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why I went with T-mobile over all other carriers

look at this T-mo plan for $60/month no contract:
unlimited talk
unlimited SMS & MMS
unlimited 4g data (throttled at 2GB, but I will never use that much due to wifi)
no overage charges possible
free roaming on AT&T and Corr Wireless
free tethering!!
free mobile broadband!! (wireless hotspot)
free wifi calling!! (critical when you live in a dead spot for all carriers)
do you realize that if I got an Android 4g smartphone on Sprint, Verizon, or AT&T with all of those features above, I would be looking at $200+/month and I still wouldn't have the wifi calling
wooohoo! T-mo is the best deal in town BY FAR!

I went with the $30 100 minute/unlimited text/unlimited(5gb) plan. Pretty happy so far!
Trying it out compared to my verizon plan which is entirely too expensive, can make up the ETF in 5 months with the money I'll save with tmobile.
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WTF? said:
look at this T-mo plan for $60/month no contract:
unlimited talk
unlimited SMS & MMS
unlimited 4g data (throttled at 2GB, but I will never use that much due to wifi)
no overage charges possible
free roaming on AT&T and Corr Wireless
free tethering!!
free mobile broadband!! (wireless hotspot)
free wifi calling!! (critical when you live in a dead spot for all carriers)
do you realize that if I got an Android 4g smartphone on Sprint, Verizon, or AT&T with all of those features above, I would be looking at $200+/month and I still wouldn't have the wifi calling
wooohoo! T-mo is the best deal in town BY FAR!
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How is T-Mobiles 4G reception? And how fast is their 4G, in your experience?

sgsalas258 said:
How is T-Mobiles 4G reception? And how fast is their 4G, in your experience?
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There's no good answer to the hundreds of questions like this that keep being asked.
In general they have pretty fair coveage. But how would anyone know what it will be like for you? Like any carrier's service it's highly dependent on your location. For a rough idea go to T-Mobile.com and check a coverage map.
As for speed, it again is highly location-dependent. Also depends on you phone's capabilities. With an average phone probably 1-3mbps would be common in my area, sometimes double that. Check the coverage map.
From HTC G2 with xda premium.

WTF? said:
look at this T-mo plan for $60/month no contract:
unlimited talk
unlimited SMS & MMS
unlimited 4g data (throttled at 2GB, but I will never use that much due to wifi)
no overage charges possible
free roaming on AT&T and Corr Wireless
free tethering!!
free mobile broadband!! (wireless hotspot)
free wifi calling!! (critical when you live in a dead spot for all carriers)
do you realize that if I got an Android 4g smartphone on Sprint, Verizon, or AT&T with all of those features above, I would be looking at $200+/month and I still wouldn't have the wifi calling
wooohoo! T-mo is the best deal in town BY FAR!
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I used to envy the deals available in the US. No more though, that sounds like highway robbery.
$40/month.... unlimited calling (in, out, to anywhere in north america no long distance), unlimited data.

I can't wait to see what Republic Wireless does - http://gigaom.com/2011/10/31/republic-wireless-to-launch-19-voice-sms-service/

Crashdamage said:
There's no good answer to the hundreds of questions like this that keep being asked.
In general they have pretty fair coveage. But how would anyone know what it will be like for you? Like any carrier's service it's highly dependent on your location. For a rough idea go to T-Mobile.com and check a coverage map.
As for speed, it again is highly location-dependent. Also depends on you phone's capabilities. With an average phone probably 1-3mbps would be common in my area, sometimes double that. Check the coverage map.
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Agree with all of this. Asking other people on here about their reception/data speed is meaningless, unless they live in our immediate area. Reception varies drastically by location. Even around the same city. For instance, I get up to 4 Mbps on AT&T's HSPA+ network, at my office, and usually less than 0.5 Mbps at home. And these two locations are less than 15 miles apart, and both are well-developed suburbs around Boston.
Try asking around with friends and co-workers in your area if they have T-Mob, and what their reception is like.

WTF? said:
look at this T-mo plan for $60/month no contract:
unlimited talk
unlimited SMS & MMS
unlimited 4g data (throttled at 2GB, but I will never use that much due to wifi)
no overage charges possible
free roaming on AT&T and Corr Wireless
free tethering!!
free mobile broadband!! (wireless hotspot)
free wifi calling!! (critical when you live in a dead spot for all carriers)
do you realize that if I got an Android 4g smartphone on Sprint, Verizon, or AT&T with all of those features above, I would be looking at $200+/month and I still wouldn't have the wifi calling
wooohoo! T-mo is the best deal in town BY FAR!
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free mobile broadband!! (wireless hotspot)
Please explain? Free wired tethering to a PC - no problem, but free WIRELESS tethering??? I assume not stock rom?
free wifi calling!! (critical when you live in a dead spot for all carriers)
Not for all TMO plans. My plan takes away from my minute bucket with wi-fi calling. There's GrooVe IP. I just started using it - FREE voip - works with my G2 - Tmobile in the US. It costs $2 at Amazon Android Market. Integrates nicely with contacts, on stock rom. Unlimited domestic FREE voip - data or wi-fi.

