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You can break your Verizon Contract now..

just saw it on droid life...
so who all are jumping the boat??

YYEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!! FINALL.. oh wait, Im not on Verizon..
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I'll be happy to help those folks push off the docks when they're all aboard...
If someone gave me the speed, reliability and quality/coverage for voice VZW did...I'd think about jumping.
Around here...it doesn't exist.

dajogejr said:
I'll be happy to help those folks push off the docks when they're all aboard...
If someone gave me the speed, reliability and quality/coverage for voice VZW did...I'd think about jumping.
Around here...it doesn't exist.
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hahaha.. I hear ya!.. and I have no plans of leaving VZW.. but I'll see if I can arm-twist VZW in giving a free phone for my wife

kriskmk said:
hahaha.. I hear ya!.. and I have no plans of leaving VZW.. but I'll see if I can arm-twist VZW in giving a free phone for my wife
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Ya, I hear you on this one. I was with T-Mobile for about 14 years. Got the G1 when it came out, upgraded inbetween and finally ended up with a G2 (I do miss physical keyboards).
Anyways, pretty sad that I had a 4G (term used lightly) and not only couldn't get 4G where I lived, but didn't even have 3G either and was stuck on edge.
So I switched to VZW and I get 3G everywhere (don't have 4G yet where I live).
So finally, I go on a cross country trip from Kansas City to So California (have done this before for vacation). Lo and behold...I was quite impressed with the coverage I had all throughout the trip. 3G virtually everywhere (even in the mountains) and the 4G (Denver, Vegas and Cali) was absolutely wonderful. With T-mobile, most of my trip would have been no data or edge(1x) at best.
The saddest thing is that my 3g speed on VZW is faster than my 4G speed was on T-Mobile.
So like you sad, I would not give up the great coverage to save a few bucks.

This really is quite nice.
Verizon has given me the shaft here and there when it comes to troubleshooting issues I have with service and such, but they have been pretty reliable otherwise.
I kind of think this shows they have faith in their service, at least enough to give people the option of leaving at will.

I have had Verizon for a few months. It's been a good experience so far. Signal is good. Prices are a little higher..... But you get what you pay for.
Was on att for 10 years.
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To all those who wish to up and jump ship I say, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. No carrier will make everyone happy, if VZW is not for you, who are we to tell you to stay? Hopefully your next carrier will treat you better. In then end, they all want nothing other than your $$. For me, VZW has provided consistently better service than AT&T.

Here is the link from Droid Life: http://www.droid-life.com/2011/06/2...th-no-termination-fee-now-may-be-your-chance/

kriskmk said:
hahaha.. I hear ya!.. and I have no plans of leaving VZW.. but I'll see if I can arm-twist VZW in giving a free phone for my wife
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Thank you sir for the inspiration. I will be joining your free phone crusade on the first
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l7777 said:
To all those who wish to up and jump ship I say, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. No carrier will make everyone happy, if VZW is not for you, who are we to tell you to stay? Hopefully your next carrier will treat you better. In then end, they all want nothing other than your $$. For me, VZW has provided consistently better service than AT&T.
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My thoughts exactly. I just came from AT&T and had a "4G" phone and was LUCKY when I'd get 3G. What a POS company they are and what POS service they have around the country. I've been on VzW for about a month and I've never had less than 3 bars of 3G yet! Plus their LTE is freakin retarded fast. I can deal with their customer support because typically I don't need them for anything.
If you want to go peace out thanks for the extra bandwidth!

