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AT&T 4G LTE plans revealed: Five markets this summer

http://www.slashgear.com/att-4g-lte-plans-revealed-five-markets-this-summer-25154192/
We have to admit, AT&T‘s current “4G” offering – which uses HSPA+ – has left us pretty much cold, with underwhelming speeds in comparison to Verizon’s LTE network. Happily AT&T also has LTE plans of its own, and the carrier has just announced the first five markets to get the speedier 4G access: Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta and San Antonio will all get some AT&T LTE-lovin’ as of this summer.
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Good deal! thanks for the info

What are the odds of being able to keep your unlimited plan when switching to LTE? I put it close to zero.
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fernandezhjr said:
What are the odds of being able to keep your unlimited plan when switching to LTE? I put it close to zero.
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Sadly, you're probably right.
"Hmm, let's give them phones that they'll want to do more on, give them higher speeds, and then give them stupid low caps!"
They either didn't think that through or are simply evil.

I wouldn't doubt that att would say they have to place a cap because of infrastructure limitations. But hopefully us grandfathered ones would keep holding on to the unlimited data. But if they don't I will demand they give me a huge ass sweet deal or I would leave lol. Hopefully it won't be the latter.

The only reason anybody on any planet would want LTE speeds, let alone hsupa speeds is to download large files. Its like giving us all ferrari's and sayin, "now you only get to drive it for 200miles a month and after that its gonna cost you". Too bad their the ones with the ferrari's... and it almost seems like a huge evil plan. I always get these texts with a "tip" that using wifi is free. Ok, so, you limit all your phones to 2gigs a month, charge the for going over, then HEY whada ya know, wifi is free! Bless us all were SAVED! OH, WAIT!! I dont have wifi, - then the rep tells me, well we can take care of that, you can get 6mbs for only $19.99 a month! Whoa wait, I thought wifi was free? Hmm... I wonder how many people got new internet service along with their iphone 4 or shortly after. I call shenanigans...

@ BAleR
I pay more per month for my two data packages w/ ATT than I do for my unlimited 25/5 Verizon Fios home interwebs. Somethins wrong w/ that piktar.

As with Sprint, will take a long time before they come to the hampton roads area

What I'd like to know will the current roms & kernels support lte or will they have to be redone to enable the lte technology.

inspired55 said:
What I'd like to know will the current roms & kernels support lte or will they have to be redone to enable the lte technology.
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Sadly, youll have to buy a new phone...

Yay an even faster way to get to 2gb
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I'd just like to get 3g where I live. I don't really care about 4G or LTE...Edge is horrible.
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[Q] $10 upgrade to 4g??? WTF!!!!

Got a call from T-mobile today saying i owed $300+ for text messaging fees, apparently when i bought the g2x from amazon, it upgraded to 4g data plan and removed my data+unl text android plan, got things cleared up and restored my old data plan back, but the Rep said if i wanted 4g data service there would be an extra $10 charge a month on top of my Android data plan, so it wold of came out to $40+ instead of $30....
First off this aint Sprint for an extra 10 surcharge on 4g, I have a Regular Vibrant and the G2X and both hit the same speeds, so i said no to the 4g data plan and keep my android data/text plan.
Has anyone else heard of this?????????? any Tmo reps care to comment????

Thats odd. T-mobile charges the same for 3g as they do for 4g

Thats what i thought but according to the rep i spoke too, to get 4g data plan I had to drop my data/unl text plan and get the 4g plan (no text) and i would stay at $30, or keep my data/text and add 4g speed for 10$ more....
so according to the Rep
$30 3g data/unl text (my OG plan)or
$30 4g + $15 unl text