Yes, we have plenty of dead spots in USA, it is a very large country as far as physical area.
In USA you have service most places though, especially the carrier Verizon, they have the best coverage of the country (and the crazy high prices to go with it)
however, my home, which is strangely in the middle of a big city, has no service from any carrier (sometimes 1 bar) and so wifi-calling is a must!
it is only small countries that are very high-tech like South Korea or Taiwan that have no dead spots.
The good thing about USA is that, so far, we have no censorship of our Internet.

m1l4droid said:
Really? I didn't know your internet was not censored! Oh c'mon! of course free (as in freedom) internet is part of the humans rights! Internet is one of the main reasons I want to leave this sh## hole.
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For the most part Milad, internet in the US ( and Canada and probably a good deal of EUR) isn't censored like it is in other parts of the world (Iran, China etc) We have other problems.
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m1l4droid said:
The thing is BD, we have the other problems you have too, have ALL the problems!
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I have the MOST problems. Try and top me....just try (and fail )
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Swicth my inspire for a vivid and can not connect to the internet

Hi!!
I have HTC Inspire with unlimited data plan and dicide to buy a HTC vivid, swap sims cards and notice that the internet didnt work. So I called Att customer service and they said that my Unlimited data plan is not compatible with Vivids "4g Lte" beacouse of my unlimited DATA. Therfore they said if i wanted to use the phone i have to change my plan and pay for each gig.. Any way iam determine to use my phone beacouse i just paid $200 for it (NEW out of the Box hell of a deal!! ).
Any ideas
how i can use the internet?
or change vivids 4 lte to H+ like my Inspire? ***I tried to set my network type WCDMA preferred, GSM only, WCDMA only, GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto, LTE only. But i cant chage to non of them just WCDMA.
At this moment Iam using an diferrent apn that i found in the XDA forum and my mobile internet works (DL Speed 5 to 7 megas), but my Wifi Thether wont give me access to the internet. (At this moment the phone is rooted and haves super user and is s-off).
Plz anyone can help be very aprecited!!

neomax10 said:
Hi!!
I have HTC Inspire with unlimited data plan and dicide to buy a HTC vivid, swap sims cards and notice that the internet didnt work. So I called Att customer service and they said that my Unlimited data plan is not compatible with Vivids "4g Lte" beacouse of my unlimited DATA. Therfore they said if i wanted to use the phone i have to change my plan and pay for each gig.. Any way iam determine to use my phone beacouse i just paid $200 for it (NEW out of the Box hell of a deal!! ).
Any ideas
how i can use the internet?
or change vivids 4 lte to H+ like my Inspire? ***I tried to set my network type WCDMA preferred, GSM only, WCDMA only, GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto, LTE only. But i cant chage to non of them just WCDMA.
At this moment Iam using an diferrent apn that i found in the XDA forum and my mobile internet works (DL Speed 5 to 7 megas), but my Wifi Thether wont give me access to the internet. (At this moment the phone is rooted and haves super user and is s-off).
Plz anyone can help be very aprecited!!
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If use this APN Setting http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338109

If you have unlimited data, you should be able to upgrade to lte unlimited data and pay what you are now. I did. Talk to someone else at att.
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megatronisabeast said:
If you have unlimited data, you should be able to upgrade to lte unlimited data and pay what you are now. I did. Talk to someone else at att.
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I had to do this but it has its downside. On my att account online it reads number of mb used out of 10238976 mb so it's not really unlimited. I was also informed when I went into my att store to get an explanation, that I would be moved from my unlimited plan to the tiered 4gb data plan if I went over 4gb in a billing cycle. I'm not sure if it's true or not but I'm afraid ill lose my "unlimited" at 30 a month if I push my luck. I never wanted lte since its not available in my area but they moved me to the lte by "accident" since I bought an lte phone. No going back once they switch you so be careful. I'm constantly at 2gb a month anyway so it looks I won't be using my phone as a modem when I travel.
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I will ask some one else and see if i can stay with my same contract... the thing is that they want to change my contract.

Definitely speak to someone else. You do not have to switch from your "unlimited" plan to a tiered plan to use the Vivid.

Apatche69 said:
I had to do this but it has its downside. On my att account online it reads number of mb used out of 10238976 mb so it's not really unlimited. I was also informed when I went into my att store to get an explanation, that I would be moved from my unlimited plan to the tiered 4gb data plan if I went over 4gb in a billing cycle. I'm not sure if it's true or not but I'm afraid ill lose my "unlimited" at 30 a month if I push my luck. I never wanted lte since its not available in my area but they moved me to the lte by "accident" since I bought an lte phone. No going back once they switch you so be careful. I'm constantly at 2gb a month anyway so it looks I won't be using my phone as a modem when I travel.
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If I'm correct I believe 10238976 mb translates into 1 Terabyte, and you will likely be throttled way before you reach 1tb. It is essentially unlimited (of course you could argue that 1tb is not unlimited, but if you really do go over 1tb, you're a douche for hogging up THAT much data)
If you are going to be sticking to LTE phones, I do highly suggest you change your plan to LTE Unlimited as the speed is just awesome Even at one bar LTE hits 7 ~ 10 down and 6 ~ 8 up, which is something that HSPA+ needs full signal to achieve.

