anyone using it with T-Mobile? hows the coverage? any LTE?
guess there is no LTE on T-Mobile :crying:
I just switched to cricket wireless for the same price as T-Mobile's $60 unlimited Senior plan. All I could get in Michigan was "E" edge on Tmo. I'm getting lightning speeds on Cricket H+(whatever that is?)
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Sold my 8gb Nexus 7 and replaced it with the 32gb HSPA+ version. Should be here Tuesday. I have an AT&T mobile share plan which I can use for $10 a month on it, but I'm also strongly considering T-mobile. Now here's my question - I know this doesn't run on the 42mbps band that T-mobile has (like the Nexus 4 would), but how are the speeds anyhow? Can I still expect greater speeds in the San Francisco Bay Area with T-mobile than AT&T's HSPA+ network? My Nexus 4 wasn't getting fantastic AT&T speeds, but not bad either. Ranged from 3-5mbps, with the occasional spike to 8mbps.
Just looking for anyone's experience, or other cities too. Curious how T-mobile typically runs in major cities on the 21mbps band.
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-Collin-
NYC area.
I need about 300 minutes a month and 2GB of data. LTE would be nice, but I'll settle for HSPA+42.
Don't care for text messaging (GVoice) but everyone's including unlimited these days.
if its a t-mobile htc one you can use straight talk and get 4g but no lte or you can use t-mobile to get lte
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if its a t-mobile htc one you can use straight talk and get 4g but no lte or you can use t-mobile to get lte
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planning to get the "developer edition" so that would mean unlocked and able to work with all gsm carriers right?
i'm in nyc so the area has been refarmed for 1900 MHz.
blahblahyoutoo said:
planning to get the "developer edition" so that would mean unlocked and able to work with all gsm carriers right?
i'm in nyc so the area has been refarmed for 1900 MHz.
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Yes it'll work with both AT&T or T-Mobile or any of their MVNOS but when you're outside of a refarmed area, you're more than likely only going to have Edge speeds. I'm on the $30 T-Mobile 100min unlimited text, and 5gb data but I'm actually thinking of switching to something like net10 (AT&T) or something of the sort.
net10 is good but after 1.5 gigs of data they shut it off and that's the only reason why I went to att
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I'm moving to Florida from Canada, and I'm having some trouble finding a good LTE plan there. I've checked out Straight Talk, AIO Wireless and Net10, but none of them seem to offer LTE? Is there a reseller, or a plan available through AT&T that offers LTE and possible calls to Canada? I'm using the Telus version of the HTC One.
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I'm moving to Florida from Canada, and I'm having some trouble finding a good LTE plan there. I've checked out Straight Talk, AIO Wireless and Net10, but none of them seem to offer LTE? Is there a reseller, or a plan available through AT&T that offers LTE and possible calls to Canada? I'm using the Telus version of the HTC One.
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at&t or tmobile. tmobile is no contract so that would be my first choice
Hate to say it, but check out att. They have a Canadian plan too for making calls into Canada.
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Hi all,
Speaking of LTE plans. Is there a prepaid LTE SIM you can suggest that will work on my International version HTC One? I'll be having my vacation in California and would like to have working LTE while I'm there. Grateful on your advise.
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Hi all,
Speaking of LTE plans. Is there a prepaid LTE SIM you can suggest that will work on my International version HTC One? I'll be having my vacation in California and would like to have working LTE while I'm there. Grateful on your advise.
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DrAgKurt said:
Hi all,
Speaking of LTE plans. Is there a prepaid LTE SIM you can suggest that will work on my International version HTC One? I'll be having my vacation in California and would like to have working LTE while I'm there. Grateful on your advise.
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As far as I can tell the only carrier that has decent rates on prepaid LTE is T-Mobile right now ($30/month with 200 voice minutes, unlimited texting, 5GB data). That said, they have a very small LTE footprint. AT&T's prepaid GoPhone service now has LTE support but it's a lot more expensive.
Either tmobile unlimited lte for 70$ a month or att which will cost more but you will get better coverage outside of cities. Plus they have plans to call to canda but if you get tmobile you can WiFi call to canada for free I believe with certain tmobile plans. If you won't be traveling on highways or to rural areas get tmobile for sure but if coverage is important for you and you would like speeds greater than edge outside of any major city get att but your looking easily over 100$ a month
Tmobile unlimited everything
And they don't slow your speeds down anymore
You can get unlimited minutes with att if you pay for it but you will not get unlimited data 30$ for 3 gb 10$ a gb after that never gets slowed down either but you pay for overages.
Really it all comes down to were you will be and travel and how important coverage is to you
I have att bit I travel out if cities all the time and go to metros and rural areas so I have to have att I can't be on edge every time I leave the city. You will still be able to make calls with tmobile but forget about getting on internet if your not in a populated area
It all comes down to preference but those are you two best options
Sprint is worse than tmobile for coverage and they don't have SIM cards only t mobile and att
My personal opinion to you though is if money isn't a issue get att you will get way better coverage and way better lte
I'm talking 60mbps + dl 20 + ul
Depending on area of course but I've never seen tmobile with these speeds and I live in Oklahoma city Oklahoma so if I get that here with att image what att would be in Florida
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Hi, I just got a N910A from Amazon for my ting gsm service which uses T-mobile. However, Ting tells me that while it supports the t-mobile LTE bands it does not support HSPDA or HSPDA+ meaning I get no 3g correct? I was in an area today with no LTE today and I got 2g, so I guess this is true? For some reason the N910A was $600 ($200 rebate from Samsung) but the N910T is $749! That is why I got the N910A but now I am thinking I regret it.
