If you haven't heard, AT&T just enabled LTE on their pre-paid network. The plan is 2GB with unlimited talk/text for $60 flat. I just got it and I'm pretty damn glad that I decided to switch. I ported over hte number from Straight Talk. I got HSPA speeds on ST and downloaded at like 7mbps. Now, I can get 30mbps and maybe more. I have only tried a few speed tests. In my home, I only get like 14mbps, which is still manageable
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If you haven't heard, AT&T just enabled LTE on their pre-paid network. The plan is 2GB with unlimited talk/text for $60 flat. I just got it and I'm pretty damn glad that I decided to switch. I ported over hte number from Straight Talk. I got HSPA speeds on ST and downloaded at like 7mbps. Now, I can get 30mbps and maybe more. I have only tried a few speed tests. In my home, I only get like 14mbps, which is still manageable
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why you you go on a limited plan? ST still has unlimited data. and its like 50 bucks. saving 10 dollars and unlimited data seem way better than getting my download faster. at the end you still get the download.
It sounds like the OP was interested in speed. I can add that ST's bizarro policy on data limit and their willingness to cancel a number for a violation of an unstated data limit makes ATT prepaid safer if you really have to keep your phone number.
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I agree. If you can manage with 2gb, go phone is the best pre paid option out there
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why you you go on a limited plan? ST still has unlimited data. and its like 50 bucks. saving 10 dollars and unlimited data seem way better than getting my download faster. at the end you still get the download.
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Straight talk isn't really unlimited. If you go over 2gb, they will throttle your speed. I never went over 2gb though so that's why I went with a limited plan. I just prefer having the faster speeds. If I have an LTE phone, might as well get LTE
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I wish the AT&T AIO was available nationwide. You get LTE up to 7 GB for $70 a month. I'm sick of 3G on ST
Thiw would be perfect for my uncle...quick question, when switching to go phone do you have to get one of their phones or could you use an existing one you already own? I went to their website and it said to purchase a phone or something like that to get started with the plan...
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We always brought our own phones to AT&T Go-Phone without any issues before we switched to Straight Talk.
I think straight talk is still the best deal in town for an at&t phone. The hspa data speeds are great in most places and the price is very good for unlimited talk and text and I think they only allow 1.2 gb's of data but that's still a lot. It's about $48 with taxes and fees. My s4 is on it.
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Straight Talk issued a statement a few days ago & said this report of capping is done only on their sister company Net10. It does NOT apply to ST.
OnSugarHill said:
If you haven't heard, AT&T just enabled LTE on their pre-paid network. The plan is 2GB with unlimited talk/text for $60 flat. I just got it and I'm pretty damn glad that I decided to switch. I ported over hte number from Straight Talk. I got HSPA speeds on ST and downloaded at like 7mbps. Now, I can get 30mbps and maybe more. I have only tried a few speed tests. In my home, I only get like 14mbps, which is still manageable
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I was thinking of doing it but I read that text messages are not included and it's extra...is that true?
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Is the coverage any different between pre-pay AT&T and post-pay AT&T?
Before moving to AT&T postpaid, I had a Galaxy S720C on ST with Verizon. Coverage was native towers only and no roaming (I knew that going in). VZW's pre-pay service doesn't include roaming either.
That was one reason I switched from ST (VZW) to AT&T post paid. And I went from 3 lines of service to 4 lines of service which made ST nearly $200/month for 3g non-roaming service. Otherwise, I had no complaints about the service from ST that they weren't able to fix.
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Is the coverage any different between pre-pay AT&T and post-pay AT&T?
Before moving to AT&T postpaid, I had a Galaxy S720C on ST with Verizon. Coverage was native towers only and no roaming (I knew that going in). VZW's pre-pay service doesn't include roaming either.
That was one reason I switched from ST (VZW) to AT&T post paid. And I went from 3 lines of service to 4 lines of service which made ST nearly $200/month for 3g non-roaming service. Otherwise, I had no complaints about the service from ST that they weren't able to fix.
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I believe that coverage is the same.
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I believe that coverage is the same.
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I remember looking into it before I left ST. At that time, I think ST and AT&T were no longer working together. Now on the AT&T pre-paid side, I've never investigated to learn if there are any differences in the coverage. But again, I know that with Verizon, there is a difference and there are maps that show pre-pay and post pay coverage.
