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Need to find a T-Mobile store that has nexus 4 for sale in your area http://www.google.com/nexus/4/retailers/
If you get the nexus 4 from T-Mobile these are there classic (phone discount) plans.
1)Unlimited Nationwide 4G
Unlimited 4G data on T-Mobile network for accessing the web, streaming music and HD video, and downloading cool apps—as much as you want. No limits and no overages.
$89.99 per month
2)Unlimited - Plus
Unlimited data on the T-Mobile network for social networking and navigating (up to 2 GB of high-speed data included)
$79.99 per month
Now if you buy the phone at full price $350 and get the value (no phone discount) plans from T-Mobile these are the prices
1)Unlimited Nationwide 4G
Unlimited 4G data on T-Mobile network for accessing the web, streaming music and HD video, and downloading cool apps—as much as you want. No limits and no overages.
$69.99 per month
2)Unlimited - Plus
Unlimited data on the T-Mobile network for social networking and navigating (up to 2 GB of high-speed data included)
$59.99 per month
Both plans require a 2 year contract but you save $480 in two years so just pay the extra $150 for the phone from Google
Even better plans
Family plan classic
1)$159.99 unlimited data
2)$139.99 2GB data
Family plan value 2 lines
1)$119.99 unlimited data
2)$99.99 2GB data
These plans down below have changed find the new prices here http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Packages/ValuePackages.aspx
Family plan value 3 lines
1)$139.99 unlimited data
2)$109.99 2GB data my plan
Family plan value 4 lines
1)$159.99 unlimited data
2)$119.99 2GB data
PREPAID PLANS NO CONTRACT
1)$30 100mins unlimited texts 5GB data
2)$60 unlimited talk and text 2GB data
3)$70 unlimited talk text and data
Update starting Nov 11 2012 if your on the classic plan and want to move to the value plan T-Mobile will not be charging a migrate fee
http://www.tmonews.com/2012/11/t-mo...p-migrate-customers-over-to-value-rate-plans/
Micro sim cards are free at T-Mobile store or 99¢ if you want it mailed to you.
Nexus 4 won't have WiFi calling http://www.androidcentral.com/nexus-4-sold-t-mobile-doesn-t-have-wifi-calling
Nexus 4 does have HSPA+42 http://www.tmonews.com/2011/06/giant-list-of-current-markets-with-t-mobiles-42mbps-hspa-network/
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The T-Mobile nexus 4 on contract is $199 with $20 per month for two years. So it totals $680
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Now if you buy the phone at full price $350 and get the value (no phone discount) plains from T-Mobile these are the prices
1)Unlimited Nationwide 4G
Unlimited 4G data on T-Mobile network for accessing the web, streaming music and HD video, and downloading cool apps—as much as you want. No limits and no overages.
$59.99 per month
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Are you sure this is correct? I thought that this plan costs $69.99 per month.
cabutr said:
The T-Mobile nexus 4 on contract is $199 with $20 per month for two years. So it totals $680
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$20/month for service? What plan is that?
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The real reason no one should buy nexus 4...is cause it suckx.
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$20/month for service? What plan is that?
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Its not for service but for the phone. Its part of tmobile value plan where one brings his own device OR tmo sets a financial plan for you where you pay small amount up front(199) and then 20 payments (of 20$)
So 600$ for 16gb version. But the plan is much cheaper than classic. 35 $ for 1000 mins and 10$ for 2 gb plan.
So its a win win get value plan and buy the ph from play store
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dralways said:
Are you sure this is correct? I thought that this plan costs $69.99 per month.
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I corrected the OP
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Right I am with $69.99 per month plan, but soon will be migrated to t-mobile value unlimited business plan which is like $54.99
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The T-Mobile nexus 4 on contract is $199 with $20 per month for two years. So it totals $680
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T-mobile corrected their original statement and said it will be $15/month.
nexus 4 uses a microsim right?
^Correct, like the iPhone. Though I'm not sure if it's free to get a microsim if you're already a customer.
I agree. For an extra $150, the ability of not having to sign a contract is well worth it. Google just turned the tech world upside down with the phenomenal pricing of the N4 and N10. Every other manufacturer will follow suit.
We win
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T-mobile corrected their original statement and said it will be $15/month.
