This is a question as to should i trade my verizon unlimited data plan for a att unlimited data plan...My reasons for considering it
1.Verizon 3g/4g in my area Atlanta is no where near as fast as ATT
2.Phone selection self explanatory
3.Never a google play edition
I know Verizon coverage is far superior than ATT and that ATT is still throttling data speeds as well.
I'm planning on getting a Moto G and putting it on my current Metro account. Currently, with my Motion 4G, I'm on the $50 plan with 2.5 gig of 4G (LTE) speed, but unlimited data. Now, I know that the Moto G isn't LTE, it just gets HSPA+21. Do you know if Metro will consider the G as a 4G phone? What I'm trying to figure out here, is if I can go down to the $40 plan and not worry about Metro keeping track of my 4G usage since this phone doesn't get "4G".
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Just thought I would pass a long that verizon prepaid will add 4g lte data coverage to their prepaid plans and its listed that they will allow all lte smartphones including ones that you own from out of contract post paid plans. This is a big deal because those of us that are in weak service areas only covered by verizon can now on the 17th get a prepaid plan and have 4g lte data and not be stuck with poor 3g data like now. There are posts on the net about this, there is a link to one below.
http://gigaom.com/2014/07/03/looks-like-verizons-prepaid-plans-will-finally-get-lte
Hey folks, well i'm with metropcs currently and thinking of switching to cricket - metropcs offers a 60/month unlimited data plan, cricket offers 60/month with 10 gigs high speed. i am wondering, after one has used their allotted 10 gigs high speed, how slow is the data throttled, can anyone report? Metropcs would be ok but the signals not too good where i live, among other factors.
thanks!
leopard_fist said:
Hey folks, well i'm with metropcs currently and thinking of switching to cricket - metropcs offers a 60/month unlimited data plan, cricket offers 60/month with 10 gigs high speed. i am wondering, after one has used their allotted 10 gigs high speed, how slow is the data throttled, can anyone report? Metropcs would be ok but the signals not too good where i live, among other factors.
thanks!
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if you currently have unlimited connection even with "not that good" coverage, it's not a good idea to change to cricket
and please try finding a more relevant thread to post your question at
I live in Georgia and cricket is a good service. I can get signal almost everywhere that my Verizon gets and plus with the new Verizon teer plans this is prolly a better deal.
I have a friend who uses Cricket. He uses it because he's in a large city and gets decent reception, but as someone else mentioned, the data speeds are not that great. I don't know if they're 2G or what, but he is always complaining that his phone is taking forever to load. So it all depends on what you're using the phone for mostly. If you NEED fast data, might need to look elsewhere.
As far as I know, new Cricket plans use the AT&T network. I seem to recall reading they cap 3G at 4mps and LTE at 8mps within your data allowance, and drop you to 2G speeds when it's up. New MetroPCS activations use T-mobile, and I don't know anything about throttling practices. I know nothing about either the old Cricket or MetroPCS CDMA networks or plans. If you do have a CDMA device on Metro, it will stop working soon if it hasn't already as T-mobile decommissions the CDMA network.
Besides T Mobile and their unlimited 2g / edge options after your 4G LTE data package, what other options are there 4 more value when it comes to getting data? What data SIMs or phone SIMs are you trying? someone in another thread mentioned that they were successfully able to use a tmobile phone sim as T Mobile's customer service apparently recognizes the LTE version of the shield tablet as a phone and not a tablet. I know currently no T Mobile cell phone plans offer unlimited data unless you go through their friend referral program and even then you have to be porting in a new number to get the 4G LTE unlimited for 1 year i believe. It really is too bad they didn't allow this tablet to support bands 25 26 and 41 otherwise I would be golden on Sprint lol. EDIT: I guess there is an $80 unlimited 4G LTE phone plan available but I don't know if its compatible with this tablet.