When you zoom in and reconfigure/refresh the maps you can see some differences.
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/support/coverage-locator
http://www.att.com/maps/wireless-coverage.html
Those maps are so subject to interpretation that I'm not sure any conclusions can be drawn by looking at them. I'm not sure the providers want us to know either.
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Straight Talk issued a statement a few days ago & said this report of capping is done only on their sister company Net10. It does NOT apply to ST.
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But hundreds of straight talk users have reported data caps and being throttled...from my understanding its nit an official data cap, so technically it doesnt exist...however for many users after going iver 2gb they become throttled...some even get terminated for going even higher, yet others can go through much much more and never be throttled...its a hit or miss I guess
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Straight Talk issued a statement a few days ago & said this report of capping is done only on their sister company Net10. It does NOT apply to ST.
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HA! Been throttled for almost 2 months now. All for using 2.5 gigs. Every time I call I get the bull**** runaround and sent to their TOS recorded message. **** ST. Go phone here I come.
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I was thinking of doing it but I read that text messages are not included and it's extra...is that true?
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The plan says unlimited text and calling
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HA! Been throttled for almost 2 months now. All for using 2.5 gigs. Every time I call I get the bull**** runaround and sent to their TOS recorded message. **** ST. Go phone here I come.
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Me too!
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The plan says unlimited text and calling
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Oh ok. Go phone, here I come!
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Me too!
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Do you mind giving some more detail on the throttling? I was on ST before GoPhone and i never used over 2GB but I was wondering how it worked. What were your speeds before/after throttling? I'm guessing you were on the HSPA before, and maybe 2G after... was it AT&T or T-Mobile?
GoPhone seems to be a good plan so far for me. The LTE seems a lot more consistent than the HSPA I was getting through ST as far as speeds, AND constant connectivity. I haven't found any rough spots on the LTE so far, but I always found areas where the HSPA connection would fade in/out when I was on ST.
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Do you mind giving some more detail on the throttling? I was on ST before GoPhone and i never used over 2GB but I was wondering how it worked. What were your speeds before/after throttling? I'm guessing you were on the HSPA before, and maybe 2G after... was it AT&T or T-Mobile?
GoPhone seems to be a good plan so far for me. The LTE seems a lot more consistent than the HSPA I was getting through ST as far as speeds, AND constant connectivity. I haven't found any rough spots on the LTE so far, but I always found areas where the HSPA connection would fade in/out when I was on ST.
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Well straight talk (AT&T) can be bullish*t sometimes. A few months ago I had a smartphone, can't remember which one honestly. Anyways, i sold it and because I had ordered another smartphone but while I was waiting for the new phone to arrive I was using an old flip phone. So I wasn't using any data at all for a couple of weeks. When I got the new phone and set up the apn and everything, my data speeds were super slow, 0.25 mbps max. I called straight talk to ask them what's up, they said that I was throttled because I was using too much data which wasn't true because I was using a flip phone for more than 2 weeks.
When they throttled you it's 0.25 mbps, they go hard on you. Besides lately my data has been very inconsistent (generally it's between 2-6mbps but it's so inconsistent, sometimes I wait 60s for tapatalk to load) and I live in Maryland where coverage is usually excellent. So now I'm going to switch to go phone this weekend and enjoy some LTE. I can't wait. In my opinion it is totally worth the extra 10+ bucks.
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I have a G2x and I have the TMobile $30 unlimited text and 5GB data plan with 100 minutes. I never go over 5GB so it's like I have I unlimited since I never get throttled SMS it's like I have unlimited calls since I use Google voice voip apps to get free minutes. I use either talkatone or groove IP...both are great and work great as long as you have wifi or 4G. This is the cheapest and best plan I have found plus not to mention it's prepaid so I'm not even in a contract.
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I have this same plan also but i do it a little different then you. When im at work (can t have cell at work) I have google voice forward to my work phone. When I get home I use the obi110 connected to a regular phone to make and receive calls.
If I am out and dont have good 4g, thats when ill use my regular minutes, and if I do have good 4g ill use talkatone or groove IP. both apps in my opinion need some work.
I have mobilicity $25 unlimited talk, text and data plan. Thou data sucks but still hovers around 2 mbps
I have that same plan from T-Mobile but kind of wish it had more minutes. Coming from VM's unlimited everything for 25 with 300 minutes, I feel kind of restricted.