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If I'm correct I believe 10238976 mb translates into 1 Terabyte, and you will likely be throttled way before you reach 1tb. It is essentially unlimited (of course you could argue that 1tb is not unlimited, but if you really do go over 1tb, you're a douche for hogging up THAT much data)
If you are going to be sticking to LTE phones, I do highly suggest you change your plan to LTE Unlimited as the speed is just awesome Even at one bar LTE hits 7 ~ 10 down and 6 ~ 8 up, which is something that HSPA+ needs full signal to achieve.
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Not a data hog like you suggest but I do use about 16 gig + when I travel. Have not been throttled yet so I'm not sure when they penalize you for using a service that you pay for
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Apatche69 said:
Not a data hog like you suggest but I do use about 16 gig + when I travel. Have not been throttled yet so I'm not sure when they penalize you for using a service that you pay for
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For usage such as that I would expect throttling in the future, however its based on market averages.
As for OP, what the rep told you is flat out untrue. Simply goto a cor store or call care say you purchased a new phone and want to register the imei and change to the appropriate data plan. Once the rep inputs the imei he will be able to switch you to the LTE version of what you have. As for apns use the pts once they change it.
Drew
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I too swapped my phones and all the rep did was register my IMEI and switch me to the LTE version of my plan.

Yup, unlimited data here as well. AT&T will do what they can to get you off of that plan.
After I upgraded my phone, when I called in to get Visual Voicemail setup, the girl I spoke with told me "it was all done". A few hours later, I started getting notifications that I was reaching my limit of 200MB on my data. She had actually switched me to the 200MB plan and never told me. I called back, spoke with a supervisor, he was very apologetic and put me back on the unlimited plan with the Visual Voicemail. They definitely have the power to do it but will try and talk you out of it.

What AT&T doesn't tell you is that they use the same Sim cards on all of their phones, even if they do not have LTE (obvious exception would be the iphone 4). So go into the store and request a new sim. they may be petty and charge you but it is better then losing unlimited data

At&t reps get paid on feature values, they could care less whether you're on an unlimited or a capped data plan. Just go to a corporate at&t store and them them change your unlimited hspa+ data plan to unlimited LTE.
If you are to lazy/stupid to figure that out then use these apn settings. Go into settings, wireless and networks, mobile network settings, apn settings.
APN: wap.cingular
Proxy: wireless.cingular.c0m
Port: 80
Username: wap.cingulargprs.c0m
Password: cingular1
Server: Leave blank
MMSC:htt p://mmsc.cingular.c0m
MMS Proxy: 66.209.11.32
MMS Protocol: wap 2.0
MMS Port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
APN Type Leave blank

What you should is leave att thats what ima do att sucks
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I always hated AT&T until I got to North Texas. The store guys are great & many know more than the upper level/tier tech support folks.
I got my Vivid on release day & kept the all time best plan ever which I have had for awhile now. Family unlimited data + messaging. For $45 I get unlimited data including LTE here in North Texas, + unlimited SMS & MMS on four different lines. It was a plan from back in the messaging/data war days. My rep. here in Allen is great & they no what's a good deal & actually tell customers what is best for their situation. Over my many upgrades they have always either told me to hang on to my plan, or just known better & not mentioned it.
I'll tell you one thing for certain, dealing with the stores in Texas sure beats the hell out of the California reps or anyone at 611 support. Whenever I have issues or need anything, I go into my local store & have always gotten great service. They've even involved me with sales a time or two when a customer says something like "well you just want me to buy that one because it is more expensive to upgrade", & I'll simply all what they want the device for mostly & then explain that AT&T still pays more for the high end device, so you may as well make them pay the highest subsidy & spend a few more bucks to get a device that will last & is likely to see a few updates. Buying a Vivid, SkyRocket or something like the upcoming Sony Ion, even if you have it for two whole years, it will likely perform better in spite of age & a few drops than the free or 29.00 dollar pan tech that will never see ics, let alone any update at all.
Other stores I've been in, when living in California, I'd get dirty looks for talking to customers, here they almost encourage it.

Well, I did all you guys told me to do.. change my apn, change sim and talk with customer service. After 3 days and continued fight with ATT, my unlimited data plan is not compatible ltg. I tried talking with att supervisor, Ing, and Customer Service "every body" and the answer is "not Compatible".. Those SOB even change my plan to $30 2 gig and now i am fighting back my unlimited data. I field a case and in Feb 2 i will have my unlimited data again...
Iam really pissed off with they had done to my contract. it was a big mistake in switching my insire for a vivid ltg.
If any one had this problem please replay...
PS: for the dude how told me stupid/lazy i am not neather of those and i did all i can in my reach, for matter of fact i use about 30 gig a mounth my insire.... So ill doing anything to protect my contract.... There for iam not JAJAJAJ

