I use T MOBILE and have very few places I dont get signal, really rural places possible to still get 3 G. I use the Samsung Galaxy 3 now and Im going to go to the NOTE 2...Walmart has them 100 dollars cheaper then T mobile stores, I went thru T mopbile or WIREFLY but the days of subsidized phones is ending and the costs of phones is going up...NO CONTRACT is the new retail model and will be popular....shop around, ask questions , Be sure it wont cost you to ROAM on others towers, TMOBILE has good deals with other carriers and I get free roaming...NationWide 4G, data plan that Links my Laptop with 5 G of data....