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Will you switch services and what phone will you buy?
Depends on the prepaid prices and if current prices will be honored. If not, back to Virgin Mobile I will go. They're getting some good android phones, hopefully dev support picks up for them.
This depends on whether or not I can back out of my contract without paying. If I can, then I'm off to Verizon. I won't stick with AT&T if I don't have to, and I won't go back to Sprint.
Never had an at&t contract or knew anyone that did. I take it they such, huh?
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Can't think of a single pleasant experience I ever had with them in a single year of use. Yet in the three years I've been with T-Mobile, I have only had one unpleasant experience.
What? AT&T already bought T-Mobile at like the beginning of this year. I thought they were just waiting on something before they changed things.
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What? AT&T already bought T-Mobile at like the beginning of this year. I thought they were just waiting on something before they changed things.
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Not yet, It needs to be approved that its not in violation of any monopoly laws.
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Not yet, It needs to be approved that its not in violation of any monopoly laws.
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What GSM carriers besides the two of them exist in North America? I mean, on a nation-wide scale. Because quite frankly, I can't think of a single one besides AT&T & T-Mobile.
If they're the only two nation-wide ones, and AT&T becomes the ONLY nation-wide GSM carrier, doesn't that make it a monopoly?
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What GSM carriers besides the two of them exist in North America? I mean, on a nation-wide scale. Because quite frankly, I can't think of a single one besides AT&T & T-Mobile.
If they're the only two nation-wide ones, and AT&T becomes the ONLY nation-wide GSM carrier, doesn't that make it a monopoly?
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That's what the FCC is discussing.
Sprint and Verizon aren't nationwide?
Someone pls enlighten me what are monopoly laws
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Someone pls enlighten me what are monopoly laws
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Basically it means a company cant go around and purchase all of one industry and corner the market on a certain product or service and be the only one to offer it. Correct me if im wrong.
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Basically it means a company cant go around and purchase all of one industry and corner the market on a certain product or service and be the only one to offer it. Correct me if im wrong.
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Yup, that's the idea of it. There has to be competition, or else they can really set the price to whatever they want, blahblahblah.
A while back, ATT nearly was a monopoly, and they were forced to split into many parts and sell those off to increase competition.. Now they are buying everyone back again lol. I used to have Cingular for my mobile service.. then they were bought by ATT about 8-10 years ago. Didn't have a problem with the merge, and my reception actually improved.
I remember having a bad experience with ATT when I moved and transferred my DSL service to my new apt. The service really sucked (it was too far from the connection office), and I wanted to cancel, but was told I still had 3 months left on the old contract. So I let the 3 months go by so I didn't have to pay an ETF.. after that, I called to cancel, and now, they said when I moved, I entered into a new yearly contract at the new address, and would be charged a $250 ETF. I did no such thing, and didn't sign any new contract. It was BS, and took over a month to get rid of them.
Was so pissed off I switched to Sprint later that year, and haven't had any ATT services for about 5 years. I'm happy with T-mo, and their pre-paid $50/month plan is pretty nice. I hope ATT doesn't change that, otherwise I'll be switching carriers again.
Homestly tmobile sucks,especially their customee service..they do provide the weakest lineup compare to other carriers..they dont have roll over minutes or one fav person as your favorite to use unlimites minutes..so for a person who talks a lot and has 1500 minutes still doesnt cut it!!
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Homestly tmobile sucks,especially their customee service..they do provide the weakest lineup compare to other carriers..they dont have roll over minutes or one fav person as your favorite to use unlimites minutes..so for a person who talks a lot and has 1500 minutes still doesnt cut it!!
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BS. First off, I have 3 phones that use a shared 1500 minutes, and I use my phone all the time...never even come close to using all my minutes. Second...if you do, just go to the unlimited plan for $49.99, can't beat that.
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Sprint and Verizon aren't nationwide?
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They are but they are CDMA
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BS. First off, I have 3 phones that use a shared 1500 minutes, and I use my phone all the time...never even come close to using all my minutes. Second...if you do, just go to the unlimited plan for $49.99, can't beat that.