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I see the article, seems compelling, but it didn't say what the $15/month is consisted of.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/29/t-mobile-unveils-holiday-lineup-nexus-4-htc-8x-lumia-810-to-l/
RushAOZ said:
Google just turned the tech world upside down with the phenomenal pricing of the N4 and N10. Every other manufacturer will follow suit.
We win
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Nope, they'll keep charging their regular price and hope no one will notice. Nexus devices aren't popular.
I'm just gonna buy the phone from google and stay on my $30/month T-Mobile pre-paid plan.
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^Correct, like the iPhone. Though I'm not sure if it's free to get a microsim if you're already a customer.
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Yes it is
RushAOZ said:
I agree. For an extra $150, the ability of not having to sign a contract is well worth it. Google just turned the tech world upside down with the phenomenal pricing of the N4 and N10. Every other manufacturer will follow suit.
We win
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Both plain require a 2 year contract or go prepaid for $60
hyusa said:
I'm just gonna buy the phone from google and stay on my $30/month T-Mobile pre-paid plan.
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That just has 100 mins
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I have a Dealer line so i don't have a choice, I have to get it outright but I'm Ok with that! I just don't have a micro sim card....anyone know if Tmobile gives them for free? Or can I cut it myself with no issues?
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Simer03 said:
I have a Dealer line so i don't have a choice, I have to get it outright but I'm Ok with that! I just don't have a micro sim card....anyone know if Tmobile gives them for free? Or can I cut it myself with no issues?
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I went to the T-Mobile store last week to get an Isis sim card for my GS3 last week and wasn't charged. After selling my GS3 to fund the Nexus 4, I had to go back to using a BlackBerry Bold 9700 that uses a standard SIM. Went in, asked for a SIM, they activated it and said have a nice day. You can cut yours down, but I'd go into a T-Mobile store first and ask for one.
Can I go ahead and get a microsim now so I can use the nexus when I get it, and still use my standard sim on my gs2 until then? Or can I only have one sim card at a time?
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That just has 100 mins
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I'm assuming he uses a VoIP solution for unlimited minutes via data like a lot of the $30 prepaid people do.
mbrinker96 said:
Can I go ahead and get a microsim now so I can use the nexus when I get it, and still use my standard sim on my gs2 until then? Or can I only have one sim card at a time?
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No cuz they transfer you info onto the new sim when you get it
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This is a heads up so take it as you may.
I just came from T-Mobile and one of the reps told me they had a really big meeting recently and T-Mobile is planning on retiring their unlimited data.
Signs that this might be true:
1: T-Mobile officially getting iPhone 5. We all know this means a flock of isheeps heading to T-Mobile for unlimited data and iPhone
2: LTE network currently rolling out. T-Mobile iPhone 5 will probably support LTE. So who really thinks you'd have unlimited LTE for around $70? Unheard of.
3: T-Mobile merging with metro pcs aiming to pass at&t as number 2 carrier. We all know the bigger a phone company gets, the less ****s they give about their customers.
4: all this new "unCarrier" crap they're dropping all has data of 2gb, 5gb and highest being 12gb.
I'm thinking this is all gonna happen either when the iPhone 5 is sent to T-Mobile or when their LTE network is solid enough across the boards. Let's look at Verizon when they got rid of their unlimited data and how LTE was spread almost instantly. But on the bright side, I believe from an article that I came across, they'll get rid of it and go back to throttling when LTE is out. What that means is when you go past your data allowance on LTE network, you get throttled down to 4g instead of edge/2g/3g.
Once again, this is all stuff I figure is gonna happen from all the recent changes going on. Feel free to comment your opinions and thoughts
Isn't that what they're doing now? Their plans just throttle you after a certain data amount, except the $70 unlimited everything(no throttling) plan.
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my confusion comes from when our FW was updated, our LTE radios got turned off.. - can anyone confirm this ?
so now T-Mobile is rolling out LTE, so where does that leave us ?
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my confusion comes from when our FW was updated, our LTE radios got turned off.. - can anyone confirm this ?
so now T-Mobile is rolling out LTE, so where does that leave us ?
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We were never suppose to have lte be on
Our phones. It never went for FCC certification for lte.
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They must be retarded to get rid of unlimited data
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nighthawk626 said:
This is a heads up so take it as you may.
I just came from T-Mobile and one of the reps told me they had a really big meeting recently and T-Mobile is planning on retiring their unlimited data.