No charge for 4g
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Back when I got my daughter her G2 she came from some other phone that had some kind of bundled text messaging plan. The store I bought the G2 from didn't add text messaging to the plan with the G2. We've had unlimited texting the several year we've had the account and it's never been an issue before with a new phone.
So the next month I got a $1700 phone bill. My daughter texts a lot.
After the red haze went away, the pounding in my chest subsided, and I picked myself up off the floor, I went back to the store. They immediately saw what happened and called in and fixed it. No problems since.
Not exactly your situation I know, but they should fix an honest mistake.
SurgeCentral said:
Got a call from T-mobile today saying i owed $300+ for text messaging fees, apparently when i bought the g2x from amazon, it upgraded to 4g data plan and removed my data+unl text android plan, got things cleared up and restored my old data plan back, but the Rep said if i wanted 4g data service there would be an extra $10 charge a month on top of my Android data plan, so it wold of came out to $40+ instead of $30....
First off this aint Sprint for an extra 10 surcharge on 4g, I have a Regular Vibrant and the G2X and both hit the same speeds, so i said no to the 4g data plan and keep my android data/text plan.
Has anyone else heard of this?????????? any Tmo reps care to comment????
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SurgeCentral said:
Thats what i thought but according to the rep i spoke too, to get 4g data plan I had to drop my data/unl text plan and get the 4g plan (no text) and i would stay at $30, or keep my data/text and add 4g speed for 10$ more....
so according to the Rep
$30 3g data/unl text (my OG plan)or
$30 4g + $15 unl text
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Just go with your OG plan. There's no difference between 3G/4G. It's marketing. They don't have a way of controlling it per line anyways.

prettyboy85712 said:
Just go with your OG plan. There's no difference between 3G/4G. It's marketing. They don't have a way of controlling it per line anyways.
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My thoughts exactly, just say you'll stick with 3G. The 4G on T-Mobile is HSPA+ so basically 3G with a turbo. But as far as I know there is no way to switch off HSPA+ without also switching off HSPA, and then you'll get EDGE speeds which is not what your paying for and can raise a stink about it if that does occur.

rauelius said:
My thoughts exactly, just say you'll stick with 3G. The 4G on T-Mobile is HSPA+ so basically 3G with a turbo. But as far as I know there is no way to switch off HSPA+ without also switching off HSPA, and then you'll get EDGE speeds which is not what your paying for and can raise a stink about it if that does occur.
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Ya I agree with everyone else, that rep must of been dumb or confused or maybe they did change it but I highly doubt that, when i switched over to 4g it was no price change. The rep told me it's basically the same plan, just phones that can do 4g will gt the 4g speeds and those who can't stay on 3g, that is all

Will Unlocking the phone let us use the 9.99 web2go plan on it without upgrading to the $30 plan?

tmobile doesnt have 4g

airborne3e9 said:
tmobile doesnt have 4g
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Really? Because I get 15- 20 mbps download speed and so do lots of other cities. My hspa+ is faster than my Cox internet.
Soo what do you consider 4g?
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Ignore this troll. He's sort of right though. In the strictest sense the "4G" branding in the US is for marketing only. It doesn't actually meet the speed requirements set by the ITU. If you want to read more look here 4G - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yeah I get 11 down 2 up myself. It's much faster than Att and feels more stable than verizon or sprint (friends and family complain...is it me or do CDMA phones seem to have more robot voice issues). Yeah these are 4g speeds...at least my phone has beaten my buddy's Evo 4g in a speedtest.net. Yay cell phone drag racing!!!!
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I like TMO's customer service. Maybe 1 out of 5 calls, I get someone that stumbles around, but for the most part.. I do receive knowledeable and friendly people that have been very good to me.
Except last week, I got a new hire? I said, "I cannot find on my bill at my.tmobile.com a way to see my itemized breakdown of charges for apps." The rep: "We can see it here, do you have a pen to write them down?" I said, "I want to know where I can physically see it myself on my monthly online bill." She said, "Well, they are...<started to read them off>." lol. "Ma'am, I want to know where this is itemized on my online bill so I can see it myself." Her, "it's on your paper statement." Me: "I don't get paper statements, I said I'm on my.tmobile.com trying to find the itemized listing." She puts me on hold.. comes back. "These are the ones we see.. <she starts to read them off again>." lol.
It was like an Abbott and Costello skit. Finally, while on the phone.. I hit the "print bill" link... and the page that came up shows everything broken down.
"Never mind ma'am, I found it myself." Her, "ok.. would you like upgrade?" me: "What kind of an upgrade? Any free upgrades?" Her, "upgrades to your service." Me: *click*. lol

its just 3g+...LTE isn't even real 4g
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Frankly, when you can stream video at full 1080p resolution and still have bandwidth leftover, I really don't see the point in hemming and hawing over the fact that you don't get "real" 4g speeds.

thats why I'm sticking with tmo, besides their 4g is faster than my at&t home fastest speed available wi fi
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that old data plan is grandfathered so for unlimited web plus txt it would work out to $40 with the new options. Just a mistake on her end. It requires a supervisor/loyalty to put that unlimited web + txt plan back on.

airborne3e9 said:
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Why is there always one person with this nonsense? Hspa+ is considered 4g.
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Why do I have to pay more?