AT&T $65 Prepaid Smartphone Plan

So T-Mobile's 50MB hard cap on data roaming with the unlimited data plan is seriously cramping my style. Knowing that whenever I'm out of T-Mobile coverage area, my phone roams on AT&T, today I picked up a prepaid SIM on AT&T. I went with the $65 smartphone plan, just so I could try it for a month and see if I might want to switch from T-Mobile.
For those who don't know, it includes unlimited talk and text, plus 1GB of data. After using it tonight, I'm quite aghast at some of the restrictions AT&T places on these prepaid plans.
First off, prepaid accounts don't get access to MyAT&T, neither on the web nor the Android app. This means that the only way you can check your data usage is to dial *777*3# every time. To add insult, it only tells you the amount of data you have remaining, not how much you've used. Its easy to do simple arithmetic, but couldn't they show data usage in the same manner everyone else does? I've never seen anyone show data remaining in lieu of data used.
Next, it appears, for prepaid users anyway, that speedtest.net is blocked somehow. When opening the app, it finds a server, does the ping test, then hangs, unable to start a download. Trying it over WiFi works fine, so it would seem to be an AT&T issue.
Next, they do not offer any prepaid plan with more than 1GB of data. The guy at the store said that it will just cut off after you reach the 1GB cap, but the info sheet I got says they would bill $0.05 per megabyte, deducted from my prepaid account. This would NEVER work for me if using AT&T as my daily carrier. 1GB is child's play for me. I'd burn through that in a week.
Because of all this, I'm kinda faced with a predicament. I will either need to switch to an AT&T individual postpaid month-to-month plan with 450 minutes, unlimited texting, and 5 GB of data for $110/mo and get the vast coverage, or I can stick with my T-Mobile Simple Choice plan where I get unlimited talk, text, and data for $70/mo, but am limited to 50MB of data roaming. And before anyone mentions an AT&T MVNO like Straight Talk, it's not an option for me. I have friends that use Straight Talk with an AT&T SIM, and I can tell you horror story after horror story of data throttling headaches. In addition, most of them have had issues with traffic prioritization. It can be a real problem during heavy use times in this market.
So I'm going to go straight to the source and either stay with T-Mobile or go to AT&T. Any thoughts or suggestions? I'm really torn.
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You should check out AT&T's $50 pre-paid go-phone plan. If they don't recognize your IMEI, then you essentially have unlimited data (HSPA+ included), voice, and text for $50 a month.

dsass600 said:
You should check out AT&T's $50 pre-paid go-phone plan. If they don't recognize your IMEI, then you essentially have unlimited data (HSPA+ included), voice, and text for $50 a month.
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I assume you mean if they don't recognize the IMEI as a smartphone?
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oldblue910 said:
I assume you mean if they don't recognize the IMEI as a smartphone?
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Exactly.

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Exactly.
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Interesting. That may definitely be worth checking out. The bigger question would be, how long until that IMEI *IS* recognized as a smartphone? haha
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I recently switched to AT&T prepaid too so maybe I can help
oldblue910 said:
First off, prepaid accounts don't get access to MyAT&T, neither on the web nor the Android app. This means that the only way you can check your data usage is to dial *777*3# every time. To add insult, it only tells you the amount of data you have remaining, not how much you've used. Its easy to do simple arithmetic, but couldn't they show data usage in the same manner everyone else does? I've never seen anyone show data remaining in lieu of data used.
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While I agree it's kind of weird that they do that, I can kind of see why. With prepaid, you buy it, then drain it. This way, you can see how much you have left before you need to reload. I'm not disagreeing with you and saying it's good that they do it this way, I'm just saying that maybe I can see why.
oldblue910 said:
Next, it appears, for prepaid users anyway, that speedtest.net is blocked somehow. When opening the app, it finds a server, does the ping test, then hangs, unable to start a download. Trying it over WiFi works fine, so it would seem to be an AT&T issue.
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I've noticed this too. I can't get speedtest to work. However, I know that I am getting HSPA+ 15 when using data. I don't know how fast it is, but I am getting HSPA+ 15.
oldblue910 said:
Next, they do not offer any prepaid plan with more than 1GB of data. The guy at the store said that it will just cut off after you reach the 1GB cap, but the info sheet I got says they would bill $0.05 per megabyte, deducted from my prepaid account. This would NEVER work for me if using AT&T as my daily carrier. 1GB is child's play for me. I'd burn through that in a week.
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While one gig is enough for me, I can see if you use more. Technically, you can buy data in increments, at $25/gb. This can get expensive basically after the first gb. My solution? In your next paragraph.
oldblue910 said:
Because of all this, I'm kinda faced with a predicament. I will either need to switch to an AT&T individual postpaid month-to-month plan with 450 minutes, unlimited texting, and 5 GB of data for $110/mo and get the vast coverage
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Right here. If I found that I used more than one gb a month, I would go month-to-month post-paid, get better coverage (coverage isn't a deal for me, but whatever), get way more data, and get more options from AT&T, all for cheaper than prepaid. Basically, I'm paying $50/month for prepaid and getting 1 gb a month and 250 minutes (I barely ever talk on the phone, that's plenty). To add another gb would hike the price another $25 up to $75. For post-paid, I got quoted by a salesperson at my local store 450 minutes, 3gb, and unlimited texting for $70/month.
So basically, if I found myself using more than one gb a month of data, I would go post-paid, and that's what I suggest you do. That's my two cents, anyway.
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As for that $50 unlimited everything plan that was posted earlier: I've heard of people getting their Nexus 4 working on it, but that plan is for feature phones. Why does that matter? Since the plan is for feature phones, the data is throttled at 2G speeds. I can't remember using 2G, but I'm pretty sure even web-browsing would be painful at that speed. That's just what I've heard, anyway.

If you're having problems with speedtest go into apn and clear our everything but apn, mmsc, mms proxy
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Wow, in Canada people complain about 3 year contracts (I never sign them myself thank god), but our monthly prices are not this insane!
For $50/month postpaid I'm getting 500 minutes, unlimited incoming, unlimited calling between 6 pm and 7 am and on weekends, unlimited SMS, and 1 GB of LTE data. And that's on a subsidiary of Rogers which is Canada's AT&T pretty much.

