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blah sadly today tmobile capped by data, because i went over the`5gb limit. is there a way to uncap it, or at least does anyone have an idea?

It took me just a week to get my data capped. Its because id rather use my phone and get 8mbps instead of my home Internet which is sadly 0.4mbps. I don't think its possible to get the cap removed. Your going to have to wait till your next cycle.

I thought they just throttle it and not cap it?
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GEEZ, what are on do you guys do to stream so much data? I've never hit close to that in a month

Lol i practically use my phone as a computer. I download things from games to music

I thought that for Unlimited Data they just drop you down to 3G after you've used 5GB on 4G.

It is my understanding that they throttle you pretty hard at 5 GB, to GPRS or EDGE speeds.
If you haven't deleted it, My Account will show your usage. I use 3G Watchdog which will straight-line predict your end-of-month usage as well.
For people not used to the speeds available, it isn't hard to chew up 5 GB in a month. For example, if you stream 128 kbps radio for an hour in the morning and an hour on the way home, that is about 3.3 GB of payload, so probably 3.5-4 GB of data transfer a month.
Thankfully TuneIn FCs a lot

Yea man they bone you pretty hard after you go past 5gb. I went from 4g to edge smh, I am aboit to calk and complain. I am pretty sure there was a way to get passed it on the vibrant, after things get settled for the galaxy s 4g I'm sure we will be able to do the same.

I thought it was 10gb?
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Yeah I thought it was 10gb too but once I passed 5gb they sent me a message and throttled my speed to edge speeds.
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Wait so its not really unlimited ??? Is so im really going to sale this and get that Nexus S 4G...
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Yogi3 said:
Wait so its not really unlimited ??? Is so im really going to sale this and get that Nexus S 4G...
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Thats not worth it. Every carrier has a cap even if they advertise that they don't. I've read on the internet that on sprint people get throttled and maybe even get their accounts canceled going over a certain limit. I think tmobile's is the best option right now.
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icy56 said:
Thats not worth it. Every carrier has a cap even if they advertise that they don't. I've read on the internet that on sprint people get throttled and maybe even get their accounts canceled going over a certain limit. I think tmobile's is the best option right now.
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Thats wrong, Sprint is the only carrier with true unlimited. Although there data speeds are the worst of the big four. I barely got 1mbs on 3G and around 4mbs on 4G. When i could get a signal, witch sucks cause i live in KC. Sprints headquaters is here, I could no longer take the slow speeds and went back to tmo where i have 4G everywhere I go. Usually around 8mbs and i have 3G around 5mbs.
http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/sprint-outs-new-tv-ad-ceo-dan-hesse-defines-unlimited
The war of words and facts continues with sprint preparing a new TV ad -- more of a campaign -- where CEO Dan Hesse goes on camera and defines the word "unlimited" and what concepts it is not compatible with.
These incompatible terms are "metering, overage, or throttling, which is code for slowing you down", Hesse says while Bill Morgan, sprint senior vice president-Corporate Marketing agrees that some of Sprint's competitors are creating confusion in their customer's minds by referencing "unlimited" plans which are not unlimited in reality.
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MvP77 said:
Thats wrong, Sprint is the only carrier with true unlimited. Although there data speeds are the worst of the big four. I barely got 1mbs on 3G and around 4mbs on 4G. When i could get a signal, witch sucks cause i live in KC. Sprints headquaters is here, I could no longer take the slow speeds and went back to tmo where i have 4G everywhere I go. Usually around 8mbs and i have 3G around 5mbs.
http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/sprint-outs-new-tv-ad-ceo-dan-hesse-defines-unlimited
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well nows a good time to leave tmobile, At&T just purchased T-mobile so goodbye cheap and unlimited plans.....

icy56 said:
well nows a good time to leave tmobile, At&T just purchased T-mobile so goodbye cheap and unlimited plans.....
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LOL... I just read that about a hour ago... LOL... I was just about to say that also... I dont like AT&T slow network, plans that dont fit any user, and will find out if you unlocked a cool feature and will try to charge you for it ( like the folks that use their iPhones to tether ) ...
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icy56 said:
well nows a good time to leave tmobile, At&T just purchased T-mobile so goodbye cheap and unlimited plans.....
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Your prices are locked in as long as you stay with them. The prices may get even better now that together that will be bigger than Verizon and start trying to beat eachothers prices. Not to mention with any luck better service area. Still not that excited to see them merge.
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I dont use that much data but in a family plan, would that cap apply to both phones separately or combined?

