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Verizon has overtaken T-Mobile and AT&T according to users

Verizon, long known as the carrier that had fallen behind T-Mobile and AT&T immensely, finally seems to be catching up.

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Is it finally time for Verizon to make a comeback? | Image by PhoneArena
The battle between the major three U.S. carriers — T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon — rages on, and Verizon is doing very well compared to the other two. However, there is another aspect where Big Red is doing better than T-Mobile and AT&T: customer opinion.

Verizon is doing the best, according to you


In a recent poll, we asked users which U.S. carrier was, in their opinion, doing the best. This includes coverage, bandwidth, reliability, and the service-to-price ratio.

Unexpectedly, in my opinion at least, Verizon led the poll with over 48 percent of the votes. Considering that a new report has revealed that Verizon has surpassed its two major rivals in key areas, this isn’t too surprising in hindsight.

T-Mobile follows




Meanwhile, the un-carrier came second with over 42 percent of the votes. So, speaking in general terms, both T-Mobile and Verizon are pretty close in popularity among users.

For T-Mobile to get this many votes despite its recent price hikes, cancelation of grandfathered plans, and forced adaptation of the T-Life app says a lot.

AT&T trails in last place


Lastly, poor AT&T only got nine percent of the votes. Though hardly a bad wireless provider, AT&T just isn’t doing enough to stand out, according to you. The company is being left behind in key metrics and barely offers plans and promotions as exciting as the other two.

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What about you? Do you have any particularly strong opinions about any of the three major U.S. network carriers?

Which carrier is doing the best?
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Good to see Big Red making a comeback


Verizon, on paper, is still trailing behind T-Mobile massively in very important aspects. However, to see the company pulling ahead in some metrics and even user popularity is encouraging.

Verizon has gone through a lot of decline in recent years, and it has also been losing customers to its other two rivals. People have also been complaining about Verizon’s service for ages, with many swearing off of the carrier for life.

It’s just very unfortunate, in my opinion, that Verizon had to get to this point after mass layoffs across the company.
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