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If you're having problems with speedtest go into apn and clear our everything but apn, mmsc, mms proxy
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That worked! I'm getting about 6 megs down and one meg up inside my apartment. That's about what I get with T-Mobile. I'll see what it's like outside with a good strong signal tomorrow.
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If you're having problems with speedtest go into apn and clear our everything but apn, mmsc, mms proxy
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oldblue910 said:
That worked! I'm getting about 6 megs down and one meg up inside my apartment. That's about what I get with T-Mobile. I'll see what it's like outside with a good strong signal tomorrow.
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Worked here, too. Now my only question is this: should I permanently keep my APN with just those 3 settings or does that lag only apply to the speedtest? FYI: I'm only pulling 3.6mbps down and 1mbps up with that APN on that test.

dsass600 said:
You should check out AT&T's $50 pre-paid go-phone plan. If they don't recognize your IMEI, then you essentially have unlimited data (HSPA+ included), voice, and text for $50 a month.
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The $65 plan the OP is on is a GoPhone plan. I also don't see your reasoning about the IMEI. Even if they don't have the IMEI in their database they can still see your data use and there is a 1GB cap regardless of type of data used (2G, 3G or 4G). The OP obviously needs a plan with more data and the only way to get it reliably is to pay for it.

kzoodroid said:
I also don't see your reasoning about the IMEI. Even if they don't have the IMEI in their database they can still see your data use and there is a 1GB cap regardless of type of data used (2G, 3G or 4G).
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Not sure if I fully understood your post. Are you certain that on the $50 Unlimited Call, Text, & Data GoPhone Plan that there is a 1GB cap even though it states it is unlimited on the AT&T website? If so, is that from experience?

a63548 said:
Not sure if I fully understood your post. Are you certain that on the $50 Unlimited Call, Text, & Data GoPhone Plan that there is a 1GB cap even though it states it is unlimited on the AT&T website? If so, is that from experience?
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The $50 unlimited plan only has unlimited data for basic phones, smartphones have to add a data package to this plan. Which now I think I understand the other persons post, he's claiming that since the IMEI is not registered it shows up as a dumbphone and he's able to use the $50 unlimited plan as is. I didn't even think of going with that option and paid for a separate 1 GB data plan with the $25 monthly calling plan. After I use up the 1 GB of data, which I never have, I should get charged the per KB fee. Of course once AT&T adds the IMEI to their database, if they haven't already, they will tell you you need a data plan to keep that service.

So as an update, I went to an AT&T store today and signed up for a postpaid account. 450 minutes, unlimited texting, 5GB data. Unfortunately I canceled the service 2 hours later. First, I get MyAT&T set up only to discover that the app has no widget and getting to your data usage requires 3 or 4 taps. Strike one. Both Verizon and T-Mobile have data widgets so you can check your usage at a glance or one tap at max.
Strike two was visual voicemail. After sideloading AT&T's visual voicemail app, it wouldn't work. I called AT&T's customer service and after looking, the rep (who was very helpful) said that he couldn't provision visual voicemail on my account because it's only included on LTE accounts. Unless the SIM was tied to an IMEI of an LTE device, visual voicemail on the N4 is a lost cause. I need visual voicemail because navigating past voicemail messages via the system prompts over the phone is a deal breaker. If you get a lot of phone calls and messages, visual voicemail is the greatest thing ever.
Strike three was the data speeds. I drove to five different areas of town doing speed tests and never got more than 2.6mbps down. At these same sites, I would always try the T-Mobile SIM and never got below 9mbps down. The other night at my apartment, I was getting about 6mbps down on AT&T prepaid, but it was late at night on a weekday. Clearly the network is going to be busier at mid morning on a Saturday and it showed.
Luckily, since I canceled within 3 days, I wasn't liable for any charges and basically we just called it a wash.
For now I'll stick with T-Mobile since they give me the stuff I've grown accustomed to, plus truly unlimited data. I'll just learn to live with the 50MB data roaming cap.
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Who is your MVNO?

Not on one of the big 4 here in the USA with your shamu? Since the Nexus 6 is mostly not carrier subsidized, I'm thinking this is a good place to find out what MVNO's people are using to save money If so, please tell us who your with, what plan your on with them, and why your with them!! And anything else you care to share both good and bad...

In the last year I have been on the following MVNO's...
Ting - Sprint
Ting - T-Mobile
Straight talk - T-Mobile
Straight talk - Verizon
Straight talk - AT&T
Google Project Fi
Cricket - AT&T
Page Plus - Verizon
Verizon Prepaid
AT&T Gophone
And have signed up for Harbor Mobile AT&T and Red Pocket Mobile Verizon. Haven't received the Sim's yet for the last 2.. Let me know if you have questions on any of these. Will be happy to report my results
In addition to that, I was in contract with the real big red dollar sucking Verizon and also was on the real big Orange AT&T on a company business plan.