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+1 My wife and I have had T-Mobile for about 10 yrs now and have always been happy. I have 4 lines (2 with 3000 minutes + unlimited text/data and 2 with 600 minutes and 300 texts). I have always been given great service the few times I had to call. They have always given us the new user discount 18-19 months into the contract for cheaper upgrades too. My work cell used to be AT&T, but then changed over to Verizon and I found both of them to be lacking in every way. I always check the Costco phone kiosk for deals. picked up a BB pearl the week it hit for $29, a Samsung Highlight the week it hit for free, and my SGS4G for $50 bucks back in February when it came out for allowing them to change my number on the renewed plan... lol. I missed the MT4g for a penny (yeah, $0.01) by a week for the wife, but still only paid $150 for it.
I'm not sure what I'll do. I guess that depends on what AT&T does with this side of their house. Might swing a GS2 in with a change over if/when it happens. All I know is T-Mobile has always been great to us and we have stayed b/c of that and they have the best plans/pricing out there.
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Rogers sells the phone in their stores for $750, online is $650. However, the skyrocket on AT&T is only $550.
So there you go, if you want to buy this thing flat out, it's better to head down to your closest border crossing and find it on the other side.
This also applies to almost every other phone as well!
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Another option is to go with Kijiji. I got my SII LTE for $450.
I guess if you live close to the border it's a good option... factor in Gas, exchange, duty, etc... and then the unlocking, and it's not really much of a savings. I considered going south for the Note, but decided to just wait a few months and it will drop substantially in price due to all of the above factors.
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Another option is to go with Kijiji. I got my SII LTE for $450.
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my friend got one for $370, I was jealous lol
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my friend got one for $370, I was jealous lol
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I helped my friend get a 100 pieces for $185/piece. But this thread is for straight shooting buy it from the store people who like things like a warranty paper and absolute piece of mind.
I personally got mine from rogers for free on all 4 of my lines :-\
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I guess if you live close to the border it's a good option... factor in Gas, exchange, duty, etc... and then the unlocking, and it's not really much of a savings. I considered going south for the Note, but decided to just wait a few months and it will drop substantially in price due to all of the above factors.
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Well usually when you head down, you don't go to just buy a phone... Maybe hit up the casino, pick up a few cartons and booze bottles. Clothes, etc... Or maybe that's just me.
Also, FYI, the exchange is pretty much 1:1 and there is no duty on the phones. Their dollar is doing **** so take advantage of it! Their economy isn't going to be in the ****ter forever!
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Spent $65 on gas ..... if I need a tank of gas to cross the border then there is the time, unlocking the device, finding and setting up the correct APNs
Though I may go to the US for a week this summer and if I am already there.
May look into the Galaxy Note, if can get a horizontal pouch for it.
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I helped my friend get a 100 pieces for $185/piece. But this thread is for straight shooting buy it from the store people who like things like a warranty paper and absolute piece of mind.
I personally got mine from rogers for free on all 4 of my lines :-\
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how'd u swing that? I've been a rogers customer for over 10 years and I couldn't get that lol
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how'd u swing that? I've been a rogers customer for over 10 years and I couldn't get that lol
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They gave me a call and offered me a whole bunch of stuff, I didn't want any of it because I already have a fully unlimited everything plan so I took the phones from them instead.
She reduced my plan by $15 too, so now I have unlimited MMS, calling, SMS and North America long distance with no roaming, 6 gb LTE for like $60 :-\
Trying to get my other lines on the same thing but my contacts don't work for free so it's happening slowly...
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If you do goto the u.s then dont pump a full tank here, gas is over 20cents cheaper
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They gave me a call and offered me a whole bunch of stuff, I didn't want any of it because I already have a fully unlimited everything plan so I took the phones from them instead.
She reduced my plan by $15 too, so now I have unlimited MMS, calling, SMS and North America long distance with no roaming, 6 gb LTE for like $60 :-\
Trying to get my other lines on the same thing but my contacts don't work for free so it's happening slowly...
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Contacts eh? U must have a corporate plan then. Unlimited North America everything is pretty suite, but u also have 4 other lines, so that helps too. U prob have other services with them as well, no?
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Contacts eh? U must have a corporate plan then. Unlimited North America everything is pretty suite, but u also have 4 other lines, so that helps too. U prob have other services with them as well, no?
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Not corporate and definitely don't have other services, I would hate to have a contract on my Internet and I don't have cable because I have FTA satellite.
Just straight up knowing who's palms to grease , you'd be surprised how much of the world works this way
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Ahhh, I got u, Got a man on the inside, don't I wish. Nice job though lol
I'm sorry if this is posted anywhere (I tried to find an existing thread with no luck) but does anyone know exactly how much it costs Verizon to provide each GB of 4g LTE data to our phones? I've read that it's cheaper per GB on the LTE network than it is on a 3g, but nobody has any numbers to back that up.