Signs that this might be true:
1: T-Mobile officially getting iPhone 5. We all know this means a flock of isheeps heading to T-Mobile for unlimited data and iPhone
2: LTE network currently rolling out. T-Mobile iPhone 5 will probably support LTE. So who really thinks you'd have unlimited LTE for around $70? Unheard of.
3: T-Mobile merging with metro pcs aiming to pass at&t as number 2 carrier. We all know the bigger a phone company gets, the less ****s they give about their customers.
4: all this new "unCarrier" crap they're dropping all has data of 2gb, 5gb and highest being 12gb.
I'm thinking this is all gonna happen either when the iPhone 5 is sent to T-Mobile or when their LTE network is solid enough across the boards. Let's look at Verizon when they got rid of their unlimited data and how LTE was spread almost instantly. But on the bright side, I believe from an article that I came across, they'll get rid of it and go back to throttling when LTE is out. What that means is when you go past your data allowance on LTE network, you get throttled down to 4g instead of edge/2g/3g.
Once again, this is all stuff I figure is gonna happen from all the recent changes going on. Feel free to comment your opinions and thoughts
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This won't be true for the foreseeable future since their new marketing campaign is centered around the option of unlimited data. Remember LTE is a more efficient use of spectrum so it can handle a larger load than other network types. They've also probably done their research on what the average consumer uses in data so they priced their unlimited plan based on the law of averages.
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nighthawk626 said:
This is a heads up so take it as you may.
I just came from T-Mobile and one of the reps told me they had a really big meeting recently and T-Mobile is planning on retiring their unlimited data.
Signs that this might be true:
1: T-Mobile officially getting iPhone 5. We all know this means a flock of isheeps heading to T-Mobile for unlimited data and iPhone
2: LTE network currently rolling out. T-Mobile iPhone 5 will probably support LTE. So who really thinks you'd have unlimited LTE for around $70? Unheard of.
3: T-Mobile merging with metro pcs aiming to pass at&t as number 2 carrier. We all know the bigger a phone company gets, the less ****s they give about their customers.
4: all this new "unCarrier" crap they're dropping all has data of 2gb, 5gb and highest being 12gb.
I'm thinking this is all gonna happen either when the iPhone 5 is sent to T-Mobile or when their LTE network is solid enough across the boards. Let's look at Verizon when they got rid of their unlimited data and how LTE was spread almost instantly. But on the bright side, I believe from an article that I came across, they'll get rid of it and go back to throttling when LTE is out. What that means is when you go past your data allowance on LTE network, you get throttled down to 4g instead of edge/2g/3g.
Once again, this is all stuff I figure is gonna happen from all the recent changes going on. Feel free to comment your opinions and thoughts
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Are you a writer for androidandme?
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pwc realtor said:
This won't be true for the foreseeable future since their new marketing campaign is centered around the option of unlimited data. Remember LTE is a more efficient use of spectrum so it can handle a larger load than other network types. They've also probably done their research on what the average consumer uses in data so they priced their unlimited plan based on the law of averages.
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This ^ and I work for T-Mobile and they most definitely are not going to be removing unlimited data lol stop trying to spread silly rumors.
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This isn't really anything to do with the Nexus 4, right?
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Verizon dropped unlimited data plans after it lost the right to block tethering apps in the Android market.
http://lifehacker.com/5933152/the-right-to-tether-what-the-verizonfcc-settlement-means-to-you
T-Mobile already bans tethering on it's unlimited plan, but allows it on metered plans.
They just don't want to end up competing with home broadband providers. Why pay for FIOS, when you can tether LTE?
what? does it make sense to remove unlimited data after releasing new plans this week? thats a marketing and pr nightmare.
thread needs to be closed
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T-Mobile unlimited data isn't going anywhere. They just spent a fortune on their network in all aspects. Now GTFO!
I work for tmobile and I can tell you that unlimited data is here to stay
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Lol you all have your opinions. I'm pretty sure everyone on Verizon felt the same way thinking LTE meant unlimited data for more people. Just remember, before the "no cap" commercials, T-Mobile has always been unlimited. Its still gonna be unlimited to a point where you pass a certain usage. But hell, let's all wait and see
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Oh and just because you work for T-Mobile doesn't mean you know ****. I know a lot of idiots that work at T-Mobile that I have to explain stuff to majority of the time. To some people its just a job
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Oh and just because you work for T-Mobile doesn't mean you know ****. I know a lot of idiots that work at T-Mobile that I have to explain stuff to majority of the time. To some people its just a job
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Take a chill pill
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nighthawk626 said:
Oh and just because you work for T-Mobile doesn't mean you know ****. I know a lot of idiots that work at T-Mobile that I have to explain stuff to majority of the time. To some people its just a job
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You're no more credible than anyone else here, bud. If anything, you're less credible for posting a RUMOR (From a rep no less. Irony much?) that holds very little water considering how T-Mobile is very proud of being one of the only carriers to offer truly unlimited data. All you have done is create a flame topic for which you should be thrown in that fire. Don't tell people to comment their thoughts and opinions if you can't handle it.