I used to be on ting, then straight talk, then project Fi, then Verizon prepaid, now I'm on post paid since my wife gets a state of California employee discount and California now taxes prepaid. I liked ting and project Fi until I moved up to an area being ruled mostly big red only. I enjoyed project Fi, but had issues when I forced it to roam on Verizon. My phone number would change to a whole different area code!

chapelfreak said:
I used to be on ting, then straight talk, then project Fi, then Verizon prepaid, now I'm on post paid since my wife gets a state of California employee discount and California now taxes prepaid. I liked ting and project Fi until I moved up to an area being ruled mostly big red only. I enjoyed project Fi, but had issues when I forced it to roam on Verizon. My phone number would change to a whole different area code!
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I can say the same for FI. I am still on FI with one of my phones and I like that fact that I can, with a little doing have 1 SIM card that I can make work on all 4 of the big carriers here in the USA in the event of really needing it. I also noticed that when roaming on Verizon that the outbound caller ID was different... Not sure why. I also really like Wifi calling and texting, it works so well. It also works great when traveling internationally and has very good rates. At least in Europe where I have tested it.

I started out on H2O Wireless because it was cheap, but low data cap and slow speeds sent me looking elsewhere. I am now on Straight Talk (AT&T) $45/month 5gb LTE and it's awesome. It was between that and the Verizon ST plan, but Verizon throttles MVNO data speeds, so AT&T won out. Just gotta remember to remove the sim card when I update so I don't get AT&T's stupid app on my phone.

putridfoetus said:
I started out on H2O Wireless because it was cheap, but low data cap and slow speeds sent me looking elsewhere. I am now on Straight Talk (AT&T) $45/month 5gb LTE and it's awesome. It was between that and the Verizon ST plan, but Verizon throttles MVNO data speeds, so AT&T won out. Just gotta remember to remove the sim card when I update so I don't get AT&T's stupid app on my phone.
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Ha, been there done that with Straight talk.. Your right on!! Did you know that Straight talk now has a 10gb plan for 55$? Pretty cool.

I'm currently on Sprint Framily postpaid- $45 (actually around $52 with taxes) for unlimited data + talk/text with Verizon roaming. Over the years I've used everything from Virgin Mobile, Straight Talk, T-Mobile prepaid $30 5GB data plan, T-Mobile postpaid, MetroPCS, Project Fi and Verizon Prepaid.

I'm on Google's Project Fi. Love everything about it - switching between T-Mobile and Sprint, occasional Google's automatic VPN when connecting to open Wi-Fi, low monthly bill (staying under $35 p/month) with heavy Wi-Fi use, Wi-Fi calling and seamless switching to cellular, etc.

I've used freedompop off and on, great service and you can't beat free

crowsnestitsupport said:
Ha, been there done that with Straight talk.. Your right on!! Did you know that Straight talk now has a 10gb plan for 55$? Pretty cool.
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Woah that sounds like a great plan. I'm currently on Fi, I might just jump to Straight Talk. Now do I go CDMA with VZN or GSM with AT&T..hmmmm.

Harry44 said:
Woah that sounds like a great plan. I'm currently on Fi, I might just jump to Straight Talk. Now do I go CDMA with VZN or GSM with AT&T..hmmmm.
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Yeah!! Its brand new and works great!!! Def go with AT&T. With that you get simultaneous voice and data and uncapped data speeds. With the VZW one, you have no data while on the phone and your speed it capped at 6x6 up and down.

Dopamin3 said:
I'm currently on Sprint Framily postpaid- $45 (actually around $52 with taxes) for unlimited data + talk/text with Verizon roaming. Over the years I've used everything from Virgin Mobile, Straight Talk, T-Mobile prepaid $30 5GB data plan, T-Mobile postpaid, MetroPCS, Project Fi and Verizon Prepaid.
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That would be great except that where I live Sprint coverage lacks a lot Do you get 4G LTE when you roam to Verizon?

reinaldistic said:
I've used freedompop off and on, great service and you can't beat free
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Tell us a bit more about freedom pop.. I was reading some reviews and they looked ugly.. How does it work?

Chahk said:
I'm on Google's Project Fi. Love everything about it - switching between T-Mobile and Sprint, occasional Google's automatic VPN when connecting to open Wi-Fi, low monthly bill (staying under $35 p/month) with heavy Wi-Fi use, Wi-Fi calling and seamless switching to cellular, etc.
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FI is truly great! With root access you can force roam to all USA carriers. If you live where Tmo and Sprint have good coverage and aren't a heavy data user, its a no brainer!!

crowsnestitsupport said:
Tell us a bit more about freedom pop.. I was reading some reviews and they looked ugly.. How does it work?
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it's sprint based so take that as you may.
it's truly free (i haven't been feed at all after activation like 8 months ago ) however for free you only get 500MB data, 500txt and 200 minutes. you will get nickle and dimed at every turn and that's their bussiness model so if you understand the charges is fine.
here is the low down: they say 200 minutes and 500 texts, unlike others with which you can assume some other things you can't here: no voicemail, that's extra, calls are over data through VOIP, infrastructure calling and texting is extra, mms isn't included, that's extra, so on, you get the picture, 200 min 500 text 500 data. that's it.
that said, their fees for "the basics" are pretty reasonable: 7.99 gets you voice-mail, mms, infrastructure, tethering and data roll over. and unlimited minutes+text is only 10.99 so for $19 you get a pretty decent grandparent phone with 500 megs, 2gigs is $20 and 4 gigs is $35. which is sill cheaper than some...
i love using freedompop for my "leftover" devices, i use sprint ($45/mo for unlimited through framily) as my main phone but since I'm a phone geek i like to have extras, so once i upgrade i keep them alive on freedompop, i also have a "free" tablet from sprint that once the contract ended i put on freedompop. great experience so far.
i just realized I sound like a sales person lol but i promise I'm not. (and a sales person wouldn't say nickle and dime)