Mustang302LX said:
My thoughts exactly. I just came from AT&T and had a "4G" phone and was LUCKY when I'd get 3G. What a POS company they are and what POS service they have around the country. I've been on VzW for about a month and I've never had less than 3 bars of 3G yet! Plus their LTE is freakin retarded fast. I can deal with their customer support because typically I don't need them for anything.
If you want to go peace out thanks for the extra bandwidth!
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What he said ^^^^
Mustang and I came over around the same time. I actually paid a cancellation fee with AT&T I was so fed up. Happy I made the switch. My Inspire 4G was more like 2.1G.
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Well I am not on Verizon, I have been on Sprint since '97. Thinking of switching cause the service is getting crappy as hell. Data is constantly going in and out. And for the plan I have with 5 phones Verizon isn't that much more. I keep reading about how satisfied folks are with their data coverage.
"Hell I don't know anymore"

selders59 said:
Well I am not on Verizon, I have been on Sprint since '97. Thinking of switching cause the service is getting crappy as hell. Data is constantly going in and out. And for the plan I have with 5 phones Verizon isn't that much more. I keep reading about how satisfied folks are with their data coverage.
"Hell I don't know anymore"
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My advice is to come on over before tiered data kicks in. Sprint was actually my second choice, happy with vzw though.
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selders59 said:
Well I am not on Verizon, I have been on Sprint since '97. Thinking of switching cause the service is getting crappy as hell. Data is constantly going in and out. And for the plan I have with 5 phones Verizon isn't that much more. I keep reading about how satisfied folks are with their data coverage.
"Hell I don't know anymore"
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It's time to jump if you want a chance at keeping unlimited data. Unfortunately only the tech savvy can see that 2GB is not enough going into the future of cloud based services just as 150MB was not enough when data services were just starting to be offered. That said, if you're a heavy data user, VZW seems to have the best network for you.

I have tried all but TMobil over the last 10+ years. Had verizon back in early 2000s . Changed to sprint because verizon service was terrible. Had sprint 2 yrs then ATT or cingular as it was then, 2 yrs then back to sprint. Dumped sprint 2 1/2 yrs ago because of very terrible service areas and customer service really bad. Went back to verizon ( swore i would never do ) and plan on staying quite a while longer. 2 yrs more for the T Bolt . Seems each of these companies over time become too big and gready for their own good . Then the consumer speaks and they loose money. Its a wild ride if we can hold on for it. True verizon is on its too big for its own good ride agian but untill service areas become really bad or prices are for the millionare only, I will stay put for next 2 yrs with my locked in $30.00 unlimited data plan and see what happens.
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lrs421 said:
My advice is to come on over before tiered data kicks in. Sprint was actually my second choice, happy with vzw though.
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Ya, I thought about going to Sprint as well, but I just didn't like the fact that they were going to charge me 10 dollars extra a month if I got a 4G phone, even if there was no 4G coverage where I lived.

I'm not sure why anyone would leave Verizon. Coming from Sprint, it's heaven over here.

selders59 said:
Well I am not on Verizon, I have been on Sprint since '97. Thinking of switching cause the service is getting crappy as hell. Data is constantly going in and out. And for the plan I have with 5 phones Verizon isn't that much more. I keep reading about how satisfied folks are with their data coverage.
"Hell I don't know anymore"
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I say you swicth before unlimited is gone trust me it isgonna be more. But 4g is worth it and it dowsnt waste your battery like wimax does for real look at the scrennshots
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That's 3g not bad considerng the area didn't haveas good signal
4g without even. Trying at home I get up to 20mbps which is great and even morein some areas and doesn't kill the battery like wimax on my og evo
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lrs421 said:
What he said ^^^^
Mustang and I came over around the same time. I actually paid a cancellation fee with AT&T I was so fed up. Happy I made the switch. My Inspire 4G was more like 2.1G.
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I was planning on sticking with god awful AT&T but then got the chance to switch to VzW and save money each month so I jumped on that! I too had to pay to get out but ported my numbers and now I actually get signal and I'm not embarassed to say I have a 4G device lol.
P.S. - I'm not knocking the Inspire as I LOVED the actual phone (minus the idiotic camera design).

Question AT&T's phones and services.

