Verizon Top Rated Wireless Carrier, Followed by T-Mobile, Sprint and AT&T, Says Consumer Reports

CellphoneseriveConsuemrreprots.jpgConsumer Reports surveyed 50,000 readers in 26 U.S. cities, to find that AT&T had the lowest customer-satisfaction rating in 19 cities surveyed; Verizon ranked highest, followed by T-Mobile and Sprint.  The average bills without data were $80-$86 a month with data plans for AT&T costing $134 and  Verizon’s average cost $126. T-Mobile’s and Sprint’s average monthly costs were $114 a month.

Where AT&T was worst were high iPhone cities: San Francisco and New York.

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As Consumer Reports reported “Apple’s iPhones are the top smartphones in our Ratings-actually, among the best of all phones we tested, period-but their exclusive carrier, AT&T, was middling at best in satisfaction….If you’re readying to buy Apple’s phone, prepare for possible disappointment with its service and expect to love the phone anyway. Despite the network problems, a staggering 98 percent of iPhone users in our cell-phone-buying survey were satisfied enough to say they would definitely or probably buy the phone again. Only 79 percent of respondents who bought other cell phones said the same.”

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