So I upgraded from my Nexus One to a Sensation 4g and TMO said they have to charge me $5 more a month cause of the 4g. I took my wife's mytouch 3g and my phone side by side and we get the exact same speeds and the area I'm in is supossed to be 4g. why do I have to pay more for the same thing?

mgorman said:
So I upgraded from my Nexus One to a Sensation 4g and TMO said they have to charge me $5 more a month cause of the 4g. I took my wife's mytouch 3g and my phone side by side and we get the exact same speeds and the area I'm in is supossed to be 4g. why do I have to pay more for the same thing?
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Was your 4g on? Her mytouch 3g doesn't utilize the spectrum T-Mobile puts out the same way that your sensation would. And even if you're in a bad 4g area or non existent area they make you pay the 4g cost regardless. It happens on Sprint as well.
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We were both connected to HSDPA. I've never seen it connect to anything higher then HSDPA

Bull!
Call loyalty and tell them to fix it! I pay $20 a month for preferred android, and I get 4G speeds. (At least when I am in Dallas, cause we don't do 4G in west texas) They are just trying to squeeze more $$ out of you.

AproSamurai said:
Was your 4g on? Her mytouch 3g doesn't utilize the spectrum T-Mobile puts out the same way that your sensation would. And even if you're in a bad 4g area or non existent area they make you pay the 4g cost regardless. It happens on Sprint as well.
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That's just false info right there. They both use the exact same spectrum for 3G/4G, it's just the Sensation is able to get faster download/upload speeds.

AproSamurai said:
Was your 4g on? Her mytouch 3g doesn't utilize the spectrum T-Mobile puts out the same way that your sensation would. And even if you're in a bad 4g area or non existent area they make you pay the 4g cost regardless. It happens on Sprint as well.
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You don't turn on/off your 4G on T-Mobile. Its not like Sprint/Verizon.

mgorman said:
So I upgraded from my Nexus One to a Sensation 4g and TMO said they have to charge me $5 more a month cause of the 4g. I took my wife's mytouch 3g and my phone side by side and we get the exact same speeds and the area I'm in is supossed to be 4g. why do I have to pay more for the same thing?
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More details? What did they put you on? I work for T-Mobile and unless you had the really old 25 dollar android data and they added the old(but newer then the old 25) 30 dollar 5 gig internet, we don't have any 5 dollar add on for 4G. What they should have done was upgraded your plan to the new stuff where you have a choice of the $10 200mb $20 2gig or $30 5gig. The older rate plans are only capable of having the $30 web added in store. If you call care though you can get the $20 preferred plan, stores can't add that.
What I would say is instead of complaining on here about pay $5 extra, call care and make sure you are on the best plan for you. Reps at store level tend to not even pitch the idea of changing rate plans to customers and just tack on whatever feature Watson tells us to. You're probably paying more then you should be due to your own and your reps negligence. It's funny because as a rep I make much more money by saving my customers money with putting them on new plans, I don't know why so few reps just tack on the stuff and send the customer on their way. Call care, I am SURE they can get you a better deal.

Ok. I will do that. Thanks
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mgorman said:
Ok. I will do that. Thanks
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Let me know what they had you on and switch you too. You'd be surprised what they may have now. Its funny people think that their unlimited loyalty plans and what not are so good but the new plans are much better. Reps tend to just agree with the people when they think they have a good plan because convincing them otherwise tends to be to troublesome. Or you just get get a lazy rep, sadly nine times out of ten when it comes to upgrades the customer has to tell the rep what they want. Where as with new activation its all about the rep trying to sell the customer. T-Mobile changed the commission on upgrades to try and fix this issue, and its worked on me. I make much more money now but my coworkers complain, its funny lol.

