As stated, is anyone here currently using the GS3 on Verizon while in Washington DC? I'm wondering how the radio is along the Metro system as well.
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As stated, is anyone here currently using the GS3 on Verizon while in Washington DC? I'm wondering how the radio is along the Metro system as well.
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I'm in the DC area, haven't gotten to try my GS3 on the Metro (maybe tonight), but if it's anything like when I had my T-Mobile G2, the GS3 should work even better. In some of the busier stations my G2 would actually get full "4G" service, so I'm assuming that my Verizon GS3 would get full service as well since Verizon was already a working network in the Metro system well before they started adding cell stations for other carriers to work.
I'm in NOVA but travel to DC often, you shouldn't worry at all man. I get full 4g on the metro and mostly everywhere else in DC.
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I'm in NOVA but travel to DC often, you shouldn't worry at all man. I get full 4g on the metro and mostly everywhere else in DC.
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+1, I've had the DROID charge, htc rezound and now S3. Best 4G signal so far and I travel through dc, md and va.
Weird thing is the dbm score is not that great.. But areas where I never had 4g gives me 4g very consistently and I have literally not had 1 drop call since I got this phone (June 29th)
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+1, I've had the DROID charge, htc rezound and now S3. Best 4G signal so far and I travel through dc, md and va.
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Ahhh one of the few things I love about the tri state area.
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ali87va said:
Ahhh one of the few things I love about the tri state area.
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Guess the carriers know who they have to suck up to! :good:
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Guess the carriers know who they have to suck up to! :good:
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gotta love the residual effects of VZW pandering to the feds for those niiiiiiice contracts
Used mine up in DC a few days ago, 4G was perfect
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I was excited to see the 4G icon, so I called Verizon to confirm that it is permanent and not just a test. So far, been getting amazing speeds. 7 mbps down, 2 mbps up.
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mine popped up at 6 i went in the gym with gym and when i started working out i had 4g. ran speedtest and got 19m that could be dangerous
I was waiting for it to kick in today. But Verizon surprised me with the turn on a day early. Woot. Loving the speed boost for sure.
Im glad my fellow Ohians are catching up to the west of me
Well it is great to hear that 4g is finally avail to different company besides tmobile in the miami valley i hope you guys enjoy but hey once you blow up your contract with data overages and need an out come c me for cricket
What areas of Dayton at you getting the hookup? My parents live in Germantown so I highly doubt I'll get anything when visiting but I'm curious to know if it's just the city limits or surrounding areas as well. I live in Columbus but can get 4G at work in Dublin/Hilliard too.
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Well it is great to hear that 4g is finally avail to different company besides tmobile in the miami valley i hope you guys enjoy but hey once you blow up your contract with data overages and need an out come c me for cricket
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Yeah we have this thing called Unlimited data so kiss our ass, mmkay.
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Yeah we have this thing called Unlimited data so kiss our ass, mmkay.
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i also hear if you go over a certain speed you get charged $75 so read ur 4g contract carefully cuz guess what i have unlimited net for $45 a month and no mins
I'm gonna be in Sidney all next weekend...will see if the signal can go that far.
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I'm gonna be in Sidney all next weekend...will see if the signal can go that far.
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obededom said:
I'm gonna be in Sidney all next weekend...will see if the signal can go that far.
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I was in Troy/Piqua yesterday. Sorry no yummy 4G lovin' up that far. Ironically, the wife and I both had to restart our phones when we came back to Dayton before they would resume 4G service. Hopefully the next bug fix will resolve that.
I'm in the Cincinnati Hamilton area, had 4g since day 1. Glad to see Dayton join [email protected] dexter, I have an extra t- bolt laying around I been wanting to try to flash to cricket. If you dont mind getting ahold of me for a how to that would be great, if not that's cool to.
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Well it is great to hear that 4g is finally avail to different company besides tmobile in the miami valley i hope you guys enjoy but hey once you blow up your contract with data overages and need an out come c me for cricket
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I was in Troy/Piqua yesterday. Sorry no yummy 4G lovin' up that far. Ironically, the wife and I both had to restart our phones when we came back to Dayton before they would resume 4G service. Hopefully the next bug fix will resolve that.
