problems."
"Can confirm. Pulled this with sprint a few years ago and got a great deal."
"I've never ever ever in my four years at UTSA had a problem with Sprint unless I was in the Science Building Basement for a lab."
"Sure as hell isn't Sprint, they are garbage."
"Sprint is shit."
"Fuck Sprint. That is all."
#12
Koodo
4.3
(4)
"Koodo is #1."
"Used Koodo since moving and had no problem"
"Never had any issues."
"Never had any troubles in my 10+ years with them."
#13
Ting
4.0
(3)
"I have used Ting for six years, my phone uses Verizon towers, before that AT&T."
"Get ting wireless or mint mobile. Ting is on the Verizon network."
"It works all over Polk with no issues for me."
#14
giffgaff
3.7
(3)
"Get the one with the best data allowance, job done."
"You do worse than a try a giffgaff sim."
"Giffgaff is another choice, but they use the O2 network which can be less reliable in some areas."
#15
Tello
3.3
(3)
"For $10 you get 1G of mobile data and unlimited talk and text."
"$10/mo unlimited calls and 1 or 2 gigs of data."
"Works very cheaply, although not very well"
#16
Ucom
5.0
(2)
"It's insane how low their data packages are."
"For around $10/m you get unlimited internet."
#17
Airalo
4.5
(2)
"They have a convenient app, good instructions on how to use esims, and have really convenient regional plans that cover all the countries I might use."
"Easiest is to just get an esim from places like airalo and the gazillion other esim providers"
#18
Xfinity Mobile
4.5
(2)
"Xfinity Mobile offers LTE service in the United States for the 4G LTE version of the Google Pixel Watch 2."
"Xfinity mobile has some good promotions and use Verizon’s towers."
#19
Telus
4.5
(2)
"Telus and no coverage or downtime issues."
"Telus"
#20
Cricket Wireless
4.0
(2)
"Cricket wireless has a cheap unlimited plan and uses AT&T’s towers."
"AT&T towers- GSM"
#21
Republic Wireless
4.0
(2)
"Republic Wireless."
"I like Republic wireless."
#22
Consumer Cellular
4.0
(2)
"I’d avoid the big 3 altogether and use an MVNO. I’m using Consumer Cellular on AT&T towers and pay about $80/mo for 3 lines with 10GB shared data."
"We have used Consumer Cellular for almost two years and seldom lose service."
#23
Total Wireless
4.0
(2)
"Total Wireless is owned by Verizon and is $30 a month for unlimited everything."
"I'd suggest trying one of the Verizon network MVNO companies. Total Wireless is really solid and incredibly cheap."
#24
Airtel
3.0
(2)
"For me jio works nice."
"I ported to Airtel from Vodafone."
#25
Vodafone
2.5
(2)
"I can guarantee that if you live exclusively in Metropolitain Melbourne, Vodafone outperforms it both in quality and coverage."
"Vodafone is absolute bullshit."
#26
Reliance
5.0
(1)
"There is nothing better than Reliance CDMA. It provides 1Gb High Speed Internet (1Mbps constant speed) at only Rs 94 (circle specific). Excellent coverage and awesome call quality."
#27
Beeline
5.0
(1)
"Excellent service."
#28
TIM
5.0
(1)
"They are the biggest telecom company in Italy and have the most stable coverage"
#29
eSIMgo
5.0
(1)
"It was perfectly reliable, never had issues."
#30
Aussie Broadband
5.0
(1)
"Will finally be going with aussie broadband and fucking optus off tommorow"
#31
Spectrum Wireless
4.0
(1)
"I would actually recommend spectrum wireless though. It's verizon's network."
#32
Lebara
4.0
(1)
"It's very cheap to call to US with them."
#33
Freedom Mobile
4.0
(1)
"Works fine for me."
#34
Oxygen
4.0
(1)
"I rarely have connection issues."
#35
Straight Talk
4.0
(1)
"I've used Straight Talk for years. Never had any issues."
#36
Pure Talk
4.0
(1)
"Pure talk offer first month free."
#37
Red Pocket
4.0
(1)
"For long-term service, I would go for Red Pocket's GSMT Plans."
#38
US Mobile
4.0
(1)
"I switched to US Mobile a few years ago and I’ve been very happy with them."
#39
Project Fi
4.0
(1)
"I like project Fi, if you don't use too much data (<2 GB) is good."
#40
Prepaid
4.0
(1)
"Best thing you can do when wanting the best cellular service is trying them all."
#41
EE
4.0
(1)
"EE is a top network in the UK, but it can be pricey."
#42
Lycamobile
4.0
(1)
"There are other good options that use the EE network, like Lycamobile. They're often cheaper."
#43
BSNL
4.0
(1)
"If it is good, then I will port my main business number from Voda to BSNL."
#44
Jio
4.0
(1)
"So I've ported that to Jio now."
#45
Tata Docomo
4.0
(1)
"Their data packs used to be reasonable"
#46
Metro by T-Mobile
4.0
(1)
"T-Mobile towers- GSM"
#47
Metro
4.0
(1)
"Metro has 25 unlimited plan and att prepaid."
#48
Aircel
4.0
(1)
"It's a lot cheaper than Vodafone or Airtel."
#49
eSIM
4.0
(1)
"Get an eSIM before you travel. For Europe you will pay around $1/gb of data."
#50
Boost
3.0
(1)
"I have Boost. If you get as far off the interstate as Pawnee you can lose coverage."
#51
MetroPCS
3.0
(1)
"Metropcs is alright, reception is a little bit spotty some places in town but for the most part it works just fine."
#52
Prepaid plan
3.0
(1)
"You can do the 200MB free plan on prepaid if you are really committed to keeping costs down."
#53
Freedom
3.0
(1)
"Downside is coverage, which isn't great outside CMAs."
#54
Rogers
2.0
(1)
"For me Rogers is the only one with coverage where I happen to live."
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