Im on even more family plan w/ 3 lines. They said when I upgraded my phone that I was on the older data plan and that it was no longer offered and I was forced to upgrade it
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mgorman said:
Im on even more family plan w/ 3 lines. They said when I upgraded my phone that I was on the older data plan and that it was no longer offered and I was forced to upgrade it
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Call retentions. They'll probably fix it.

Why Did you Buy your TB?

I just saw TB at Fry for $39 only 8gb card but still. I paid $229 for mine. That lead me to think Why did I pay so much when I knew the inevitable would happen with in in 6 months. Was it the privilege of own the first Verizon 4G/LTE phone, the speed that 4G produces (at least if you are in a 4G area), the rumor that it would be upgraded to GB, or the 32gb card that came with for all the tunes and movies?
Nope. Mine reason was this. I am a network admin for a healthcare enterprise. In being such my view was "there is NOTHING better for security of emails straight out of the box then BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server)." But my wife needed a new phone and we got her DroidX. I liked it! So I figured I would get one to "Test" at work. Brought in an iCrap 4, a DroidX2 and the TB. The TB beat them both for speed, robust hardware and stock UI (BTW all you fanboys - at what point do you question the fact that you must enter a credit card number before the device will even work?).
Did it measure up to BB for security of emails. NOT chance! But it is so much more fun to use for everything else that I cobbled together a one-off VPN certificate for it and am using it now as work phone.
That's my reason what's yours?

My reason is that I was due for an upgrade and I was sick of my Eris. With a discount through the company I work for I paid a little less than $200 and have not regretted it a bit. Things drop in price over time as new things come out. Has happened for a long time and will continue to happen. If you're always waiting for the next cutting edge thing or best price you'll always be waiting.
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It's simple. It was and still is the best LTE device there is.

loonatik78 said:
It's simple. It was and still is the best LTE device there is.
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agreed although the 4g can still be wonky at times.
i got mine at best buy in june when my wife and i left sprint and moved to verizon. i payed $249 for the phone. my wifes phone was free so it worked out good. the tbolt is a good upgrade from my evo4g.

One reason only, LTE + grandfathered LTE unlimited data. I can always change to a different device and keep the contract if I buy outright, but I'm happy with my Bolt.

Got mine on release because I was bored of my R2D2 and it was the best phone out. I'm now a proud HTC fanboy.
Gotta admit I'm ready to jump ship for a dual core HTC phone though. C'mon Vigor

I am buying it now for one penny at Amazon.
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Because I needed a new phone and every other one sucked worse back in March?

Got mine because I wanted it, and it was free. I love free stuff
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milan03 said:
One reason only, LTE + grandfathered LTE unlimited data. I can always change to a different device and keep the contract if I buy outright, but I'm happy with my Bolt.
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If you were grandfathered in, you'll never lose the unlimited data unless you leave, get shut off or change your plan.
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my reason is because i was unhappy with how slow the internet was on my T-Mobile Galaxy S 4G... the ads for verizon's blazing fast 4G caught my attention and i decided to switch. now 6 months later, still waiting for 4G in my area.....

rcstilgar said:
I just saw TB at Fry for $39 only 8gb card but still. I paid $229 for mine. That lead me to think Why did I pay so much when I knew the inevitable would happen with in in 6 months. Was it the privilege of own the first Verizon 4G/LTE phone, the speed that 4G produces (at least if you are in a 4G area), the rumor that it would be upgraded to GB, or the 32gb card that came with for all the tunes and movies?
Nope. Mine reason was this. I am a network admin for a healthcare enterprise. In being such my view was "there is NOTHING better for security of emails straight out of the box then BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server)." But my wife needed a new phone and we got her DroidX. I liked it! So I figured I would get one to "Test" at work. Brought in an iCrap 4, a DroidX2 and the TB. The TB beat them both for speed, robust hardware and stock UI (BTW all you fanboys - at what point do you question the fact that you must enter a credit card number before the device will even work?).
Did it measure up to BB for security of emails. NOT chance! But it is so much more fun to use for everything else that I cobbled together a one-off VPN certificate for it and am using it now as work phone.
That's my reason what's yours?
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Hmmm.. Personally I had a Droid X and I thought you'd need to have a 4G plan to get grandfathered into unlimited 4G, so I took the plunge with the TB. Turns out, that wasnt the case. Unlimited 3G would have grandfathered me in..
Everyday my TB battery is dead after 8 hours, I am so angry at myself. I could have kept my Droid X and saved my upgrade for the Bionic. Instead I ended up blowing 250 on the TB and now Ill end up having to buy a Bionic off contract
Just a massive waste of money...