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What radio are you using? I've had no problem with mr2
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I'm in the Cincinnati Hamilton area, had 4g since day 1. Glad to see Dayton join [email protected] dexter, I have an extra t- bolt laying around I been wanting to try to flash to cricket. If you dont mind getting ahold of me for a how to that would be great, if not that's cool to.
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you only get 1x internet on cricket if you flash over a thunderbolt. Not really worth it. It will be almost useless.
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Well I have an extra one to play with so I just was wondering.
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you only get 1x internet on cricket if you flash over a thunderbolt. Not really worth it. It will be almost useless.
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Get 4g at work in Miamisburg and school in Dayton. Getting about 13 down and 3 up.
My VZW CSR Told me that Ashtabula will get 4g sometime in December or January. Ashtabula is 50miles east of Cleveland.
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4G is great.
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What radio are you using? I've had no problem with mr2
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Both phones are bone stock unrooted with the latest greatest OTA.
Hey Thunderbolt users! I currently have a Droid Incredible and my upgrade is due in 3 weeks. I was thinking of getting a 4G device and the Thunderbolt would have to be the best out and I don't care for the Bionic. I hate Motorola.
Anyway, I was wondering if there was a Thunderbolt user in the Arlington/Mansfield, TX area that could tell me about the 4G coverage. Is it spotty, slow, etc? I know Dallas/Ft. Worth has 4G coverage (and extended signal areas according to the verizon website), but I don't think I live close enough reach just the Dallas/Ft. Worth signal.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
If you don't have 4G yet wait for the HTC vigor to come. It's gonna blow the thunderbolt away.
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I'm trying to find out if my area is covered or not and I think I'm waiting for the vigor anyway. I guess I'll just have to go ask the Verizon guys this week. Do you happen to know when the vigor is colony out? I heard fall, but you know rumors.
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That's about as much as I know. :/
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Thanks for the help nonetheless. It's nice to get an actual response rather than seeing that views number go up. Lol
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Yes you will get 4g coverage in that area.
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I live right on the boarder of those two cities and I get great 4G. So you should be set. Although I can't guarantee anything if you live out in the far depths of Mansfield.
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I live right on the boarder of those two cities and I get great 4G. So you should be set. Although I can't guarantee anything if you live out in the far depths of Mansfield.
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Thanks so much. I have friends who have Sprint 4G here, but I wasn't sure about Verizon.
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Yes you will get 4g coverage in that area.
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Thanks very much for the info.
Yeah... great 4g here in 76002
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Yeah... great 4g here in 76002
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Sweet. I live right on the border of Arlington/Mansfield, so I'm regularly in both the 76001 and 76063 areas.
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Sweet. I live right on the border of Arlington/Mansfield, so I'm regularly in both the 76001 and 76063 areas.
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Oh yeah...youre good for sure as far as 4g goes. I even get 4g all the way out to 20 and 35 in ft worth. Its a strong signal out there in Arlington area...at least for me it is. Im rooted with the MR2x radio, but even stock before rooting was good signal.
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Oh yeah...youre good for sure as far as 4g goes. I even get 4g all the way out to 20 and 35 in ft worth. Its a strong signal out there in Arlington area...at least for me it is. Im rooted with the MR2x radio, but even stock before rooting was good signal.
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Sweet. I go up 20 all the time for the airport and rent a car. I should be set for 4G.
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I get 4G basically from Dallas to just east of Aledo, and from Lake Worth area (820 and Jacksboro) down to Ball Park and 30 in Arlington. Haven't gone much further south than that while looking though.
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I get 4G basically from Dallas to just east of Aledo, and from Lake Worth area (820 and Jacksboro) down to Ball Park and 30 in Arlington. Haven't gone much further south than that while looking though.
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Dang. Lol. That should cover me pretty good. Thanks, man.
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Dang. Lol. That should cover me pretty good. Thanks, man.
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No worries. There are a few 3G areas in there of course, but they're minimal at best.
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No worries. There are a few 3G areas in there of course, but they're minimal at best.
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I figured that's how it works everywhere. Sounds good to me though.
