If you don't have Verizon is it safe to say you're a broke boy?

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AT&T for homos :umad:

No nikka, dont come in here lying "Verizon coverage bad where I live" :duck:

U cant afford it bum, sticc to ur metro + wifi, clown
 
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:dwillhuh:How do you roan when travel outside the country with Verizon, breh :patrice:
 
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OP was bragging about getting an iPhone 5C in 2016 though
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BrothaZay said:
AT&T for homos :umad:

No nikka, dont come in here lying "Verizon coverage bad where I live" :duck:

U cant afford it bum, sticc to ur metro + wifi, clown
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:mjlol: Pay outrageous fees for an antiquated, overhyped cell phone service brehs just because of their marketing.

Verizon is a :trash: cell phone company with outdated CDMA service. Also Verizon doesn't offer unlimited data (except for older customers who were grandfathered in on older Verizon plans). And try having 2 or more phones under the same number on Verizon or keeping your old phones to use with your new ones, as all your older phones are basically bricks with Verizon and can't be used under the exact same account/number just by swapping out the sim card

Also try using a CDMA based Verizon phone anywhere outside of the U.S when GSM is the worldwide standard technology for cellular service (but of course we know you wouldn't know this because you've probably never have left your backyard & let alone traveled anywhere internationally)

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What CDMA vs. GSM Means to You

"For call quality, the technology you use is much less important than the way your carrier has built its network. There are good and bad CDMA and GSM networks, but there are key differences between the technologies. Here's what you, as a consumer, need to know.

It's much easier to swap phones on GSM networks, because GSM carriers put customer information on a removable SIM card. Take the card out, put it in a different phone, and the new phone now has your number. What's more, to be considered GSM, a carrier must accept any GSM-compliant phone. So the GSM carriers don't have total control of the phone you're using.

That's not the case with CDMA. In the U.S., CDMA carriers use network-based white lists to verify their subscribers. That means you can only switch phones with your carrier's permission, and a carrier doesn't have to accept any particular phone onto its network. It could, but typically, U.S. carriers choose not to.

Many Sprint and Verizon phones now have SIM cards, but that isn't because of CDMA. The SIM cards are generally there for Sprint's and Verizon's 4G LTE networks, because the LTE standard also uses SIM cards. The phones may also have SIM slots to support foreign GSM networks as "world phones." But those carriers still use CDMA to authenticate their phones on their own home networks.

3G CDMA networks (known as "EV-DO" or "Evolution Data Optimized") also, generally, can't make voice calls and transmit data at the same time. Once more, that's an available option (known as "SV-DO" for "Simultaneous Voice and Data Optimization"), but one that U.S. carriers haven't adopted for their networks and phones.

On the other hand, all 3G GSM networks have simultaneous voice and data, because it's a required part of the spec. (3G GSM is also actually a type of CDMA. I'll explain that later.)

So why did so many U.S. carriers go with CDMA? Timing. When Verizon's predecessors and Sprint switched from analog to digital in 1995 and 1996, CDMA was the newest, hottest, fastest technology. It offered more capacity, better call quality and more potential than the GSM of the day. GSM caught up, but by then those carriers' paths were set.

It's possible to switch from CDMA to GSM. Bell and Telus in Canada have done it, to get access to the wider variety of off-the-shelf GSM phones. But Verizon and Sprint are big enough that they can get custom phones built for them, so they don't see the need to waste money switching 3G technologies when they could be building out their 4G networks.

CDMA vs. GSM: What's the Difference?
 
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