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Yes u are true.......
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Does anyone really need more than 12 GB a month?
OP using no evidence to back his claim. OP is an idiot lock thread
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Update: It's official. http://www.aiowireless.com/shop/plans.html
Not quite as good as initially promised. Unlimited voice and text on all plans. You get 250 MB for $40, 2 GB for $55, or 7GB for $70. Also, 250 MB of tablet data for $15. On all the phone plans, you get unlimited throttled data after going over your high-speed allotment.
The fine print says maximum data speed of 4 Mbps, which is lower than the 7Mbps I can often get on AT&T's network, but still not bad.
They do have a bring your own phone program. They ask for your IMEI. I put mine in and went ahead as if I were going to check out, and they seemed okay with me using a Nexus 4.
When you go to the website, it may ask for your zip code before you can view plans. This is presumably because it's being test-marketed in certain parts of the country. The earlier reports were that test markets would be Florida and Texas. I entered a random Florida zip code (34105) and it let me in to view plans. I haven't tried signing up, but I think there's a pretty good chance you could sign up and enter your real Zip code.
My take on this now is that $55 is a little too high for what they're offering. I'll stick with Net10, with 1.5GB of high-speed data guaranteed for $42.50 with a discounted SIM. But if you regularly use more data, this could be a worthwhile offering. The $70 for 7GB of high speed data is pretty much unheard of for prepaid, so if you use that much per month, I'd jump on that.
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A website called Fierce Wireless has reported that AT&T will start offering a new prepaid option starting as early as June. The plan will include unlimited voice and texts, plus 2GB of HSPA data, for $50 per month. Once you go over 2GB, you'd be throttled back to 2G. The Fierce Wireless report doesn't clarify if it's HSPA or HSPA+ (in other words, is it 3G or 3.5/4G?). They may offer a plan with 5GB of high-speed data for $70, though that's undecided.
You can read the entire article here: http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/att-planning-june-launch-all-one-prepaid-brand/2013-05-02
I've never heard of Fierce Wireless, so I don't know if they have a good reputation, but the report is very specific, talks about things happening in the very near future, and is about a subject most trolls would find too boring to make up a whole fake thing about. Also, The Verge, which I consider a reputable source, published a story about the Fierce Wireless piece without doubting its truth.
Even so, this sounds a little too good to be true. In comparison, here are the other deals you can get right now with AT&T prepaid or MVNO:
PureTalk USA: $44 unlimited voice and text, 1GB data, $10 per extra 100 MB overage
Straight Talk: $45 unlimited voice and text, ambiguous amount of high-speed data.
Net10: $50 unlimited voice and text, 1.5GB hard data cap
AT&T GoPhone: $50 250 minutes, unlimited text, 1 GB data
Red Pocket: $60 unlimited voice and text, 2GB hard data cap
Black Wireless: same as Red Pocket
H2O Wireless: same as Red Pocket
AT&T GoPhone: $65 unlimited voice and text, 1GB data
Every one of these plans has a severe disadvantage vs. the new rumored AT&T plan. It's no longer possible to buy Straight Talk SIM cards from their website, and many customers (including me) have been throttled at much lower data levels than ever recently. PureTalk looks like a good deal but has insanely expensive overage charges. The others are either the same price or more expensive than the rumored AT&T prepaid plan, and you have to pay for more data if you go over, rather than simply being throttled down to 2G. Note also that most MVNOs are known for having atrocious customer service.
The comparison is especially stark if you compare it to AT&T's postpaid plans:
450 minutes, unlimited texts, 3GB data: $90
unlimited minutes and texts, 3GB data: $120
That's a lot of money to pay for LTE data, more coverage in unpopulated areas, and a subsidized phone every two years.
