[Q] Best hotspot with prepay or pay per use? - General Questions and Answers

I have t-mobile and it is great...as long as I'm near a big city. When I travel, in between big cities, I may as well toss this phone out onto the street as far as data service goes. I'm looking for information on what the best hotspot to get is.
Requirements:
- Not a post-pay monthly charge. There may be months I don't use it. Should be able to pay only when I want to use it. Pay by the block of bandwidth or pay by the day.
- Coverage almost everywhere. This probably limits things to Sprint, AT&T and Verizon. I hope there are other small carriers that piggyback on one of those networks that offer a good deal?

So far the best deal I have found is this Walmart "Internet on the Go" that uses the Sprint network for 3g. You buy a block of data, which never expires, and you use it as you need it. $10 for 500mb, $25 for 1.5 gigs and $45 for 3 gigs.
Has anyone found something better?

Wow thats expensive for the US isn't it? Or these prices are only because its "as you go" type?
Just for general info can you tell me what's the normal prices for a monthly plan with unlimited bandwidth (or is it limited to 3-5gig per month? After which the speed drops dramatically or you pay extra?)
Thanks, just wondering...
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$30 unlimited LTE data plan for Thunderbolt

The ThunderBolt™ by HTC, the First 4G LTE Smartphone for Verizon Wireless Arrives March 17
ThunderBolt™ by HTC Available Beginning March 17
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., March 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless and HTC today announced that the ThunderBolt™ by HTC, exclusively from Verizon Wireless, is available on March 17 in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores and online at www.verizonwireless.com for $249.99 with a new two-year customer agreement.
Powered by Android™ 2.2, the ThunderBolt by HTC is the first smartphone to take advantage of Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE network. The ThunderBolt by HTC features the latest version of the HTC Sense™ experience, which offers enhancements including new personalization options, a consolidated e-mail inbox, and unique camera effects and filters. The ThunderBolt by HTC is equipped with support for Google Mobile Services, including Gmail™, YouTube™ and Android Market™ with thousands of free apps. Additionally, the ThunderBolt by HTC will feature 4G LTE optimized apps such as EA's Rock Band, Gameloft's Let's Golf, Tunewiki and Bitbop.
Additional features:
4G LTE – customers can expect download speeds of 5 to 12 Mbps and upload speeds of 2 to 5 Mbps in 4G Mobile Broadband coverage area
4.3" WVGA display
8- megapixel rear facing camera and HD (720p) video recording
1.3- megapixel front facing camera with video chatting capabilities
Newest generation of the 1GHz Snapdragon processor
Mobile Hotspot capability – share 4G connection with up to eight Wi-Fi-enabled devices
8 GB of onboard memory and a pre-installed 32 GB microSD card (Actual formatted capacity will be less)
Built-in kickstand for easy media viewing
With the ThunderBolt by HTC, customers will need to subscribe to a Verizon Wireless Nationwide Talk plan and a 4G LTE data package. Nationwide Talk plans begin at $39.99 monthly access and an unlimited 4G LTE data plan is $29.99 monthly access.
Mobile Hotspot allows users to connect up to eight Wi-Fi-enabled devices to the nation's fastest wireless network via an application available on the ThunderBolt by HTC. Mobile Hotspot will be included through May 15 for no additional charge. After May 15, customers may choose to activate Mobile Hotspot for $20 for 2 GB of data per month. Customers can track their data usage by downloading the My Verizon app available in Android Market or by logging on to their My Verizon accounts online at www.verizonwireless.com/myverizon.
For additional information on Verizon Wireless 4G LTE visit www.verizonwireless.com/4glte. For more information about the ThunderBolt by HTC please visit www.verizonwireless.com/thunderbolt. For additional information on Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com.
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Verizon Wireless operates the nation's fastest and most advanced 4G network and largest and most reliable 3G network, and serves more than 94 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 82,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, Nasdaq: VOD). For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
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yup, good news for all. the only thing that i and some others are wondering is how long unlimited 4G/LTE plans will be available and if verizon will someday alter existing plans to avoid grandfathered data plans.
This was confirmed yesterday....
Sweet!
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I was kinda underwhelmed by the incremental upgrade of this phone (though everything of course looks good about it...) but seeing the unlimited 4G without a price hike makes me seriously itch to see about jumping on this while it's still unlimited.
What do you figure the odds of being able to retain that unlimited data plan for your next phone after the tbolt are? For forever we kept an old verizon plan that was far cheaper and had unlimited data...until they coerced us to "upgrade" to use any new phones
I'm on At&T right now and I've been considering buying a contract for Verizon while the 4g unlimited plans are still available. I have a grandfathered unlimited plan right now and it includes 4g service (for my Atrix), but they haven't activated the HPSA+ in my area and it seems like they never will.
Does Verizon have a history of altering contracts whenever they feel like it or is it like what I have with AT&T where I can keep the contract, grandfathered, for as long as I don't alter it?
I would just hold out for the Bionic to come out, but it seems like that could be a few months and I don't want to miss out on the plan if it goes away...
