US Cellular seems to be going to shit.  Who's the go to cell provider these days for down state coverage?

We've been using Patriot for nearly a year.  Love it!  I think around $60 a month with 40gig. and a hotspot that we need.  Mention our recommendation and we get a free month or some such...They invest in good stuff like promoting conservative school boards...no woke crap!

I believe they used to be on the Sprint network, now on T-Mobile. Do they still have the NRA member discount?

I'm not sure about NRA discount.  We were with Verizon for over a decade and we seem to have better coverage now.  Seem to be more customer friendly.

Thanks for the replies.   I have been with US Cellular since I got my first flip phone.   Cost is not an issue, but their coverage has been crap this year.  I loose service in and around Bloomington, and had no service in Indy during NRA.  Just last week, I was driving along and dropped a call and looked at my phone and saw the circle with a line through it.

I am considering T Mobile or Verizon, but wanting some real world user feedback other than their advertised coverage maps.

Patriot has provided better coverage for us than Verizon especially traveling out West.  They are a conservative company that I appreciate knowing profits aren't going to causes I disagree with.

T-mobile has been a desert in Nebraska, but they are picking up on building their network there. Usually starting at the county seats and working out.
Just to be clear, Patriot is an MVNO which is using the T-Mobile network.

I have traveled the whole country for IT work. A good deal driving to multiple locations to close to fly.

I have had the best over all luck with AT&T. and VMNO's that used AT&T network. I have had zero problems.

I have had anything from Blackberry phones that had my corporation ties in to their mainframe to receive service calls to flip phones to anroid to apple now.

Most people who have had signal problem is due to their phone or case. I've been standing next to people who couldnt make a call but I had great service. I had a candy bar type phone that received zero signal next to anothe phone that had service. (I had two lines for a while)

T-Mobile works great but does have dead spots. My house is one. Even though AT&T and Tmobile have towers close by.

US Cellular was good too but I had (have) problems with billing after I looked it over. That was back when you had plans and I went over almos every month. Example: 3-5-7 years I got a notice my bill wasnt paid in full. Last time I basically said I would sue if they put it on my credit. They said they removed it but shwed up every couple years.

My ssiter has verizon that did not work at my house but has since improved

MVNO?

Mobile virtual network operator. Either a company like AT&T runs another company like Cricket. Usually much cheaper. Or someone like Puretalk piggybacks on their network. Again much cheaper. I think unlimited is like 55.00 on Puretalk compared to AT&T