UnKown
The Underground Network
join:2002-09-08
Orlando, FL | just goes to show
this just proves it again that it doesnt cost anywhere near what the major providers are charging you. |
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs: | Nice
But unlimited only in metro areas , and bad phones. |
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Tatum Hawkins
@sprintlink.net
| a fine print bomb
Read the fine print ... you can't call wireless phone numbers in 82 of the countires, including Mexico. And if you're roaming in Cricket territory you should plan on paying an extra $0.19/minute. Smells like BS to me.
- Tatum Hawkins, Boost Mobile |
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hayabusa3303
Over 200 mph
Premium
join:2005-06-29
clubs: | Not bad but.
there service area sucks. |
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glinc
join:2009-04-07
New York, NY | lol
If their service was worth using in NYC then that'd be great but oh boy.....service really sux |
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tmh
@qwest.net | Not a good deal
Callcentric has LD rates as low as 1.9 cents/min, and works with any phone service, cell or otherwise. |
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benc
Premium
join:2007-06-17
Glen Carbon, IL
 ·Charter Pipeline
 ·Future Nine Corpor..
·Callcentric
 ·AT&T Midwest
| If It Sounds Too Good To Be True....
...it probably is.
Others have pointed out lousy coverage. I've never used the company's services so I can't comment on that.
But, how "unlimited" is it really? I mean really.
Will they really let you keep service if you make say....I don't know, 1,000 minutes worth of talking in International calls alone?
There's got to be some upper limit. |
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brianiscool
join:2000-08-16
Miami, FL |  metro is great
I use metro use around 2000 minutes a month, 500 text messages a month and send picture messages. I also surf the web for $50 a month. I think that is a bargain. : ) |
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r81984
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Premium
join:2001-11-14
St John'S, NL
·magicjack.com
·Cox HSI
·Insight Communicat..
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to Tatum Hawkins
Re: a fine print bomb
said by Tatum Hawkins :
And if you're roaming in Cricket territory you should plan on paying an extra $0.19/minute. Smells like BS to me.
- Tatum Hawkins, Boost Mobile
On November 6, 2008 MetroPCS announced "MetroPCS Unlimited Nationwide" offering an expanded service area that includes all Cricket Communications markets to current customers on the $45 and $50 service plans and can be added for $5 per month on other qualified service plans. [13]
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r81984
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Premium
join:2001-11-14
St John'S, NL
·magicjack.com
·Cox HSI
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·AT&T Midwest
| reply to BosstonesOwn
Re: Nice
It is unlimited nationwide roaming on cricket for $45 and $50 plans and $5 extra a month for other plans.
Also they say you can use any CDMA phone for a price of $40.
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ISurfTooMuch
join:2007-04-23
Tuscaloosa, AL
| reply to Tatum Hawkins
Re: a fine print bomb
said by Tatum Hawkins :
Read the fine print ... you can't call wireless phone numbers in 82 of the countires, including Mexico. And if you're roaming in Cricket territory you should plan on paying an extra $0.19/minute. Smells like BS to me.
- Tatum Hawkins, Boost Mobile
Granted, the exclusion of calling cell phones is a limitation that should have been mentioned more prominently, but you can't blame MetroPCS for it. In many countries, the person who calls a wireless phone pays for the call, and the recipient of the call doesn't get charged airtime. Therefore, in countries with this billing scheme, you can't expect MetroPCS to simply eat those charges, which can be quite high. |
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I Use Dial
join:2004-01-04
Morgan Hill, CA
clubs:
·Charter Pipeline
| It totally depends on where you are.
I have a buddy who has Metro here in the SF Bay Area, and service is pretty much perfect everywhere he goes.
I pray to God that Metro Continues to grow and doesn't sell out to anyone. The international calling is one of my biggest gripes with AT&T, and because I travel so much for work I can't go with Metro.
If my job changes to something local, I'm changing to Metro for sure.
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sonicmerlin
join:2009-05-24
Cleveland, OH | Lol
The funny thing is that AT&T and Verizon have been putting huge markups in prices for special access lines. Yet despite these huge markups smaller carriers can offer much better pricing. It's hilarious. |
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DOStradamus
MVM
join:2003-11-04
Santa Rosa, CA
| reply to BosstonesOwn
Re: Nice
said by BosstonesOwn  : and bad phones. Bad phones?? My Nokia 6265i does everything but give me a Lewinsky!
I had been a (real AT&T) AT&T Wireless customer, and, after we were "borged" into Cingular, they informed us that they were shutting down the TDMA network that had provided the best service of all carriers serving my area, and marketed new phones (and CONTRACTS) at us. After seeing how poor the service was around here on Cingular's towers around here, I decided to shop around before I was forced to make a switch.
With no one I knew having a favorable opinion of their service with Verizon, T-Mobile, and a few others, and no one yet I knew on Metro PCS, I signed up "just for a month", as their coverage maps for around here (Sonoma County, CA), looked fairly good. With a "cheap" Nokia 2125, it was less than $100 out the door.
I was pleasantly surprised to find out that areas "planned for future expansion" on their current coverage map, already were "on", and, I didn't need to care about "burning" minutes, while I did!
I later bought my 6265i, and sold the 2125 on Craigslist for "basically what I paid for it".
I do travel out of their area (to Nevada) occasionally, where I'm roaming on Verizon's network there. At $0.35/minute, I find I usually ring up a whopping $4 or $5 in airtime each trip. Quadruple that, and go every month, and it's still cheaper than with any other carrier.
AND HEY: Back on the topic of phones -- You can take in any phone that supports "800/1900 MHz CDMA plus AMPS band" in to a Metro PCS agent, and have it activated on their network,
-NK
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DOStradamus
MVM
join:2003-11-04
Santa Rosa, CA | reply to benc
Re: If It Sounds Too Good To Be True....
How "unlimited"?? You ask...
As "unlimited" as an unmetered broadband connection, or better!
If you use, say, 10,000 minutes/month, they'd probably contact you about it, half that, no problem!
-NK |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to r81984
Re: Nice
Cricket's coverage isn't that great either, but for the price, its a good deal for those that don't travel outside the metros that are covered. |
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sapo
I eat meat
Premium
join:2002-09-16
Sacramento, CA | reply to Tatum Hawkins
Re: a fine print bomb
This isn't unusual at all. Calling mobile numbers internationally generally costs a lot.
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DarnellP
join:2004-10-12
Las Vegas, NV
| reply to r81984
Re: Nice
said by r81984 :Also they say you can use any CDMA phone for a price of $40. If you're in an area where they utilize AWS spectrum (such as here in Las Vegas for example), then this is not true. It's their phones or nada. |
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C0deZer0
Oc'D To Rhythm And Police
Premium
join:2001-10-03
Davenport, FL
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Out of their network area
As great as these prices sound, my biggest problem is that I don't live immediately in one of the areas they service... and the insane markup on "roaming" calls that they do charge. I think the last time I checked for myself, it said it was somewhere around $0.75 per call, which I can see rack up to well beyond the normal rate for me. 
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tphillips
Premium
join:2009-02-04
Apopka, FL
| I am not a Metro customer but my wife is. The service is Ok. But it looks like they cover Davenport unless that is not your home area. I was thinking about moving to them with the family since the wife uses them for work the 14 year old will never leave the area and I carry to other devices for work.
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