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I have unlimited everything with 2gb data for 71.67 with tax and fees.
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Ok guys, well here's a little background. I sell cell phones. When you get a Pre paid phone your renting your service from the tower. When you go into contract you now have full range of the tower. Think of a glass of water about half full, thats pre paid. Completely full is you contracts. Contracts are mostly for people with more then one phone. For example, I pay $100 a month for 2 smartphones with 1000 minutes, unlimited text, and 2GB of 4G data and then its throttled. Here's the best part, I'm usually on wifi so i never go over my data therefore I'm never throttled.
As far as prices go, pre paid will save you money, but aren't very reliable when in an emergency situation. Also, as food for thought, VM runs off Sprint towers. So if you have a dead spot somewhere blame sprint not VM.
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Ok guys, well here's a little background. I sell cell phones. When you get a Pre paid phone your renting your service from the tower. When you go into contract you now have full range of the tower. Think of a glass of water about half full, thats pre paid. Completely full is you contracts. Contracts are mostly for people with more then one phone. For example, I pay $100 a month for 2 smartphones with 1000 minutes, unlimited text, and 2GB of 4G data and then its throttled. Here's the best part, I'm usually on wifi so i never go over my data therefore I'm never throttled.
As far as prices go, pre paid will save you money, but aren't very reliable when in an emergency situation. Also, as food for thought, VM runs off Sprint towers. So if you have a dead spot somewhere blame sprint not VM.
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spoken like a great salesman. Great examples, and ya made it personable... You made me want to buy a new phone w/ contract although I don't need one.
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I have a G2x and I have the TMobile $30 unlimited text and 5GB data plan with 100 minutes. I never go over 5GB so it's like I have I unlimited since I never get throttled SMS it's like I have unlimited calls since I use Google voice voip apps to get free minutes. I use either talkatone or groove IP...both are great and work great as long as you have wifi or 4G. This is the cheapest and best plan I have found plus not to mention it's prepaid so I'm not even in a contract.
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Does using the google voice/groove IP take up any data from the 5gb? Also I'm new to my prepaid as of a week ago so I don't know much about it, is it possible for me to just go from the $50 plan I'm on now to that $30 plan?
Because of my job I use a lot of voice, I know you said google voice works great, but is it easy to use as well.
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I have unlimited everything with 2gb data for 71.67 with tax and fees.
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+1 same plan and works for me
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Does using the google voice/groove IP take up any data from the 5gb? Also I'm new to my prepaid as of a week ago so I don't know much about it, is it possible for me to just go from the $50 plan I'm on now to that $30 plan?
Because of my job I use a lot of voice, I know you said google voice works great, but is it easy to use as well.
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Yes it takes up data and no you can't switch. You must start a new account with a new number in order to get the $30 plan. Also I'm not sure how much data per minute a voice call takes up but it shouldn't be that much. Probably about 20—30Mb per hour maybe more depending on the compression
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Is this plan still available?
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I have unlimited everything with 2gb data for 71.67 with tax and fees.
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Wow I'd hate to pay that again
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Is this plan still available?
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Yes but only to new pre paid customers
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zoocircle said:
Does using the google voice/groove IP take up any data from the 5gb? Also I'm new to my prepaid as of a week ago so I don't know much about it, is it possible for me to just go from the $50 plan I'm on now to that $30 plan?
Because of my job I use a lot of voice, I know you said google voice works great, but is it easy to use as well.
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I use groove IP for all my calls, twitter every hour and Facebook as well, also zynga poker online and XDA surfing I rarely go over 4 gigs
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I'm not saying this is for everybody but where I live I get great TMobile reception and fast 4g so I choose not to pay extra for minutes. the 5GB of data is what I'm paying for kuz at the end of the day anything you need to do on a smartphone can be done thru data. This plan fits me.
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I think at the end of this cycle. My family is switching to sprint. 1500 minutes. Unlimited everything else. About 149.99 for everything and an extra line. Idk if that's very good or bad. I thought it looked semi decent.
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I think at the end of this cycle. My family is switching to sprint. 1500 minutes. Unlimited everything else. About 149.99 for everything and an extra line. Idk if that's beatable.
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Sprint is reliable from a service standpoint. Plus great prices. But there data speeds are too slow for me. Their 4g is like TMobile 3G. If calls and text are your main concern then go for it.