Caps apply separately. I'm in a family plan and the other people haven't been throttled
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Do rps dealer accounts get data capped? Anybody know?
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icy56 said:
Caps apply separately. I'm in a family plan and the other people haven't been throttled
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Thanks a bunch

Anyone else have service down ONCE agan in Phx, Az

This seems to be a daily occurance with Verizon being down on data, no 3G or 4g for hours!!! I was with All-Tel and now Verizon and very very disappointed with this service. This will be our last time to renew our contract!! This is unacceptable service from a big city such as Phoenix. This is not just in one location its all over dam city! Lots of people are posting the very same issue across the whole us. I guess its due to growing pains, so kick back some money to the users that are being screwed paying top $$$ for a service that half the time is down. Hoping others post here and other forums of the awful service being received from Verizon.
Cheers

You know you wasted this rant in a place Verizon will never see or bother to look, right?
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adrynalyne said:
You know you wasted this rant in a place Verizon will never see or bother to look, right?
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Come on Adrynalyne, use your godlike development powers to fix Verizon's network for him hehe

yareally said:
Come on Adrynalyne, use your godlike development powers to fix Verizon's network for him hehe
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LOL you and I both know if it was the network, that rbox would be ranting and raving in irc.
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adrynalyne said:
LOL you and I both know if it was the network, that rbox would be ranting and raving in irc.
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OH yeah, good point, lol

azbobs said:
This seems to be a daily occurance with Verizon being down on data, no 3G or 4g for hours!!! I was with All-Tel and now Verizon and very very disappointed with this service. This will be our last time to renew our contract!! This is unacceptable service from a big city such as Phoenix. This is not just in one location its all over dam city! Lots of people are posting the very same issue across the whole us. I guess its due to growing pains, so kick back some money to the users that are being screwed paying top $$$ for a service that half the time is down. Hoping others post here and other forums of the awful service being received from Verizon.
Cheers
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best thing to do is to call them every time it happens and make them note it on your account. It's how I got out of my t-mobile contract without etf's....

azbobs said:
This seems to be a daily occurance with Verizon being down on data, no 3G or 4g for hours!!! I was with All-Tel and now Verizon and very very disappointed with this service. This will be our last time to renew our contract!! This is unacceptable service from a big city such as Phoenix. This is not just in one location its all over dam city! Lots of people are posting the very same issue across the whole us. I guess its due to growing pains, so kick back some money to the users that are being screwed paying top $$$ for a service that half the time is down. Hoping others post here and other forums of the awful service being received from Verizon.
Cheers
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I've found that doing the ##778# and edit mode with the pass of 000000 to enable revA made my data A LOT more consistent. You do loose the connection to the 4G towers but personally I'd rather have reliable 3g than flakey 4G
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I seemed to have more data drops here in phx when I was on the mr2 radio. Ended up flashing back to bamf 1.8 with the froyo radio and not the data drops are much less frequent. And I didn't notice a data drop today. Usually happens around midnight for me.
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Yeah my 3g is intermittent as well. Starting to get annoyed.
It's funny. For some reason. I k.ow I could jump on he forum and see a post about this.
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theryanguy said:
I've found that doing the ##778# and edit mode with the pass of 000000 to enable revA made my data A LOT more consistent. You do loose the connection to the 4G towers but personally I'd rather have reliable 3g than flakey 4G
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I, too, keep it in EVDO mode since it appears stable as compared to eHRPD then toggle on 4G with LTE On/Off app when needed.

