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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.

creglenn said:
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.

jblah said:
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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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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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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jblah said:
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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enyahs said:
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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enyahs said:
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.

T-mobile unlimited data plans

Well tmo has decided to go back to unlimited plans at 30$ a month been out for almost a week just letting you guys know. Only catch is they don't allow you to tether but lets be honest who keeps their phone stock... Still get to tether with my custom rom!!!

skater4690 said:
Well tmo has decided to go back to unlimited plans at 30$ a month been out for almost a week just letting you guys know. Only catch is they don't allow you to tether but lets be honest who keeps their phone stock... Still get to tether with my custom rom!!!
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Finally

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I know right... Got a personal call from a tmo rep. Wasn't happy about that but was happy that it was true and costs the same as what I was already paying

Was launched September 5th.
Do you think Simple Mobile will work the same? Without caps?

MasterGGM said:
Was launched September 5th.
Do you think Simple Mobile will work the same? Without caps?
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I doubt it since they are a spin off of tmo... Tmo still offers regular plans along with this one. Plus simple mobile is already cheap like cricket or h2o so the only way they could make money is off data which IMO is completely fair...

How do you guys use more than 2GB a month? Just...how

Euler MD said:
How do you guys use more than 2GB a month? Just...how
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The question you should be asking is why do I have a smartphone and not use it to its full extent.... With my phone I can do everything that I can do on a computer its just that its mobile and easier to do stuff on the fly. Tons of internet use and downloading sensations horribly huge roms.... Other phones rooms are usually Max 200mb with gapps not complaining but lots of internet use...

Yeah, maybe its since I use my home Wifi.

Euler MD said:
Yeah, maybe its since I use my home Wifi.
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Yeah most likely why. I stay off wifi even though I have access to it most of the time just cause tmo data is usually faster lol, plus Pandora uses data and I listen to that a bit. Lots of emails and other little apps that soak up data lol 1.87 gb used and bill cycle restarts 10/05/2012

Euler MD said:
How do you guys use more than 2GB a month? Just...how
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You join the military and stay in the woods causing you to tether and stream movies almost nonstop since TV is unavailable... not to mention ROM downloads, updates, & the nightly skype calls to your gf..... needless to say I use about 3-3.3 GB a day..
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Euler MD said:
How do you guys use more than 2GB a month? Just...how
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I can use 2GB in a few hours.. Unlimited ftw!

MasterGGM said:
I can use 2GB in a few hours.. Unlimited ftw!
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Just wondering I'm in Houston and get 4g most everywhere. What do you get when you run speedtest app? Didn't check before switching plans but now I get constant 5mb... My vibrant could do that on 3g I think this unlimited plan is capped to like 5mb/s but yet still unlimited

are you talking about the 5gb monthly prepaid plan? or is this a paid plan...

thephoenicians said:
are you talking about the 5gb monthly prepaid plan? or is this a paid plan...
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Its completely unlimited like sprint but with better data cause we all know sprint sucks lol I used to have the 5gb but when they cane out with unlimited I switched and its the same price

skater4690 said:
Just wondering I'm in Houston and get 4g most everywhere. What do you get when you run speedtest app? Didn't check before switching plans but now I get constant 5mb... My vibrant could do that on 3g I think this unlimited plan is capped to like 5mb/s but yet still unlimited
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Mine is around 5-6mb with good servers and up to 3 upload..
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MasterGGM said:
Mine is around 5-6mb with good servers and up to 3 upload..
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OK there's no cap lol just hit 9mb/s which is great so we get no throttled unlimited!

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Personally, I think this awesome. I have slower seeds than most of you, but I still manage 1.5gb a week.
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5gb
skater4690 said:
Its completely unlimited like sprint but with better data cause we all know sprint sucks lol I used to have the 5gb
but when they cane out with unlimited I switched and its the same price
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IM on tmobile grandfather plan and have unlimited data plan but they do cap me at 5gb is that plan still available?

That should be available for a good while. Just to warn everyone on the new unlimited plan,: I did read some where a while back, that if the network does ever get clogged, priority will go to those on the 5gb and 10gb plans
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Post your 4G LTE speed tests on your S4!

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).

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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.

MattMJB0188 said:
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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If you're using Straight Talk, I'd say the new AT&T prepaid is worth switching to

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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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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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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Prime said:
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.

speedlever said:
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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barondebxl said:
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.

sholsten said:
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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sholsten said:
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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barondebxl said:
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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skifreek said:
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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OnSugarHill said:
The plan says unlimited text and calling
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Oh ok. Go phone, here I come!
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barondebxl said:
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.