I am one of the lucky few that still has unlimited data, and I'm trying to use one TB of mobile data in a month just to stick it to them (set my phone to download 50gb of 1gb speed test files while I sleep).
If anyone can shed some light on the subject, I would be very appreciative! Exact figures or a link to a site with this information would earn my eternal gratitude! Thanks for reading
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That's not what I'm asking at all. I'm asking how much it costs them to PROVIDE data, not how much it costs you to buy data from them.
Thanks for reading though, sorry if I was unclear
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I'm sorry if this is posted anywhere (I tried to find an existing thread with no luck) but does anyone know exactly how much it costs Verizon to provide each GB of 4g LTE data to our phones? I've read that it's cheaper per GB on the LTE network than it is on a 3g, but nobody has any numbers to back that up.
I am one of the lucky few that still has unlimited data, and I'm trying to use one TB of mobile data in a month just to stick it to them (set my phone to download 50gb of 1gb speed test files while I sleep).
If anyone can shed some light on the subject, I would be very appreciative! Exact figures or a link to a site with this information would earn my eternal gratitude! Thanks for reading
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Verizon knows who you are, Patrick Whoeler from Marlboro, NJ... and they don't care.
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Verizon knows who you are, Patrick Whoeler from Marlboro, NJ... and they don't care.
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Darn my unique last name and username transparency has done me in yet again........I'm actually from Newark though, just passed through Marlboro.
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Darn my unique last name and username transparency has done me in yet again........I'm actually from Newark though, just passed through Marlboro.
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Very little. The architecture as a whole is extremely expensive to build and maintain, but once it is there (which of course they must have for all the other customers) any one customers data is trivial in terms of cost regardless of how much data you use.
About 5 dollars a gigabyte, with costs falling quickly.
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About 5 dollars a gigabyte, with costs falling quickly.
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Not a chance, $5 per gigabyte would be impossible to make cost effective even if all unlimited plans were gone.
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Not a chance, $5 per gigabyte would be impossible to make cost effective even if all unlimited plans were gone.
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What are you talking about? They're charging 30 dollars for 2 gigs, (or 4 if you got in on that plan), which means they're either making 10 or 20 dollars profit.
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What are you talking about? They're charging 30 dollars for 2 gigs, (or 4 if you got in on that plan), which means they're either making 10 or 20 dollars profit.
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The op wants to know how much it costs VERIZON to provide us with the data. Not how much we pay. He basically wants to know the profit margin.
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The op wants to know how much it costs VERIZON to provide us with the data. Not how much we pay. He basically wants to know the profit margin.
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...and that's what he said lol
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thanks for the help guys. It's a hard question to word and an easy question to misunderstand if you skim through it
I had a talk with the VP of corporate finance for Verizon Wireless recently, and he didn't give me an over-the-wire cost for transferring data but he did say that the tech wasn't there to deliver truly unlimited (unthrottled) to every customer, and it was cost prohibitive to keep on doing so, hence the change to share everything and elimination of unlimited as an option.
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The data is most likely imported from China or Taiwan so I would say between .01-.03 cents (US) per GB and resold to us at the range between $7-25 per GB.
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I had a talk with the VP of corporate finance for Verizon Wireless recently, and he didn't give me an over-the-wire cost for transferring data but he did say that the tech wasn't there to deliver truly unlimited (unthrottled) to every customer, and it was cost prohibitive to keep on doing so, hence the change to share everything and elimination of unlimited as an option.
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I recently spoke with him as well. It was hard to make anything out with all the cow crap oozing from his mouth.
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What are you talking about? They're charging 30 dollars for 2 gigs, (or 4 if you got in on that plan), which means they're either making 10 or 20 dollars profit.
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If there are literally zero other costs involved in running the service, then yes your numbers are correct. But your numbers, if $5 per gig is true, is considered revenue. Many other variable and fixed costs lower the profit (unless $5 per gig factors in all other costs) Although my response here kinda ignores the original posters question. I had been under the assumption that broadband providers, including cell companies, pay a fee per gig to the companies at the beginning of the pipeline providing the internet bandwidth to them, but maybe I should assume verizon, since they own a large portion of the 700mhz specturm, would actually be the beginning of the Verizon Wireless 4g pipeline. There's something I think I am misinformed about regarding wholesale bandwidth differences between landline broadband and wireless broadband.