Im going to leave sprint and go to AT&T. Now Im new to AT&Ts phones, and I was wondering a few things.
1. How are the speeds in general? With sprint I'll usually pull only .500-.700 mb under 3g but 4g is 5+mb in a good area. Usually I cant get 4g though.
2. Im unsure on their phones, so which phone is the top contender now? Anything new coming out soon that I should wait for?
Thanks guys.

mroneeyedboh said:
Im going to leave sprint and go to AT&T. Now Im new to AT&Ts phones, and I was wondering a few things.
1. How are the speeds in general? With sprint I'll usually pull only .500-.700 mb under 3g but 4g is 5+mb in a good area. Usually I cant get 4g though.
2. Im unsure on their phones, so which phone is the top contender now? Anything new coming out soon that I should wait for?
Thanks guys.
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I get an average of maybe 5MB/s on HSPA+ (AT&T's enhanced 3G or socalled 4G network) and an average of 30MB/s-50MB/s on LTE...It's crazy. I'll post screenshots.
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And as of right now, The 2 big contenders are the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket (Around $150-200) and the Samsung Galaxy Note ($300) which are co-existing with eachother and have the same Processer and RAM etc, but the Note has a HUGE (maybe even too big for you) 5.3" S-AMOLED 1280x800 display and the skyrocket has a 4.5" S-AMOLED PLUS 800x480 display.

thanks. I seen the note yesterday. lol Not bad for a womens purse, but not for a pocket.
Also we can still root these right? Nothing different from any other android, super user, wireless tether etc

mroneeyedboh said:
thanks. I seen the note yesterday. lol Not bad for a womens purse, but not for a pocket.
Also we can still root these right? Nothing different from any other android, super user, wireless tether etc
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Not at all, although you need to root and freeze an app called tethermanager.apk to tether, or just install a custom ROM. What phone do you come from anyway?

yeah how hard is the rooting? Im coming from the htc evo. Which IMO and others opinion is still a pretty strong contender.

what about the htc one x? Seems like you CANT remove the battery on this one.. Both cool, and unsettling.. What if the battery ****s the bed?

mroneeyedboh said:
yeah how hard is the rooting? Im coming from the htc evo. Which IMO and others opinion is still a pretty strong contender.
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Pretty simple to root with the easy guides around here.

Coming from the evo, the biggest thing you should think about is the availability of roms. It's not the communities fault but the lack of leaks and Samsung support.
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I havent looked around yet on here or any other AT&T phone's availability of roms. So based on that, there isnt much for the samsung phones Im guessing. The HTC one x might be where its at then.

I came from Sprint 3 weeks ago and purchased a skyrocket. I have the 5 gig plan and have no problem keeping under cap. Ive only used 1200mb. Just make sure you always use wifi when possible and dont always download huge files.
You never have to worry about roaming indoors and slow slow speed and ping

Okay, thanks man. Yeah I dont need 5gb of data, but it would be nice. Just more than I wanted to spend. Id like to keep my bill around the same price now.

mroneeyedboh said:
Okay, thanks man. Yeah I dont need 5gb of data, but it would be nice. Just more than I wanted to spend. Id like to keep my bill around the same price now.
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Go for 2 gig... And if you are coming from sprint, you are gonna see a major speed increase.

I can get the 3gb from AT&T or 4gb from verizon.
They work out to be the same price give or take a few bucks. And generally, they have the same speeds.. right?

mroneeyedboh said:
I can get the 3gb from AT&T or 4gb from verizon.
They work out to be the same price give or take a few bucks. And generally, they have the same speeds.. right?
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I had verizon for 7 years and had to get rid of it because I had no signal. It was good back in my hometown but I moved and had to start traveling for work and then it sucked. At&t is faster and has better coverage areas for me and I travel a lot.

Depending the time of day I can pull 5-10mb on just 4g. LTE isn't available here yet. I've seen some LTE hit 30-50+ easy without breaking a sweat
Go with the Skyrocket or Note. The Note may be a little too large for you(or anyone....)
Sent from mobile. Skyrocket in flight!