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I'm not in an lte market right now, I'm on hspa/umts only. No 3.5g. 3g only. I have used 2.7gb of UNLIMITED DATA and I got flagged. Wtf is that?
HTC = Hate The Consumer
they throttle the top 5% on unlimited plans. spoke to a rep yesterday. although your usage to me does not look like a 5%'er
My average usage is 2.5 to 3.8 according to the rep I spoke to. He is also curious why I got flagged. He said he will look into it and call me back.
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there are two threads here about this... one is titled throttled and the other is something along the same lines.. check them out for tips and gripes
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Sprint may not have very good coverage but I can use all the unlimited unthrottled data I want . Not trying to rub it in (cause I used yo have AT&T and got throttled and capped) just saying it was a good switch for me.
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The sad part is that even though sprint does not throttle their speeds Max at at about what we are throttled to lol. I left them in august and have not looked back.
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Sprint may not have very good coverage but I can use all the unlimited unthrottled data I want . Not trying to rub it in (cause I used yo have AT&T and got throttled and capped) just saying it was a good switch for me.
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The sad part is that even though sprint does not throttle their speeds Max at at about what we are throttled to lol. I left them in august and have not looked back.
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Really??? I get a good 1-1.5 mbps continuous on 3g on my phone and computer when I use the hotspot. I font have 4g in my area to test that though. But when sprint launches their 4g lte in 2013 I will have it hopefully still unlimited too.
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Yeah I was super dissapointed they did wimax and not lte.
Realize our 3g speeds are typically 1.5-5 , I have hit 12
When one gets throttled and can accomplish the apn trick...they are hitting 1.5-5 ...throttled
In my case here in Dallas i would get about 400kbps dload in most areas, which is why I left Sprint. Its different from area to area tho.
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Really??? I get a good 1-1.5 mbps continuous on 3g on my phone and computer when I use the hotspot. I font have 4g in my area to test that though. But when sprint launches their 4g lte in 2013 I will have it hopefully still unlimited too.
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And you can still use voice and data at the same time even when throttled!
Haha yeah ....sadly we can't use lte and calls tho
Yet.....
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And you can still use voice and data at the same time even when throttled!
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But we can use wimax and calls and will be able to use lte and calls too supposedly.
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Haha yeah ....sadly we can't use lte and calls tho
Yet.....
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Indeed. I asked about the whole call on lte thing and supposedly it will be fixed in an update
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But we can use wimax and calls and will be able to use lte and calls too supposedly.
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Sprint may not have very good coverage but I can use all the unlimited unthrottled data I want . Not trying to rub it in (cause I used yo have AT&T and got throttled and capped) just saying it was a good switch for me.
Yep had sprint for a few years and recently switched to At&t, the switch was night and day. I Showed my phone to a friend that still has sprint and he was amazed at how fast thing were loading especially YouTube videos and I wasn't even on At&t lte. I don't have an unlimited plan so I don't get throttled and average 1.3gbs per month so I'm good.
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Cyber guy i just went through the same thing with a friend haha
He now has a brand new epic touch for sale ..he bought the entire family new att phones.
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Hit let area first time ever 25mbs download
omg why isn't lte EVERYWHERE?!! is there way to make your phone hit lte more?
Nope, it's limited by coverage area, but I know what you mean. Speedy speedy!
Verizon's Lte is everywhere.
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Verizon's Lte is everywhere.
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When it works
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When it works
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Yea, I hate to champion one corrupt corporation over another, but I'd much rather be on at&t's network since the fall-back network is still leaps and bounds faster than Verizon's fall-back network (and they have had a number of outages on their LTE network this year so far). Fortunately I live in San Antonio so I have access to 3 major carriers' LTE networks.
That said, at&t can piss off with their restrictive policies. I only hate Verizon slightly more.
But my God 25mbs is amazing if could offer that every where I pay tom more I just wish my wifi that fast
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I get LTE for AT&T in weird places here. I live in Oklahoma and get LTE of course in the bigger areas but sometimes LTE 4g in like small towns kind of cool but kind of weird.
You think 25Mbps is fast, check my sig...