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Data is a concern too but I don't need super super fast network. But in some places my data had problems where as my buddy has sprint and doesn't have problems. I went to tthe royals game this weekend. ( they suck badly ) and I sat up high in the cheap seats and was having problem sending messages and trying to load web pages. Guy sitting next to me had sprint and was loading up fine. Idk what the problem was.
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Data is a concern too but I don't need super super fast network. But in some places my data had problems where as my buddy has sprint and doesn't have problems. I went to tthe royals game this weekend. ( they suck badly ) and I sat up high in the cheap seats and was having problem sending messages and trying to load web pages. Guy sitting next to me had sprint and was loading up fine. Idk what the problem was.
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I had this issue in certain parts of virginia when traveling so i feel ya. I just want everyone to get a good deal on their plans kuz rates these days are ridiculous
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Thats just it though. Between sprint and T-Mobile, you can unlimited everything for next to nothing. Sprint prices I don't know, dont sell them, but people with sprint have been moving to ATT for better service and to T-Mobile for better service while still spending less. Tell you parents sprint is a no go if they want to be able to go places and still have service.
My contract is about to expire in a few months with ATT. Im trying to decide if I want to keep their service or try Straight Talk or use another GSM SIM. Anyone else use re-fill SIM cards as their primary service? Or should I just stick with ATT.
I've been using it for several months with no problems. 3g & 4G work great.
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Same here
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good hear. I might pickup a sim and give a try for a while. Or a Tmobile one.
I'm in the Houston area and ATT is horrid where i'm at... I talked to some friends that had Tmobile and they raved about the service in the area.
tmobile recently has restructured it's 3g to use the 1900mhz that ATT 3g uses so i'd get 3g in my area even though the inspire doesn't have the tmobile radios for 3g
so I ended up jumping ship to T-mobile prepaid $30 a month 100 min unlimited talk 5gig "4g"
I get better phone service everywhere I've been to compare but data didn't work at all (had the check mark next to the H+ symbol)... after some digging I found I just needed to update the APN info to Tmobile specs... my mother-in-law went to tmobile prepaid the same time I did (I set everything up) and that wasn't the case with her phone.
The hspa speeds are much better then what I got from ATT but i'm at the edge of Houston so if I go to certain areas I drop down to edge.
so in short... if you've been happy with ATT service in your area I'd stick with their towers but if tmobile has better coverage AND has either updated to 1900mhz in your area OR you can live with edge data speeds consider moving to tmobile.
I'm going to stick with tmobile... I'm going to pick up a new phone at some point so I do't have to deal with the limited data locations
one other thing to consider... if you use google voice some carriers don't support changing the voicemail box... it appears t-mobile prepaid is this way... a few people have figured out how to jump though those hoops but it's not easy
Using my inspire on net ten and couldn't be happier
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I live in NYC so i have a big gsm coverage map between ATT & Tmobile. I am thinking i will try Straight talk for a month or two, if it sucks i will swtich back to ATT.
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I live in NYC so i have a big gsm coverage map between ATT & Tmobile. I am thinking i will try Straight talk for a month or two, if it sucks i will swtich back to ATT.
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I;ve been with ST for years now, finally got a smartphone (HTC 4g). I get all the same service anyone gets with ATT plans for $45 a month. I think a person would be silly to not get on ST. I know ST caps their "Unlimited" plans, I have never recieved any messages stating I am getting near tht , and I keep FB, Messenger, News Feeds, and weather running all the time, along with being a you tube addict, Watching full length videos (45 min - 2hour shows)........and Hey $45 a month.
ATT coverage, it is what it is.................
Like I said I use my inspire on net10 which is actually exactly the same company as straight talk and tracfone. I have found that using a dual apn setup instead of the single apn straight talk, tracfone, and net10 give you and it has literally doubled my data speeds. If anyone who has an inspire and is with one of these providers you can pm me if you would like to try the settings I use
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Thanks for pointing out StraightTalk, have been looking at T-mobile's 30/mo plan but may try them instead.
So its possible to get straight talk without buying a phone outright? Tired of paying $160/ month for 2 phones...
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So its possible to get straight talk without buying a phone outright? Tired of paying $160/ month for 2 phones...
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Im waiting 2 months for my contract to expire in which i will probably buy a ST SIM card and use in my phone. Their website says you can carry over your phone number as well. I may look at net10 as well.