I hear that and then I hear verizon is great. I knwo in my area of DC metro area, its pretty good. But AT&T boasts they have better speeds

mroneeyedboh said:
I hear that and then I hear verizon is great. I knwo in my area of DC metro area, its pretty good. But AT&T boasts they have better speeds
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All I can offer you is, for me, At&t is faster and has better coverage in the areas I travel through. Which is a lot of back and forth from Pensacola, FL to New Orleans. I also frequently drive up to northwest PA and at&t works much better than my verizon did. Like I said I had verizon for a lot of years and now at&t for the last 2 years.

Thanks for your honest review. I think two guys at work have both verizon and one has AT&T. I'll see what their data speeds are.

With HSPA+, I get between 2-7 down. Can't speak for LTE, don't have it where I live. I think you'll be glad coming from Sprint

mroneeyedboh said:
Thanks for your honest review. I think two guys at work have both verizon and one has AT&T. I'll see what their data speeds are.
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Yes, I would ask them how their signal is throughout the day and their speeds since they live where you do, and that would be the most accurate feedback you could receive.

HTC one S?

Hox is a monster phone. Probably the best phone available. But att is really disappointing. Locking the phone is reason enough for me to return it, but the LTE speeds (at least in Chicago) are even more disappointing. My girlfriend has an t-mobile galaxy blaze....and of.course I've been comparing the phones/service since I've had the hox. Not only is her phone just as fast...the data speeds are significantly faster. In Chicago, I connect to lte 100% of the time....Im at about 11mbps ...she's consistently at 15-20. Right now I'm in the city....I get 3 mbps on LTE....she's at 25-28. Paying about $30 less. HTC one S is a better sized phone and its unlocked. As much as I like this forum....Im returning the phone tomorrow for the S.
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I wish I could just return an AT&T phone and magically replace it with a T-Mobile one.. How exactly are you getting the phone? Ending your 2-year contract that you just renewed and signing a new T-mobile one?
But yes, I agree with you on all accounts. The One S probably was a better size (as a phone) and there are other nice things, like the aluminum body. If it were available on AT&T, I'd probably end up getting that instead.

Not exactly sure yet. I'll report after I visit att tomorrow.

the boot loader will be unlocked soon, so no worries there.
Data speeds, maybe no one has tmobile in chicago? lulz

LTE isn't magic.. If the carrier doesn't have the backbone it doesn't really matter..

fuybjeans said:
Hox is a monster phone. Probably the best phone available. But att is really disappointing. Locking the phone is reason enough for me to return it, but the LTE speeds (at least in Chicago) are even more disappointing. My girlfriend has an t-mobile galaxy blaze....and of.course I've been comparing the phones/service since I've had the hox. Not only is her phone just as fast...the data speeds are significantly faster. In Chicago, I connect to lte 100% of the time....Im at about 11mbps ...she's consistently at 15-20. Right now I'm in the city....I get 3 mbps on LTE....she's at 25-28. Paying about $30 less. HTC one S is a better sized phone and its unlocked. As much as I like this forum....Im returning the phone tomorrow for the S.
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Wow those are ridiculously good data speeds on t mobile. Are they consistently that good in the Chicago area? if so I'd be on t mobile too. I'm getting about 20mb down and 15 up here in the dc area on lte. Better than the 3/1 I was getting on hspa though.
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I can answer a few questions. I used to work for T-Mobile and I dealt with cell phones for about 10 years.
He can cancel his upgrade and it'll return him back to where he was originally. So if his contract was already over, he can switch without paying a fee. I believe AT&T gives you 30 days to cancel the upgrade but usually it is 14 days.
Chicago does have A LOT of T-Mobile users just so you know lol.
On my Amaze, I get about 18-22mbps depending on my location.
If you guys need phones unlocked, PM me

I was month to month before the hox.
Although the speeds vary depending on where I'm at, the T-Mobile speeds never seem to drop below 15 and was close to 30 last night. (She's had the phone for a month so those speeds have been consistent throughout). My hox is always connected to lte , and my speeds vary from 1 to a max of 20. Mostly I see it at about 7-8.