Since I got the phone I have really had no problems with service. Occasionally the 4g is a little wonky, but no big problems. I live on the northern border of the 4g reach, so I'm usually on 3g anyways
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Unlimited data plan

While they had the old iPhone method that was fixed there is another way to do it.
Thought this requires you to have the 3g data plan, and you will have to know some one that works at an att store or kioske fairly well.
Att doesn't give the option to have unlimited data on 3g anymore, but (and this is the key) they. Still have the unlimited data plan available for 4g.
You will have to find a cool b&m worker or kioske worker to upgrade your plan to the 4g unlimited from your tiered 3g data plan. I did this on my wife's and brother in laws phone not to long ago.
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Hmm makes perfect sense. I talked my buddy at the mall and he said once his manager isn't around,he will look into it. Appreciate the advice.
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According to the thread in the atrix forum, the iphone trick still works unless they fixed it in the last couple of days. Also saw someone mention this method there too but you have to catch the right employee.

Att is canceling 2g service in the N East area to make more room for 3g on that spectrum. If you're in the south, Midwest or west coast you can still use the 2g iPhail loohole.
newter55 said:
According to the thread in the atrix forum, the iphone trick still works unless they fixed it in the last couple of days. Also saw someone mention this method there too but you have to catch the right employee.
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The iPhone trick still works, doesn't matter if there is 2g in the area
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Either way this method prevents you from having to buy a phone.
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Tx Redneck said:
Att is canceling 2g service in the N East area to make more room for 3g on that spectrum. If you're in the south, Midwest or west coast you can still use the 2g iPhail loohole.
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Wish at&t had more love for MI... Verizon will have lte coverage in more areas by year end than at&t's 3/4g.

Though by the time it is said and done with att will have better coverage.
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newter55 said:
Wish at&t had more love for MI... Verizon will have lte coverage in more areas by year end than at&t's 3/4g.
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I have to travel 30 minutes to get 3g. I get crap 2g where I live. Sometimes.

30cents for EDGE the day I use.

Unlocking my G2x.

I am thinking very seriously about unlocking my G2x an going to AT&T because my service sucks big time where I live at. I don't get service in my house an when I go outside it takes about 5 minutes to get a signal.....what's everyone thoughts.....I've already talked to AT&T an Tmobile and have my unlock code already
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I assume you've already verified that it's possible to get a decent signal on AT&T there?

AT&T gets great signal there an a lot more places also.....an its atleast 3g there about to be 4g an with tmobile I've only got 2g there
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sgt_addyjp said:
AT&T gets great signal there an a lot more places also.....an its atleast 3g there about to be 4g an with tmobile I've only got 2g there
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Good luck on getting Att 3g on G2x.....

Why you say that for?
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G2x supposedly does NOT contain AT$T 3G bands as previously advertised. As for home coverage, T-Mo is supposed to be launching an in-home signal booster for free (with 2-yr contract, probably doesn't effect upgrade timeline but haven't verified that) pretty soon. I think within the next week.

r4d14n7 said:
G2x supposedly does NOT contain AT$T 3G bands as previously advertised. As for home coverage, T-Mo is supposed to be launching an in-home signal booster for free (with 2-yr contract, probably doesn't effect upgrade timeline but haven't verified that) pretty soon. I think within the next week.
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My understanding is the booster needs to be connected to your broadband internet router to work. So you will be using your internet bandwidth to use mobile voice and data. What a scam...
And any one visiting you (or you neighbor) with a t-mobile connection will use that signal (your internet) and pay t-mobile for that.