reinaldistic said:
it's sprint based so take that as you may.
it's truly free (i haven't been feed at all after activation like 8 months ago ) however for free you only get 500MB data, 500txt and 200 minutes. you will get nickle and dimed at every turn and that's their bussiness model so if you understand the charges is fine.
here is the low down: they say 200 minutes and 500 texts, unlike others with which you can assume some other things you can't here: no voicemail, that's extra, calls are over data through VOIP, infrastructure calling and texting is extra, mms isn't included, that's extra, so on, you get the picture, 200 min 500 text 500 data. that's it.
that said, their fees for "the basics" are pretty reasonable: 7.99 gets you voice-mail, mms, infrastructure, tethering and data roll over. and unlimited minutes+text is only 10.99 so for $19 you get a pretty decent grandparent phone with 500 megs, 2gigs is $20 and 4 gigs is $35. which is sill cheaper than some...
i love using freedompop for my "leftover" devices, i use sprint ($45/mo for unlimited through framily) as my main phone but since I'm a phone geek i like to have extras, so once i upgrade i keep them alive on freedompop, i also have a "free" tablet from sprint that once the contract ended i put on freedompop. great experience so far.
i just realized I sound like a sales person lol but i promise I'm not. (and a sales person wouldn't say nickle and dime)
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Good information!! I like it That was the whole point of this thread :good::good:

crowsnestitsupport said:
That would be great except that where I live Sprint coverage lacks a lot Do you get 4G LTE when you roam to Verizon?
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Pretty sure no LTE roaming. Just 3g or 1x. Luckily where I live Sprint has a great LTE footprint.

I am on Metro PCS. It is $60 a month with taxes and fees included for true unlimited data for the phone. No cap and no throttling. It also includes 8gb of hotspot data. It runs on tmobile towers. I have had att and verizon through straight talk, but I really like the fact that I dont have to worry about my data usage anymore.

T-Mobile's $80 unlimited high-speed, 7gb tethering. For a while I was angry with this because when I signed up I was on the $70 unlimited/5gb tethering plan, but for the first couple weeks I was borrowing a phone that I couldn't root (not because it was borrowed, but because the USB connection was effed and couldn't USB tether), so I exceeded the plan and had to change it. And that's when they decided to eliminate the $70 plan and go with the $80 one. But now the same plan is $95, so I'm considering myself lucky. And frankly 7gb tethering suits me better, because I like to play a lot of games and sometimes exceed the 5gb from watching videos for free gold/gems/energy/etc (I keep my SIM in my S4, USB tethered to my computer, with my "main" phone on wifi).
I've thought about switching to MetroPCS. But at this point, with the price increase in T-Mo's plan, I don't want to "risk" switching to save a few bucks because if it doesn't work out it'd cost me more in the end to switch back. I'd probably use Google Project Fi if I had "proper" internet at home, but right now, my phone is my internet. PdaNet was the best $8 I've ever spent.

So can any one please confirm that with the Nexus 6 on Metro PCS... Does WiFi calling and VoLTE both work OK?

Best MVNO youve used

This thread is to hopefully open up a conversation about the MVNOs that you guys have used and what your experiences were. Useful info are the model of G900 you use, what service provider it was (straight talk, cricket etc) and what towers they connected to along with price for service provided.
I was on straight talk with my G900P and had the unlimited talk/text with 5GB of LTE and unltd after that at snail speed for $45 ($43 with autopay) and it used at&t towers. I was getting 10 MBp/s and never really ran into service issues in Sioux Falls, SD where i live. I recently switched to H2O wireless for the same service but with 3GB of data. Same towers, same everything else but at $27/mo with autopay.
What do you guys use out there?

youdoofus said:
This thread is to hopefully open up a conversation about the MVNOs that you guys have used and what your experiences were. Useful info are the model of G900 you use, what service provider it was (straight talk, cricket etc) and what towers they connected to along with price for service provided.
I was on straight talk with my G900P and had the unlimited talk/text with 5GB of LTE and unltd after that at snail speed for $45 ($43 with autopay) and it used at&t towers. I was getting 10 MBp/s and never really ran into service issues in Sioux Falls, SD where i live. I recently switched to H2O wireless for the same service but with 3GB of data. Same towers, same everything else but at $27/mo with autopay.
What do you guys use out there?
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I use MetroPCS. I get 8 gb of data for 50 bucks. You can't go wrong. =)

sameog said:
I use MetroPCS. I get 8 gb of data for 50 bucks. You can't go wrong. =)
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Thanks! thats a tad spendy tho, and i dont think i personally would ever use 8 GB. But good info!