CanesDrew said:
If you were grandfathered in, you'll never lose the unlimited data unless you leave, get shut off or change your plan.
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Never say Never. Its there equipment were riding on and if they think that they are not getting enough money they will kick us off the bus and make us buy a new ticket.

crazed_z06 said:
Hmmm.. Personally I had a Droid X and I thought you'd need to have a 4G plan to get grandfathered into unlimited 4G, so I took the plunge with the TB. Turns out, that wasnt the case. Unlimited 3G would have grandfathered me in..
Everyday my TB battery is dead after 8 hours, I am so angry at myself. I could have kept my Droid X and saved my upgrade for the Bionic. Instead I ended up blowing 250 on the TB and now Ill end up having to buy a Bionic off contract
Just a massive waste of money...
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Crazed. That would suck! I did not have that experience stock but with some of the ROMs I just got done Testing (I Tested 9 ROMs and battery life was a key requirement. Look for my post tomorrow.) did have that issue.

crazed_z06 said:
Hmmm.. Personally I had a Droid X and I thought you'd need to have a 4G plan to get grandfathered into unlimited 4G, so I took the plunge with the TB. Turns out, that wasnt the case. Unlimited 3G would have grandfathered me in..
Everyday my TB battery is dead after 8 hours, I am so angry at myself. I could have kept my Droid X and saved my upgrade for the Bionic. Instead I ended up blowing 250 on the TB and now Ill end up having to buy a Bionic off contract
Just a massive waste of money...
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Same here. I was extremely happy with the Droid X, I bought the Thunderbolt because Verizon was killing off the 1 year plans... I signed up on the last day and paid $320 on a 1 year contract. What a piece of crap. I was waiting for the Droid Bionic but it never came in time, hell the Droid Charge came but I was already out of the 14 day window to exchange the phone.

Wow I loved my x but uh the thunderbolt is awesome. I got it because my girlfriends charge has alot of issues. I have another upgrade in April. Btw I go for 12 hours between any long term charge running das bamf underclocked...
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voxigenboy said:
my reason is because i was unhappy with how slow the internet was on my T-Mobile Galaxy S 4G... the ads for verizon's blazing fast 4G caught my attention and i decided to switch. now 6 months later, still waiting for 4G in my area.....
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And one of the slowest 3g networks out. But it works, thats why i left sprint.
I had the evo 4g and got the vzw version. Now im happy, and have 16 more months till upgradeable.... 20 mothers are killer
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justavillain said:
... 20 mothers are killer...
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Huh?
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milan03 said:
One reason only, LTE + grandfathered LTE unlimited data. I can always change to a different device and keep the contract if I buy outright, but I'm happy with my Bolt.
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Agreed!

crazed_z06 said:
Hmmm.. Personally I had a Droid X and I thought you'd need to have a 4G plan to get grandfathered into unlimited 4G, so I took the plunge with the TB. Turns out, that wasnt the case. Unlimited 3G would have grandfathered me in..
Everyday my TB battery is dead after 8 hours, I am so angry at myself. I could have kept my Droid X and saved my upgrade for the Bionic. Instead I ended up blowing 250 on the TB and now Ill end up having to buy a Bionic off contract
Just a massive waste of money...
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wow, probably could trade straight up someone for a droid x...
switched from t-mobile. Don't like at&t and wanted to get the unlimited data.
I love wp7, but wanted lte and prefer htc to samsung.

ATT revoking unlimited data plans when upgrading to new phones.