pbcal said:
My understanding is the booster needs to be connected to your broadband internet router to work. So you will be using your internet bandwidth to use mobile voice and data. What a scam...
And any one visiting you (or you neighbor) with a t-mobile connection will use that signal (your internet) and pay t-mobile for that.
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Hopefully your "source" isn't an otherwise reputable source of information because you (they) couldn't be more wrong. I have been a part of the beta for these boosters for the past 6 months. All it does is take a weak 3G signal (which means you must get 3G somewhere in your house for this to work) and amplifies it throughout your house. In my case in an upstairs window I got a weak 3G signal so I put the receiver in the window and the transmitter in my living room. Now I get between 1 and 6mbps down throughout my entire house. There is not even a way to connect this thing to a home internet router. I don't even have home internet.
I'd be curious to know where you heard this.
Oh and the G2x does not work on AT&T 3G bands. I have been in several states with no T-Mobile coverage and have used AT&T instead, but only on Edge.
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TJBunch1228 said:
Hopefully your "source" isn't an otherwise reputable source of information because you (they) couldn't be more wrong.
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I did not say I heard this from someone. I said its my understanding, and that was based on the similar booster I saw from Sprint. If t-mobile is implementing it in a different way, than i am sorry for my ignorance.

pbcal said:
I did not say I heard this from someone. I said its my understanding, and that was based on the similar booster I saw from Sprint. If t-mobile is implementing it in a different way, than i am sorry for my ignorance.
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I didn't intend to sound overtly defensive, I just don't like when people start using the "scam" word when this couldn't be further from a scam. This device kicks ass and tmo wants to give it out for free in exchange for people's business. This device is normally $500 so this program is great. Hopefully they will also offer the equipment at full retail price for those uncomfortable signing or extending a contract.
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So in other words I wont be able to use my G2x and get 3g with AT&T
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sgt_addyjp said:
So in other words I wont be able to use my G2x and get 3g with AT&T
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That's correct you will only get 2g connection
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correct. Tmobile has different bands than ATT. So tmobile only get 2G with ATT and ATT only get 2G with tmobile.

Guess I should just sell the G2x then huh....
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Guess I should just sell the G2x then huh....
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I see a Motorola Atrix with that beloved MotoBlurp in your future

Another example of totally failed mobile network infrastructure buuldout here. How does the whole world agrees on similar frequencies and we can't have carriers on the same frequency in one country. Yeah, yeah... I know about spectrum availability and yada yada but this just shows our lack of foresight and another example of our national handicap of wanting to be different from everyone else. End rant.
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Another example of totally failed mobile network infrastructure buuldout here. How does the whole world agrees on similar frequencies and we can't have carriers on the same frequency in one country. Yeah, yeah... I know about spectrum availability and yada yada but this just shows our lack of foresight and another example of our national handicap of wanting to be different from everyone else. End rant.
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+80
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r4d14n7 said:
G2x supposedly does NOT contain AT$T 3G bands as previously advertised. As for home coverage, T-Mo is supposed to be launching an in-home signal booster for free (with 2-yr contract, probably doesn't effect upgrade timeline but haven't verified that) pretty soon. I think within the next week.
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Try today. It has the national launch today.
pbcal said:
My understanding is the booster needs to be connected to your broadband internet router to work. So you will be using your internet bandwidth to use mobile voice and data. What a scam...
And any one visiting you (or you neighbor) with a t-mobile connection will use that signal (your internet) and pay t-mobile for that.
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Nope. It does not need a broadband internet router to work. For that the phone's have wifi calling. It isn't a scam at all.

herzzreh said:
Another example of totally failed mobile network infrastructure buuldout here. How does the whole world agrees on similar frequencies and we can't have carriers on the same frequency in one country. Yeah, yeah... I know about spectrum availability and yada yada but this just shows our lack of foresight and another example of our national handicap of wanting to be different from everyone else. End rant.
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Lots of countries are messed up. We just finally got all the carriers providing 3G here in Thailand. Two of them are providing 3G on 850Mhz (DTAC and TrueMove), one is on 900Mhz and the other is on 2100Mhz. A big grab bag. An AT&T phone will get 3G on two of them. Some TMO phones get 3G on the other one. But all phones get it on the 2100 carrier. I am using my G2X on 2100Mhz here (TOT3G) and my Nexus One on 900Mhz (AIS). So the USA isn't the only country with non-unified 3G bands.