If AT&T really does come out with the rumored data plan, and they do give you full speed HSPA+ data, it could put a lot of their MVNOs out of business. And I suspect it will start to cannibalize their lucrative postpaid business.
So my guess is, AT&T will hobble this plan somehow. Either your data will be throttled to 1Mb down, or you'll only get 500 MB or 1 GB of high speed, or the price will be higher. Nothing about the way their MVNOs have behaved recently tells me AT&T wants to make its prepaid offerings more attractive. But I hope I'm wrong with that prediction.
Sounds too good to be true. Guess time will tell. Thanks for the breakdown of mvno's, getting ready to look into one as soon as my contract ends in a couple months.
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If they did I would probably directly my parents there. Right now I am on straight talk with t mobile and while its better and much faster in Atlanta I don't know about their part of KC. But they already have AT&T so they know what they'd be getting.
Meh, ATT still sucks around here (socal) they have good coverage but they still have call quality issues so I'll stick with Tmo but bring on the competition.
If this is true I'll be all over it
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My ex-wife works at AT&T and says she's heard nothing about this to date. They usually get info around 30 days ahead of a released plan so if this is in the works, it's quite a ways under the radar. I would suspect it'd be more of a working memo that got released or something but, hey, who knows? It'd be great to see them all finally start competing on price!
Bump because new information in OP about confirmed plans.
This looks to me like an okay deal if you want presumably better service, 2GB of data guaranteed, and to be throttled rather than shut off if you go over.
The $70 plan for 7GB looks like a great deal if you use that much data.
$55 is a good price, direct from ATT, and they seem to be far more honest about what they are offering. I still don't like ATT but this is the right direction for them to be going.
Has anyone outside of the cities listed tried putting in a zip code from one of the listed cities and then just have it shipped to there address outside of that city?
I'm on straight talk and hardly use any data but yet I'm still constantly throttled to the point that it's not usable.
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Has anyone outside of the cities listed tried putting in a zip code from one of the listed cities and then just have it shipped to there address outside of that city?
I'm on straight talk and hardly use any data but yet I'm still constantly throttled to the point that it's not usable.
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ATT or Tmo on straight talk? I never got throttled on either SIM using over 1gb/mo but I'm curious what you are using.
What I'm wondering is if they'll throttle people for steaming like straight talk or if they'll be more like T-Mobile in the way that you can do whatever you want with your data until its used up.
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What I'm wondering is if they'll throttle people for steaming like straight talk or if they'll be more like T-Mobile in the way that you can do whatever you want with your data until its used up.
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We won't know for sure until people start actually using the service and report back, but their terms of service do not say anything about streaming. They do say no tethering, and of course they give themselves an escape clause that "unlimited does not mean unreasonable," and you can't do anything that congests the network too much.
http://source.aiowireless.com/legal-info/terms-and-conditions-of-service.html
I'd be very surprised if they banned streaming. I've only ever seen that from Straight Talk and other services owned by the same company. AT&T has often been accused of prioritizing their own customers over MVNO people when the network gets congested. I wonder if AIO customers will get any priority at all.
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ATT or Tmo on straight talk? I never got throttled on either SIM using over 1gb/mo but I'm curious what you are using.
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ATT
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I have 500 minutes, unlimited text and unthrottled 4g LTE/HSPA+ data for 75/month from T-Mobile. Eff At&t prices. They do, however, have good coverage.
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ATT
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They are supposed to be more stringent
I called yesterday and they told me I can get service even though I'm not in one of the 3 cities as long as I do it online or drive to a city with a store.
Doing it online isn't a problem but she told me that right now you can only port your number if you go into a store and that porting should be available online within a week.
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Has anyone outside of the cities listed tried putting in a zip code from one of the listed cities and then just have it shipped to there address outside of that city?
I'm on straight talk and hardly use any data but yet I'm still constantly throttled to the point that it's not usable.
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I did and it didn't work. I got some error telling me to enter a valid ZIP code for my city and state, weird.
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I did and it didn't work. I got some error telling me to enter a valid ZIP code for my city and state, weird.
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When it just asks for your zip code at the beginning put in 77002. Later it should allow you to put in your real zip code and address
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Is this just another mvno or is it directly from at&t. I couldnt find anything regarding roaming and whether or not these are treated like mvno or at&t prepaid. How do you guys expect this to function during peak hours? Since they cap the speed at 4mb/s does that mean they have the same priority as postpaid on at&t?