ApplCobbler said:
I'm on At&T right now and I've been considering buying a contract for Verizon while the 4g unlimited plans are still available. I have a grandfathered unlimited plan right now and it includes 4g service (for my Atrix), but they haven't activated the HPSA+ in my area and it seems like they never will.
Does Verizon have a history of altering contracts whenever they feel like it or is it like what I have with AT&T where I can keep the contract, grandfathered, for as long as I don't alter it?
I would just hold out for the Bionic to come out, but it seems like that could be a few months and I don't want to miss out on the plan if it goes away...
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Grandfathered plan is grandfathered plan. Droid Bionic is supposed to arrive this quarter, so hop on board now.
johnchad14 said:
I was kinda underwhelmed by the incremental upgrade of this phone (though everything of course looks good about it...) but seeing the unlimited 4G without a price hike makes me seriously itch to see about jumping on this while it's still unlimited.
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^ THIS. When I heard about that this morning when I called VZW and tried to get them to give me the Wirefly price for the phone, I almost just said yes anyway. Living in Jersey City, right outside of NYC, i'm almost guaranteed that I will get 4g coverage. Now I just have to decide if I want to let go of my Incredible, it's so hard...
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^ THIS. When I heard about that this morning when I called VZW and tried to get them to give me the Wirefly price for the phone, I almost just said yes anyway. Living in Jersey City, right outside of NYC, i'm almost guaranteed that I will get 4g coverage. Now I just have to decide if I want to let go of my Incredible, it's so hard...
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Did they match the price? I am thinking of doing the same to add two new lines to a plan. I might walk into a store and see if they will match wirefly or their own online 199 and waive activation. Effectively same as Wirefly in the end. Except for tax.
No they didn't match it, so I just bought it at their 2 year price. I didn't really try that hard cause it didn't matter that much to me . I'm sure with a little pressure you can get them to match it. I didn't have activation fees either.
Some guy was there actually getting 4 Thunderbolt's. 1 was an upgrade, 3 were for the family plan he was getting. They were working with him to make the total as cheap as possible for him. So like I said, with a little conversation, i'm sure you can get them to help you out in some way.
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No they didn't match it, so I just bought it at their 2 year price. I didn't really try that hard cause it didn't matter that much to me . I'm sure with a little pressure you can get them to match it. I didn't have activation fees either.
Some guy was there actually getting 4 Thunderbolt's. 1 was an upgrade, 3 were for the family plan he was getting. They were working with him to make the total as cheap as possible for him. So like I said, with a little conversation, i'm sure you can get them to help you out in some way.
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interesting.....as seen in other threads here there are certain discounts online if you have an employee discount (e.g. my employer's verizon store portal shows $229/1 year and $199/2 year contract). i was going to go to a verizon store today to see the thunderbolt in person before purchasing, maybe i can get them to give me the online prices available to me. i'll head there after work and let you all know if i have any success in getting cheaper online prices in-store.
Yea, our company is one of the ones that offers 199/229 for 2/1 year contracts. So I can pick it up online for 229 for 1 year but tax and 35 activation put me way above Amazon or Wirefly+Fatwallet.
On the upside, if I do 1 year I can probably upgrade and sell the TB and recoup a large chunk of the difference if I need to.
HTC wasn't kidding when they said this isn't the phone you want, its the one after that.
I am more than happy with my G2 because I love having a hardware keyboard, but the unlimited LTE data plan is the reason I am leaving. I'm probably going to buy a multi-core phone well before my 2 year contract is up.
Just Bought ThunderBolt online and after Company Discount and Upgrade priceing I got it for 199.99 plus tax. Payed 250 ish Straight up. Im a Added line so I only pay 10$ a month plus 30$ Unlimited 4g Data plus 5$ insureance. My Monthnly bill is now gonna be 45$. *SNORTS*
bummer....the verizon i went to (and it was a corporate store, not an authorized retailer) said for whatever reason they don't match online corporate discounts. i'm heading back north to where i live tomorrow so i'll check out stores there, otherwise i'll have to get it online and wait for delivery.......blah.
i guess other people have nice verizon reps nearby who are either more accommodating or more eager to make sales.
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bummer....the verizon i went to (and it was a corporate store, not an authorized retailer) said for whatever reason they don't match online corporate discounts. i'm heading back north to where i live tomorrow so i'll check out stores there, otherwise i'll have to get it online and wait for delivery.......blah.
i guess other people have nice verizon reps nearby who are either more accommodating or more eager to make sales.
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free online 2 day shipping. pretty fast.
Mine was $199 in store, but only because of my NE2 $50 discount.
Took advantage of work discount. -$50 off of price of phone but tax rapage on list price ate that and some. 22% off 450 min voice plan (no text since I use Google Voice). Activation waved. I'll be happy if I can get Verizon to add 450 bonus mins per month to match my Sprint plan.