What do u mean by this.....the atrix...I looked at that phone also and the infuse too
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Vzw gsiii $0 etf

So I searched through the forums for this, and didn't see anything so I figured I'd make a new topic....
I'm currently on a family plan, and I got my GS3 this summer on day one as I had preordered it to save my unlimited data...
However, for a multitude of reasons, I'm strongly considering closing my line off of the family plan and getting my own plan on ATT.
When I got my GS3, my receipt said $0 for the ETF, as did a number of other people I remember seeing around release time.
I'm curious, has anyone who had the $0 ETF canceled or heard of anyone who also had it canceling their plan with no charge?

Out of curiosity why Att? Not only will you not get unlimited data, the service is not as good as Verizon. I know because I came from them after 3 years of putting up with slow 3g and then getting threatened to have my plan switched and throttled without my permission. The only thing I miss from them is cheaper plan and not trying to lock down phones like Verizon which is the one thing that might drive me away eventually.
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cell128 said:
Out of curiosity why Att? Not only will you not get unlimited data, the service is not as good as Verizon. I know because I came from them after 3 years of putting up with slow 3g and then getting threatened to have my plan switched and throttled without my permission. The only thing I miss from them is cheaper plan and not trying to lock down phones like Verizon which is the one thing that might drive me away eventually.
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Discounts through work, and they still have LTE. Plus I would prefer a GSM-based network, and ATT > TMobile

shredder47 said:
Discounts through work, and they still have LTE. Plus I would prefer a GSM-based network, and ATT > TMobile
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And the funny thing is ATTs LTE speeds are on par with T-Mo's HSPA+ lol plus T-Mo has a reasonably priced unlimited everything plan with no throttling. How exactly is ATT better than T-Mo?
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cvsolidx17 said:
And the funny thing is ATTs LTE speeds are on par with T-Mo's HSPA+ lol plus T-Mo has a reasonably priced unlimited everything plan with no throttling. How exactly is ATT better than T-Mo?
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T-Mobile's HSPA+ speeds are only good in certain areas. You'll hit a lot of dead zones and be on EDGE a lot more than you will be on AT&T.
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sounds like a poor decision.

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T-Mobile's HSPA+ speeds are only good in certain areas. You'll hit a lot of dead zones and be on EDGE a lot more than you will be on AT&T.
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I can confirm this. Switched from T-Mobile to Verizon because of frequent dropped calls and their data coverage is horrible unless you live in a good size city. Plan prices were the best though.

Also their LTE is running on 2 different bands I beleive. My friend has an iPhone 5 and we compared speeds using the speedtest app. Mine was pulling 25DL while his was only getting about 5DL. I may be wrong about the bands but I sure made fun of that speed. Especially since Verizon lte is already carrying a heavier load than att's lte which is still kinda new
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I can confirm this. Switched from T-Mobile to Verizon because of frequent dropped calls and their data coverage is horrible unless you live in a good size city. Plan prices were the best though.
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I can also confirm this. I used to be on T-Mobile 2 year ago and there were a lot of moments where I couldn't even call or text a friend at all. Switched to Verizon and all of those issues vanished. Haven't regretted my switch ever since
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I appreciate everyone's concern about my carrier choice, but I'm more curious about the orignal question of if anyone has heard of anyone switching with the $0 ETF

you should contact verizon about that if you realyl want to know the answer.
get on the chat, itll take you less than 10 minutes

shredder47 said:
I appreciate everyone's concern about my carrier choice, but I'm more curious about the orignal question of if anyone has heard of anyone switching with the $0 ETF
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LOL, I too was wondering about this.
P.S. I agree with what everyone is saying. D O N ' T D O I T!!!!

shredder47 said:
I appreciate everyone's concern about my carrier choice, but I'm more curious about the orignal question of if anyone has heard of anyone switching with the $0 ETF
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Usually they charge you when you break your contact, unless your close to it being over they may let you go. Depends on which kind of service Rep you get.
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