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Thinking of switching family over to AT&T. For one thing,to follow the new HTC one the is going to be released soon. And another is my monthly bill. Question is....how is the service compared to Verizon? I live in the sandhills of NC, near Fort Bragg.
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This would go better in the general discussion forum
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Isn't that where it is posted?
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From what I've been through (only 14), when I go to buy a new phone the employees at the att stores are really nice. (San Antonio)
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I'm on AT&T, 5 lines, 4 smartphones. On the 700 minute plan all 250mb data plan was around $260 a month. Now we're on the mobile share 4gb and it's $300. The switch was due to lines going over data and adding charges. If you don't use data a lot, don't go with mobile share. Service is very reliable here in NJ. If anything, customer service is superb.
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In Houston/Galveston area in tx, love my AT&T service...no probs at all. Came from T-Mobile, pay a bit more but totally worth it. They don't support their phones update wise too well, but that's why we got XDA right?! I'd jump ship from big red
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In Houston/Galveston area in tx, love my AT&T service...no probs at all. Came from T-Mobile, pay a bit more but totally worth it. They don't support their phones update wise too well, but that's why we got XDA right?! I'd jump ship from big red
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I'm in the Houston area as well (so this may not help you for NC as much), but the coverage here is much better than T-Mobile. Talking with friends, it seemed like Verizon does have slightly better coverage (usually outside the city at retreat sites, camping sites, etc.), but in the end I would have ended up paying about 30 dollars more for a slightly better plan on Verizon that I wouldn't take advantage of (unlimited talk mostly, whereas I currently have 1 line, 400 anytime+rollover, 5000 nights and weekends, 3GB data and never come close to my minutes limit).
To be fair, the One X isn't available on Verizon, so with the exception of Rogers/Telstra customers, almost all of us are on AT&T, so there may be a little bias. Not that we all LOVE AT&T, but we're at least satisfied enough to stay (e.g., there aren't any major issues).
I'm in the San Antonio area. Coverage is great. But nexus 4 doesn't support LTE my hox did, but with 200 MB a month I always just used HSPA+
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Let's go Texas
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Just left Verizon and have zero complaints. Costs the same per month but better value plans. Zero problem with services either... Plus... GSM is the way to go with the Nexus devices in the future.
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Awesome input .....thanks to everyone. Please keep them coming.
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I left Verizon for AT&T when the iPhone 3G came out and haven't looked back.
AT&T can be annoying at times, but when it comes to bloat and lockdowns, Verizon has always been a lot worse. Verzion has in the past tried to send updates that locked your phone if it detected root access.
Not going to lie, I think Verizon has better customer service and reception/speeds. But it's also highly localized. In SoCal, Verizon is assumed to be the best. I've heard in NYC AT&T is the best so it's probably best to see what those in your home town think.
As far as customer service, I'm not a fan of AT&T but they aren't as terrible as they are made out to be. But then again I've never had problems that required much service.
And for what it's worth, I'm not a fanboy on any service/phone/OS. I've had Sprint, tmobile, AT&T and verizon over the last 6 or 7 years in L.A. and overall I would probably rank at&t 3rd or 4th here. That being said I'm mostly satisfied with what I have. I'm on wifi more than LTE and let's face it, most of us aren't using voice calls as much now as 5-10 years ago.
I'm in the western part of NC and have zero problems with AT&T service
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I'm on AT&T, 5 lines, 4 smartphones. On the 700 minute plan all 250mb data plan was around $260 a month. Now we're on the mobile share 4gb and it's $300. The switch was due to lines going over data and adding charges. If you don't use data a lot, don't go with mobile share. Service is very reliable here in NJ. If anything, customer service is superb.
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Co-sign with the service in NJ being good. Never had much of an issue with them since 2009
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Not going to lie, I think Verizon has better customer service and reception/speeds.
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Verizon's customer service was indeed pretty good. My beef was the corporate attitude toward their customers, which was "You'll take our bloatware infested, locked down devices and like it because we're Verizon."
AT&T still locks things down, but doesn't seem to care that much if you root and unlock (e.g., plenty of people have gotten warranty replacements despite having bricked via flashing the wrong stuff). Verizon has a history of actively trying to stop people being from being rooted.