Really impressed with Tmobile's data speeds. I checked out the One S yesterday and hit 20 down. My Razr on LTE got 27, so it's pretty close.

fuybjeans, where in Chicago are you?

Yeah, LTE speeds are nice and all but I wish AT&T would have upgraded their 3G network to HSPA+ before rolling out a whole new network. HSPA+ can be ridiculously fast.

Schaumburg area

mesasone said:
Yeah, LTE speeds are nice and all but I wish AT&T would have upgraded their 3G network to HSPA+ before rolling out a whole new network. HSPA+ can be ridiculously fast.
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Most of it is....

Ryanscool said:
Most of it is....
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I believe AT&T are the 3GPP release 5 standard (HSPA), as opposed to T-mobile who are on the release 7 standard (HSPA evolved AKA HSPA+). The difference being that HSPA maxes out at 14 mbps, while HSPA+ (release 7) goes up to 42 mbps.

My One S in the downtown area hits speeds around 19-20mbps, but around Wrigley Field I've only seen around 10mbps. Either way, it's fast enough for me
Though I do believe there is some sorcery involved in Verizon LTE.. at least when I had it hah.

joshnichols189 said:
My One S in the downtown area hits speeds around 19-20mbps, but around Wrigley Field I've only seen around 10mbps. Either way, it's fast enough for me
Though I do believe there is some sorcery involved in Verizon LTE.. at least when I had it hah.
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Heck if could consistently hit 10-20mbps on hspa I don't think I'd care about lte, especially given the battery advantages of hspa. Here's my lte speeds in the dc metro area. Seems like t mobile hspa is nearly as good.
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fuybjeans said:
Not exactly sure yet. I'll report after I visit att tomorrow.
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As hasoon2000 said, you have 14 days to return your phone and reset your contract status to how it was before the upgrade.
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If you guys need phones unlocked, PM me
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When he said "locked" I believe he means locked bootloader, not carrier locked.
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I believe AT&T are the 3GPP release 5 standard (HSPA), as opposed to T-mobile who are on the release 7 standard (HSPA evolved AKA HSPA+). The difference being that HSPA maxes out at 14 mbps, while HSPA+ (release 7) goes up to 42 mbps.
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Att uses both HSPA and HSPA+

warning if you plan on leaving tmobile

Going to sprint I's the worst move i ever made ,but TMobile forced me to. TMobile 2g is atleast three times faster than sprint 3g speeds. I sold my sensation and miss it dearly as well as the fast internet i took for granted. Just wanted to share my experience with you all if you had thoughts of going to sprint. Its unlimited plan is the only one for a reason. I been throttled by TMobile and its faster than sprint 3g . Here's some speed test i did i called customer service factory reset phone .I did this test several times before i factory reset it still the same slowness. Htc evo 4g lte is the phone i have.
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Maybe the area ur on is bad service?
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How far is your local Sprint store? If you can test out the phones there and see how fast the phones are there and then test the speed on your phone while in the store and compare if you get the same connection. If not, you can tell at that point that it's the phone and not the service. However, if the phone connects at the same speeds, then its the service.

his area is probably not covered
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I agree sprint does suck, and I made the same mistake a while back before buying my sensation. I had the Epic 4g on sprint when it first came out, their 4g and 3g was wicked fast compared to T-Mobile(at least to me in my location.) I quickly started getting tired of their service and over billing shenanigans. Long story I came back crawling to T-Mobile! and I suggest you do too. Now a word of advise. Look up the user qbking77 on these forums, he has tons of videos that might help you out(he's a sprint guy also.) Good guy btw.

Aaron from PhoneDog actually has the same issues and he's in Charlotte. He's also said that he's spoken with people in other cities all across the nation and many suffer the same issue.