Is it pretty much guaranteed that Verizon will be getting rid of unlimited data?

It's such a huge selling point for Verizon. No other carrier has true unlimited data. If they do cut unlimited data, do you think they'll go the route of T-Mobile and throttle users who go over 2GB? Or will they just starting charging fees?
What I don't get is how ISPs charge $30 a month and you can do whatever the hell you want but cell phone companies want to cap you at the same price. A 2GB cap can be blown through in a few weeks, if that.
Has there been any official word that it's going to happen?
They have said they are going to tiered plans, however that doesn't mean that they are getting rid of unlimited data (to my knowledge they haven't said they are getting rid of unlimited data) but I do believe they will. If they keep unlimited data I positive it would increase substantially.
Would we be grandfathered into the thirty dollar unlimited plan?
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Actually, AT&T has data caps. Their DSL service is capped at 150GB though. I couldn't care less if Verizon capped me at 150GB on my phone for 30 bucks.
Its a pretty difficult thing to predict right now. I believe they will cap 3g but not 4g.
For a 2 Hour HD movie you are using 3gb's of data. If Verizon caps it at 2gb you have already hit your limit. 4g is more for streaming videos thus the extra speed. Who needs a 10mb connection for checking Facebook? So I really can't see them tiering 4g, well let me rephrase that I think they will tier 4g but there will be an unlimited price for probably around $50 a month. 3g is much easier to think about since we have AT&T who already has a limit with it working fine (As in people are able to do everything they already do while staying in the limit.... Well most people)
So basically right now I feel there is no way they can get away without having an unlimited plan for 4g. Plus from what I have heard the towers are much cheaper to build than the 3g towers so if bandwidth becomes a problem there can be second or even third towers built in trouble areas.
"Actually, AT&T has data caps. Their DSL service is capped at 150GB though. I couldn't care less if Verizon capped me at 150GB on my phone for 30 bucks."
That is a land line cap and has nothing to do with mobile phones. Verizon will not set a mobile cap at 150gb that is ludicrous.
According to their upper management they never had a long term plan to keep the unlimited data plans available. My rep believes the plan is to put them into plans that are similar to their existing data plans for other devices that don't have unlimited offers (USB modems, Mifi, embedded cards, etc.) Right now it's 5GB for $50 and 10GB for $80 but the assumption is they may drop the pricing because of the number of users that would be adopting the new plans. That's pretty much all I've heard so far (and it's mostly rumor and speculation anyways.)
My guess is they will wait to see if AT&T can buy T-Mo. They wont get rid of unlimited until that falls through. If it goes through, expect it to stay.
LTE is a new game completely. I dont think they want to start out by tarnishing it.
The rep at the store said there are no plans to get rid of it, but I guess he doesn't know much.
All I can say is its not certain, however, I would hope they fix any 4g issues and expand coverage (remember the outage) before they start to change their data plans.
if they change there plans can we get out of our contracts for free?
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if they change there plans can we get out of our contracts for free?
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Sure, as long as you pay the early termination fee.
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Sure, as long as you pay the early termination fee.
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Not quite. If they breach the terms of their contract, we have the option to leave. Since the ETF is part of the contract in breach, we wouldn't have to pay the ETF. Or we can choose to remain grandfathered and continue to enjoy our unlimited plans.
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Not quite. If they breach the terms of their contract, we have the option to leave. Since the ETF is part of the contract in breach, we wouldn't have to pay the ETF. Or we can choose to remain grandfathered and continue to enjoy our unlimited plans.
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I'm sure there's some clause in the TOS that says "plans are subject to change blah blah blah."
