I have Verizon Wireless and do well with it, based on my trips to Chicago and Milwaukee areas, as well as Gary Indiana where I live. I looked at the Americas Choice map for Laramie Wyoming and coverage around there will be spotty as it's near roaming areas. If you choose Verizon Wireless for your son, you should inform him to keep an eye on his roaming indicator carefully. I don't know how Verizon is out there, or the part of Indiana you're in, but it has done great for, even more so after I upgraded to the Samsung SCH-a650 on August 31. The Samsung SCH-a650 is a flip phone with some frills, mainly mobile web, get it now, e-mail, and text messaging. It's a tri-mode phone (CDMA 800/1900 and analog 800) so there'll be analog when digital isn't available on Verizon's network, but that's rare these days as Verizon is nearly all digital. Don't get new Motorola phones as they don't perform as well unless there's a strong signal in the area. I got lots of dropped calls with my old Motorola, and it was the 120c. If you look at family share, make sure you read the terms to that plan carefully, and go to a Verizon Wireless owned store. Not the authorized agent as the authorized agents aren't as knowledgeable, and their phone selections might not be current. As with any cell phone service, there will always be areas that'll be spotty, and that holds true in rural areas, but at least in northern Indiana, Verizon seems to be the only nationwide service that is making an effort to serve the rural areas, unlike T-Mobile and AT&T. You have 15 days to try out the service before you decide to keep it, so you shouldn't have anything to lose. I've had Verizon Wireless for 2 1/2 years and had few problems with them, unlike my mom and sister who had lots of trouble with Cingular and dropped Nextel after they got lost in Rensselaer Indiana and they went off the network, making the phone useless.
My son is going to school in laramie wy, I live in IN, I currently have nextel which does not work there, anyone know of the best phone and company to work with no roaming and good sound, don't need a camera. I am looking at the verizon choice network, in calling, nights and weekends with either the lgvx3200, or the samsung scha-650, I had verizon years ago and when they say can you hear me now< I couldn't hear a thing, dropped calls etc. I had the startach phone. Any suggestions? I expire shortly from nextel so i'm doing the number portability.

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