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Im waiting 2 months for my contract to expire in which i will probably buy a ST SIM card and use in my phone. Their website says you can carry over your phone number as well. I may look at net10 as well.
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straightalk and net10 are owned by the same parent company so service is probably about the same. I noticed a couple days ago that straightalksim.com only had tmobile sims all of the sudden. walmart online still had both
I have been on straightalk att sim since the nokia e71 sim (before they just offered sims) my brother got two sims from straghttalksim.com and both phones work great. if you get the att sim on att phone calling and text work out of the box. You simply change the apns in settings and data works
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Im waiting 2 months for my contract to expire in which i will probably buy a ST SIM card and use in my phone. Their website says you can carry over your phone number as well. I may look at net10 as well.
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be careful about porting numbers with the VMNO's my dad did it several years ago and had nothing but problems, he ended up going back to Verizon dispite the huge cost savings
to the OP... and anyone else looking to take the phone with them... call or chat with ATT (I find the online chat to be far easier) and have them sim unlock the device... it opens up any GSM network... while 3g isn't a sure thing it'll at least make calls and on edge...
I'm using prepaid T-Mobile on my inspire and its only getting 2g. The guy at T-Mobile store told me thats all I can get with using T-Mobile prepaid but is there a way I can get 3g/h working?
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I'm using prepaid T-Mobile on my inspire and its only getting 2g. The guy at T-Mobile store told me thats all I can get with using T-Mobile prepaid but is there a way I can get 3g/h working?
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in short nothing that YOU can do... at least not with the inspire 4g...
T-mobile has used the 1700 and 2100mhz band for it's 3g service... ATT uses 850 and 1900mhz for it's 3g band
in the last few months Tmobile has reworked it's network to use the 1900mhz for 3g, they have done it in a number of large markets (including my home area in Houston) so I can get 3g/4g hspa+ speeds with the att radio... this is all in preperation for tmobile to open up it's LTE markets
this is me with the inspire on a custom rom running prepaid tmobile...
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Tmobile will prob at some point upgrade your market but when is anybody's guess... if you have 3g/4g avl int he area on the tmobile network a new phone is going to be the easiest way...
a Galaxy Nexus GSM or Nexus 4 will give you both the att and tmobile frequencies... or for $200 you can get a new LG optimus l9 from Tmobile that will get the 3g/4g from tmobile...
even in my area I get bounced to 2g/edge a little to frequently so i'm going to pick up a new phone... i'm still debating on exactly what phone I want to get... with LTE right around the corner the nexus 4 is so tempting...
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I'm using prepaid T-Mobile on my inspire and its only getting 2g. The guy at T-Mobile store told me thats all I can get with using T-Mobile prepaid but is there a way I can get 3g/h working?
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Im actually working on the Tmobile project here in the NYC area. They are using the $6B they got from ATT for the failed merger to upgrade their system wide. The upgrade is going on nationwide and will probably take some time to get going in your area. They always start in the major markets before moving to the small ones. Tmobile upgrade started probably just over a year ago.
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Im actually working on the Tmobile project here in the NYC area. They are using the $6B they got from ATT for the failed merger to upgrade their system wide. The upgrade is going on nationwide and will probably take some time to get going in your area. They always start in the major markets before moving to the small ones. Tmobile upgrade started probably just over a year ago.
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yup a number of markets already have the upgrades in place... I'm one of the lucky ones here in Houston which is why I have 3g/4g on my inspire w/ tmobile
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I've been using it for several months with no problems. 3g & 4G work great.
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Did you have to unlock it? Are you running a custom rom? Or can it use a Straight Talk / Net 10 sim on stock?
use aahk to use the sim unlock feature ? That's what I used to unlock the at&t sim so I can use tmobile...Im in Tuscaloosa, Alabama...not sure if that helped or not....Im just going to switch to AT&T next month, prepaid at&t is actually cheaper than tmobile.....
Post a screen shot of your LTE speedtest and location!!! Let's see AT&T's blazing fast LTE. Will post mine one I get my S4.
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Crappy LTE speeds today... I usually get about 21Mbps +
City: Houston - Texas
Bjray said:
Crappy LTE speeds today... I usually get about 21Mbps +
City: Houston - Texas
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I once pulled 60mbps down on the iphone 5 and then turned LTE off and got 10mbps on H+. Very impressed with AT&T, yet I crave T-Mobile lol.