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Hi, I just got a N910A from Amazon for my ting gsm service which uses T-mobile. However, Ting tells me that while it supports the t-mobile LTE bands it does not support HSPDA or HSPDA+ meaning I get no 3g correct? I was in an area today with no LTE today and I got 2g, so I guess this is true? For some reason the N910A was $600 ($200 rebate from Samsung) but the N910T is $749! That is why I got the N910A but now I am thinking I regret it.
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I don't know why you are getting 3g. You need to see what Ting uses for bands for 3g. The Tmobile note 4 and the At&t note for use identical antennas. So it should not be an issue.
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mike240se said:
Hi, I just got a N910A from Amazon for my ting gsm service which uses T-mobile. However, Ting tells me that while it supports the t-mobile LTE bands it does not support HSPDA or HSPDA+ meaning I get no 3g correct? I was in an area today with no LTE today and I got 2g, so I guess this is true? For some reason the N910A was $600 ($200 rebate from Samsung) but the N910T is $749! That is why I got the N910A but now I am thinking I regret it.
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I don't know why you are getting 3g. You need to see what Ting uses for bands for 3g. The Tmobile note 4 and the At&t note for use identical antennas. So it should not be an issue.
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Actually AT&T's version doesn't have AWS (1700 down, 2100 up) which T-mobile's 3G/LTE. mainly use unless you are in a refarm area (1900), even then you will get spotty signal.
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Actually AT&T's version doesn't have AWS (1700 down, 2100 up) which T-mobile's 3G/LTE. mainly use unless you are in a refarm area (1900), even then you will get spotty signal.
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Yeah, that is what Ting says. I am going to send back the N910A and get the N910T instead, I cant live without 3G and HSPDA+, a huge amount of the area uses it and 2G is so slow it doesnt even work.
Currently on Verizon and Thinking of switching to ATT as I just moved to San Marcos area and my reception here is literally one or two bars most places I frequent along with camp pendleton for work.
I know my work has an Att tower on base and that would be an improvement for me but here in my place it's plain garbage signal and echoing.
I've been with Verizon for years and never thought of switching. Anyone here in this area with ATT got some insight?
I'm paying 125 for a single unlimited line whereas I could have the same for 70 with ATT.
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Currently on Verizon and Thinking of switching to ATT as I just moved to San Marcos area and my reception here is literally one or two bars most places I frequent along with camp pendleton for work.
I know my work has an Att tower on base and that would be an improvement for me but here in my place it's plain garbage signal and echoing.
I've been with Verizon for years and never thought of switching. Anyone here in this area with ATT got some insight?
I'm paying 125 for a single unlimited line whereas I could have the same for 70 with ATT.
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Have you tried to download opensignal app to see whether Verizon has any tower near you there? I still believe Verizon has a better coverage. I used to be with Verizon and it has coverage everywhere I go even in the mountain remote area. Verizon is pricy so I switched to TMobile single line, a lot cheaper. Data speed is pretty good with TMobile Single Plan but somehow I found out joining with family 4 lines, unlimited data, talk, text even cheaper but data speed is horrible especially during day time, I test speed so often from place to place. I don't know whether TMobile put cheap unlimited Family Plan in a slower band or tier whatever you call. I am not happy with TMobile at all at this time. But, I think we get what we pay for, lol. If you have family members with 4 lines, better be with Verizon. Verizon family plan is very compatible with TMobile and coverage is a lot better. I wish I could find family friends with Verizon so I can join them and pay for my own line's cost. Good luck.
I'm in San Marcos too and I use AT&T. The reception is 2 to 3 bars max in this area. I have been with T-Mobile and Verizon as well. All 3 have spotty coverage in this area. Verizon coverage is does not even exist at my house. Overall in the Southern California area (Santa Barbara all the way to the Southern Boarder) AT&T has provided me with the best overall user experience. T-Mobile is the runner up, but almost no coverage in my house, South Ponto Beach or North County Fair Mall.
Im in Ramona, I use Cricket which uses Att towers and I have signal everywhere. In the past 6 months, I switched from Verizon to Tmobile to now cricket. Cricket has hands down better service than both Verizon and Tmobile in my area. I had to use wifi calling for both in my house and girlfriend's house, no issues at all with cricket. So you should be good I think
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My friend lives in the San Marcos area with AT&T and doesn't complain about speed at all.
I'm in the downtown area.
I was on Sprint, who is super slow everywhere.
I just switched to T-Mobile with my mom for 2 unlimited lines for 60/mo total (55+ older person plan). Speeds so far have been really good on T-Mobile, same with coverage.