youdoofus said:
This thread is to hopefully open up a conversation about the MVNOs that you guys have used and what your experiences were. Useful info are the model of G900 you use, what service provider it was (straight talk, cricket etc) and what towers they connected to along with price for service provided.
I was on straight talk with my G900P and had the unlimited talk/text with 5GB of LTE and unltd after that at snail speed for $45 ($43 with autopay) and it used at&t towers. I was getting 10 MBp/s and never really ran into service issues in Sioux Falls, SD where i live. I recently switched to H2O wireless for the same service but with 3GB of data. Same towers, same everything else but at $27/mo with autopay.
What do you guys use out there?
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I use cricket 30 bucks a month unlim talk and text 1 g of data but either work or home im always on wifi i hardly use 500 mb a month
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been on net 10 for a long time and decided to try cricket and they seem cool i have a rooted unlocked sprint g4 that i randomly swap the sim out between that and my s5

TheMadScientist420 said:
I use cricket 30 bucks a month unlim talk and text 1 g of data but either work or home im always on wifi i hardly use 500 mb a month
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been on net 10 for a long time and decided to try cricket and they seem cool i have a rooted unlocked sprint g4 that i randomly swap the sim out between that and my s5
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right on! thanks the deal im gettin gon H2O is pretty solid so far, but am very open to suggestion from what y'all are using. Thanks for replying!

I'm on Boost. 40 a month, after auto pay, 5gb that grows up to like 8 eventually although I never hit my 5. Unlimited talk and text obviously.

just switched the fiancee over to H2O wireless the other day on her OnePlus 2, and its working quite well. It has all the LTE bands enabled on it unlike my G900P, so its speed blows mine away. $27/mo for 3 GB is pretty awesome!!

I've been using straight talk for couple years now. Never had any problems with them but if h2o is cheaper why not right?
Can I keep my number to switch to h2o?
Know if they use att or t-mobile towers?
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mario24601 said:
I've been using straight talk for couple years now. Never had any problems with them but if h2o is cheaper why not right?
Can I keep my number to switch to h2o?
Know if they use att or t-mobile towers?
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i ported my number from ST to H2O, they use at&t towers. Had it for 3 weks now and the service is pretty dang good. as good as, if not better than ST. Theyre running a promo right now too. Also can get a sim from amazon for a penny with free shipping without the need of prime

Does H2O's monthly pay ($27) include taxes & fees like Cricket's plans?

Man of La Mancha said:
Does H2O's monthly pay ($27) include taxes & fees like Cricket's plans?
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i looked at my bank withdraw and it was just the $27

H2o seems pretty good, price is awesome. Any others have experience with them?
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Any others have experience with h2o? Thanks
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I just switched to H2O from Cricket a week ago. For 36$ a month, I get the same amount of data as I did on the Cricket 45$ plan plus I have international texting. The problem is the speed. Everyone was saying the H2O network speed was unthrottled but I dont get more than 4mbps download, which is about half the speed I had on Cricket. Probably the most annoying issue is the lack of visual voicemail and the inability to use Google Voice or Youmail. I should have done more research before switching. I will be leaving H2O as soon as I possibly can.

medlord said:
I just switched to H2O from Cricket a week ago. For 36$ a month, I get the same amount of data as I did on the Cricket 45$ plan plus I have international texting. The problem is the speed. Everyone was saying the H2O network speed was unthrottled but I dont get more than 4mbps download, which is about half the speed I had on Cricket. Probably the most annoying issue is the lack of visual voicemail and the inability to use Google Voice or Youmail. I should have done more research before switching. I will be leaving H2O as soon as I possibly can.
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Good feedback, thanks. What state are you in?
I'm on ST now but wanted to switch. I don't use much data, maybe 3-4GB but I do see speeds of 18-24Mbps. I'm in SoCal. Maybe I could try cricket but I hear they also charge taxes fees which is why I wanted to change. ST comes to $48.90 per line after fees.
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I'm in Maryland. I was a Cricket customer for a couple of years and never had any issues with the network. The main annoyance was needing an app from the Play Store that was 10mb or more in size and then painfully waiting for the download. Youtube videos played fine. I read on forums that H2O speeds were not throttled like Cricket so I transferred my number. It was a big mistake. I confirmed with H2O customer support that data speed depends on the plan you purchase. For the 40$ a month plan data is capped at 4mbps, for the 60$ a month I was told they cap it at 12mbps. This is still comparable to the regular Cricket speeds. I should also add that the amateurish issue with the APN settings on H2O is baffling. There are literally dozens of different APN settings suggested online and to make things even more confusing the network speed is exactly the same no matter which one I use! The settings on the H2O website didn't allow me to use MMS. In summary, while I think the international texting is convenient, H2O is absolutely not worth the money.

medlord said:
I confirmed with H2O customer support that data speed depends on the plan you purchase. For the 40$ a month plan data is capped at 4mbps, for the 60$ a month I was told they cap it at 12mbps.
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I have a $30 H2O plan. I get a speed ranging from 8mbps to 40mbps, but mostly 10mbps.

I use Straight Talk as of recently and I don't really have any issues with them. I pay $45 a month for 5GB of high speed data (unlimited 2G after that) and unlimited talk/text. I use a Verizon Galaxy S5 and after it took literally 8 hours to activate, it is now working excellent.

Im using my ATT S5 on Straighttalk's 45/mo with 5GB. I may upgrade to their unlimited because I haven't been anywhere that I don't have great service except for some nowhere towns. I usually get between 25-50Mb down and 6-10Mb up using my S5 and my N6.

Ting. Best customer experience ever.