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I'm sure there's some clause in the TOS that says "plans are subject to change blah blah blah."
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There's a clause that states if they change the price you can get out of the contract without and etf
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There's a clause that states if they change the price you can get out of the contract without and etf
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Only if it has a materially adverse effect on you. If they offered a $30 a month 3G plan as the maximum plan option with 5GB or 10GB on the phones, then the cost could only get cheaper for you, thus no materially adverse effects. If they offered higher tiers then it becomes a bit of a question, as you might need a higher tier which would adversely affect you, but verizon might be able to claim you don't really need it and it is your choice to pay more. All in all, enough *****ing can get you out of anything.
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Only if it has a materially adverse effect on you. If they offered a $30 a month 3G plan as the maximum plan option with 5GB or 10GB on the phones, then the cost could only get cheaper for you, thus no materially adverse effects. If they offered higher tiers then it becomes a bit of a question, as you might need a higher tier which would adversely affect you, but verizon might be able to claim you don't really need it and it is your choice to pay more. All in all, enough *****ing can get you out of anything.
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If they take away unlimited data or increase in price that has a material adverse effect on me.
Home ISPs do limit bandwidth, or at least monitor it. After downloading about 2.5TB of movies and music in 30 days, they called me to tell me I either needed to reduce my usage drastically or upgrade to their most expensive plan (which gave faster downloads, incidentally) and so now I pay $99.99 a month for home internet.
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Home ISPs do limit bandwidth, or at least monitor it. After downloading about 2.5TB of movies and music in 30 days, they called me to tell me I either needed to reduce my usage drastically or upgrade to their most expensive plan (which gave faster downloads, incidentally) and so now I pay $99.99 a month for home internet.
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Holy cow! That's a ton of downloading! All legally?
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Holy cow! That's a ton of downloading! All legally?
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I'll only say that I used most of the bandwidth on usenet.
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I'll only say that I used most of the bandwidth on usenet.
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Well played, sir.
data will be grandfathered in for those who already have it..
I work for VZW and per your contract you Will be able to keep your Unlimited plan for data. However like At&t, if you upgrade to a new phone after the plans go to tiered pricing which will happen, you will need to select one of the current plans which may or may not include a option of unlimited data... The biggest question at this time and what nobody at Verizon can actually claim to know will be when or how much the new plans will cost or if Big Red will start throttling the heavy users which at this time they are not doing at all.

Which Carrier has the Best Monthly Plan?

I figured I'd ask for some Advice before I actually went ahead and Bought the Sprint Evo 3D...
I've been on Sprint for a while now and admit I've been pretty Satisfied with the Service, and Monthly Bills! As we speak, I'm currently on the $69.99 a month plan. I was on a More Expensive monthly plan, but believe it or Not I was Actually Advised to Switch to a Less Expensive plan by Sprint!!
I think I get like 600 Landline minutes a month Free, and ALL other Calls to ANY Mobile phone/Carrier are Free Without Restrictions! Oh and Texts, Internet, and Whatever else I'm Forgetting is Also Free!
Anyways because I've been with Sprint So Long... I'm really Not even up on other carriers Monthly plans that May Compare.
Can Anyone gimme some Advise? Basically Should I Stay put with Sprint? Or have I been Missing out on a Better Carrier?
Feel Free to List your Current Monthly Plan/Carrier!!
Thanx in Advance!
That sounds like a pretty good deal, I'm on verizon and a comparable plan would be around $80. I think t-mobile's "unlimited" plan is $80 (2GB data cap), and I'm not sure about AT&T.