Was just told that both ATT and Verizon are going to start revoking grandfathered unlimited data plans when upgrading to new phones. If that happens... I can't see staying with ATT as that was the only reason I was reluctant to jump ship. Straighttalk with the ATT sim is looking more and more attractive now. What are others thoughts on this?
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chipstien said:
Was just told that both ATT and Verizon are going to start revoking grandfathered unlimited data plans when upgrading to new phones. If that happens... I can't see staying with ATT as that was the only reason I was reluctant to jump ship. Straighttalk with the ATT sim is looking more and more attractive now. What are others thoughts on this?
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Will have to look into that, as I'm on a grandfathered unlimited data plan. If that's true, I'll just never sign another upgrade contract with AT&T. Don't know if this is true or not, but if it is, I figure that as long as I have a sim card to swap into a new device (purchased elsewhere), and never sign a different contract, then I should be good to go. I wouldn't put it past AT&T to get rid of unlimited data altogether at some point, though.

Been using ST for a few months now.. My wifes and kids 4g phones are also on ST .. The only regret I have is not doing it sooner..

Are there any downfalls to Straighttalk? What are your download speeds? Do you still connect to HSPA+? Since they are using ATT towers, I wont notice any difference in coverage correct? I am just trying to make sure I am doing the right thing.

If they do change this I might change carriers after about 11 years. I am hearing they might start doing a family Data plan. If I can get my mother upgraded to a smart phone. My wife and I are all ready on Smart phone plans. If I can get like 5-6gigs for less then what 3 plans costs then I might give up my unlimited.

chipstien said:
Are there any downfalls to Straighttalk? What are your download speeds? Do you still connect to HSPA+? Since they are using ATT towers, I wont notice any difference in coverage correct? I am just trying to make sure I am doing the right thing.
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The speeds are the same.. On average I get over 5mb download on hspa.. Everything works, just set up the auto pay and forget about it.. It took about 2 hours for number to get ported after the online set up... Then you just delete att apns and set up ST apn and your good to go.

I'm not sure about ATT, but with Verizon, grandfathered unlimited plans stay unlimited for as long as you want, so long as you maintain the same plan. The catch? You no longer get subsidized pricing for phones. You either buy your phone unlocked elsewhere, or you pay Verizon's retail price for the phone.

chipstien said:
Was just told that both ATT and Verizon are going to start revoking grandfathered unlimited data plans when upgrading to new phones. If that happens... I can't see staying with ATT as that was the only reason I was reluctant to jump ship. Straighttalk with the ATT sim is looking more and more attractive now. What are others thoughts on this?
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If there is any truth to this, I will NOT be signing another ATT contract. My wife is on the 2GB plan but I am still "unlimited" and it's the only reason I am staying with them right now, even though I get throttled at 3GB every month.
If they pull this crap when it comes time to get a new phone... GOOD BYE ATT...
Straight Talk looks promising, read some good reviews, easy setup and I get to keep my Ice Cream Sandwich running Infuse.. lol

That doesn't seem to even be the worst part of it. According to an article that I read on ZDnet, sooner than later it seems that data is about to get even more expensive.
$50 a month for 1GB??????
http : //www .zdnet.com/blog/btl/verizon-shared-data-plans-reset-wireless-economics-at-t-to-follow/79970?tag=search-results-rivers;item4

docmccoy said:
That doesn't seem to even be the worst part of it. According to an article that I read on ZDnet, sooner than later it seems that data is about to get even more expensive.
$50 a month for 1GB??????
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/veriz...-follow/79970?tag=search-results-rivers;item4
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I believe that's for family/shared data plans...if I understand it correctly then for $50 everyone on the family plan gets a 1gb (up to 5) it days 1gb starts at $10 with $10 increments totaling to up to $50 and $100 for 10gb...that artical was kinda confusing and I didn't even finish reading it...
Also that's Verizon...so we still got some time before art copys them hopefully... :/
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Verizon vs ATT
Verizon has better data plans than ATT, their 4G network covers more area than ATT but they don't have SIM cards. This means you will not be able to use your Infuse.
If you don't plan to travel overseas with your phone, maybe Verizon is the better choice (I hate to say it).
Try T-mobile. Their plans in general are cheaper than ATT's but their coverage is not the greatest.
Good luck!