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How far is your local Sprint store? If you can test out the phones there and see how fast the phones are there and then test the speed on your phone while in the store and compare if you get the same connection. If not, you can tell at that point that it's the phone and not the service. However, if the phone connects at the same speeds, then its the service.
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FYI if you are going to take this advice ake sure to turn the WiFi off on the in store device. The working display models are usually using WiFi for data. It is yet another one of those sort of underhanded sales tactics. I mean most people just see the device pulling up websitse and videos on youtube fast and say"look how fast the internet is" with out ever noticing that the WiFi is on. Especially first time smartphone costumers.

Afaik, sprint use a wimax technology and tmobile use hspa... I read somewhere that hspa is better than wimax... This is the heirarchy looks like from what i read: first is lte, second is hspa, and last is wimax... I might be wrong though... I can try to google it...
Edit: or it might just be the coverage... Ever wonder why sprint dont advertise base on their coverage ... They simply rely on their unlimited campaign ads...
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Those suck. Here are my sprint speeds on my evo 3d. These are a mix of 4g WiMAX and 3g. When lte gets rolled out here it will even out. I'm in Austin,tx and san Antonio is seeing 17-20 MPs download on lte
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I live in Rockford illinois no wimax or lte just 3g i checked my friend epic 4g my girlfriend epic touch , another friend evo shift and we all get slow speeds. Maybe it's my area but when i had TMobile i made fun of all my friend sprint network speeds so i guess this is karma. The sprint store is in the strip mall behind my house and there's a tower by my house i get full bars but its just slow. Factory resetted my phone . Played with all settings from cdma only to cdma hdr to cdma / lte same speeds i wouldn't complain but i got friends that got prepaid phones from cricket that run faster on 3g im talking about low end Android phones smh . I just wanna watch one minute YouTube videos without having to wait 10 minutes. Download games like angry birds in less than 15 minutes im not always around wifi. Don't leave TMobile if i can work something out with them i will return and get another sensation. I love the evo 4g lte alot but what's the point of having a Corvette with no engine i can go no where.
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[Q] Leaving Verizon Unlimited Data for T-Mobile and N5

So I've been really thinking of leaving Verizon and my grandfathered unlimited data to switch to T-Mobile and the Nexus 5. I am extremely reluctant to leave the grandfathered plan because I know I won't be able to get it back once I leave. I live in Los Angeles and T-Mobile has decent LTE coverage here. Thought it's still very sparse compared to Verizon. I would be switching over a total of 4 lines, 2 of witch have unlimited data. On Verizon I use about 15gb - 20gb of data (mostly tethering).
The main reason for me wanting to leave is cost savings and available devices. I'm tired of waiting on Verizon for updates to the limited amount of phones they do offer. It seems unless you have an iPhone you're at the mercy of Verizon (even the Galaxy Nexus couldn't resolve this).
I'm looking for anyone who has made the switch and how it's been going? Is it worth it? Any regrets?
I am currently testing a Nexus 5 on T-Mobile and love the phone! The service is decent also. I have a Moto X Dev Edition on Verizon which is no slouch either, but the guaranteed updates on the Nexus 5 are very appealing to me.