Pay as you go

Just want an opinion on 'Pay as you go' through T-mobile. My contract is up soon and I don't feel like paying the insanely high t-mobile bill as I do now for 2 lines. It would be cheaper to just get the $50/mo card. My question is, is it worth it? And is the service as far as 4G comparable if not the same? And will it work on my SGS4G using the 'Pay as you go' SIM?
Just trying to clarify for myself.
Look into Simple Mobile.
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Simple its good service ....what I dont like that they slow ur internet if u use alot ...
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I'm just curious about the T-mobile pay as you go. If its worth it.
The monthly 4g is ok if thats what u mean, $50.00 unlimited everything but with 200mb of 4g. Its the exact same service as the contract plans. Its $60.00 for 2gb of 4g and $70.00 for 5gb. At least in my area, now the value plans are $100.00 for 2 lines unlimited everything with 2gb of 4g but I believe you have to sign a two year contract with those and have unsubsidized phones.
out west you only get 100mb of 4g for $50/mo, then it slows down to 2g speeds. If you use wifi a lot, this plan is okay, otherwise, you'll want the $60 or $70 plans.
Also, those monthly fees include tax and everything, so if you are on the $50/mo plan, all you pay is $50, no extra taxes or fees unlike the contract plans which add that stuff on top of your monthly plan cost
T-Mo PayGo
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I had the T-Mo prepaid for almost a year before switching to a contracted plan and it worked well for me. I had the one with a 2GB cap (~$60 as D12005 mentioned) and the data speeds were pretty fast in my area (Tampa Bay, FL). As far as voice quality...I don't really know. I only use minutes in an emergency ("Where's my pizza?!") or when talking to my parents (which I avoid these days).
Their customer service (in-store) has always been very nice and helpful, as well.

Stay with Prepaid or go on Contract?