Lol yeah. I just came back from Anaheim. Hot damn. 16 Mbps. But speed test used up 30 MB of data... I'm now being charged $30 for using 204.6 MB of data. >_>
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Done in Plano TX (Dallas Suburb)
One of these days I'm gonna take a vacation to somewhere with LTE just to see what I'm missing out on here in the mid-south.
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Any suggestions guys. I have a sprint sgs3 that I have no issues with. I see alot of issuse about Lte dropimg and other things I realty want to stick with the sgs3. Any suggestions would be great thanks in advance
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If I may, why is Sprint booting you?
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For purposely roaming i bet
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No I moved to north Carolina and they have no service here. I have no choice but to roam. So they are canceling my contract for excessive roaming.
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Do you have to pay an ETF if they cancel your contract?
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Any suggestions guys. I have a sprint sgs3 that I have no issues with. I see alot of issuse about Lte dropimg and other things I realty want to stick with the sgs3. Any suggestions would be great thanks in advance
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Where are you seeing all these lte issues? Beside even if it is dropping its better than Sprints NO LTE.
I have seen people complaining that it keeps kicking them down to 3g. But you are right the speed difference is huge. And no I don't have to pay an etf. I just have to send then all of my phones. Witch sux I just got the sgs3 two weeks ago
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I am just trying to get a feel for issues if any at all. You know how some people whine and you can't get a good idea on a phone I assume it will be about the same with way better coverage and ddata speeds.
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A lot of the lte drop you may be hearing of comes from the cynogen mods and aokp roms. But Verizon has the most solid lte coverage out there.
Plus like it was stated. I'd rather lte drop but have lte as apposed to no lte and real slow 3g speeds from Sprint
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A lot of the lte drop you may be hearing of comes from the cynogen mods and aokp roms. But Verizon has the most solid lte coverage out there.
Plus like it was stated. I'd rather lte drop but have lte as apposed to no lte and real slow 3g speeds from Sprin
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I'm w you on that. So you guys are having no issues? No complaints?
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Go to the Verizon coverage map and check your area and see what kind of reception you get that's the best way to find out of Verizon is worth it.
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Go to the Verizon coverage map and check your area and see what kind of reception you get that's the best way to find out of Verizon is worth it.
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Shows solid lte and 3g so we shall c
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I have seen people complaining that it keeps kicking them down to 3g. But you are right the speed difference is huge. And no I don't have to pay an etf. I just have to send then all of my phones. Witch sux I just got the sgs3 two weeks ago
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You should just keep it and pay an ETF. You could easily sell for $500 on eBay to cover a $200 ETF.
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I'm w you on that. So you guys are having no issues? No complaints?
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I'm cynogen 10 running jellybean and I've some 4g drop but that's a known issue.
While on stock all I see is 4g on top here in Phoenix. I don't even know what 3g is anymore
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I'm cynogen 10 running jellybean and I've some 4g drop but that's a known issue.
While on stock all I see is 4g on top here in Phoenix. I don't even know what 3g is anymore
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I am using AOKP Milestone 6, and after tinkering with a couple things, I have a solid 4G connection. No unexplained drops to 3G in a 4G area for me.
And I agree with what's stated above. There is no way you'll want 3G once you get used to 4G.
stock Rom at the moment works best on this phone I would just stay with that till development matures a bit.
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Verizon is a total rip off now. Data is way too expensive.
Good bye HTC Rezound, hello Galaxy S3!
It may be exspensive but for the same plan I have on sprint I can switch. And save 30 bucks a month that's with 4 gigs. Ill never use that Much. With sprint there data is so slow it'ss painfully. That's why its unlimeted. Cause there is nothing to limit lol.
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It may be exspensive but for the same plan I have on sprint I can switch. And save 30 bucks a month that's with 4 gigs. Ill never use that Much. With sprint there data is so slow it'ss painfully. That's why its unlimeted. Cause there is nothing to limit lol.
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Haha "I'll never use that much" just wait til u get on lte...
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Haha "I'll never use that much" just wait til u get on lte...
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I agree. I use 1 gig in about a week, easily. I definitely wouldn't come to Verizon with their new data plans. You're just asking for a huge bill.
Good bye HTC Rezound, hello Galaxy S3!