pablomoca said:
So I've been really thinking of leaving Verizon and my grandfathered unlimited data to switch to T-Mobile and the Nexus 5. I am extremely reluctant to leave the grandfathered plan because I know I won't be able to get it back once I leave. I live in Los Angeles and T-Mobile has decent LTE coverage here. Thought it's still very sparse compared to Verizon. I would be switching over a total of 4 lines, 2 of witch have unlimited data. On Verizon I use about 15gb - 20gb of data (mostly tethering).
The main reason for me wanting to leave is cost savings and available devices. I'm tired of waiting on Verizon for updates to the limited amount of phones they do offer. It seems unless you have an iPhone you're at the mercy of Verizon (even the Galaxy Nexus couldn't resolve this).
I'm looking for anyone who has made the switch and how it's been going? Is it worth it? Any regrets?
I am currently testing a Nexus 5 on T-Mobile and love the phone! The service is decent also. I have a Moto X Dev Edition on Verizon which is no slouch either, but the guaranteed updates on the Nexus 5 are very appealing to me.
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do it. i had verizon. but just the bare minimum. 2 gb of data. 450 minutes and unlimited texts. i was paying 90 a month and thats with a 22% discount. with tmobile im at 85 a month with unlimited texts and minutes. 2.5 gb of data with gets throttled down to 3g when i go over it
and thats not even counting my 15% discount i get from my job. verizon has good coverage but the money was just too much. and i didnt even have a crazy plan. since you tether you should be good

Sounds as if you have the answer. You're testing a T-mobile line and can do a direct comparison. I moved from a Verizon unlimited plan to the T-Mobile unlimited everything plan and have been happy with it. LTE coverage has been good where I live. The only difference I've seen so far is T-mobile generally has EDGE or GPRS when traveling highways outside of populated areas where Verizon might have LTE on the highways.

scottjb said:
Sounds as if you have the answer. You're testing a T-mobile line and can do a direct comparison. I moved from a Verizon unlimited plan to the T-Mobile unlimited everything plan and have been happy with it. LTE coverage has been good where I live. The only difference I've seen so far is T-mobile generally has EDGE or GPRS when traveling highways outside of populated areas where Verizon might have LTE on the highways.
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It will be gone soon just hold on, atleast its better than Sprint

I did the same. I never had any complaints about Verizon service and loved the unlimited data but even with a 25% discount it was still expensive. I was also tired of their strict device polices. I always had to make sure the next phone I got was hackable before purchasing just so I could run a current version of android. The fact that I'd also have to pay full price for each new phone just to keep unlimited sealed the deal. If I'm going to pay full then it'll be for the device I really want. Not the limited, locked down devices they offer. I've been using TMO unlimited. In my area, it's fine for the most part. I have good coverage in the places I spend the most time and the data speeds are good. The only time I miss Verizon is on the rare occasion that I'm traveling or in rural areas. In those cases I may be stuck on 2G or no signal at all. Overall, it was worth the switch.

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I did the same. I never had any complaints about Verizon service and loved the unlimited data but even with a 25% discount it was still expensive. I was also tired of their strict device polices. I always had to make sure the next phone I got was hackable before purchasing just so I could run a current version of android. The fact that I'd also have to pay full price for each new phone just to keep unlimited sealed the deal. If I'm going to pay full then it'll be for the device I really want. Not the limited, locked down devices they offer. I've been using TMO unlimited. In my area, it's fine for the most part. I have good coverage in the places I spend the most time and the data speeds are good. The only time I miss Verizon is on the rare occasion that I'm traveling or in rural areas. In those cases I may be stuck on 2G or no signal at all. Overall, it was worth the switch.
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You wont miss Verizon when you go out of U.S

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... Sooooo Lol
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We made the switch last month from big V to T-Mobile and are glad we did. Better service faster speeds and lower price, plus the ability to use a pure Google phone without any carrier bs. it was pure win for my wife and I.
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I guess the thing that worries me is the coverage. I've been carrying around both phones for a week now and I've been doing speed tests almost everywhere I go. The result is Verizon consistently has higher speeds (for me pegging out at about 57mbs). Now I don't know if that really translates into Verizon being "better". Do I really need all of that speed if all I'm doing is streaming netflix or youtube and tethering? Or is that speed only relevant if I'm downloading things?
Thank you all for the input you've given so far.

I made the same switch yesterday and couldn't be happier. Bought two nexus and am glad I did. Best part is we bought them flat out. Just have to pay 80 and taxes and fees. service is excellent and call quality is superb. I don't mind staying with T-Mobile for a little bit but plan on switching to Aio because it's cheaper and more data per month.