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When it just asks for your zip code at the beginning put in 77002. Later it should allow you to put in your real zip code and address
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That's exactly what I did. It won't let me order using my zip code. Either it's a site glitch or they really don't want people outside the test markets ordering.
So it looks like pretty much every other prepaid carrier has its own thread so I thought I'd start one for the Straight Talk folks. I picked up my N5 a little over a week ago and switched both my wife and I (also has an N5) from Sprint. We'd been with them for a little over 9 years but in their LTE migration here in Portland their coverage went from decent to terrible. Thus far I'm very happy with the AT&T service, speed is good, cost is AWESOME, and I can tether without root so I retain work email functionality. I'm very pleased with the decision to dump Sprint and couldn't be happier with the N5!
With my ATT phone I could not tether unless I went to the high Gb plan. The unlocked Nexus, as you found, lets you do it out of the box.
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I did the same. Jumped ship from Sprint and went to Straight Talk, mainly because of the savings and Sprints bogus 3G & WiMax 4G. Tried t-mobiles $30 plan but the cell reception in my area was worse than what i had with Sprint. I was skeptical about going back to At&t as I had them before i had Sprint and was getting charged way more than i should have been paying for one line. I went with Straight Talk At&t and i have LTE coverage, a very reasonable phone bill, and no worries about extra charges. Definitely recommend to anyone whos looking for a reasonable bill and doesnt have good t-mobile coverage.
Me and two of my friends got nexus 5s and att st Sims and two of us networks say home. The other says at&t -_- good service none the less.
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Mine says home. It has said that for the past two years that I have been with them. Its not a big deal.
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Anyone able to get the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot to work? I have seen threads where the N5 and T-Mobile users has gotten it to work but none for the ST ATT users.
I dropped Sprint with another six months left on my contract, so it will cost me about $120 in fees, but it's worth it. I'll save almost $ 40 a month, so after just three months the ETF would have been paid off, and I really start saving.
I'm very happy with Straight Talk AT&T. I have superior data speeds, and my calls are clear with no drops.
My mobile hotspot works, too.
I've used a few different pre paid plans the last few years but none of them have been this good. At first I went for the cheapest plan but with low minutes thinking I would use voip or something but I would get extra charges.
Only thing I've worried about with this plan is data limits, but they cleared that up with an actual limit now. I don't really download that much anyways and have a lot of Wi-Fi access.
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Anyone able to get the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot to work? I have seen threads where the N5 and T-Mobile users has gotten it to work but none for the ST ATT users.
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Absolutely. I downloaded FoxFI but it looks like it's unnecessary.
I'm quite happy with att st for the most part (Salem Oregon). Tmobile data speeds are 2 to 3x faster, but limited service in doors of course.
The one problem I've had with strait talk that I've seen others confirm is the push delay. After an unknown amount of time of inactivity (usually a few minutes) the Google services port on st closes and you won't get new emails or hangouts ect until you refresh or the Google heart beat refreshes (up to 28 minutes).
Fortunately there's an app that lets you manually change the Google push ping to keep it alive. So I'm usually not more than 2 minutes behind on hangouts.
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What are some of yall using for the hotspot feature?
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If your on a custom Rom then the native hotspot works without any problem. Although alot of people use FoxFi.
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djkurious said:
What are some of yall using for the hotspot feature?
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I am on rooted stock and have been using the built in hotspot with no problems.
djkurious said:
What are some of yall using for the hotspot feature?
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I've used FoxFi and that seems to enable the factory hotspot. In any case it works.
One thing hardly anyone is mentioning is that Straight Talk cripples video streaming on 4G and LTE. Watching YouTube videos is pretty useless unless you switch to 3G which is still pretty crappy. Another thing is that MMS can be hit or miss on Straight Talk. Sometimes its fine and other times it won't work.
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mfenske said:
I've used FoxFi and that seems to enable the factory hotspot. In any case it works.
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enigma2446 said:
If your on a custom Rom then the native hotspot works without any problem. Although alot of people use FoxFi
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I am rooted and have tried FoxFi, the native Hotspot and neither work. It connects but won't let any data pass through.
I did my first month on the Nexus 5 with Straight talk, really have no complaints at all. AT&T's coverage is not anywhere near as good as Verizon, but it's damn well better than Sprint or T Mobile. I left straight talk for h2o Wireless as there's very little LTE out here with AT&T anyways. The data cap was just too small on straight talk.