Also live in Houston and LTE is phenomenal. Now I work in Odessa and as long as your close to the Midland/Odessa area, you can get reliable 3G coverage (3-7Mbps down) . As soon as you start to move out towards the boonies and their supposed 2G coverage area, this is where Verizon outshines AT&T.
I work in the oil field sector and most of the time when we're at a remote location in West Texas, the only ones who normally have consistent coverage are Verizon customers. Too bad their selection of android devices are horrid.
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So I currently have Verizon. I saw that T-Mobile has a way to get me out of my contract (pay my ETF). However, I've heard that T-Mobile isn't that good, so I've come here to ask anyone who has T-Mobile and the Nexus 5... How is their service? How is the phone? Is it worth switching to T-Mobile for the Nexus 5 vs keeping my Verizon Moto X.
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So I currently have Verizon. I saw that T-Mobile has a way to get me out of my contract (pay my ETF). However, I've heard that T-Mobile isn't that good, so I've come here to ask anyone who has T-Mobile and the Nexus 5... How is their service? How is the phone? Is it worth switching to T-Mobile for the Nexus 5 vs keeping my Verizon Moto X.
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if youre in a city, or around one, tmobile is awesome. if you live in the country, its a different story. service is great here in nyc, the fastest lte speeds from any provider here. its much less expensive than verizon, and completely unlimited high speed data speeds. oh, and the nexus 5 is awesome
T-Mobile is great in the city, but kind of sucks in the country.
EDIT: Oh well, I was a little late.
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if youre in a city, or around one, tmobile is awesome. if you live in the country, its a different story. service is great here in nyc, the fastest lte speeds from any provider here. its much less expensive than verizon, and completely unlimited high speed data speeds. oh, and the nexus 5 is awesome
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I live in more of a suburb type thing. I'm in florida but on the coverage map around where I am, it doesn't drop below Good so I'm thinking I might do it tommorow.
I'm definitely not in the country. I'm about an hour away from Tampa so use that as a general location.
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...Service is great here in nyc, the fastest lte speeds from any provider here...
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I've been getting on average about 18 Mbps here in Midtown. Is that faster than the others?
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I've been getting on average about 18 Mbps here in Midtown. Is that faster than the others?
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i get around 28-32mbps download/14-20mbps upload in southern brooklyn(manhattan beach/sheepshead bay), and just a little less on download speed where i work in rego park, queens.
edit.. and this is from today http://androidcommunity.com/t-mobil...network-u-s-is-almost-worst-overall-20140220/
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i get around 28-32mbps download/14-20mbps upload in southern brooklyn(manhattan beach/sheepshead bay), and just a little less on download speed where i work in rego park, queens...
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That's a lot faster than what I get. Did you change anything on the phone?
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That's a lot faster than what I get. Did you change anything on the phone?
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no, not at all. the nexus 5 is, btw, the only phone ive had that ive not changed anything to do with the radio and data speed. i bet its just less people using the network around me than around you.
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... i bet its just less people using the network around me than around you.
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Yeah, that makes sense.
You guys wouldn't happen to have any clue as to the trade-in credit would you? I have a VZW GS4 and a Moto X Dev to trade for T-Mobile for the "get out of my contract" thing, and I can most likely get $0 down on the Nexus', but I want to put forward atleast $200 on each phone in advance with the trade in credit. I mean these phones are not even a month old, and they are in mint condition so could anyone knowledgeable give me a rough estimate of what I should expect? it goes up to $300 apparently, and I should get that or over $200 for the Galaxy, but even if I only get 200 for the moto, I'd still be happy.
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You guys wouldn't happen to have any clue as to the trade-in credit would you? I have a VZW GS4 and a Moto X Dev to trade for T-Mobile for the "get out of my contract" thing, and I can most likely get $0 down on the Nexus', but I want to put forward atleast $200 on each phone in advance with the trade in credit. I mean these phones are not even a month old, and they are in mint condition so could anyone knowledgeable give me a rough estimate of what I should expect? it goes up to $300 apparently, and I should get that or over $200 for the Galaxy, but even if I only get 200 for the moto, I'd still be happy.
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They offered me about 60% of the Swappa price for my year-old SIII.
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They offered me about 60% of the Swappa price for my year-old SIII.
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Ah okay because I've got a Galaxy S4 and a Moto X Dev Edition. They are in perfect condition (cases since day one), and I haven't even owned them for 30 days so hopefully I'll atleast get 200 each.