MattMJB0188 said:
I once pulled 60mbps down on the iphone 5 and then turned LTE off and got 10mbps on H+. Very impressed with AT&T, yet I crave T-Mobile lol.
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Lucky you. My country wouldn't get that kind of speed in 100 years
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MattMJB0188 said:
I once pulled 60mbps down on the iphone 5 and then turned LTE off and got 10mbps on H+. Very impressed with AT&T, yet I crave T-Mobile lol.
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Yeah, I just get chills when I get a big spike like that... I wonder if messing around with APN's will change anything?
I had crappy wifi today...but amazing lte...my wifi is usually around 10-15 anyways...heres mine
Edit: wifi is on bottom and lte is on top...still getting used to this keyboard
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a part of me wishes i had lte in my area instead of only hspa+ for those speeds. then another part of me is glad i dont because at&t's lte is known to eat more battery than hspa+.
31220 area in 478
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York, PA checking in. This is about 30% faster than my HTC One X.
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Woo Whoo!!! Best day ever! Not really but I get a new phone one day and the next day I finally get LTE in my city (Ocala, FL)
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1. Home WiFi via Comcast cable.
2-5. LTE at home (wow!)
6-7. LTE at work.
1 Home wifi with comcast.
2 AT&T Lte
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4g lte (so glad i dropped sprint).
Faluzure said:
4g lte (so glad i dropped sprint).
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Yeah Sprint is a joke. What's nice about AT&T is when you step outside an LTE area you have H+ to fall back on. I can easily pull 7-10 mbps down on HSPA+.
I'm also very fortunate to still have unlimited data on AT&T. With these blazing LTE results, I am sure some will go through their data in a day or two.
Can I ask which data plan you are on?
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Yeah Sprint is a joke. What's nice about AT&T is when you step outside an LTE area you have H+ to fall back on. I can easily pull 7-10 mbps down on HSPA+.
I'm also very fortunate to still have unlimited data on AT&T. With these blazing LTE results, I am sure some will go through their data in a day or two.
Can I ask which data plan you are on?
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That's hilarious. Coming from a WiMax phone, 7-10 Mbps was my max on WiMax. I know their 4G LTE will be better, but damn... they released their press release for my market back last October and there's still no movement on it 7 months later. I got tired of waiting (because they don't sell WiMax phones anymore), so I'd have to drop to their terrible 1Mbps 3G.
Well, I knew that would be a downfall (I opted for the 3 Gig plan). I could always bump up to the 5G (I think) plan for $15 more. Luckily my work & house has good broadband, so that should tide me over for the most part. If I really needed to stream something, my wife has the Unlimited Data still and I could always use hers.
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That's hilarious. Coming from a WiMax phone, 7-10 Mbps was my max on WiMax. I know their 4G LTE will be better, but damn... they released their press release for my market back last October and there's still no movement on it 7 months later. I got tired of waiting (because they don't sell WiMax phones anymore), so I'd have to drop to their terrible 1Mbps 3G.
Well, I knew that would be a downfall (I opted for the 3 Gig plan). I could always bump up to the 5G (I think) plan for $15 more. Luckily my work & house has good broadband, so that should tide me over for the most part. If I really needed to stream something, my wife has the Unlimited Data still and I could always use hers.
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GSM is the superior technology which allows for H+. As much as I have been craving T-Mobile lately, I will be sticking with AT&T. Sprint and T-Mobile are crap carriers in the process of upgrading all their existing cell sites to compete with the big boys. Until that is done, I kinda feel sorry for their smartphone subscribers.
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Yeah Sprint is a joke. What's nice about AT&T is when you step outside an LTE area you have H+ to fall back on. I can easily pull 7-10 mbps down on HSPA+.
I'm also very fortunate to still have unlimited data on AT&T. With these blazing LTE results, I am sure some will go through their data in a day or two.
Can I ask which data plan you are on?
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GSM is the superior technology which allows for H+. As much as I have been craving T-Mobile lately, I will be sticking with AT&T. Sprint and T-Mobile are crap carriers in the process of upgrading all their existing cell sites to compete with the big boys. Until that is done, I kinda feel sorry for their smartphone subscribers.
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Yeah... I'm going to be another statistic for the next quarter: http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/24/sprint-earnings-q1-2013/ It's sad. I guess loyalty only gets you so far until you start lagging behind your competitors. I was with them for 13 years.
