I'm from NJ originally. I currently live in Charlotte, NC. I was a store manager with Radioshack(RT 22 echo plaza, RT 22 union), I have had sprint as well as verizon.Sold them both too. I Never had a problem with Sprint in Essex county(E.O., Newark, Irvington, etc) or any where in Jersey(except that one bar in bellevile that nobody got service in). Personally I prefer Sprint. If you want better phones and technology get sprint. If want a more relaible network get verizon. Verizon offers similar options to sprint, but are usually behind as far as making them available. For instance Sprint came out with PCS to PCS call almost 2 years before verizons InNetwork. Sprints 3g Services are more user friendly than verizon. Verizons customer service ...
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I have a service company and had switch all our service from Nextel that I was with for 11 years. The switch to sprint was the best thing that we could have done. Our savings was about 1/3rd less than Nextel.We are located in central NJ and have never had a problemwith Sprint. With Sprint You are using 3G CDMA Tech at a fraction of the price of verizon. From a business standpoint Sprint is your best answer. But do yourself a favor stay away from cingular att and T mobil there GSM network works great in Europe but in the US there is just not enough towers to make your calls and the quality of the call to keep you satisfied. Just my opinion