Honestly I'm just switching to Verizon because they don't have the Nexus 5. The monthly price decrease is just a perk.
You should know that tmoblie only offers the 16gb version. I have tmoblie and got my N5 from gplay cuz I want 32gb. I live in central va. I drive all over alllll over. In cities and urban areas like Richmond, Baltimore and DC I get LTE 30 plus. Surrounding suburbs are the same. In places like boweling green, south hill I get G and E. I also visit family in pasco Fl and the Boone's Vt. In FL it's 30 plus. In Vt , new Hampshire no service at all.
P.S all I needed down was 60 bucks
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You should know that tmoblie only offers the 16gb version. I have tmoblie and got my N5 from gplay cuz I want 32gb. I live in central va. I drive all over alllll over. In cities and urban areas like Richmond, Baltimore and DC I get LTE 30 plus. Surrounding suburbs are the same. In places like boweling green, south hill I get G and E. I also visit family in pasco Fl and the Boone's Vt. In FL it's 30 plus. In Vt , new Hampshire no service at all.
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Well I live in Pasco so thats good xD I would buy it from GPlay, but unfortunately the terms of the switch plan for them to pay the ETF is to get a phone they have, thus I have to get the 16GB. but doesnt the Meenova SD card reader work with the N5?
I'm not one to complain about the size of the phone though either way because I only put a few albums and a few apps.
I get around 32 at Hudson beach area. At the island I was get around 16 but that's almost 3 miles off the coast.
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SwiftLeeO said:
I live in more of a suburb type thing. I'm in florida but on the coverage map around where I am, it doesn't drop below Good so I'm thinking I might do it tommorow.
I'm definitely not in the country. I'm about an hour away from Tampa so use that as a general location.
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Well as far as coverage goes it looks good. Also, you can get the phone's unlocked after 90 days of service as long as your in good standing and your device is paid in full right? I mean just in case, I would like to know. I couldn't find much info on their website about this, and I've gotten mixed answers from the local stores I've called. One guy said they are locked to tmobile, another said 90 days, and on google i found a site that said 40 days.
SwiftLeeO said:
So I currently have Verizon. I saw that T-Mobile has a way to get me out of my contract (pay my ETF). However, I've heard that T-Mobile isn't that good, so I've come here to ask anyone who has T-Mobile and the Nexus 5... How is their service? How is the phone? Is it worth switching to T-Mobile for the Nexus 5 vs keeping my Verizon Moto X.
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I just did exactly that.
T-mobile is hit and miss. It really depends on where you live.
It works GREAT where I live.As long as I stay out of the hills (i'm guessing, haven't had to go up there since I switched over) I'd say T-Mobile's coverage is actually better than VZW here.
We got $100 for each of our S3's (16GB) and like $46 for my daughter's like 4 month old iphone 4.
My store told me they'd unlock after 90 days of good payment history if you call and ask.
And BTW, they have an estimator on their website you can use.
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I just did exactly that.
T-mobile is hit and miss. It really depends on where you live.
It works GREAT where I live.As long as I stay out of the hills (i'm guessing, haven't had to go up there since I switched over) I'd say T-Mobile's coverage is actually better than VZW here.
We got $100 for each of our S3's (16GB) and like $46 for my daughter's like 4 month old iphone 4.
My store told me they'd unlock after 90 days of good payment history if you call and ask.
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but the nexus 5 is already unlocked, no need for them to unlock it. you can buy it from tmobile and use it on att if you want, or on sprint.
ummduh said:
I just did exactly that.
T-mobile is hit and miss. It really depends on where you live.
It works GREAT where I live.As long as I stay out of the hills (i'm guessing, haven't had to go up there since I switched over) I'd say T-Mobile's coverage is actually better than VZW here.
We got $100 for each of our S3's (16GB) and like $46 for my daughter's like 4 month old iphone 4.
My store told me they'd unlock after 90 days of good payment history if you call and ask.
And BTW, they have an estimator on their website you can use.
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Yeah but the estimator gives me some unwanted prices. I did talk to a rep and they said the price can go up depending on the condition but in any case, I'm going to get the Nexus 5. As far as the Nexus 5 being unlocked, is that true? I mean I could literally buy it from T-Mobile and if i dont like the service i can pay it off quick and just go to straight talk?