Audience goes crazy <| sep |> In the past it was the case that prepaid customers did not get access to the VZW Extended network , meaning they could ONLY use Verizon towers and not partner carrier towers like ATT , Sprint , whoever else . However , revisiting vzw . comprepaid and checking coverage maps , I don ' t see anything stating that is still true and don ' t see any difference between them on the coverage map either . Visit NEWREQUEST ? r e q u e s t t y p e n e wsearchcoveragetypeprepay and compare Voice Messaging to Prepaid to see what I mean . Also notice that below the 4 G LTE and Voice Messaging maps it states These Coverage Locator depictions apply to the following calling plans National Calling Plans , Mobile Broadband and Prepaid , indicating that this same coverage map applies to all postpaid and prepaid customers .