OnSugarHill said:
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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Should I switch to Sprint?

OK guys so I'm currently with Verizon and my bill for 3 lines usually is $236 including insurance for 2 phone (8bucks each) 10 gigs and a constant $5 dollar late fee (cell phone bill falls on the same check as rent) now with sprint offering to slash 50% off any competitors price I'm really leaning towards sprints note 5. (Mainly for root purposes and a much cheaper bill) Now the only thing holding me back is "reliability" I live in Wildomar Ca, pretty much Temecula Ca, and the coverage map on sprints website says it's good coverage I'd rather have some input from a real person who uses their network around my area. Does anyone here live near this area who can shed some light on their experience with sprints network in or near this area?
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I'm not trusting the accuracy of the sprint coverage map at all.
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Here is my 1 bar daily average
I think this site has a much more accurate map of the sprint network.
The speeds I'm averaging are slower than dial up from 1993 both up and down. But if i pop in a t-mobile sim it's faster than my t-mobile note 3. So i blame sprint network not the phone.

Sprints speeds are meh
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No chance you are even in San Diego County. That screenshots so hot it must have been burning a hole in your pocket for almost 4 hours and 20 minutes

I pay about $250 on 5 lines after Employee discount. I also have a legacy plan. Customer Service sucks. Techs are idiots. However, the actual service is quite excellent. Band 41 LTE is nice when I land on a tower.

I find Sprint Customer service to be ok. Service has gotten better. There are places where the other three carriers will get sata but Sprint doesn't have data. There is the flip side too where Sprint has data and Verizon or T-Mobile doesnt.
If they are offering the 50% off, might be worth a try. You can always quit Sprint if you don't like it.
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954wrecker said:
No chance you are even in San Diego County. That screenshots so hot it must have been burning a hole in your pocket for almost 4 hours and 20 minutes
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Im in Phoenix and thats band 41
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fatboypup said:
Sprints speeds are meh
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Almost 100mbps up and 14mbps down is meh on a cell network? Yeah, it's no Google Fiber, but 100mbps for a cell network is better than "meh".

bosswick said:
Almost 100mbps up and 14mbps down is meh on a cell network? Yeah, it's no Google Fiber, but 100mbps for a cell network is better than "meh".
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You missed the facetiousness of my post
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Great replies, but did any of you guys read the last half of the original post?

fatboypup said:
You missed the facetiousness of my post
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My bad
But to OP, in terms of reliability, Sprint is changing their return/exchange policy for new lines of service to 28 days. That means you have 28 days AFTER the day of the sale to decide whether or not if you want to stay with sprint with your plan 50% off (note that these are only CURRENT plans from TMo/VZW/ATT). You do have the option of picking which plan you want from that carrier (ie: if you want more data, you're not locked into your current data rate plan), which has changed since Cut Your Rate Plan in Half - where you only had the option of your current rate plan or Sprint's plans.

I would see if you can get an response from someone locally. Cause they would give you a better response if its worth it or not. And even before you leave i would see what Verizon is willing to offer before you leave them completely. They might work in some good deals for you. Last thing you want to do is come to sprint and suffer that horror they call data. I barely pull down 5gb in my area. Planning to switch to ATT soon.
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xaalfx said:
OK guys so I'm currently with Verizon and my bill for 3 lines usually is $236 including insurance for 2 phone (8bucks each) 10 gigs and a constant $5 dollar late fee (cell phone bill falls on the same check as rent) now with sprint offering to slash 50% off any competitors price I'm really leaning towards sprints note 5. (Mainly for root purposes and a much cheaper bill) Now the only thing holding me back is "reliability" I live in Wildomar Ca, pretty much Temecula Ca, and the coverage map on sprints website says it's good coverage I'd rather have some input from a real person who uses their network around my area. Does anyone here live near this area who can shed some light on their experience with sprints network in or near this area?
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I'm going to go with hell no I hate sprint but it might be different in your area here the phones wont roam I lose data connectivity while driving because the phone wont hand off to the next tower!!!!

zsnethen said:
I'm going to go with hell no I hate sprint but it might be different in your area here the phones wont roam I lose data connectivity while driving because the phone wont hand off to the next tower!!!!
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That sounds like a very case by case situation. I never have a problem roaming, I only have a problem with wifi calling - standard handoff not working like it should sometimes.