It all depends on the city you live in, the building your in, how far you are from the towers, the device your using... this whole thing is ridiculous. Who cares how fast their network is, as Verizon implements data caps, so who cares if they have 2Gbps down if you can only use 2GB of data. Where i live, the only contender who sucks on a repeated basis is T-Mob, though they are making strides to better their coverage, just hasn't happened yet in my area. I switched to sprint from Verizon when they upped the unlimited data price. I have great coverage with sprint, just as good as with Verizon, but the speeds are slower. I've heard AT&T in my area is also pretty decent in terms of speed and coverage.