Very happy with my new service though. The most important thing is that I have cell signal in my home and work... basically in buildings. Sprint's coverage was so bad indoors, it would zap my battery trying to look for cell service constantly.
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53 Mbps down | 20 Mbps up
About time I start getting real LTE speeds...
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So today I went in and set up a plan with AT&T on their mobile 2GB share plan(not prepaid). Got a sim and now awaiting my n5. I have been reading on here that Straight talk has a plan for $45 a month which includes LTE. So my question is, Will I get the same coverage, Same speeds on Straight talk that I would get from AT&T? If this is the case, I feel like its a no brainer to get straight talk instead. I am usually on wifi at work and at home, so I only need 2gbs.
Also, How would I go about setting up service on straight talk?
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So today I went in and set up a plan with AT&T on their mobile 2GB share plan(not prepaid). Got a sim and now awaiting my n5. I have been reading on here that Straight talk has a plan for $45 a month which includes LTE. So my question is, Will I get the same coverage, Same speeds on Straight talk that I would get from AT&T? If this is the case, I feel like its a no brainer to get straight talk instead. I am usually on wifi at work and at home, so I only need 2gbs.
Also, How would I go about setting up service on straight talk?
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I went from ATT to ST. I get identical cell coverage (in fact, it even says AT&T as the carrier)
I notice the internet is slower - it looks like they throttle it by default. . Also once you hit 2.5gb of internet they will significantly throttle it.
However I am overall happy... Paying less than 50% and like you I am usually on WiFi.
You just order the sim from their website and put it in the phone.
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I went from ATT to ST. I get identical cell coverage (in fact, it even says AT&T as the carrier)
I notice the internet is slower - it looks like they throttle it by default. . Also once you hit 2.5gb of internet they will significantly throttle it.
However I am overall happy... Paying less than 50% and like you I am usually on WiFi.
You just order the sim from their website and put it in the phone.
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What are your speeds?
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What are your speeds?
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when I was on ST with LTE I averaged 20mbs download. but I am now back with go phone 60 a month plan
daddioj said:
when I was on ST with LTE I averaged 20mbs download. but I am now back with go phone 60 a month plan
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How come if you don't mind me asking...
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well there was a whole thread on how none of peoples mms messages were not sending. mine didn't either. even though it clearly showed sent on my phone. even text sometimes failed. could it have been teething issues because of LTE just launching maybe. could have been my note 3 when I had it maybe. plus I don't want to be throttled and I want to use my data however I want to use it. plus when you send via text or mms your basically going through a middle man first when on a MVNO and sometimes things can get lost in transition. maybe it was AT&T? I I will never know. but I rather pay the extra 13 bucks its worth it to me rather then be aggravated.
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well there was a whole thread on how none of peoples mms messages were not sending. mine didn't either. even though it clearly showed sent on my phone. even text sometimes failed. could it have been teething issues because of LTE just launching maybe. could have been my note 3 when I had it maybe. plus I don't want to be throttled and I want to use my data however I want to use it. plus when you send via text or mms your basically going through a middle man first when on a MVNO and sometimes things can get lost in transition. maybe it was AT&T? I I will never know. but I rather pay the extra 13 bucks its worth it to me rather then be aggravated.
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What do you have now with Gophone?
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2gb of data unlimted talk and text. and texting to 60 + countries.
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or theres AIO which AT&T owns. but are throttled to 8-12 mb down on LTE.
Would I be better off doing Aio pro plan for $70/month or stick with AT&T mobile share w/2gb for $105 after taxes... Forget price, I'm more concerned about speeds and coverage for LTE.
AT&T has excellent coverage in my area and I don't travel much. Aio pro comes with 7Gb as we'll.....
Hmmmmm
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does anyone have service with Ultra mobile? with the 19$ Plan, if so i'm wondering what are the speeds after 50MB
their website btw is http://ultra.me
If you're going to do that plan, you may as well spend $10 more, and get T-Mobile exclusive Walmart $30 plan per month that gives you 100 minutes, 5gb of LTE speeds (However data is unlimited No cap), and unlimited everything else!
Or you could go my route and run NET10, as your carrier which is $50 bucks per month unlimited everything, and data gets throttled after 2.5 GB!
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If you're going to do that plan, you may as well spend $10 more, and get T-Mobile exclusive Walmart $30 plan per month that gives you 100 minutes, 5gb of LTE speeds (However data is unlimited No cap), and unlimited everything else!