H20 wireless $60 a month fit unlimited everything, no throttling.
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I did my first month on the Nexus 5 with Straight talk, really have no complaints at all. AT&T's coverage is not anywhere near as good as Verizon, but it's damn well better than Sprint or T Mobile. I left straight talk for h2o Wireless as there's very little LTE out here with AT&T anyways. The data cap was just too small on straight talk.
H20 wireless $60 a month fit unlimited everything, no throttling.
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I have read that H2O throttles that $60 plan after 3GB.
I am glad someone started an att straight talk thread. Can anyone with a VPN tell me if it works with att straight talk? I use a pretty common VPN provider which works no problem on WIFI but has very frequent dis-connects while on mobile. It is pretty much unusable while on mobile.
Yeah so I've heard they throttle.
The way I figure it. Att is best in my area.
45$ a month for unlim text. Minutes. And 2.5gb data. Is still cheaper then if I wanted to go sign a contract with att for service. I'd have capped minutes. Maybe unlimited text. And 2gb data. Not even unlimited with slow speeds...
So I get an extra 500mb. Free mins. And such. And its cheaper and no contract..
And I haven't found anything better yet.
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Now that the Nexus 6 is right around the corner, which carrier to you plan to use? Are you going prepaid or the traditional contract approach? Vote!
Cricket (att mvno) like I have for the past 9ish months.
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Now that the Nexus 6 is right around the corner, which carrier to you plan to use? Are you going prepaid or the traditional contract approach? Vote!
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Lycobile prepaid, they have a 23 dollar unlimited talk text and data plan (100 mb LTE speeds). This is the cheapest plan I could find and they have pretty good service. Not as good as Verizon in my area but much better than att. They just recently added picture messaging and it'll be perfect if that can add some sort of Wi-Fi calling because when in my basement service is bad but not a big deal
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I have a T-mobile grandfathered plan.
4 lines
1000 shared min (minutes never get above 200)
Unlimited texting on all lines
unlimited 4g (truly unlimited with no slowdowns on 2 lines)
All for $120
Will be buying off the Play Store
Gonna be using my N6 on my prepaid $30 T-Mo 5GB/100min plan.
Same here, TMO 5GB LTE /100min Walmart plan. Last month i used 2 minutes... A lot more on hangouts though.
Its already a nano sim so i don't have to change SIM(the new kits provide 2 converters to micro and standard sim)
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Gonna be using my N6 on my prepaid $30 T-Mo 5GB/100min plan.
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Davzone said:
Same here, TMO 5GB LTE /100min Walmart plan. Last month i used 2 minutes... A lot more on hangouts though.
Its already a nano sim so i don't have to change SIM(the new kits provide 2 converters to micro and standard sim)
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Wow I never knew about that plan. I might try it. For only 7 more dollars 5 GB of lte is much better than 100 megabytes lol. But is the 3g unlimited after the 5gb run out?
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abdel12345 said:
Wow I never knew about that plan. I might try it. For only 7 more dollars 5 GB of lte is much better than 100 megabytes lol. But is the 3g unlimited after the 5gb run out?
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Yes it is unlimited data/messaging with 100minutes of talk and you have 5GB of 4G data,then its slowed down to 2G speeds. Plus you can use the hotspot feature if you have an unlocked phone(now iam using an unlocked iphone 4 until my nexus 6 arrives)
Here:
http://see.walmart.com/t-mobile
The Walmart Exclusive plan for 30$
I'll be using mine on Verizon since I already have service there. But I also own a metro pcs family plan and I may put myself on there when I get tired of Verizon prices. Although I have unlimited data on Verizon.
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Lycobile prepaid, they have a 23 dollar unlimited talk text and data plan (100 mb LTE speeds). This is the cheapest plan I could find and they have pretty good service. Not as good as Verizon in my area but much better than att. They just recently added picture messaging and it'll be perfect if that can add some sort of Wi-Fi calling because when in my basement service is bad but not a big deal
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ultra.me is $18.89
what pre paid carrier got truly unlimited data ? I've been looking around it looks looks like only T-Mobile and metro PCs got truly unlimited any other carrier got unlimited data ??
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what pre paid carrier got truly unlimited data ? I've been looking around it looks looks like only T-Mobile and metro PCs got truly unlimited any other carrier got unlimited data ??
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Just those 2 for real unlimited.