I currently have Tmobiles $60 monthly 4G prepaid plan. I have been using an HTC G2 I bought off of craigslist. I just sold a Galaxy S and my G2 on ebay and have enough money to get an HTC Sensation 4G.
Will it be better to open a contract with Tmobile and get the phone for $100, or buy the phone off of ebay or the BST here for around $300. I do not know if there are any hidden fees or anything, and don't want to stray to far from $60 a month. What would you guys do? Im leaning towards buying the Sensation 4G off of ebay.
Extra: What phones are like the Sensation 4G and work with Tmobile 4G?
Screw the contracts. I'm on Simple and pay on $40 a month.
Pay cash for all of my phones.
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Stay where you're at if you're happy with it - I pay about $180/month on contract with Verizon for just 2 phones....
I would stay on prepaid. My spouse was with US Cellular and the plan was supposed to be $79.99 a month for unlimited everything. It always came out to be about $140 with all the extra charges. Fees for this, fees for that. We're both on Simple Mobile now and pay $40 each... can't beat that!
if your on Prepaid Stay with it, one of the best things about T-mobile was the use of any phone on prepaid. Still kicking myself over going to a contract
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Still kicking myself over going to a contract
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Haha! Same...
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I vote for prepaid! No more unwanted bills, just pay and play each month
Especially if you get free extra bonus for extending your account balance with prepaid
Contract ends up cheaper in the long run.
I pay 29EUR a month. For me cheaper as prepaid... With prepaid i was at 60EUR or more a month... And i got a HTC Sensation XE but SGS 2 is better
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I vote prepaid. I was on their monthly plan and it felt good being able to go to Verizon without paying them anything.
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Depends on where you use it for. Contracts in my country are obvious cheaper when you call alot, but if you only use mobile internet like me and almost never use up my montly call & sms limit then you might as well stay with prepaid, unless you can score a new phone without having pay high contract costs.
WiFi and voip are the combo I use, I just pay € 10 exclusive tax and then I call for 120 days free with a fup ofcourse and after those 120 days I just start using my credit and pay € 0,02 per min.
But my contract was with a free new phone on that moment worth about € 500 so that;s reason I have a contract with mobile internet, because it just cost me about € 4 each month, so I don't mind that I don't call so much.
But next time I will just stick with WiFi and use no sim card or prepaid as I think in my country the contracts are not cheap any more.
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I definitely think you should stay with what you have if your happy with it. I'm paying about $155/month on Sprint for 2 phones.
Verizon does offer prepaid for smartphones too, you just need to bring your own device. But, it's gonna run you $80.
Now, you can stay on Tmobile prepaid and use any GSM phone that's locked to Tmobile, or unlocked for any GSM provider(Granted that the phone has the right bands to support Tmobiles HSPA+ connection for full data speeds), but like any prepaid service you're gonna get the bottom of the barrel service. You do pay more with contracts 9/10, but you get so much better service and support. Sprint is going to be the cheapest and most flexible contract service at about $75-$85 after taxes with the starting 450 data plan(unlimited mobile talk, text, and data, 450 land line minutes nights and weekends start at 7), and phone selection isn't too bad either. Now you will be limited on 4g, since Sprint's Wimax service is next to nothing. If you don't have credit, you're looking at $50-$100 for a deposit.
AT&T is known to be the more expensive one out of the 3 carriers, but AT&T is actually just as much as Verizon would be. If you have no credit, you're looking at maybe $200-$400 for a deposit. For $90 a month, you get 450 land line minutes plus any minutes you don't use roll over to the next month, 5000 night and weekend minutes with rollover, unlimited texting, and 3gb of data. For service, it's hit or miss. AT&T will claim they have service in one area, but how AT&T does it is if they can even pull a single bar of service and connect to their towers, it counts as having service. Their LTE network isn't so big right now, but it's growing. Device selection is actually pretty decent right now, about the same as Sprint with the SII, the GS, a dual core Motorola device, a single core HTC phone, a dual core HTC phone, and the Iphones.
Verizon hands down has had the best service, and if you don't have credit maybe $125-$200 for a deposit. Verizon does have the biggest LTE network, and has a deal right now where you can get 4gb for the price of 2gb until the 31st of March on any LTE phone(but it has to be an LTE phone). Their plans are kind of limited though, $90 for 450 minutes, unlimited texts, and assuming you're going for an LTE phone 4gb of data. You only get unlimited to verizon phones, and nights and weekends start off at 9pm instead of 7 like Sprint. You can go up to 900 minutes for $20 more and get 10 numbers to get free minutes to however. Device selection is pretty decent for Verizon, but expensive. The cheapest LTE device Verizon pretty much has that's worth anything is the Stratosphere, but there's hardly any development for it. I love the service I get with Verizon, they're the only company in the Toledo area that has any type of 4g service, but the only reason I have Verizon now is because of the dealer plan Verizon offers to Radioshack employees.
If you're looking for your first contract phone, I wouldn't recommend Tmobile right now, but after they get the spectrum they got from AT&T setup then I would probably consider them, but easily for first contract go Sprint. Flexible, requires almost nothing to be approved, and decent service for Sprint. EVO 3d right now through Radioshack is $50 as well as the Photon, which would be the 2 most cost effective phones on Sprint right now.
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You do pay more with contracts 9/10, but you get so much better service and support.
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If by "service" you mean connection, are there any stats for this? I'm about to switch to their $30 prepaid, and would love to know if there's a catch.
i pay about $100.00 a month with AT&T and i don't have unlimited data. i'm about thinking about switching to prepaid as well when my contract ends.
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If by "service" you mean connection, are there any stats for this? I'm about to switch to their $30 prepaid, and would love to know if there's a catch.
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Most prepaid services are only going to have access to certain towers, meaning you couldn't use a Boost mobile phone that uses Sprint towers and roam off of Verizon or Clearwire, or any CDMA towers.
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Most prepaid services are only going to have access to certain towers, meaning you couldn't use a Boost mobile phone that uses Sprint towers and roam off of Verizon or Clearwire, or any CDMA towers.
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Is this a limitation for GSM-only phones (like mine)?
Edit: or is there any other limitation that you know of?
^ no he's referring to CDMA. Death to contracts.
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Yeah... I regret going into a contract.. Paying around $100 a month just for 1 line and its not even unlimited data.
Luckily its up in July and I can hopefully go prepaid

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