Or you could go my route and run NET10, as your carrier which is $50 bucks per month unlimited everything, and data gets throttled after 2.5 GB!
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i have that plan currently but not getting lte, even though im in a LTE area
Weird. Sorry to hear man. If that's the case, then I'd move to NET10. NET10 is ran by Verizon/AT&T towers, so LTE shouldn't be an issue if AT&T LTE is dominate in your area.
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Weird. Sorry to hear man. If that's the case, then I'd move to NET10. NET10 is ran by Verizon/AT&T towers, so LTE shouldn't be an issue if AT&T LTE is dominate in your area.
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maybe my simcard is old? do you need the newer sims to pickup lte?
mines like the full sized sim cut into a mini sim
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maybe my simcard is old? do you need the newer sims to pickup lte?
mines like the full sized sim cut into a mini sim
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Yeah you may need to go to Walmart and pick up the $30 Micro-Sim, that could be a possible issue. Give that shot before you do anything rash! Sorry for the late reply, I had to sleep haha. Happy Holidays!
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i have that plan currently but not getting lte, even though im in a LTE area
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HI
just to remind you , Ultra Mobile is MVNO for T-Mobile , so you would get HSPA ..
And the data is 50mb only , after that no 2G OR ANYTHING , its more for talk and text( nationwide and international) than data,though the $40 plan is roughly good for everything ,just like T-mobile $50 ... but NO taxes or fees.
That's as far as I understand ..
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If you're going to do that plan, you may as well spend $10 more, and get T-Mobile exclusive Walmart $30 plan per month that gives you 100 minutes, 5gb of LTE speeds (However data is unlimited No cap), and unlimited everything else!
Or you could go my route and run NET10, as your carrier which is $50 bucks per month unlimited everything, and data gets throttled after 2.5 GB!
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I don't think you get LTE on that $30 T-mo plan. You get "up to 4G speeds" I read on their website. Two different things.
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I don't think you get LTE on that $30 T-mo plan. You get "up to 4G speeds" I read on their website. Two different things.
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Nope you get LTE
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Nope you get LTE
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SHUT THE F*CK UP! O___O
Hmmmmmmm time switch that to Pro if I switch to T-Mo's $30 plan (on Verizon tinkering with my Nexus 5's "compatibilities" on Verizon[MUST HAVE UNLIMITED!])
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SHUT THE F*CK UP! O___O
Hmmmmmmm time switch that to Pro if I switch to T-Mo's $30 plan (on Verizon tinkering with my Nexus 5's "compatibilities" on Verizon[MUST HAVE UNLIMITED!])
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Shut the F UP? NO DAM ill try but let me get a few snaps on LTE in a while im in the bathroom atm
no LTE in here but outside god dam LTE eveyr dam where
I spoke too soon I actually picked up LTE
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To prove its the 30$ plan
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markdapimp said:
I spoke too soon I actually picked up LTE
To prove its the 30$ plan
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Haha thanks for helping me out. I don't get on XDA until around 7 PM central time. I only knew LTE was used on that plan because a friend swapped to that plan from Sprint. Thank the lord he moved from Sprint LOL! That was the worse services I had ever seen in my area. LTE Speeds were T-Mobile/AT&T's Edge speeds. Anyways, I see that you got LTE now!?!? Did swapping out the sim card help? What'd you do out of curiosity?
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I don't think you get LTE on that $30 T-mo plan. You get "up to 4G speeds" I read on their website. Two different things.
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As for this quote. I agree. there is definitely a difference between the term LTE and 4G for informed users on carriers, however the general consumer know LTE as 4G, and it's always been advertised as "4G LTE" or "4G".
Ya @Kenchi* T-Mobile should reclarify that.
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Ya @Kenchi* T-Mobile should reclarify that.
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Regardless its LTE
I'm on the $30 plan from tmobile, you don't have to get it from Walmart, you just have to be a new prepaid customer and yes it's LTE for the first 5gb
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I'm on the $30 plan from tmobile, you don't have to get it from Walmart, you just have to be a new prepaid customer and yes it's LTE for the first 5gb
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First 5GB you say?
let me challenge that.
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First 5GB you say?
let me challenge that.
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What?
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What?
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i'm going to go past 5GB and see if the throttle is enforced or not